Áine Donegan and Anna Foster will have to wait another day to get their seasons underway after play was suspended for the day at the Ford Women’s NSW Open in Australia due to a flooded course.
The first round at Wollongong Golf Club got underway on Thursday morning before the horn sounded at 12:55 local time following heavy rainfall in New South Wales.
Following further rainfall and with a new band of weather developing, it was decided that no further golf will be played today.
Round one of the Ford Women’s NSW Open, co-sanctioned with the WPGA Tour of Australasia, will resume on Friday at 08:00 local time.
Denmark’s Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen and Germany’s Alexandra Försterling share the clubhouse lead after battling through brutal conditions to card rounds of 69 (-2).
The latter recovered well after going out in 37 (+2) carding four birdies in five holes following the turn.
“It was probably one of the most brutal rounds I’ve ever played,” Försterling said, a four-time winner on the Ladies European Tour (LET). “It was crazy. It probably feels like a 59 or something. It feels insane. I was actually surprised I shot two-under because I really didn’t count.”
Kibsgaard Nielsen meanwhile carded an eagle at the par-5 13th en route to matching the German’s score on day one.
“I was struggling a little bit from the first tee and it was tough conditions,” the Dane said. “I just tried to hit the middle of the greens and hit some good shots that ended up close. I think I added 20% of the distance going into the wind which is a lot. And just everything’s so wet.”
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