Singapore Open playoff halted

SPAIN’S Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Juvic Pagunsan from the Phillipines will battle it out for the Singapore Open title this morning after bad weather forced the suspension of their sudden-death play-off at Sentosa Golf Club.

Both players had finished tied for the lead on 14-under-par, forcing a play-off, and teed off at the par-5 18th for a second time with Pagunsan splitting the fairway and Fernandez-Castano finding the sand.

However, lightning forced the duo off and although they returned over an hour later to hit lay-ups, thunderstorms returned to call a halt to proceedings for the day.

Fernandez-Castano had earlier let slip a four-stroke lead over the final nine holes as he ended with a round of 72.

Richie Ramsay, third in his two previous events, closed with a 71 to finish in a tie for 13th on eight-under, with Colin Montgomerie, the only other Scot to make the cut, sharing 57th after he signed off with 72 and a three-under-par total.