Akshay Bhatia shot a Friday-best 6-under 66 and ascended to solo second on the Bay Hill Club leaderboard. He sits five strokes off leader Daniel Berger. Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy and Sahith Theegala all enjoyed strong second round performances at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Making his PGA Tour debut, John Daly II played a bogey-free round on Friday. He enters the weekend tied for seventh and six shots behind leader Chandler Blanchet.
Jacob Bridgeman and Chris Gotterup joined Smylie Kaufman to talk about their friendship and success on PGA Tour this year. Bridgeman, fresh off his win at the Genesis Invitational, spoke about shaking hands with Tiger Woods. Gotterup, the Sony Open and WM Phoenix Open winner, hosted Bridgeman and his wife during last week as the two golfers prepped for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Check out the best moments from this “Happy Hour with Smylie presented by Michelob Ultra.”
Chandler Blanchet leads the field at Grand Reserve Golf Club by four strokes. Gordon Sargent sits in a solo second, while a pair of amateurs are making a splash in Rio Grande. John Daly II shot a 5-under 67 on Friday and sits T-7. Fellow amateur Kihei Akina recorded three birdies during his second round and is T-12 entering the weekend.
Berger followed his opening 63 with a 68 Friday at Bay Hill to move five shots clear of Akshay Bhatia through 36 holes.
Shane Lowry needed to par the final hole to make the cut at the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational. After hitting his approach shot into the rock bed on 18, he took on the challenge to try and make a ‘4'.
Scottie Scheffler recorded 10 consecutive pars on Friday at Bay Hill in route to a 1-under 71 for the second round. Scheffler sits 10 strokes off API leader Daniel Berger entering the weekend.
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Heppler has led the Yellow Jackets for the past 31 years, during which Georgia Tech has won 71 times, including six NCAA regional titles.
Fleetwood is at 14 under par through two rounds of the DP World Tour’s penultimate event, tied with Aaron Rai.
Rai is tied with Tommy Fleetwood at 14 under, two shots clear of the field at the midway point of the DP World Tour’s penultimate event.
Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and Jiyai Shin of South Korea sat atop the leaderboard Friday after the second round of the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic.
The Golf Central crew hears from World Wide Technology co-leaders Sami Valimaki and Nick Dunlap before diving into how Dunlap is having an exceptional showing to buck his driving trends for the year.
Watch the best moments from opening round of the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship at El Cardonal Golf Course in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Second-round tee times and TV times for the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship, live on Golf Channel.
Golf Central unpacks Rory McIlroy’s Round 1 performance in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, his new driver, and why he’s in a good spot for the weekend before diving into Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry’s standout days.
Statistically the worst driver on the PGA Tour this season, Dunlap took full advantage of generous fairways and recorded his lowest round as a professional, an 11-under 61 Thursday at the World Wide Technology Championship.
Ludvig Aberg nailed a hole-in-one at the par-3 eighth hole during the opening round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, landing his tee shot a couple of feet from the pin before it rolled in for an ace of “perfection.”