Love not planning on coaching Tiger

Earlier in the week, writer John Feinstein speculated that Davis Love III, who made his Champions Tour debut this week at the Pacific Links Hawaii Championship, should be Tiger Woods’ next swing coach.

During his long trip to Hawaii, several of his friends messaged him about the story that appeared on the Golf Channel website, prompting Love to send a tweet before boarding the plane to Oahu.

It read: "Paddle Board, Snowboard, and fishing coach for sure, lots of great golf coaches out there!"

In other words, "No thanks."

"I didn’t see it, but it got sent to me a lot," Love said, then smiled. "I tweeted I’d be his paddleboard or snowboard coach, but as far as golf, Tiger is fine. We have all looked to our friends for help, whether it’s the swing or sports psychologist side. Tiger will be fine."

Locals having fun

Hilo’s Kevin Hayashi shot his second straight 72 to take the local lead after two rounds, but he, Casey Nakama and Scott Simpson are far back heading into the final day.

Hayashi had five birdies, three coming on the par-5s, and five bogeys.

Simpson, a former and future Kailua resident, shot 75 with a double-bogey on the third hole. He is 2 over.

Nakama got his first birdie of the tournament but bogeyed four of the first six and stands at 77–155. Nakama is 4 over on the par-5s this week.

Inside the numbers

The scoring average for Saturday’s second round was 68.877, with 71 of the 81 golfers in the field shooting par or better. There were 60 rounds in the 60s in absolutely pristine conditions.

The most difficult hole on the course was the par-4 third hole with an average of 4.160. There were 12 birdies, 46 pars, 21 bogeys and two doubles.

Only three holes played over par for the second round.

The easiest hole was the par-5 17th with an average of 4.259.

There were seven eagles, 49 birdies, 22 pars and three bogeys.