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Orlando, FL … Rory McIlroy has roared into Masters favouritism ending an 18-month winless drought in spectacular manner birding five of his closing six holes to capture the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando. McIlroy grabbed eight birdies overall in a sizzling final day 64 to win by three shots at 18-under par and his lowest PGA Tour score since last June. American Bryson DeChambeau, who needed to eagle the last to force a play-off, bogeyed the hole in a round of 68 for a 15-under ...

Orlando, Florida … Rory McIlroy clearly has had enough and now called on the PGA Tour to limit the sale of alcohol after remarks from an intoxicated spectator during day three of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. McIlroy posted his lowest round of the 2018 PGA New Year with a five-under par 67 to move to 10-under par and just two shots behind Sweden’s Henrik Stenson. And while McIlroy was delighted also to have celebrated both St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland’s crushing ...

Orlando, FL … Rory McIlroy celebrated both St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland capturing the 6-Nations title with a lowest PGA Tour score this season and be in contention for victory in Arnold Palmer Invitational victory promise. The World No. 13 had the luck of the Irish with two birdies over his closing three holes in signing for a five-under par 67 to muscle his way to third place at 10-under par and just two shots from the lead on the famed Bay Hill course in suburban Orlando. Fellow Open ...

Orlando, FL … Tiger Woods revealed he’s now under ‘home’ pressure from his two children to capture either a ninth Arnold Palmer Invitational trophy and/or a fifth Augusta National members green jacket to end a five-year winless drought Woods posted two outward half bogeys and two inward nine birdies in a level par 72 to remain at four under par but now seven shots behind the leading 36-hole duo of Henrik Stenson (69) and Bryson DeChambeau (66) on 11-under. And with Woods ...

Orlando, Florida …. Rio Olympic Gold and Silver winners, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson have opted out of teeing-up in next week’s lucrative WGC – Dell Match-Play Championship in Austin, Texas citing the event not to be ideal for their Masters preparations. It is the second straight year Rose will not compete and a third year in succession, and since the event moved to the Texas capital in 2016, that Stenson will not be a part of the elite 64-player field. Both leading Europeans ...

Orlando, FL … Rory McIlroy reckons his decision to contest eight events leading into next month’s Masters  has helped him rediscover his love for the ancient club-and-ball game. This was very evident in his demeanour in being assured of two further Arnold Palmer Invitational rounds in his final stroke-play event ahead of The Masters. McIlroy capped his second day with a hat-trick of birdie from his 13th hole in a round of 70 for a five-under par tally and trailing six shots behind the ...

Orlando, FL … Padraig Harrington was standing on the final fairway with just a wedge in his hand and looking to finish at three-under par on day one and in a first appearance in three years at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando. Harrington had just 136-yards to the pin but proceeded to land his second shot left into a greenside bunker and with his ball lying like a ‘fried egg’ but on the downslope of the bunker. He surveyed his third shot including walking across ...