ORLANDO, Florida: Jason Day delegated a splendid back nine with a bird at the sixteenth to grab a one-stroke lead with a six-under-standard 66 in the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational here on Thursday.
The Australian world number three controlled a six-iron from 197 yards away to 10 feet and came in the putt for a falcon three on the standard five, posting a five-under 31 on the back nine on a warm, sunny day at Bay Hill.
The bursting wrap up by the ruling PGA Championship victor vaulted him in front of a noteworthy gathering at five-under that included comrades Adam Scott and Marc Leishman, Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Americans Brendan Steele and Troy Merritt.
"I drove it on a string and played the standard fives in five-under," said the long-hitting Day.
"It was one of those days where everything sort of went very much," included the Australian, who at the standard four fifteenth punched a 150-yard shot under a tree limb that kept running between greenside dugouts to complete stick high for his birdie putt.
The round could have been significantly more exceptional for Day put something aside for a wild drive beyond the field of play left on the ninth gap that prompted a twofold intruder.
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