Bay Hill is Producing Carnage Early, And We’re Here For It

It’s hard hat time at Bay Hill.

To this point of the PGA TOUR season, we’ve seen several winners come in around 20 under, a 59 from Jake Knapp, and tons of other low scores. If you’re hoping for that again this week in Orlando, boy-oh-boy do I have news for you.

The King’s Place is kicking these guys’ teeth in early and it’s been incredible entertainment. The wind is up, the golf course is firm and fast, and a beachball might get lost in this rough. You can say whatever you want about Bay Hill, but it’s a major championship-type test year in and year out and produces a stacked leaderboard. Tough to ask for anything more than that.

If you missed the carnage from Thursday’s opening round, no worries, we have you covered. Here are a few of our favorite moments from the first day of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Cameron Young opens with triple, hits tee shot with AirPod still in his ear

What do you think CYoung was listening to? I think it was “tv off” and when Kendrick screamed “MUSTARD” it scared the hell outta him. Or maybe he thought this was another TGL match. Who could say?

Aldrich Potgieter tops one on No. 6

We’ve all been there. Swing a little too hard to get a couple more yards out of it and boom, top. We know that pain, Aldrich.

Jason Day double dunks on No. 3

In my many trips to Bay Hill, I've always wondered how these guys never hit it in the water on the third. It's an outrageously hard tee shot for mere mortals. JDay put his first and third shots in the drink.

The rules of golf are confusing

My brain hurts after reading this. The rules of golf are brutal sometimes.