GALES BLOW AWAY WHITEKIRK HOPES

PGA EUROPRO TOUR EVENT BEHIND SCHEDULE

Play on the first day of this week's PGA EuroPro Tour event, the Kronenbourg Classic at Whitekirk Golf Club was abandoned due to gale-force winds. Winds of 30-35mph and gusts of up to 45mph were recorded on the East Lothian  course during the day.

Play was suspended at 11.30am with the hope that the winds would drop sufficiently for a resumption to be possible on the longest day of the year. However, officials were forced to abandon the idea at 6pm of getting the players back on the course.

Play is scheduled to resume at 7am on Thursday morning with the first round continuing and the second round taking place before an expected cut to the leading 50 players and ties on Friday morning.

No players finished their rounds before the abandonment but Fraser Mann showed his talent in the windy conditions to be one under par for the first nine holes.