Arnold Palmer Invitational R2

March 04-07
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
$9,300,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Corey Conners started the day tied for the lead and an early bogey at the par-3 4th did not look promising but he kept calm and saved par on seven occasions, made two birdies and took the lead with a 25-foot eagle putt at the par-5 16th, closing with a 3-under 69 for a one-shot lead at 9-under.

Conners has won only once on Tour, at the 2019 Valero Texas Open, and has only once held the lead heading into the weekend, at the 2018 Valspar Championship where he closed with a 77.

“I haven’t really been in this position a lot, but I have a lot of confidence in my game and feeling really relaxed the last few days, so try and keep that going,” said Conners. “I feel like I have a lot of energy. I had an off week last week and really excited for the weekend.”

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Martin Laird, who won in 2011 with a final round 75, fired four birdies, an eagle at the par-5 12th and a bogey at the par-4 15th for a 67 and lies one shot behind Conners.

Overnight co-leader Rory McIlroy slipped down to a tie for third place alongside Viktor Hovland (68) and Lanto Griffin (68) after shooting four birdies, three bogeys and closing with five consecutive pars for a 71.

“It could have been the round that I could have shot 74 or 75. I got in with 71 and pretty happy with that,” said McIlroy.

Bryson DeChambeau struggled on the front nine making three bogeys and two birdies to make the turn in 37. Two birdies on the back nine let him close with a 71 and sixth place at 6-under.

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Players are now bracing for the weather as the forecast calls for heavy rain on Saturday which would make Bay Hill play longer and harder.

“We’ll just see what happens and be ready for anything,” said Conners.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Corey Conners	-9	66	69	135
2	Martin Laird	-8	69	67	136
T3	Lanto Griffin *	-7	69	68	137
T3	Viktor Hovland *	-7	69	68	137
T3	Rory McIlroy	-7	66	71	137
6	Bryson DeChambeau	-6	67	71	138
T7	Paul Casey *	-5	70	69	139
T7	Sungjae Im	-5	69	70	139
T7	Justin Rose	-5	71	68	139
T7	Jordan Spieth	-5	70	69	139
T11	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-4	70	70	140
T11	Matthew Fitzpatrick *	-4	69	71	140
T11	Tommy Fleetwood *	-4	70	70	140
T11	Max Homa *	-4	70	70	140
T11	Jazz Janewattananond *	-4	75	65	140
T11	Richy Werenski	-4	71	69	140
T11	Lee Westwood *	-4	69	71	140
T18	Chris Kirk *	-3	71	70	141
T18	Jason Kokrak *	-3	68	73	141
T18	Will Zalatoris *	-3	73	68	141
T21	Byeong Hun An	-2	68	74	142
T21	Jason Day *	-2	70	72	142
T21	Robert MacIntyre *	-2	71	71	142
T21	Kevin Na *	-2	71	71	142
T21	Andrew Putnam *	-2	70	72	142
T26	Keegan Bradley	-1	69	74	143
T26	Harris English *	-1	73	70	143
T26	Charley Hoffman *	-1	71	72	143
T26	Luke List *	-1	71	72	143
T26	Maverick McNealy	-1	71	72	143
T26	Alex Noren *	-1	72	71	143
T26	Victor Perez	-1	69	74	143
T26	Ian Poulter *	-1	70	73	143
T26	Brendan Steele *	-1	71	72	143
T26	Steve Stricker *	-1	72	71	143
T26	Matt Wallace *	-1	70	73	143
T26	Bernd Wiesberger *	-1	72	71	143
T38	Jason Dufner *	E	74	70	144
T38	Tyler Duncan *	E	72	72	144
T38	Doug Ghim	E	71	73	144
T38	William Gordon	E	72	72	144
T38	Padraig Harrington	E	70	74	144
T38	Tyrrell Hatton	E	77	67	144
T38	Bo Hoag *	E	74	70	144
T38	Zach Johnson	E	74	70	144
T38	Danny Lee	E	73	71	144
T38	Keith Mitchell *	E	73	71	144
T38	Sebastián Muñoz	E	68	76	144
T38	Chez Reavie *	E	74	70	144
T38	Brendon Todd	E	74	70	144
T38	Harold Varner III	E	72	72	144
T38	Danny Willett *	E	73	71	144
T53	Branden Grace *	1	74	71	145
T53	Emiliano Grillo	1	71	74	145
T53	Mark Hubbard	1	71	74	145
T53	John Huh	1	74	71	145
T53	Kevin Kisner	1	73	72	145
T53	Patton Kizzire *	1	76	69	145
T53	Russell Knox	1	74	71	145
T53	Hideki Matsuyama *	1	75	70	145
T53	Denny McCarthy	1	72	73	145
T53	Patrick Rodgers *	1	73	72	145
T53	Cameron Tringale *	1	70	75	145
T53	Kristoffer Ventura *	1	75	70	145
T65	Rickie Fowler *	2	76	70	146
T65	Lucas Glover *	2	72	74	146
T65	Talor Gooch	2	73	73	146
T65	Charles Howell III	2	74	72	146
T65	Henrik Norlander *	2	71	75	146
T65	Pat Perez	2	75	71	146
T65	Doc Redman *	2	73	73	146
T65	Brandt Snedeker	2	75	71	146
T65	Erik van Rooyen *	2	72	74	146
CUT	Tom Hoge	3	74	73	147
CUT	Patrick Reed	3	73	74	147
CUT	Cameron Davis	4	76	72	148
CUT	Matt Jones	4	76	72	148
CUT	Peter Malnati	4	70	78	148
CUT	Matthew NeSmith	4	72	76	148
CUT	Cheng Tsung Pan	4	74	74	148
CUT	Cameron Percy	4	72	76	148
CUT	Rory Sabbatini	4	70	78	148
CUT	Henrik Stenson	4	73	75	148
CUT	Robert Streb	4	78	70	148
CUT	Hudson Swafford	4	78	70	148
CUT	Nick Taylor	4	73	75	148
CUT	Sam Burns	5	77	72	149
CUT	Dylan Frittelli	5	79	70	149
CUT	Jim Herman	5	75	74	149
CUT	Billy Horschel	5	74	75	149
CUT	Sung Kang	5	72	77	149
CUT	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	5	71	78	149
CUT	Marc Leishman	5	74	75	149
CUT	Shane Lowry	5	75	74	149
CUT	Graeme McDowell	5	79	70	149
CUT	Aaron Wise	5	75	74	149
CUT	Wyndham Clark	6	74	76	150
CUT	Joel Dahmen	6	74	76	150
CUT	Paul Goydos	6	73	77	150
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	6	72	78	150
CUT	J.T. Poston	6	76	74	150
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	6	76	74	150
CUT	Cameron Champ	7	77	74	151
CUT	Adam Hadwin	7	79	72	151
CUT	Adam Long	7	70	81	151
CUT	Sepp Straka	7	73	78	151
CUT	Brian Stuard	7	74	77	151
CUT	Camilo Villegas	7	81	70	151
CUT	Austin Cook	8	75	77	152
CUT	Matt Every	8	76	76	152
CUT	Brian Gay	8	78	74	152
CUT	Tim Herron	8	73	79	152
CUT	Kramer Hickok	8	76	76	152
CUT	Francesco Molinari	8	78	74	152
CUT	Matthias Schmid (a)	8	76	76	152
CUT	Kyle Stanley	8	76	76	152
CUT	John Augenstein	9	83	70	153
CUT	Tyler McCumber	10	79	75	154
CUT	Rod Perry	10	78	76	154
CUT	Robby Shelton	12	76	80	156
CUT	Kamaiu Johnson	19	84	79	163
WD	Si Woo Kim	E
DQ	Robert Gamez	E
* Player started on the back nine