Tom McKibbin held a one-shot lead after a wet and stormy opening day of the Husqvarna British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo.
The first three-hour suspension of the day came just two minutes after the opening tee shots were hit, with 94 minutes of play then possible before flooded bunkers saw another four hours and ten minutes lost.
When play resumed again, Northern Irishman McKibbin got 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 local time as storms returned to The Belfry.
"It's been a tricky day today. We managed to play two minutes first thing this morning before we came off for lightning.
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"We got back out there and, unfortunately, we had so much rain that the bunkers became unplayable. The rest of the golf course was actually very good but we… pic.twitter.com/EajGKLO4KX
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.
Play will resume at 7:30am local time, with the second wave from round one teeing off between 8am and 10am.
Round two will not start before 1:45pm.
How things stand as play was brought to a premature close on Thursday at The Belfry 📊#HusqvarnaBritishMasters pic.twitter.com/sL9CvuJ3qK
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