Golf: Hatton Wins Arnold Palmer Event

Tyrrell Hatton sealed the first English win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and his maiden PGA Tour title with an eventful one-shot victory at Bay Hill.
His two-stroke overnight lead had gone in the first five holes after two bogeys on lightning-fast greens.
Hatton, 28, also had a double bogey in a two-over 74 but finished four under, one ahead of 2017 winner Marc Leishman.
Rory McIlroy, joint second at the start of the day, had two double bogeys in a 76 and was four back in fifth.
“It was such a tough day,” said Hatton. “After the double on 11 I thought I’d played my way out of it because I didn’t see the scoreboard.
“That putt at 18 – I have never been so nervous. I won’t ever forget this week.”
There were 44 players under par after Thursday’s first round but only four by the end of the tournament.
Saturday’s scoring average of 75.91 was the highest of any round at Bay Hill since 1983 – with only one player under par – and it was the first non-major not to have a round in the 60’s since 2014.
The conditions were similarly challenging for Sunday’s final round because of more swirling winds and rock-hard putting surfaces and Hatton dropped a shot on his opening hole after finding a fairway bunker.
Playing partner Leishman, two shots back alongside 2018 winner McIlroy overnight, saw his challenge checked by a double bogey at the third after he found water with his drive.
McIlroy holed a fine putt from the edge of the green to drop only one shot at the fifth but then thinned one out of a fairway bunker onto the rocks at the next and ran up a double bogey to drop two shots off the lead.