THE European Tour will look to stage the Madeira Islands Open later in the year after it was cancelled yesterday due to bad weather.

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.

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.

Half of the field had yet to complete their rounds when play was abandoned for the day at 6pm and heavy rain which flooded the course caused further disruption on Saturday.

Tournament director Jose Maria Zamora said: “Unfortunately we had 60mm of rain overnight and throughout Sunday and the course became totally unplayable.”