Wyndham Clark grabs two-stroke lead as wind hits first spherical

Wyndham Clark shot a five-under-par 67 to take a two-stroke lead in a wind-hit first spherical of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Shane Lowry is amongst a gaggle of gamers tied for second after a 69, one higher than Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose on a day when solely 14 gamers broke par at Bay Hill.

Two late birdies lifted former US Open champion Clark to the highest of the leaderboard. Lowry shared the lead on four-under-par after an eagle on the sixteenth, however he dropped a shot on the final.

He’s tied with American Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, Canadian Corey Conners and Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa.

McIlroy additionally bogeyed the final, having dropped a stroke on the opening gap. In between, he carded six birdies and two extra bogeys en path to a 70.

Rose joined him at two-under-par late within the day, regardless of additionally opening with a bogey and including a double bogey six on the ninth.

South Korea’s Si Woo Kim, Australian Cam Davis and American Max Greyserman additionally shot 70s, one higher than world primary Scottie Scheffler.

He was joined at one-under-par by fellow Individuals Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas and Patrick Cantlay.

Xander Schauffeler suffered on his return from a rib damage, a gap 77 threatening his run of constructing 57 consecutive cuts.

“(I’m) a little bit of a masochist, I suppose,” Schauffele mentioned. “I knew I used to be going to return in on brief discover to what’s type of like a serious championship set-up across the greens, and with the greens being crusty, I actually felt it there greater than anything.”