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The Scottish trio of Robert MacIntyre, Martin Laird and Russell Knox will be seeking less difficult scoring conditions heading into this week’s PGA Tour flagship Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass at Tour HQ in Ponte Vedre All three Scots came unstuck over the weekend rounds with MacIntyre eventually posting scores of 71, 71, 76 and a gutsy last day level par 72 to be just outside the top-40 finish at two-over par. MacIntrye’s opening two rounds was pretty respectable at the Tour’s hardest ...

There was drama aplenty early on day three of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. First there was defending champion, Tyrrell Hatton posting a sizzling 66 to move into the early clubhouse lead in a round that included six birdies and a 16th hole eagle ‘3’. Three-time Major winning Jordan Spieth, and slowly returning to the form that won him the 2017 Open Championship, had birdied the first and then sensationally aced the second. Spieth’s long-time caddy, Michael Greller was seemingly ...

The Rory McIlroy roar was somewhat muffled on day two but he remains very much in frame heading to the weekend rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando. McIlroy had been sharing the lead on day one but after second round 71 he heads to day three only two shots behind Florida-based Canadian Corey Conners (67) who leads the field on nine-under par. Conners had been tied with McIlroy on day one of the Euro 7.8m event at Bay Hill. Scotland’s Martin Laird, and winner of the event a decade ...

Martin Laird brushed overnight leader Rory McIlroy aside to move just a shot from the lead as he looks to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his first win with a second Arnold Palmer Invitational success. Laird grabbed an eagle and five birdies in a five-under par 69 for an eight-under par tally and just a shot behind Florida-based Canadian Corey Conners who signed for a 69 and move to nine-under par. Three players – McIroy (71), Norwegian sensation Viktor Hovland (68) and American Lanto Griffin ...

Robert MacIntyre now looks primed to move past reigning Open Champion Shane Lowry and past Masters winner Sergio Garcia on the World Rankings after this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Lowry’s indifferent season continued after the Irishman missed the halfway cut with rounds of 74 and 75 on the famed Bay Hill course in suburban Orlando. MacIntyre’s position just gets better in posting a gutsy second round 70 to head the clubhouse just inside the top-20 at two-under par on day two of the ...

Martin Laird celebrated the first round of the 10th anniversary of his 2011 victory and set about ending a run of three missed cuts with a three-under par 69 on day one of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in suburban Orlando. Laird, 38, and the reigning Shriners Hospital Open champion, raced to three-under par after just seven holes before a ninth hole bogey and after a fourth birdie of his round at his 12th hole he pared his closing six holes in bright but very cool morning conditions. The ...

Rory McIlroy brought his putter along for the ride in taking Route 66 and muscle his way to a share of lead day one of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. McIlroy, and winner of the event in 2018, sensationally capped his round with five birdies in succession from his 11th hole to 15th holes of his round in bright but cool morning conditions on the famed Bay Hill course in suburban Orlando. He was later joined very late in the day by Canadian Correy Conners who missed a par putt at his last to end the ...