Second round washed out at the Australian PGA and the tournament has been reduced to 54 holes

The second round of the Australian PGA championship was washed out Friday due to rain and an unplayable course and the tournament has been shortened to 54 holes. Officials for the Australasian PGA Tour and European Tour event made the announcement more than five hours after the first group was scheduled to tee off at Royal Queensland. Rain began falling heavily again on the course as the decision was made to abandon Friday's play and reduce the tournament to three rounds.