Bay Hill confirmed its tooth on Thursday, remodeling Arnie’s Place right into a formidable U.S. Open venue. Fifty-four gamers on this 72-man area signed for over par scores, with three carding 80 or worse. Amongst those that shot 80 or increased had been Max Homa and Cameron Younger, the latter of whom rifled his opening tee shot out of bounds. Homa, in the meantime, has struggled for nearly 10 months now, a far cry from the top-10 participant he was a yr in the past.
However a participant who didn’t succumb to the gusty and tough challenges was Wyndham Clark. Clark fired a splendid 5-under 67 and now holds the lead by two over Keegan Bradley, Shane Lowry, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, and Corey Conners. His caddy, John Ellis, fell ailing, and couldn’t carry his bag, however that didn’t cease the 2023 U.S. Open champion. As an alternative, Clark turned in a terrific scorecard, one with six birdies and just one bogey — a formidable spherical on a day the place the sphere made 275 bogies and 54 doubles or worse.
Different notables on the entrance web page of the leaderboard embrace Rory McIlroy and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who sit at 2-under and 1-under, respectively.
Arnold Palmer Invitational Spherical 2 Tee Instances (All Instances ET):
- 7:40 a.m. — Isaiah Salinda, Jackson Koivun
- 7:50 a.m. — Maverick McNealy, Mackenzie Hughes
- 8:00 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Sam Stevens
- 8:10 a.m. — J.T. Poston, Brian Harman
- 8:20 a.m. — Thomas Detry, Adam Scott
- 8:30 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 8:40 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Max Greyserman
- 8:50 a.m. — Stephan Jaeger, Corey Conners
- 9:05 a.m. — Nick Dunlap, Will Zalatoris
- 9:15 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Christian Bezuidenhout
- 9:25 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Tony Finau
- 9:35 a.m. — Russell Henley, Tom Hoge
- 9:45 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry
- 9:55 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas
- 10:05 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns
- 10:20 a.m. — Joe Highsmith, Patrick Cantlay
- 10:30 a.m. — Justin Rose, Patrick Rodgers
- 10:40 a.m. — Harris English, Rafael Campos
- 10:50 a.m. — Brian Campbell, Jacob Bridgeman
- 11:00 a.m. — Tom Kim, Min Woo Lee
- 11:10 a.m. — J.J. Spaun, Aldrich Potgieter
- 11:20 a.m. — Aaron Rai, Sungjae Im
- 11:35 a.m. — Max Homa, Adam Hadwin
- 11:45 a.m. — Taylor Pendrith, Sahith Theegala
- 11:55 a.m. — Billy Horschel, Jason Day
- 12:05 p.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Cameron Younger
- 12:15 p.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Mattieu Pavon
- 12:25 p.m. — Davis Thompson, Eric Cole
- 12:35 p.m. — Austin Eckroat, Byeong Hun An
- 12:50 p.m. — Cam Davis, Si Woo Kim
- 1:00 p.m. — Ludvig Aberg, Scottie Scheffler
- 1:10 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland
- 1:20 p.m. — Keegan Bradley, Collin Morikawa
- 1:30 p.m. — Andrew Novak, Max McGreevy
- 1:40 p.m. — Daniel Berger, Ben Griffin
- 1:50 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Michael Kim
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