Instead, he took a list of questions that were submitted last week by the golf media.
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With the Masters less than a month away, is it possible that Scott has peaked too early?
“Am I disappointed by that?” he told a pool reporter at Bay Hill.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Jason Day felt he was playing better.
“I didn’t play my best golf tee-to-green, but I chipped and putted really well today, ” he said. “I was all for getting rid of it. Now I’m all for keeping it”. “I’ve made a lot of putts, and I’ve made a couple crucial putts, which is nice, obviously, to kind of have it tested with a 6-or-so-footer on the last one at Doral the other week for the win”.
After spending a week off at home in the Bahamas and not touching a club for five days, Scott returns to competition on Thursday.
“Tiger (Woods) kept running for about ten years”.
The Masters has featured an honorary starters ceremonial tee shot most years since 1963, when Jock Hutchison and Fred McLeod officially kicked off the tournament in recognition of their past victories at Augusta National in the Senior PGA Championship, according to Augusta National. “I think I played the par-fives in five-under so that definitely helps”, Day said.
Justin Rose had a wild round on Thursday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. That was 14 years ago, when Palmer was 72. He is slowing down, his speech isn’t as sharp and his hearing not as clear, so he is taping interviews for the telecast this week. Based on the typical formula of 18 percent going to the victor, the Arnold Palmer Invitational champion next year will get roughly $1,556,000. It’s about paying respect to the history of the game.
It’s a good position for Scott as the only Australian to ever capture a green jacket ponders his second Masters crown in four seasons.
Aaron Baddeley shot a four-over 76. Still, this man has been able to win two PGA TOUR events, and they were both here at Bay Hill over each of the past two years. The Arnold Palmer Medical Center includes the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies.
The round could have been even more special for Day save for a wild drive out of bounds left on the ninth hole that led to a double-bogey.
Scott cannot throw a Major into the mix right now, but if he could go all the way this week, the Adelaide-born golfer would deserve all the applause for achieving a very rare feat.
McIlroy won the PGA Championship in 2012, and then won consecutive FedEx Cup playoff events in Boston and Indianapolis.
His philosophy is to grab it while you can.
“I would love it to be this year, but if not, I’m going to have plenty more chances”, McIlroy said.
Palmer will watch fellow veterans Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player hit first-morning tee shots.
Scott played with McIlroy in the final round at Riviera, where Scott was runner-up.
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A year after 19 under was Matt Every’s winning score, Bay Hill was expected to offer a faster, firmer test after the the course got new grass last summer. Every has had only one other top-five finish during those two years.
