Martin Laird’s Comeback Secures Victory at Bay Hill; Bubba Long at 5th Hole

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Published: March 27, 2011

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Kathy Bissell

 

Bay Hill Golf Course, Orlando, Florida—

Wind was supposed to be the story at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Invitational on Sunday, where leaders fell back and challengers charged. But errors actually told the tale, and it seemed for a while that no one wanted to win.  Leaderboard whiplash set in.

First, the overnight leaders struggled.

Scottish player Martin Laird, who now lives in the U.S., started the day at -11. Three bogeys on the front nine put him at -8 and a double at the 11th dropped him out of the top spot.

Spencer Levin found trouble at the first hole, bogeyed it, and then added four more on the front side.  He fell out of contention for the rest of the round.

Justin Rose, who started the day nine back of the leaders, bogeyed the first, and then posted five birdies and an eagle to finish at -6, nearly two hours before the rest of the field.  

All others continued to have problems with the difficult course except Steve Marino and Australian Marc Leishman.

Leishman eagled the par five 16th hole to get to -7.  But a bogey at the 18th brought him to -6. 

“I saw what was happening and knew I was a couple behind,” Leishman said after his round. “Just had a bit of slip up in the middle there with a double and bogeying the last, but that’s a pretty tough hold today.”

Steve Marino, whose best finish is a playoff loss at the 2008 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, inched his way to the top. He held the lead until the 17th when a fried egg lie in the green-side bunker caused him to double bogey.  It was his second plugged lie of the round.  He fell from -8 to -6.

“I said yesterday, you cannot afford to (throw away) shots like that,” he said afterwards. He was disappointed but headed to Augusta National on Monday....
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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