{"id":341382,"date":"2011-03-26T23:35:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T23:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/26\/laird-increases-lead-at-bay-hill\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T23:35:37","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T23:35:37","slug":"laird-increases-lead-at-bay-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/laird-increases-lead-at-bay-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Laird increases lead at Bay Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n                        <!-- S BO --><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Third-round leaderboard:<\/b><b> -11<\/b> M Laird (Sco) <b>-9<\/b> S Levin (US) <b>-7<\/b> S Marino (US), B Watson (US) <b>-6<\/b> D Toms (US), R Fowler (US) <b>-5<\/b> M Leishmann (Aus), T Immelman (SA), J Senden (Aus), C Howell III (US) <b> Selected others:<\/b><b>-4<\/b> KJ Choi (Kor) <b>-3<\/b> B Davis (Eng) <b>-2<\/b> J Rose (Eng), S Garcia (Spa), P Mickelson (US) <b>-1<\/b> I Poulter (Eng), T Woods (US) <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"226\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"1\">\n<tr readability=\"2\">\n<td readability=\"4\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a1d7d2a8011626725-1.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Martin Laird\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laird carded a seven-under 65 in the second round <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Scotland&#8217;s Martin Laird holds a two-shot lead ahead of the final 18 holes of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida after a solid third-round 70.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>After a fast start, Laird fell back to share the lead with American Spencer Levin after a bogey at the 15th. <\/p>\n<p>But Laird recovered with a birdie at the 16th and finished two shots clear of second-placed Levin. <\/p>\n<p>Former world number one Tiger Woods began the day six shots off the lead but dropped away with a two-over 74. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>Laird&#8217;s only previous PGA title came <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- S ILIN --><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/golf\/8313732.stm\">in Las Vegas in 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- E ILIN --><\/p>\n<p> and the Glasgow-born world number 40 believes he has the form to press home his advantage on the final day. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a carry-over from the end of last year and it gives you the confidence to go out and hold the lead and hopefully do the same tomorrow,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Laird could have made himself even more comfortable as he stretched four shots clear of the rest of the field early on. <\/p>\n<p>After holing out from around five feet to pick up birdies on the fouth and fifth, the 28-year-old picked up another stroke as he two-putted from long range on the par-five sixth. <\/p>\n<p>But Laird wobbled as bogeys on 14 and 15 briefly gave first-round leader Levin parity, before the Scot edged back in front. <\/p>\n<p>Woods ended a frustrating day 10 shots adrift after failing to build on an eagle at the par-five sixth. <\/p>\n<p>The 14-time Major winner threw his driver to the ground in frustration after a wayward drive on the ninth and reached the turn in level-par 36. <\/p>\n<p>Any slim hopes the American had of shutting the gap on the leaders evaporated with a double-bogey six after finding the water at the 13th. <\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s KJ Choi also endured a miserable homeward run as he allowed Laird to escape from one to nine shots ahead of him. <\/p>\n<p>Bubba Watson carded a four-under 68 to move into a share of third place with fellow American Steve Marino while Australia&#8217;s Marc Leishmann was another big mover with a 66 taking him to five under.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a1d7d2a8011626725-1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/9437454.stm\" title=\"Laird increases lead at Bay Hill\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laird increases lead at Bay Hill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Third-round leaderboard: -11 M Laird (Sco) -9 S Levin (US) -7 S Marino (US), B Watson (US) -6 D Toms (US), R Fowler (US) -5 M Leishmann (Aus), T Immelman (SA), J Senden (Aus), C Howell III (US) Selected others: -4 KJ Choi (Kor) -3 B Davis (Eng) -2 J Rose (Eng), S Garcia (Spa), P Mickelson (US) -1 I Poulter (Eng), T Woods (US) Laird carded a seven-under 65 in the second round Scotland&#8217;s Martin Laird holds a two-shot lead ahead of the final 18 holes of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida after a solid third-round 70. After a fast start, Laird fell back to share the lead with American Spencer Levin after a bogey at the 15th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Laird increases lead at Bay Hill - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/laird-increases-lead-at-bay-hill\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Laird increases lead at Bay Hill - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Third-round leaderboard: -11 M Laird (Sco) -9 S Levin (US) -7 S Marino (US), B Watson (US) -6 D Toms (US), R Fowler (US) -5 M Leishmann (Aus), T Immelman (SA), J Senden (Aus), C Howell III (US) Selected others: -4 KJ Choi (Kor) -3 B Davis (Eng) -2 J Rose (Eng), S Garcia (Spa), P Mickelson (US) -1 I Poulter (Eng), T Woods (US) Laird carded a seven-under 65 in the second round Scotland&#039;s Martin Laird holds a two-shot lead ahead of the final 18 holes of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida after a solid third-round 70. 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