INCHEON, South Korea: Strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Kong-rey struck the Korean peninsula on Saturday, ensuring there would be no play on day three of the UL International Crown women’s golf tournament featuring Thailand and seven other countries.
The defending champion United States led Pool B of the LPGA event at the end of the second round with six points. Sweden is next with four points while Japan and Thailand have three each.
Organisers attempted to play two rounds on Friday only for inclement conditions to intervene in the early evening to end the third round with the US up in one fourball match against Japan and down in the other.
Thailand was leading in one match and trailing in another with Sweden when play was suspended. The country is represented by the Jutanugarn sisters, Ariya and Moriya, along with British Open runner-up Pornanong Phatlum and Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong.
After three rounds of fourballs, the top two teams from each pool and one wild-card team will advance to the singles event. The team collecting the most points over the four days wins the title. Teams get two points for a win and one if the match is halved.
England leads Pool A with seven points, one ahead of top-seeded South Korea. The two teams faced each other in the third round, each leading one match when play was halted. Australia, with three points, was leading eighth-seeded Taiwan in both matches.
Round three is expected to resume on Sunday morning, weather permitting.