{"id":229955,"date":"2021-03-05T08:10:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T08:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/arnold-palmer-invitational-2021-r1\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T12:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:49:21","slug":"arnold-palmer-invitational-2021-r1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/arnold-palmer-invitational-2021-r1\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Palmer Invitational R1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"has-small-font-size\">March 04-07 <br> Bay Hill Club &amp; Lodge,  Orlando,  Florida <br> $9,300,000 <br><strong><a href=\"\/arnold-palmer-invitational-2021-r2\/\">Round 2<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"\/arnold-palmer-invitational-2021-r3\/\">Round 3<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"\/arnold-palmer-invitational-2021-r4\/\">Round 4<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He was feeling it during this five-hole stretch. &#x1f426;&#x1f426;&#x1f426;&#x1f426;&#x1f426;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McIlroyRory?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McIlroyRory<\/a>&#8216;s been inside the top-6 of the leaderboard after his last 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APinv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@APinv<\/a> rounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MzRmG0ClFd\">pic.twitter.com\/MzRmG0ClFd<\/a><\/p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1367652568889982976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Rory McIlroy, who missed the cut at Riviera two weeks ago, appears to be back in form and in control of the ball at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><br>Starting on the back nine, he made two birdies and a bogey at the 18th, then sank a 55-foot putt for birdie at the par-3 2nd followed by four more back-to-back birdies for a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead. <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That draw. &#x1f60d;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McIlroyRory?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McIlroyRory<\/a> birdies to get to -2 and a shot back. &#x1f426;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QuickHits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#QuickHits<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fpahM9Gt75\">pic.twitter.com\/fpahM9Gt75<\/a><\/p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1367494986334404608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><br>McIlroy, who has previously won at Bay Hill and has not had a finish lower than a tie for sixth in the past four years, felt this was his best round of the year. Having observed Tiger Woods as he won his eight API titles he feels he knows how to tackle the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel like you don&#8217;t have to do anything special to shoot a good score here. You can be really conservative off the tees if you want to be. There&#8217;s a bunch of irons that you can hit off tees. I think the toughest thing about this course is the par 3s, and I played them in 3 under today. So that was a bonus.\u201d <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cI&#8217;ve watched Tiger enough here over the years and the way he played this course was, he played it very conservatively, he took care of the par 5s, and that was usually good enough to get the job done. So sort of take a little bit of a leaf out of his book.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corey Conners, also starting on the back nine, opened with three consecutive birdies, made another at the 15th and eagled the par-5 16th then bogeyed the 18th to make the turn in 31. Two more birdies on the front nine gave him the lead briefly before a three-putt bogey on the 9th left him tied with McIlroy for the lead. <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dialed in. <br><br>The lead is 1 and it belongs to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coreconn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoreConn<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QuickHits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#QuickHits<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7tN2SSlT9S\">pic.twitter.com\/7tN2SSlT9S<\/a><\/p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1367598644694822913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><br>One shot behind in solo third is Bryson DeChambeau who put off trying to drive the green at the par-5 sixth hole due to the wind and settled for birdie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There was a high expectation level of me trying to go for the green there, and it was a little pressure that I wasn&#8217;t expecting,&#8221; said DeChambeau. &#8220;But no, it was fun. The crowds were great with it. I pulled out an iron as a joke off the tee box. And for me, it was just too much off of the right and more into the wind than anything.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf it&#8217;s more downwind. I&#8217;ll be able to do it tomorrow, hopefully, or some time during the weekend.\u201d <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Update: Not today. But not a bad &#8220;lay up.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7TR7RfGcXk\">pic.twitter.com\/7TR7RfGcXk<\/a><\/p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1367524122947944454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Last yeat&#8217;s Arnold Palmer Invitational was the last PGA event that allowed unlimited numbers of fans in, a week before the pandemic shut down golf. This year, the numbers are capped 25% of capacity, about 5,000 masked fans a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Playing alongside DeChambeau and making his Bay Hill debut was Jordan Spieth who produced three birdies and an eagle at the par-5 16th but unfortunately also three bogeys for a 70 and a tie for fifteenth. One of the latter came at the 6th where he hit off the toe of his driver, found the water and did well to keep it to bogey with a 25-foot putt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Definitely proud of the way I responded, but the way I putted today, certainly would have liked a lower number,&#8221; said Spieth. &#8220;But it all just comes down to one shot for me today.&#8221; <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#x1f5e3; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanSpieth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JordanSpieth<\/a> looks for two things in a golf ball: dimples and dialogue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XIp4zgDLJt\">pic.twitter.com\/XIp4zgDLJt<\/a><\/p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1367633457833074689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<table align=\"center\">\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\"><b>Pos. <\/b><\/div><\/td>\n    <td><b>Player <\/b><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\"><b>To Par <\/b><\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\"><b>R1 <\/b><\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Rory McIlroy * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-6 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">66 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Corey Conners * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-6 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">66 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">3 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Bryson DeChambeau * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-5 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">67 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T4 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Jason Kokrak <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-4 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">68 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T4 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Sebasti&aacute;n Mu&ntilde;oz * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-4 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">68 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T4 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Byeong Hun An * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-4 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">68 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T7 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Lee Westwood <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-3 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">69 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T7 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Matthew Fitzpatrick <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-3 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">69 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T7 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Viktor Hovland <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-3 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">69 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T7 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Sungjae Im * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-3 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">69 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td> <div align=\"center\">T7 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Keegan Bradley * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-3 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">69 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T7 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Martin Laird * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-3 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">69 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T7 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Victor Perez * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-3 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">69 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T7 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Lanto Griffin <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-3 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">69 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Jordan Spieth * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Cameron Tringale <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Tommy Fleetwood <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Peter Malnati * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Matt Wallace <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Christiaan Bezuidenhout * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Rory Sabbatini <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Andrew Putnam <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Jason Day <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Padraig Harrington * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Max Homa <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Ian Poulter <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Adam Long * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T15 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Paul Casey <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-2 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">70 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Doug Ghim * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Richy Werenski * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Kevin Na <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Charley Hoffman <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Robert MacIntyre <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Luke List <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Emiliano Grillo * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Henrik Norlander <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Kyoung-Hoon Lee * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Maverick McNealy * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Mark Hubbard * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Chris Kirk <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Justin Rose * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T29 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Brendan Steele <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">-1 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">71 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T43 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Tyler Duncan <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">E <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">72 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T43 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>William Gordon * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">E <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">72 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T43 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Lucas Glover <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">E <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">72 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T43 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Alex Noren <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">E <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">72 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T43 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Denny McCarthy * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">E <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">72 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T43 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Bernd Wiesberger <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">E <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">72 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T43 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Harold Varner III * <\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">E <\/div><\/td>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">72 <\/div><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n    <td><div align=\"center\">T43 <\/div><\/td>\n    <td>Steve Stricker <\/td>\n    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