Bad weather disrupted the Madeira Islands Open for a second straight day on Friday as organizers were forced to suspend the first round again. <\/p>\n
Play was stopped after heavy rain flooded the greens on the Clube de Golf Santo da Serra course, with Denmark's Joachim B. Hansen holding the clubhouse lead after a 4-under 68. He was one shot ahead of England's Andrew Marshall and French pair Adrien Saddier and Jean-Baptiste Gonnet. The four were among roughly half the field able to complete the first round. <\/p>\n
Play is scheduled to resume on Saturday. <\/p>\n
On Thursday, heavy winds sweeping the Portuguese archipelago kept play from starting and led to organizers reducing the event to 54 holes. <\/p>\n
Last year, heavy fog during the first three days of the event forced organizers to reduce it to 36 holes. <\/p>\n
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