ORLANDO — Someone check on Russell Henley to make certain he has a pulse. We assume that he does. But one can never be too sure. He just stunned Collin Morikawa over the closing holes in the Arnold Palmer Invitational to win $4 million, and he walked off the final green at Bay Hill Club Read more…
A bootcamp in Orlando featuring the return of the Australian swing coach who helped take him from child prodigy to world No.1 has put a spring in Jason Day’s step as he surged back into contention at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Aldrich Potgieter, at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, took an extremely aggressive line off the sixth tee and skulled his tee shot straight into the water. Watch it and wince.
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Scottie Scheffler insisted this type of performance was coming. At Bay Hill, he mowed down the field with a red-hot putter and claimed his second Arnold Palmer Invitational. (Next up: TPC Sawgrass.)
In the interview area at Bay Hill, Rory McIlroy stood hunched over a small TV that sat on the ground inside a black plastic tub, watching just like so many others along with him, the moment that Kurt Kitayama finally proved himself to the golf world. McIlroy had finished his 72 holes at the Arnold Read more…
Kurt Kitayama had suffered one-shot defeats in the past year to stars such as Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy, so it was fitting that Kitayama flipped the script for his first PGA Tour win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to hold off a star-studded leaderboard to win a wild one at Bay Hill.
With one hole remaining in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, there were as many as five players who had a chance to claim the title – and the $US3.6 million prizemoney payout – in the PGA Tour’s latest “designated” event.
As far as front nines go for a 54-hole leader, Kurt Kitayama’s was as smooth as they come on Sunday at Bay Hill. Well, at least it was for the front eight.
Kitayama has a career milestone in his sights after a gutsy even-par 72 in the third round that kept him at nine-under and atop the leaderboard at Bay Hill.
Australian Golf Digest
