Arnold Palmer Invitational R1

Palmer Invitational 2022 R1
March 03-06
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
$12,000,000
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Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy carded his lowest start at Bay Hill, firing three birdies and an eagle on the par-5s for a 65 on Thursday to take a two-shot lead at 7-under in the at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard.

Palmer Invitational 2022 R1

“I think you turn up at any golf course where you’ve had success, and automatically you’re going to have some confidence coming in. I’ve shot some really nice scores here. I think the last couple of years I’ve opened up the tournament really well with scores similar to what I shot today.”

Palmer Invitational 2022 R1

“I feel there’s a nice flow to this golf course where you can really build a score. You have par-5s, one every few holes, and you’ve got a couple of scorable par-4s. As long as you don’t do anything stupid and you keep it in play, you feel like you can sort of methodically build a score on this golf course. That’s what I tried to do today.

“I played the par-5s particularly well, and that was the bulk of the score. I’ve said this all along, you can play within yourself here and still shoot a good score, I feel, if you’re just disciplined and pick off the birdies where you’re supposed to.”

Palmer Invitational 2022 R1

Americans Beau Hossler, Billy Horschel and a bogey-free J.J. Spaun are tied in second place at 5-under.

“I think I’m trending definitely in the right direction,” said Spaun. “I’m making a lot of cuts. I’m saving those weeks where I can be 50th or worse into 30th or top 25s. I think that is kind of bleeding into my game. Also like my confidence where like, if I don’t play well the first round, like I know I can bring it back. It’s not like game over. I don’t have to get off to a hot start to kind of cozy my way into the weekend.

“I’ve just been believing in myself a lot. The game’s been there too. It’s nice to make some putts and make it relatively stress free today. I know it’s not going to be like that every day, but it’s nice to get at least one round like that.”

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell and England’s Ian Poulter are tied in fifth place alongside Americans Will Zalatoris and Charles Howell III as well as Australian Adam Scott.

Palmer Invitational 2022 R1

Pos.		Player	To Par	R1
1		Rory McIlroy	-7	65
T2		Beau Hossler	-5	67
T2		J.J. Spaun	-5	67
T2		Billy Horschel	-5	67
T5		Graeme McDowell	-4	68
T5		Sungjae Im	-4	68
T5		Will Zalatoris	-4	68
T5		Adam Scott	-4	68
T5		Charles Howell III	-4	68
T5		Ian Poulter	-4	68
T11		Adam Long	-3	69
T11		Talor Gooch	-3	69
T11		Si Woo Kim	-3	69
T11		Max Homa	-3	69
T11		Chris Kirk	-3	69
T11		Aaron Wise	-3	69
T11		Hayden Buckley	-3	69
T11		Viktor Hovland	-3	69
T11		Tyrrell Hatton	-3	69
T11		Patton Kizzire	-3	69
T21		Brendan Steele	-2	70
T21		Cameron Young	-2	70
T21		Lee Westwood	-2	70
T21		K.H. Lee	-2	70
T21		Gary Woodland	-2	70
T21		Nick Taylor	-2	70
T21		Scottie Scheffler	-2	70
T21		Rickie Fowler	-2	70
T21		Stephan Jaeger	-2	70
T21		Russell Henley	-2	70
T21		Davis Riley	-2	70
T21		Adam Schenk	-2	70
T21		Lee Hodges	-2	70
T21		Matt Jones	-2	70
T21		Lanto Griffin	-2	70
T21		Dylan Frittelli	-2	70
T21		Marc Leishman	-2	70
T21		Cameron Champ	-2	70
T21		Henrik Norlander	-2	70
T21		Adam Svensson	-2	70
T41		Keegan Bradley	-1	71
T41		Doug Ghim	-1	71
T41		Taylor Pendrith	-1	71
T41		Branden Grace	-1	71
T41		Pat Perez	-1	71
T41		Troy Merritt	-1	71
T41		Taylor Moore	-1	71
T41		Greyson Sigg	-1	71
T41		Paul Casey	-1	71
T41		David Lipsky	-1	71
T51		Chez Reavie	E	72
T51		Keith Mitchell	E	72
T51		Zach Johnson	E	72
T51		Sebastián Muñoz	E	72
T51		Patrick Rodgers	E	72
T51		Vince Whaley	E	72
T51		Martin Laird	E	72
T51		Corey Conners	E	72
T51		Matthew Wolff	E	72
T51		Patrick Reed	E	72
T51		Sam Burns	E	72
T51		Jon Rahm	E	72
T63		Matt Fitzpatrick	+1	73
T63		Denny McCarthy	+1	73
T63		Lucas Herbert	+1	73
T63		Kevin Tway	+1	73
T63		Hideki Matsuyama	+1	73
T63		Henrik Stenson	+1	73
T63		Sahith Theegala	+1	73
T63		Padraig Harrington	+1	73
T63		Sam Ryder	+1	73
T63		Anirban Lahiri	+1	73
T63		Danny Lee	+1	73
T63		Maverick McNealy	+1	73
T63		Brandt Snedeker	+1	73
T63		Danny Willett	+1	73
T63		Erik van Rooyen	+1	73
T63		Jason Kokrak	+1	73
T63		Brendon Todd	+1	73
T63		Alex Smalley	+1	73
T63		Christiaan Bezuidenhout	+1	73
T63		Davis Thompson	+1	73
T83		Nick Watney	+2	74
T83		Aaron Rai	+2	74
T83		Sean O’Hair	+2	74
T83		Jonathan Byrd	+2	74
T83		Thomas Pieters	+2	74
T83		Justin Rose	+2	74
T83		Luke List	+2	74
T83		Sam Bennett (a)	+2	74
T83		Tommy Fleetwood	+2	74
T83		Lucas Glover	+2	74
T83		Andrew Putnam	+2	74
T83		Takumi Kanaya	+2	74
T83		John Pak	+2	74
T96		Cam Davis	+3	75
T96		Kevin Kisner	+3	75
T96		Greg Koch	+3	75
T96		Peter Malnati	+3	75
T96		Kevin Streelman	+3	75
T96		Sergio Garcia	+3	75
T96		Nicolai Hojgaard	+3	75
T96		Min Woo Lee	+3	75
T104		Matt Wallace	+4	76
T104		Scott Stallings	+4	76
T104		Sepp Straka	+4	76
T104		Paul Barjon	+4	76
T104		Scott Piercy	+4	76
T109		Trey Mullinax	+5	77
T109		Charl Schwartzel	+5	77
T109		Hudson Swafford	+5	77
T109		Carlos Ortiz	+5	77
T109		Rory Sabbatini	+5	77
T109		Michael Thompson	+5	77
T115		Cameron Tringale	+6	78
T115		Garrick Higgo	+6	78
T115		Tom Hoge	+6	78
T115		James Piot (a)	+6	78
119		Seamus Power	+8	80
120		Kevin Na	+9	81