Have you ever got up to go to work, went out to your car to find that some pimply faced little punk had smashed your car window and gutted your glove compartment, leaving the contents scattered. It's happened to me four times and trust me if you could get your hands on the little beggar,.. well you'd be doing time right now.
That's how the grounds crew must have felt early this morning when after months of hard work on their Hilversumsche course getting the greens in pristine condition they discovered some misguided idiots had dug up 4 of those greens before crawling off to settle under their respective rocks..
However play did get underway before being halted again, this time by heavy rain, on an already wet course.. Only 5 players have completed their 1st round so far.
Play is set to resume at 1045am, meanwhile here is the early report from the course this morning..
After a delayed start caused by vandalism to four greens overnight, England's Simon Dyson and Robert Dinwiddie set a fast early pace at the KLM Open in The Netherlands.
While defending champion and World #3 Martin Kaymer struggled to three over par after ten holes, twice winner Dyson and Dinwiddie shared top spot at five under.
Dinwiddie, down in 135th place on The Race to Dubai after making just two cuts in his last 14 starts, birdied six of his first 12 holes, but drove into trouble on the next and bogeyed.
Dyson, meanwhile, eagled the par five 12th - his fourth - and finished the back nine with a hat-trick of birdies.
They led compatriot Seve Benson and Dane Anders Hansen by two.
Areas on the fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth had been dug up, leading to a 45-minute hold-up while the damage was repaired.The affected parts were marked off as ground under repair, allowing players to move balls away when necessary.
For an up to date scoreboard click.. http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2011/tournamentid=2011065/leaderboard/index.html
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles
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