the second time in four years at Bay Hill, where he has never won. "I didn't drop a shot, where I could have easily dropped three shots on those holes". Bryson DeChambeau was in second and Rory McIlroy third (10-under).

"Over the weekend a year ago I was hitting driver pretty much everywhere, leaving myself wedges in". He got aggressive early and even tried to house a driver to reach the green at the par-4 5th hole.

"It's really different", McIlroy said of the sounds that reverberate around a course when Woods is playing.

Stenson is renowned for his ball striking, and 12 birdies over 36 holes would suggest he's dialed in this week. He atoned for that with a 70-foot birdie putt. "I got it up-and-down when I needed to,I took advantage of some of the good shots I hit", said McIlroy, who ranks second in the field in strokes gained/putting, a stat he ranked 124th in entering the week.

"Today was a bad day", he said afterward. He also made a few mistakes that slowed his momentum and caught some tough lies in the bunkers, but still managed to have his ninth straight round at par or better.

The 2016 Open Championship victor, Stenson is among eight major winners in the top 20 - headlined by Tiger Woods - and had a chance to win at Bay Hill in both 2015 and 2016. We want to show him, hey, this is kind of what you did for all of us.

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