If you suffer from a bad back this won't surprise you. Last evening Tiger Wood's back started to spasm and after several hours of treatment he couldn't walk properly, never mind play golf, so he has had to WD from this Omega Dubai Desert Classic before play began today in round 2.
He is next scheduled to play in two weeks in Los Angeles (Genesis Open) and Florida (Honda Classic). Those are the facts, the rest you are hearing and reading about is just speculation. I made my thoughts clear here yesterday after he opened up with a +5 77.
As for the event itself, this edited report from europeantour.com. George Coetzee has opened up a one-shot lead in the second round before play was suspended due to high winds at Emirates Golf Club.
Strong winds had been predicted and they duly arrived, preventing any of the early starters from getting any closer than within three shots of Sergio Garcia's overnight lead of -7 65.
Coetzee managed to edge ahead of the Spaniard as he picked up three shots in his first eight holes to get to nine under but with the wind taking down some trees on the course and rain arriving, play was suspended at 2.26pm local time
Play is scheduled to restart at 7.30am on Saturday morning with all of the second wave still on course having completed between two and nine holes.
Coetzee managed to edge ahead of the Spaniard as he picked up three shots in his first eight holes to get to nine under but with the wind taking down some trees on the course and rain arriving, play was suspended at 2.26pm local time
Play is scheduled to restart at 7.30am on Saturday morning with all of the second wave still on course having completed between two and nine holes.
"We've had a fairly challenging day today with the wind," said Tournament Director Mike Stewart. "Winds increased during the course of lunchtime into the early afternoon to the point where we had gusts approaching 36 miles an hour and beyond.
"The result was the last hour of play, effectively, before we suspended, it was such that we had a lot of things going on on the golf course.
"We had TV towers that the roofs were blown off. We had balls moving on the greens - blew into a bunker at one stage - five trees came down, it was very unsafe and it was unplayable. So we brought the players off the golf course in the interests of play and safety to the spectators, as well.
"Hopefully we can get most of the third round completed tomorrow. We'll still have a bit to conclude on Sunday and, all going well, we'll still have a good chance of finishing on time on Sunday afternoon.
"The result was the last hour of play, effectively, before we suspended, it was such that we had a lot of things going on on the golf course.
"We had TV towers that the roofs were blown off. We had balls moving on the greens - blew into a bunker at one stage - five trees came down, it was very unsafe and it was unplayable. So we brought the players off the golf course in the interests of play and safety to the spectators, as well.
"Hopefully we can get most of the third round completed tomorrow. We'll still have a bit to conclude on Sunday and, all going well, we'll still have a good chance of finishing on time on Sunday afternoon.
Bryan Angus
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