Englishman Matt Wallace was at the top of the leaderboard after the first round of the 2017 Portugal Open on Thursday, before thunder and lightning forced play to be suspended at Portimao.
Wallace is a shot in front of German Sebastian Heisele, after finishing 10-under on the day. Meanwhile, American Julian Suri was part of a three-way tie for third, while Frenchman Thomas Linard is one of six players who ended the abbreviated day sixth.
Sadly, play was cut short with the weather threatening to turn nasty, per the European Tour official Twitter account:
The European TourPlay has been suspended at the #OpenDePortugal due to the threat of lightning u26c8u26a1ufe0f
May 11, 2017 at 2:15:03 PM GMT
Here's what the leaderboard looks like:
| Portugal Open 2017 Leaderboard | ||||
| Position | Player | Today | To Par | Round 1 |
| 1 | Matt Wallace | -10 | -10 | 63 |
| 2 | Sebastian Heisele | -9 | -9 | 64 |
| T3 | Julian Suri | -6 | -6 | 67 |
| T3 | Paul Maddy | -6 | -6 | 67 |
| T3 | Jamie Rutherford | -6 | -6 | 67 |
| T6 | Christian Braeunig | -5 | -5 | 68 |
| T6 | Thomas Linard | -5 | -5 | 68 |
| T6 | James Allan | -5 | -5 | 68 |
| T6 | Erik van Rooyen | -5 | -5 | 68 |
| T6 | Ben Evans | -5 | -5 | 68 |
| T6 | Mark Tullo | -5 | -5 | 68 |
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