Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry overcame tough situations to place themselves in rivalry after the primary spherical of Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Florida.
Eire’s Lowry carded a three-under par 69 to tie for second alongside USA’s Keegan Bradley, Canada’s Corey Conners and South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
World No 2 McIlroy, completed with a 70, three photographs adrift of the leaderboard topper Wyndham Clark, who putted three birdies within the last six holes to finish on a five-under 67.
Nevertheless, sturdy winds restricted the scoring with Lowry and McIlroy each dropping a shot on the 18th, however Clark managed to search out his rhythm regardless of the climate situations, hitting three birdies within the last six holes to take a two-shot lead at 5 beneath.
England’s Justin Rose was briefly within the lead on the entrance 9 however pushed his tee shot out of bounds and carded a double bogey and is alongside McIlroy on the leaderboard.
World No 1 and defending champion Scottie Scheffler posted a 71 whereas Justin Thomas managed to make a comeback after struggling two double bogeys in his opening 4 holes.
Reigning Open champion Xander Schauffele dropped six photographs within the first 10 holes of his spherical to complete one stroke higher off than Rose.
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