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There was a point in Henrik Stenson's early round yesterday that I thought he was going to waste the brilliant 64 he led with on Thursday. The great Swede couldn't make the birdies that came so easily the day before and standing on the 14th tee, he'd made 13 straight pars.
However with Tiger etal playing late and very aware of the scoreboard, Henrik who was playing the course backwards, rolled in 3 straight birdies at the 5th 6th and 7th to post -3 69 and a -11 total, which made him a lot tougher to catch than the -8 he was stalled on.
Meanwhile steady Bryson DeChambeau flying quietly along in the shadow of the Tiger opened with 67 and yesterday threw 6 birdies and an eagle into the mix for 66 and he will be in the final group with Stenson today at -11.
So there was the clubhouse lead for the late wave to aim at, and they did with varying degrees of success.
Tiger made bogey's at 1 and 9 out in +2 38, then came back with a pair of birdies -2 34 for his grinding E 72 and is paired today with Justin Rose at -4, 7 shots off the leaders.
Someone called Talor Gooch from Oklahoma, fresh off the Web.com Tour, (70) -9, Ben An (68) -8, Charlie Hoffman 66 -7, Rickie 71-6, Patrick Reed (70) -6, Rory and Ernie (70's) -5.
Mac Hughes made the cut 74 69 -1, Nick Taylor MC.
So moving day is well underway on another glorious Florida sunny, hot day, the kind that keeps all we snowbirds driving down the I75 every winter. The slight breeze will pick up a little in the afternoon, but nothing to speak of with Stenson and DeChambeau 2 shots clear of the pack, and if Tiger wants to keep everyone happy he will need one of the Saturday's that have led him to 8 titles here at Bay Hill.
Bryan Angus
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