Round 2 Leaderboard, Notes: Arnold Palmer Invitational

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Charlie Hoffman fired a 6-under 66 at Bay Hill on Friday and leads the Arnold Palmer Invitational after two rounds of play. First round co-leaders, Emiliano Grillo and Matthew Fitzpatrick, remain in the hunt at 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

 
Grillo shot a 4-under 68 on Friday, while Fitzpatrick carded a 3-under 69. Rounding out the top-5 is the trio of Lucas Glover, Kevin Kisner, and Marc Leishman, who all sit at 7-under and tied for the 4th spot.

Player Notes

  • Charlie Hoffman got his second round off the wrong way – a bogey on the very first hole. But after that blip, the 40-year-old from UNLV dropped seven biridies against no bogeys. Despite his decent length off the tee (294.1), the reigning Memorial champ has hit 75% of his fairways, which has led to a tournament-leading 12 birdies.
  • Through 15 holes Jason Day was +1 on the day, and in the middle of the pack. But after a eagle on the par-5 16th, Day is back in the hunt at 3-under and inside the top-15. If the world #2 can improve on his 60% accuracy (Driving & GIR) on Saturday, he could be in contention come Sunday.
  • Day’s fellow Aussie, Steven Bowditch, continues to struggle BADLY. In 2015, the then 32-year-old finished in the FedEx Cup top-20, making it all the way to East Lake, while pulling in over $3M in earnings. The next season, in 2016, his game tanked, and he missed the cut in 15 of 26 starts, finishing at 179 in the standings. This season has been even worse. Bodwitch has made 12 starts and missed the cut in 11 of them. He’s made a check in just one tournament his season – $12K for a T58 at the CareerBuilder.
  • Keegan Bradley is having a decent tournament at -2 and T20. But the former PGA champ should be scoring much better given his tournament-leading Driving Accuracy of 90%. Further, Bradley is hitting greens in regulation at a steady 64% clip. For him to be only -2 is mind boggling.
  • Adam Hadwin has kept his solid play intact in Orlando, at least in the early going. Going back to the Genesis Open, the newly-crowned Valspar champ has now carded 8 straight rounds of even-par or better (mostly better) – the final two at Riviera (70-69), all four at Inisbrook (68-64-67-71), and the first two at Bay Hill (70-70).

 

Round Two Leaderboard

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