Lightning delays during Area "City Tournament"

[gloomis29]

Just had a question for all you fine golfers about playing in a tournament and how the course handles lightning/weather delays.  Here is the scenario:  today I was playing in the 2nd day of qualifying for our local city tourney, had 2 weather delays due to lightning/rain but there was zero organization/communication really about when it was "ok" to resume play (everyone had come into the club  house b/c the storm blew in, hailed for 5 min lol), some guys took off on their own and started skipping through groups b/c another cell was on the radar for sooner, I did not think this was fair at all b/c if we had used a full 36 hole score (they ended up not using the back 9, figures, I played much better that side! ha-ha) then it would not have been fair for a group or two to have finished out of turn but in "nice" weather and everyone else had to finish in the rain.  What is you all's experiences, is their usually an "all clear" time given so people feel like they know what the heck is going on or is it kind of fend for yourself?

Sidenote : I work as a college athletic trainer so I am no stranger to weather delays or the appropriate rules for them (NCAA is 30min after last lightning sighting "if you see it, flee it")

Thanks all!

[clubchamp]

Normally they sound a horn telling you to get off the course and instruct you when to go back then you wait for the horn again to start play. No one should be going out on their own playing holes to beat another storm.