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NEW ORLEANS, April 30: Paul Azinger and Gene Sauers shot six-under-par 66s on Thursday to take the lead in the suspended first round of the New Orleans Classic.
Rain and thunder storms stopped play for three and a half hour from 1900 GMT, making it impossible to complete the round.
First round scores
66 Gene Sauers, Paul Azinger
67 K.J. Choi (Korea), Joe Durant, Justin Rose (Britain), Mathias Gronberg (Sweden), Ricky Barnes
68 Blaine McCallister, Kelly Gibson, John Rollins, Ryan Palmer, Dan Olsen
Play washed out
MILAN, April 30: Incessant heavy rain, which has flooded the Tolcinasco course, caused play to be abandoned at 1130 local time (0930 GMT) on Friday without the Italian Open second round getting under way. -Reuters
