Lawrence tops leaderboard on turbulent day at Joburg Open

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JOHANNESBURG : Rain and lightning on Friday played havoc with the second round of the Joburg Open already hit by withdrawals and retirements as European golfers rushed to head home with travel bans imminent after the discovery of a coronavirus variant in South Africa.South African Thriston Lawrence had a

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JOHANNESBURG : Rain and lightning on Friday played havoc with the second round of the Joburg Open already hit by withdrawals and retirements as European golfers rushed to head home with travel bans imminent after the discovery of a coronavirus variant in South Africa.

But if the weather proved the final straw, the overnight decision of Britain to impose a ban on flights from South Africa - a decision followed by several European Union countries - had already impacted hard on the tournament, and the rest of the South African swing of the European Tour. "I had three holes to finish in my first round, and when I came in, I turned my phone on and I had messages from everyone asking me if I was going to go to the airport or stay and play. That's when I started to look into it," Irish golfer Paul Dunne told RTE radio.

A statement said the Joburg Open would go ahead but the rest of the South African leg would be adversely affected.

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