PGA Tour Brunch | Moving Day at Bay Hill & PR
PGA Tour Brunch | Moving Day at Bay Hill & PR
Third Round Previews for Arnold Palmer Invitational and A Look at Puerto Rico Open
Note: Play was suspended due to darkness on Friday at 6:47am ET with two players left to complete their round. The second round resumed at 6:57am ET and was completed at 7:08am
Cut: 71 professionals and one amateur at 2-over 147 from a field of 119 professionals and one amateur.
By TERRY LYONS
ORLANDO - Kurt Kitayama holds his third 36-hole lead/co-lead of the season, the most of any player and is the first player to record a (68) or better in each of the first two rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard since Keegan Bradley in 2019.
The 13-time PGA Tour winner Jordan Spieth is two strokes back in his second start at the event (T-4) in 2021.
Viktor Hovland made his fourth career hole-in-one at No. 7, the most of any player competing this season. It’s a Tour-best third ace since the start of the 2021-22 season).
Ludvig Aberg, No. 1 in the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking, stands T9, the best 36-hole position of any amateur in a Tour event since Chris Gotterup at the 2022 Puerto Rico Open (T-6).
First-round leader and World No. 1 Jon Rahm carded a 4-over (76), his highest score since the 2022 PGA Championship (76) in R-3.
The 2-over marked the highest 36-hole cut of the season
Arnold Palmer Leaderboard | After 18 Holes
Kurt Kitayama 67-68—135 (-9)
Jordan Spieth 68-69—137 (-7)
Xander Schauffele 68-70—138 (-6)
Corey Conners 72-66—138 (-6)
Puerto Rico Open Leaderboard | After 18 Holes
Carson Young 63-67—130 (-14)
Paul Haley II 68-66—134 (-10)
Nico Echavarria 67-67—134 (-10)
Harry Higgs 71-64—135 (-9)
Arnold Palmer Invitational | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
YARDS/PAR: 7,466 yards/Par 72
ARCHITECTS: Dick Wilson\Joe Lee
PRIZE Money - Purse: $20,000,000 with Winner: $3,600,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Scottie Scheffler
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 550
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @APInv and @PuertoRicoOpen
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
Arnold Palmer Invitational | The Basics
The Tee Times at Bay Hill will run from 7:00am (ET) to 1:35pm (ET) today.
Puerto Rico’s Tee Times from 7:00am (ET)/6:00am (local) to 12:50pm (ET)/1:50pm (local)
Weather: Today’s forecast for Orlando: Partly sunny. High of 73. Winds SW 10-15 mph
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post by 7:30am (ET) Sunday.
Arnold Palmer: Tee Times and Leaderboard
Tee Times: (link)
Tournament Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying - Arnold Palmer Invitational
Kitayama Takes Two Shot Lead (PGATourCom)
Thomas, Speech and Young Concentrate on Positives (PGATourCom)
Aberg Right where He Wants to Be (PGATourCom)
How to Watch the Arnold Palmer Invitational | R-3 (PGATourCom)
What They’re Saying. - Puerto Rico Open
Overview at Puerto Rico Open (PGATourCom)
Rookie Young Stretches Lead to Four Shots at Puerto Rico Open (PGATourCom)
How to Watch Puerto Rico R-3 (PGATourCom)
Golf Industry News
Tiger Woods Not Part of Field for PLAYERS (ESPNCom)
On This Day in Golf History
March 4, 1991 - Rocco Mediate became the first player to win a PGA Tour event using a long putter when he beat Curtis Strange on the first hole of a sudden death playoff in a weather-delayed Monday finish at Doral (Doral Ryder Open) in Miami.
Parting Putt
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