Hoffman surfs into Bay Hill lead as Day gets a lucky break


  • Golf
  • Saturday, 18 Mar 2017

Mar 17, 2017; Orlando, FL, USA; Charley Hoffman watches his putt roll on the eighth green during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament at Bay Hill Club & Lodge . Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Long-haired Californian Charley Hoffman found his putting touch to surf into the halfway lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida on Friday.

Hoffman carded six-under-par 66 to head an international leaderboard after the second round at Bay Hill in Orlando, one stroke ahead of Argentine Emiliano Grillo and two in front of Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick.

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