3.28.2011
� winner;Five over
through 11 holes of his final
round, Martin Laird found
his form and held off Steve
Marino to win the Arnold
Palmer Invitational. After
hitting into the water on 11,
Laird birdied the 12th, 15th
and 16th holes to win by one
with an eight-under 280 at
the Bay Hill Club & Lodge.
�key;hole Playing one
group ahead of Laird, Marino made 5 on the par- 3
17th when he hit his tee ball
into a bunker, blasted long,
chipped to five feet and
missed the bogey putt. Laird
followed with a par and took
a two-stroke lead, enough
to withstand Marino’s birdie
on the 18th hole.
�noteworthy;Marino,
who has had trouble closing
out tournaments, has four
career runner-up finishes,
including this year’s AT&T
Pebble Beach National
Pro-Am, where he was the
54-hole leader before limping home with a 74 Sunday.
… Laird’s 75 was the highest final-round score by a
pga;tour;// arnold;palmer;invitational
laird;outlasts;marino;at;bay;hill
winner of a PGA Tour event
since Trevor Immelman shot
75 at the 2008 Masters. It’s
the first time the winner of a
non-major shot 75 in the last
round since Peter Lonard at
the 2005 MCI Heritage. …
Fourth-ranked Graeme McDonald, the highest-ranked
player in the field, missed the
cut with rounds of 80-73.
�top;five;bay;hill;club;&;lodge,;Orlando
1. Martin Laird 70-65-70-75—280
2. Steve Marino 71-67-71-72—281
3. Justin Rose 72-72-70-68—282
Marc Leishman 73-72-66-71—282
DavidToms 74-67-69-72—282
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� quotable
“it;was;a;battle;out;there,;but;you;know,;it
makes;it;even;sweeter;at;the;end;when;i;got
this;trophy.”;—martin laird
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