JAMES BYRNE IMPROVES IN US COLLEGE GOLF

JAMES BYRNE IMPROVES IN US

COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP

Banchory's James Byrne moved up to joint 54th position in a quality
field of 156 players after 36 holes of the NCAA Division 1 college golf
championship over a very long and testing Kampen course, West
Lafayette, Indiana.
Byrne has scored 78 and 74 for a halfway total of eight-over-par 152
over a 7450yd, par-72 course. James achieved his four-shot improvement
despite a double bogey 5 at a short hole for the second day in a row.
The Scotland international, starting at the 10th, did birdie the 14th,
15th, first and sixth.
Billy Horschel (Florida) leads by a shot with scores of 72 and 67 for
five-under-par 139.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
139 Billy Horschel (Florida) 72 67.
140 Kyle Stanley (Clemson) 72 68.
141 Nick Taylor (Washington) 75 66.
142 Kevin Chappell (UCLA) 69 73, Hudson Swafford (Georgia) 73 69.
143 Tim Sluiter (Southern California) 70 73.
144 Joel Sjoholm (Indiana) 75 70,Chris DeForest (Illinois) 75 70.
Other scores:
147 Gareth Shaw (East Tennessee State) 74 73 (jt 13th).
152 James Byrne (Arizona State) 78 74 (jt 54th).
155 Rhys Enoch (East Tennessee State) 75 80, Seamus Power (East
Tennessee State) 83 72 (jt 85th).
156 Cian McNamara (East Tennessee State) 80 76 (jt 96th).
168 Simon Doherty (East Tennessee State) 85 83.
LEADING TEAMS
589 Clemson.
590 UCLA.
591 Southern California.
593 Florida.
594 Oklahoma State.
595 Washington.
596 Georgia.
Other scores:
604 Arizona State (jt 13th).
613 East Tennessee State (jt 19th of 30).
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