“Because we have had rain since last night, the bunkers and the fairways are full of water, so after discussing the situation with the Korean Golf Association we decided the course is unplayable,” Chokchai Boonprasert, the tournament director, said.
“We will start round three on Sunday and we will complete the tournament in 54 holes.”
Unheralded Korean Jung Chan-min leads the tournament after two rounds. He is 11 under, two ahead of Korea’s Lee Jungh-wan and four ahead of his compatriots Jang Yu-bin, an amateur, Jung Tae-yang, and Bio Kim, the defending champion.
The 23-year-old Jung has only been a professional for three years and in that time has recorded two top-10s on the Korean PGA Tour.
However, his unrivalled power off the tee – he was ranked first in driving distance in South Korea last year and is known as the Korean Hulk – has made him a potential star of the future and he is starting to show that this week.
Hong Kong’s Kho shows ‘something I didn’t know I had’ to make golf history
“I’m looking forward to seeing the gallery on the weekend,” he said. “I actually like to get the attention and I’ll have a good time with the golf fans.
“My strategy this weekend is to persevere and wait for an opportunity.”
This is only the second time in its history that the event, first played in 1982, has been reduced to three rounds.
The other occasion was in 1998, when Hong Kong’s Scott Rowe triumphed at Lakeview.
Six weeks ago, Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho, who missed the cut this week, won the World City Championship at the Hong Kong Golf Club after the tournament was reduced to 54 holes because of inclement weather.
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