2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational leaderboard, scores: Scottie Scheffler, Shane Lowry on top
The major champions separated themselves from the pack, but the leaderboard is stacked at Bay Hill
Will zalatoris stood on the 12th T at Bay Hill with a five-stroke lead Saturday afternoon less than an hour later it was gone ill-timed mistakes from the weary right-hander combined with the flurry of birdies from Scotty Sheffer Shane Lowry and wendam Clark saw the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational leaderboard completely flip with sheffel
And Lowry finishing the day sharing the top spot sheffel the world number one and Lowry sit at nine under after 54 holes they are up one stroke on Clark and two over a group including zalatoris Hideki Matsuyama and Russell Henley sheffel will attempt to slip on his
Second red card again in the last 3 years and capture his first PGA Tour victory since the 2023 Players Championship 51 weeks ago it’s going to take another really good round said sheffler the golf of course is extremely challenging got to stay patient and
Grind out a lot of pars for most of the day it did not appear as if sheffel had a shot at walk off the 18th green with the lead in hand the ball striking Maestro was without his greatest asset across his first 11 holes struggling to navigate the tricky par 72 layout
Frustration boiled over on the greens when his par attempt on the 11th fell short dropping sheffler to two over for the round the Texan let out a Bellow only to turn around and get to work the 2022 champion at beill took advantage of the 12th and 13th with nice wedge shots
But the kicker may have come the following hole converting a par sa from 13 ft sheffler was injected with new energy relief transformed to confidence on the greens a ridiculous birdie from the Fairway bunker on the most difficult hole of the inward half came courtesy of a laser approach and conversion from 15
Ft another soon followed on gettable par five 16th putting a bell on a five hole stretch that saw Sheffer play in four under and surge into a share of the lead while sheffel played his final seven holes and four under zalatoris went four over across the same stretch low and
Clark were also benefactors of zator struggles as the the 20 19 open Champion rattled off four back nine birdies while the reigning U open Champion began his back nine with three straight 3 seconds the backtracking from zalatoris also allowed Rory mroy back into the tournament coming home in 30 the 2018
Champion sits at 5 under as part of a pack of blood hungry pursuers like Max hom and Sam Burns who sit within four of the lead entering Sunday’s final round
