Birdies Aplenty For Irishman On A ‘Dangersous Weather’ Interrupted Belfry Opening Day.

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Northern Irishman Tom McKibbon leads the field on a ‘dangersous weather’ interrupted first round of the Husqvarna British Masters opening day at The Belfry.

With the umbrella up for the best part of his round McKibbon managed to complete just 13 holes on the famed host course starting from the 10th and posting five birdies through his 13 holes when ‘dangerous’ conditions stopped play just after 7pm local time.

Only 78 players, or half the field, in the tournament boasting 156 players managed to get their opening rounds underway.

The opening round had seen just the first group tee-off at 7.30am local time when the first three-hour suspension of the day came just two minutes after the opening tee shots were hit.

Play finally resumed at 10.3am but there was just 94 minutes of play then possible before flooded bunkers saw another four hours and ten minutes lost.

When play resumed again the Callaway attached McKibbon got himself to five under through 13 holes but with the first groups of the day playing their final holes, the hooter sounded again at 7.11pm as storms returned to The Belfry.

Englishman Joe Dean and Spaniard Nacho Elvira were one shot behind McKibbin having completed 13 and 12 holes respectively, with South African Dylan Frittelli, Italy’s Francesco Laporta, Finn Oliver Lindell, Frenchman Antoine Rozner, German Marcel Schneider and American Johannes Veerman at three under.

Masters champ Patrick Reed, who currently leads the Race to Dubai money list, was one-under through 16 holes.

Play will resume at 7.30am, with the second wave from round one teeing off between 8.00am and 10.00am.

Round two will not start before 1.45pm.

 



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