The first two days of the 2023 Open Championship have been brutal, and one professional had a disastrous second round, which he will want to forget quickly.
Tiger Woods endured yet more misery, finishing on 14 over and 2023 US Open champion Wyndham Clark two shots worse off on 16 over.
Shane Lowry is currently leading the way despite angering golf fans during an incident on the problematic 11th.
But, on a day where high scores dominated proceedings, there was one that stood out.
Aguri Iwaski cards disastrous second round at Royal Troon
Japanese star Aguri Iwasaki started his second round full of optimism, sitting on three-over-par after navigating a testing opening day relatively well.
And things started well on his first seven holes, dropping just two shots on what were testing conditions.
Heading out in three over, the 26-year-old still had an excellent chance of making the cut after dealing with the 11th, which has been named the toughest hole in Open Championship history.
However, a double bogey followed on par-four 12th before the Japanese star made a remarkable nine on the 13th, which was another challenging par-four.
Amazingly, things got worse.
On the 197-yard par-three 15th, Aguri toiled around the green before making another nine.
He made pars on the following holes before a triple on the last to cap a genuinely disastrous round of 91 or, in better words, 20 over par.
Aguri Iwasaki makes Open history
To be fair to Iwasaki, Royal Troon proved extremely difficult for just about everyone, aside from Justin Rose and Lowry.
Justin Thomas, who has impressed during the first round, carded a front-nine 45 to fall dramatically out of contention.
In fact, Iwasaki achieved something on the back nine, which hadn’t been done at an Open Championship for over 30 years.
According to golf stats man Justin Ray, the Japanese star’s back-to-back nines is the only instance of such a feat in the past 30 years.
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