GQEBERHA, Eastern Cape – Humewood’s famous wind took its time arriving for this year’s NMB Championship, but when it did, it arrived with a vengeance on Saturday.
The start of the third round of this Sunshine Tour and European Challenge Tour co-sanctioned event was delayed for the majority of the day as strong winds buffeted this famous South African links course.
The golfers spent most of the day in the clubhouse, and the first opportunity to start the round came as late as 14:15.
When darkness finally forced another suspension of play at 19:10, the leaderboard had Australia’s Hayden Hopewell, England’s Lee Slattery and Northern Ireland’s Jonathan Caldwell tied for the lead on 15 under par, and still on their front nine.
Frenchman Martin Couvra and Swede Bjorn Akesson ended the day on 14 under par, also still on the front nine.
The third round will resume at 07:00 on Sunday morning.
