36 hole finish for Madeira Islands

Edited by Anand Datla

March 22, 2015: The weather played its hand again and SSP Chawrasia was left cooling his clubs inside the clubhouse for a second time in three days. After a heavily weather-delayed opening three days at the Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI, the tournament has been reduced to 36 holes meaning a thrilling race to the finish line is in store on the final day.

The weather once again played havoc at the mountain-top Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra on the picturesque Portuguese island and when the first round resumed on Saturday morning, only one hour and 13 minutes of play took place before torrential downpours called a halt to proceedings once again.

When play got underway a second time, a trio of Finns in the shape of Anti Ahokas, Roope Kakko and Jaako Makitalo, Scotland’s Peter Whiteford and Alessandro Tadini of Italy joined Frenchmen Jean-Baptiste Gonnet and Adrien Saddier and Englishman Andrew Marshall in second place on three under par as Joachim B Hansen stayed firm at the summit of the leaderboard on four under.

There are 43 players within four shots of the Dane’s lead so it is all to play for on the final day. With heavy rain, wind and possible thunderstorms forecast for Sunday, all 82 players that made the cut will start at 8:00am with a shotgun start.

Scores:

68 J Hansen (Den) ,

69 A Ahokas (Fin) , A Tadini (Ita) , P Whiteford (Sco) , R Kakko (Fin) , J Gonnet (Fra) , A Marshall (Eng) , A Saddier (Fra) , J Makitalo (Fin) ,

70 J Lagergren (Swe) , B Ritthammer (Ger) , G Pinto (Por) , J Robinson (Eng) , G Maybin (Nir) , J Fahrbring (Swe) , K Phelan (Irl) , R Paratore (Ita) ,

71 T Cruz (Por) , J Senior (Eng) , N Elvira (Esp) , B Stone (RSA) , E Saltman (Sco) , S Einhaus (Ger) , M Armitage (Eng) , J Edfors (Swe) , J Scrivener (Aus) , P Lawrie (Irl) , J McLeary (Sco) , G Murray (Sco) ,

72 N Ravano (Ita) , D Im (USA) , B Åkesson (Swe) , M Orrin (Eng) , S Wakefield (Eng) , G Porteous (Eng) , J Billing (Swe) , J Stalter (Fra) , C Paisley (Eng) , D Woltman (USA) , M Schneider (Ger) , R Santos (Por) , J Huldahl (Den) , C Ford (Eng) , C Hanson (Eng) ,

73 V Phillips (Eng) , P Edberg (Swe) , P Figueiredo (Por) , S Tiley (Eng) , S Chawrasia (Ind) , D Gaunt (Eng) , R Coles (Eng) , E Dubois (Fra) , J Walters (RSA) , T Murray (Eng) , J Doherty (Sco) , P Relecom (Bel) , D Stewart (Sco) , J Guerrier (Fra) , D Dixon (Eng) , T Pilkadaris (Aus) , S Thornton (Irl) , A Hartø (Den) , S Gros (Fra) ,

74 C Shinkwin (Eng) , H Joannes (Bel) , L Jensen (Den) , R Gouveia (Por) , S Jeppesen (Swe) , W Harrold (Eng) , C Mivis (Bel) , W Booth (Sco) , F Andersson Hed (Swe) , J Lima (Por) , S Heisele (Ger) , B Dredge (Wal) , T Linard (Fra) , F Calmels (Fra) , T Sluiter (Ned) , C Gloet (Den) , P Archer (Eng) , A Hortal (Esp) , T Bessa (am) (Por)