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Coolum cut short Rain reduces tournament to 54 holes
Posted: Saturday December 18, 1999 12:41 PM
COOLUM, Australia, Dec 18 (Reuters) -- Organizers of Australia's Coolum Classic reduced the tournament to 54 holes after torrential downpours washed out Saturday's third round. Only about a dozen players actually made it on to the course before they were ordered back to the club house just after at 8 a.m. The round was eventually abandoned shortly after midday, with most of the greens already flooded and the fairways and bunkers starting to take water. Australasian PGA Tour Director Trevor Herden said later the organizers had decided to cancel the round and start the final round as scheduled on Sunday. "The golf course was not in good enough condition to play," Herden said. "The tournament will be reduced to 54 holes. It was extremely wet and the forecast for the rest of the day was not good. We'll come back tomorrow morning and complete the tournament"' Australians Craig Parry and Nick O'Hern and New Zealand's Paul Devenport will go into the final round sharing the lead at seven under par. They were one shot clear of a group of five players at six under.
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