The BMW Australian PGA Championship will now be a 54-hole tournament after play was abandoned before the start of round two at 11:30am local time on Friday following almost 250mm of rainfall in the Brisbane area since last Friday.
Jose Maria Zamora, the DP World Tour Tournament Director for the BMW Australian PGA Championship, said: “Continued downpours throughout the morning have left a number of fairways at Royal Queensland Golf Club saturated and the course has been deemed unplayable today.
"We plan to start the second round of the BMW Australian PGA Championship at 06:00 on Saturday, with the third and final round on Sunday.
“We want to ensure we are able to bring this incredible tournament to the planned conclusion on Sunday, mindful of the logistics of playing next week’s ISPS HANDA Australian Open over two courses.”
Gold Coast native Elvis Smylie holds a one-shot after Thursday's first round following a brilliant 65 which contained eight birdies and two bogeys.
Three-time DP World Tour winner Victor Perez is one shot behind in a tie for second along Switzerland's Joel Girrbach, Australian Matias Sanchez and Chile's Cristobal Del Solar at five under.
Jason Day leads a group of five Australians at four under alongside Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Ben Eccles and David Micheluzzi, who had the honour of hitting the opening tee shot of the campaign.
English duo Jordan Smith and Matthew Southgate, South Africa's Aldrich Potgieter and Spaniard Ivan Cantero are also two shots off the lead in the logjam at four under with 36 holes left to play in Brisbane.
