article_snippet: The tournament had already been reduced to 36 holes for the second year in succession, but torrential rain meant no play was possible in the second and final round at Santo da Serra.
article_snippet: Winds gusting up to 47 miles per hour meant no play had been possible on Thursday, while further strong winds on Friday caused a delay of almost two hours before rain ended play early.
article_snippet: The European Tour event had already been reduced to 36 holes before Sunday's cancellation .
article_snippet: Officials and greenkeepers tried Officials and greenkeepers best to prepare the course for play but the conditions prevailed .
article_snippet: Half of the field had yet to complete Half of the field rounds when play was abandoned for the day at 6pm and heavy rain which flooded the course caused further disruption on Saturday.
article_snippet: With yet more bad weather forecast for Sunday, the decision was taken to make the decision a 36-hole event, with the top 65 and ties due to play the final round in a shotgun start at 8am.
article_snippet: It is thought to be the first European Tour event to be cancelled due to bad weather since the Compaq European Grand Prix at Slaley Hall in 1998.
article_snippet: Tournament director Jose Maria Zamora said: 'Unfortunately we had 60mm of rain overnight and throughout Sunday and the course became totally unplayable.
article_snippet: That made it impossible to start and finish the second round today. '
article_snippet: That would have put we into Monday and we had already been issued a warning for very strong winds on Monday which would again have made the course unplayable. '
highlights_snippet: Event had been cut to 36 holes before Sunday before cancellation .
  