Saturday, 8 December 2012

UPDATE 1-Golf-Play resumes at windy Australian Open (Reuters)

(Updates with resumption of play) SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Play resumed in the final round of the Australian Open on Sunday after a three-hour delay forced by gale-force winds at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney. Organisers announced the suspension of play at 11:45 a.m. local time (0045 GMT) after the 80 kilometre per hour winds resulted in balls moving on the greens and a TV tower collapsing at the 18th. "It got to 80 kilometres, which was when that tower fell over," Trevor Herden, Golf Australia director of operations, told reporters. ...

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