James Byrne's nightmare on Hawaii

- 20 over par for 36 holes

It must be many moons since Scotland international golfer James Byrne from Banchory, a third-year student at Arizona State University, was 20 over par for 36 consecutive holes of competitive play.
Hard to believe but that's what Golfstat says on its scoreboard for the first two rounds of the Amer Ari Invitational college tournament over the North Course (par 72, 6913yd) at Mauna Lani Resort on Hawaii's Kohala Coast.
Byrne has had rounds of 84 and 80 for a tally of 164 and joint 105th place in a field of 120 players. He is 24 shots behind the leader Kevin Tway (Oklahoma State) who is a shot ahead of a quality field with rounds of 72 and 68 for four-under 140.
In his first round, James, playing the second nine first, required 47 shots to cover holes one to nine. He had a triple bogey 6 at a short hole, a double bogey 5 at a short hole and a double bogey 6 at a par-4 hole. He also had five bogeys ... and one birdie in an amazing nine holes for a player of his calibre.
In his second round, again starting at the ninth, Byrne ran up an 8 at the short 14th and took 42 shots for holes 10 to 18.
LEADERBOARD

Individuals

Par 144 (2x72)
140 Kevin Tway (Oklahoma State) 72 68.
141 Nick Taylor (Washington) 70 71.
142 Sihwan Kim (Stanford) 72 70.
143 Bobby Hudson (Texas) 70 73, Gregor Main (UCLA) 73 70.
Selected score:
164 James Byrne (Arizona State) 84 80 (jt 105th).
Teams

578 Washington.
580 Stanford
581 Oregon
584 Oklahoma State
589 Texas, UCLA.
Selected score:

611 Arizona State (15th of 22 teams)