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Rain washes out day two of HSBC Champions golf tournament

The Shanghai tournament's website reports from a soggy Sheshan Golf Club: "[P]lay has been officially abandoned for the day without a ball being hit. ... The intention now is to play as much of two rounds on Saturday as possible, beginning at 6.45am." The... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Nov 07 2008

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