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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 ...

Russell Knox is thinking of applying for new family member tournament credential in time for when he pulls off a next victory. The champion Scot went so close to success at last fortnight’s AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and what would have been a third PGA Tour win only to have any victory carpet pulled from under him after a bizarre and confusing double ruling early on the final day at Pebble Beach. Looking on was wife, Andrea and the couple’s newest team-member, seven-month-old ‘Rusty’. ‘Rusty’ ...

Rory McIlroy’s appetite to end a near 500-day victory absence is clearly whet playing two events, and possibly three, in a row he’s tasted success. McIlroy is a former champion in the next three PGA Tour tournaments – today’s (THURS) starting Arnold Palmer Invitational, next week’s Players Championship and the week of March 18th to 21st should he tee-up in the Honda Classic close to home at Palm Beach Gardens. McIlroy captured the 2018 Arnold Palmer some 18-months after ‘Arnie’ ...