James Byrne explains what went

wrong for him on Hawaii

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
James Byrne's first two rounds (84 and 80) in the Hawaii college tournament at the end of last week were so far out of the ordinary for the Banchory student at Arizona State University, that I E-mailed him to see if there was any explanation.
A lot of golfers are very good at talking about their good rounds; not all of them want to speak about their "bad" rounds ... but James is a notable exception.
Here's his reply:

Colin,
This tournament was competed among 22 teams, far too many for a college event, and as a result we played shotgun starts for each of the three rounds.
With severe winds only picking up after about seven holes in the first round, certain players were punished much more so than others. I had to play my last six holes into the wind and played them in +10.
In the second round, I managed to rack up an 8 on a 120yd par 3, as did my team-mate Knut, amongst others. The hole played straight down a strong wind with water short and long and was more of a guessing game than a golf hole.
I played only marginally better in the third round for a two-under-par 70, than I did the first two.
I tied at +18 with Peter Uihlein, who is coming off a phenomenal 09 season and is 5th in WAGR, so I think that tells all.
However, I did not play to my best and will have to make vast improvements.
Cheers,
James Byrne