Tiger Tracker: Tiger Woods opens with bogey in Round 2 at Bay Hill

ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 15: Tiger Woods reacts to his birdie putt on the seventh hole during the first round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented By MasterCard at Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March 15, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

Tiger Tracker: Tiger Woods opens with bogey in Round 2 at Bay Hill

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Tiger Tracker: Tiger Woods opens with bogey in Round 2 at Bay Hill

Tiger Woods fired a 4-under 68 Thursday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to find himself four off the lead entering Day Two.

We are tracking Woods’ second round shot by shot. Follow along below…

Hole No. 6: Par 5, 552 yards

  • OFF THE TEE (2:30 p.m. ET): Tiger goes with driver on this tee shot and comes out of it. Remember, this is the hole that horseshoes around a lake. He goes right of his target, and that means he’s in the right fairway bunker rather than the fairway. He’ll likely lay up from there.

Hole No. 5: Par 4, 390 yards

  • OFF THE TEE (2:13 p.m. ET): Tiger goes iron off the tee here and this is another pretty one down the middle. This should be a wedge or short-iron and could be a much-needed birdie opportunity.
  • APPROACH SHOT (2:17 p.m. ET): Tiger goes really conservative here. Pin was tucked left, but he only had 144 yards in. But he plays this one about 30 feet right of the hole, and that’s what he’ll have remaining for birdie. By the way, this is Tiger’s first GIR today.
  • ON THE GREEN (2:22 p.m. ET): A good run at it, but this one just misses on the high left side. The ball trickles a foot beyond the cup and Tiger taps in for par.
  • TIGER ON THE DAY: 1 over thru 5 (-3 overall, T-17)

Hole No. 4: Par 5, 557 yards

  • OFF THE TEE (1:54 p.m. ET): Tiger is fortunate to be OK after a putrid tee shot. He goes driver and slams his club into the ground after his follow through. His ball went way right, on the verge of going out of bounds, but the ball hits the inside of the OB net and ricochets a touch left. He stays in bounds and is harmlessly in the rough. It’s likely a lay-up, but this could’ve been way worse.
  • SECOND SHOT (2 p.m. ET): Tiger hits a bit of a punch on this lay up, and that’s well done. He puts this right back in the fairway, and he’ll have a wedge third.
  • THIRD SHOT (2;02 p.m. ET): From 110 yards, Tiger went at this pin but misjudged the distance. The ball ends up in the fringe about 20 feet beyond the hole and stays there. A few feet shorter and Tiger may’ve been able to spin this one back close.
  • AROUND THE GREEN (2:06 p.m. ET): That was a downhill putt from the fringe and Tiger had to be delicate. The putt misses left and rolls by, but only by a couple of feet. Should be a tap-in for par.
  • ON THE GREEN (2:10 p.m. ET): Yep, that’s a par. Not ideal on a par 5, but again his tee shot could’ve been OB.
  • TIGER ON THE DAY: 1 over thru 4 (-3 overall, T-17)

Hole No. 3: Par 4, 443 yards

  • OFF THE TEE (1:38 p.m. ET): Tiger goes iron off the tee here, and this one is a lot better. It’s right down the middle of the fairway. He’ll have a good length coming in, but he will do so from the fairway. Much better than yesterday’s OB.
  • APPROACH SHOT (1:45 p.m. ET): Tiger is just totally out of sync. He flares this one from 165 yards, and that’s really bad with a right pin. This one finishes right of the right greenside bunker, and Tiger has a devilish short-sided shot upcoming.
  • AROUND THE GREEN (1:47 p.m. ET): That’s pretty good work from over there. Tiger goes high on that shot, and it lands in the fringe and then releases about 6 feet beyond the cup. As we said, this was a difficult shot. So well played. And he has a good leave for par.
  • ON THE GREEN (1:52 p.m. ET): That 6-footer was solid. It crept right at the end, but it caught the right side of the cup and dropped. A huge par save, especially with two par 5s coming in his next three.
  • TIGER ON THE DAY: 1 over thru 3 (-3 overall, T-19)

Hole No. 2: Par 3, 226 yards

  • OFF THE TEE (1:27 p.m. ET): This one is not ideal, either. The ball comes up short of the green. It looks like it avoided the bunker, but he’ll need a nice up and down to avoid a bogey-bogey start.
  • AROUND THE GREEN (1:31 p.m. ET): OK, there we go. Tiger hits a nifty pitch. He lands the ball about 10 feet short of the cup and let’s it roll within two. He’ll have a tap-in remaining. A nice par save.
  • ON THE GREEN (1:34 p.m. ET): Tiger taps in. Important par.
  • TIGER ON THE DAY: 1 over thru 2 (-3 overall, T-18)

Hole No. 1: Par 4, 448 yards

  • OFF THE TEE (1:11 p.m. ET): An iron off the tee … and Tiger hooks it into the woods left. That’s not a promising start at all. We’ll see what he has coming in, but Tiger has to be disappointed with that opening swing.
  • SECOND SHOT (1:13 p.m. ET): Tiger’s drive only went 191 yards and was in trouble. He essentially had to pitch out sideways, which he did. He’ll have a shot of about 200 yards for his third. Rough start.
  • THIRD SHOT (1:16 p.m. ET): The odds of an opening par look slim. Tiger goes for the front pin here and comes up just short. He’s on the front fringe about 20 feet from the cup. He’ll need to hole that to save par.
  • ON THE GREEN (1:20 p.m. ET): Not a bad roll on that one, but it was always a bit left. The ball trickles by on the left side. Tiger marked, but he had about 18 inches left and tapped in. But that’s an opening bogey.
  • TIGER ON THE DAY: 1 over thru 1 (-3 overall, T-19)

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UPDATE No. 1 (1:06 p.m. ET): Henrik Stenson has since parred 18 to post 69-64. At 11 under, he leads alone. He’s one ahead of Bryson DeChambeau, who’s playing his final hole.

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