Gonzalo Fernández Castaño (-1) was left wounded, but still standing in the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which turned out to be a bit of a nightmare for the Spanish player...
He finished with a 77, five-over-par, coming off the 10th and winding up the first nine of Bay Hill with a 41. The problem may have a better or worse solution, but at least its traceable to the tee shots: he only managed to land four fairways, and on top of that, the ball ended up in the fairway bunkers six times after the initial shot. Fed up with the sand. And this course is good at making your errors personal...
In spite of the difficult situation, there are still two positive conclusions to be drawn. On the one hand, Gonzalo still has the opportunity for a comeback this weekend since he made the cut, cushioned by his excellent performance on Thursday. And on the other hand, it should be taken into account that the Madrid native was able to turn the situation around when the red flag was up. So after finishing with a double bogey on the 18th after sending the ball off to the water on the second shot, he did some damage control on the second nine, with much more control and finishing with an even par.
His first and only birdie of the day was on hole six, par 5 (15th of the round) after sinking an amazing putt from about four meters away. Adam Scott continues to be the leader (-14), who has been going strong in spite of the wind, who also has an astounding advantage of 7 shots above his immediate competitors. The Australian continues to improve as we come closer and closer to the 'major' of the year...
