HOT HUME COOLS OFF

BUT STILL LYING THIRD

IN PAKISTAN OPEN

Glasgow’s Barry Hume, pictured right, was contesting the second-round lead in the Pakistan Open when he raced to the turn in six-under-par 30 with birdies at the first, second, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth at Karachi Golf Club.
But the 2001 Scottish amateur champion at Downfield stumbled on the way home with bogeys at the 11th, 14th and 18th and only one further birdie, at the 12th, to finish with a four-under-par 68 and a halfway total of eight-under-par 136.
Haggs Castle GC member Barry, who will have his 27th birthday on January 30, goes into the final two rounds of the $300,000 event in joint third place, three shots behind the Leeds-born leader, Simon Hurd who has shot 68 and 65 for 11-under 133.
Two other Scots were among the 72 players with totals of level par 144 who survived the cut. Ross Bain has had a pair of 71s for 142 while Simon Dunn made it through with nothing to spare after a 70 and 74. Dunn’s scorecard included a double-bogey 7 at the 11th.

LEADING HALFWAY TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
133 Simon Hurd (Eng) 68 65.
135 Airil Rizman Zahari (Pak) 67 68.
136 Barry Hume (Sco) 68 68, Scott Hend (Aus) 70 66, Uttam Singh Mundy (Pak) 68 68.
Other scores:
139 Mark Mouland Wal) 70 69.
140 Simon Griffiths (Eng) 73 67.
142 Ross Bain (Sco) 71 71.
144 Simon Dunn (Sco) 70 74.