PGA Tour : Arnold Palmer Invitational....Leaderboard Tee Times
When you watch the BBC biogram of Shane Lowry returning home to his village Offaly, Ireland where he and his tight knit family grew up playing Gaelic football and golf, how modest, humble they all are led by his lovely doting mother.
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The whole village showed up as one in 2019, as their proudest son was toasted and roasted with the Claret jug which he won at Royal Portrush no less, and the Guinness and Jamieson's were downed until the wee small hours right across the country.
Fast forward to his hometown wife Wendy, and their 2 children in their spectacular Jupiter Florida home, just down the street from Rory McIlroy and his family, where for all their affluence from the game of golf, they are still having bangers and mash, as Irish to the core as you can be.
He was T4 last week in West Palm Beach, in the last pairing where the putts just didn't drop on that Sunday, and here he is at Arnies place Bay Hill in Orlando playing for $20m, leading with -6 66 buoyed by five under par in four holes from 10-13.
He is playing on a sponsors exemption being the Open Champion, local resident, and with Mastercard as the sponsor, on a course where his record in his words is horrific. In six outings he has only made the cut once, yesterday was the first time he broke 70.
Kurt Kitayama shot 78 as the defending champion.
WEATHER : Only 19 players broke 70, average score was 71.5. Watch for Bay Hill to firm up and with thick rough and the wind, rain about to arrive for the weekend, an low scoring early will be invaluable come Sunday afternoon.
For live scoring and tee times click on my links above.
Canadians.
Nick Taylor T8 -3 69
Adam Hadwin T8 -3 69
Corey Conners T20 -2 70
Mac Hughes T62 +3 75
Adam Svensson T69 +7 79
There is a 36 hole cut for low 50 and ties or players within 10 shots of the lead.
Bryan Angus
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