PRINCEVILLE — The University of Hawaii men’s golf teams continued to struggle through two rounds at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational. UH’s A team shot a 302 in the second day and has a total score of 605 (29-over-par), and
PRINCEVILLE — The University of Hawaii men’s golf teams continued to struggle through two rounds at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational.
UH’s A team shot a 302 in the second day and has a total score of 605 (29-over-par), and the B team shot a 310 and has a total of 622 (46-over-par) Tuesday at the Princeville Makai Golf Course.
“It’s almost like a disease, these numbers that we’re making. Some of these numbers are killing us, as far as our score goes,” said Hawaii coach Ronn Miyashiro.
“Anytime you’re making doubles and triples (bogeys), it’s so hard to get that back,” Miyashiro said. “Our best numbers right now, as far as team-wise, goes around 75-76, which is not going to cut it. Not in a field like this. In general in college golf, in a D1 tournament, you’re not going to be competing with those kinds of numbers.”
Hawaii junior Skye Inakoshi still leads UH. He shot a 71 in the day for a total score of 141 (3-under-par) and is 20th on the individual leaderboard.
Inakoshi said though he’s happy to stay under par, he want to improve his play in the back nine of his round.
“I just keep going low throughout the round and end up losing it. It’s kind of the opposite where you end up starting bad and then finish good,” Inakoshi said. “I had that kind of round, but overall it’s an OK round.”
Kauai High School alumnus, junior Justin “Pono” Tokioka, shot a 75 Tuesday to bring his total score to 151 (7-over-par) and is tied with two others at 72nd on the individual leaderboard. Kapaa High School alumnus, freshman Bryden Salvador, shot an 83 to bring his total score to 168 (24-over-par) and is 91st.
Miyashiro said whatever the final scores end up, he wants to see some good play from his players in the final round and hopefully it will carry over to the next event — the Kaanapali Classic College Inviational, also hosted by Hawaii, which begins Friday on Maui.
“You tell them that you got to be conscious of every single shot, not thinking ahead to the next hole or where you should be. The shot you have at hand and executing what you’ve got,” he said. “If you can execute that every single time, you won’t make the doubles or triples, and they won’t come. I think that’s where we’re at. We got to get our mind on less on score, less on outcome, and more on execution of every single shot.”
Alabama leads the team competition after the second day, shooting a collective 269 Tuesday and has a total score of 550 (26-under par). Wake Forest is second with 552 (24-under-par). Pepperdine and Alabama–Birmingham are tied for third with 555 (21-under-par).
Pepperdine’s Roy Cootes sits on top of the individual leaderboard, shooting a 64 in round two and currently has a total score of 133 (11-under-par). Wake Forest’s Cameron Young shot a 68 for a total of 134 (10-under-par). Alabama’s Tom Lovelady, Missouri–Kansas City’s Antoine Rozner and UAB’s Tim Harry are tied for third with 135 (9-under-par).
The final round of the tournament is today. Shotgun start is 8:30 a.m.
