Shane Lowry made six birdies in a 5-under round to establish a two-shot lead midway through the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Friday in Orlando, Florida.

Shane Lowry loves the grind of a strong test and it’s showing at Bay Hill. He had six birdies Friday in slightly tamer conditions for a 5-under 67, giving him a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Jason Day reconnected with his boyhood swing coach Col Swatton last week, and their first order of business was to shore up a putting stroke that used to be a strength for the former World No. 1 but has,

After trading texts and phone calls the last few months, Day and Swatton got down to the high-tech work in a lab working his swing and putting and the results have been immediate.

C Morikawa (US); -9 R Henley (US); -8 C Conners (Can); -7 J Day (Aus); -5 M Kim (US), T Finau (US); -4 A Novak (US), S Straka (Aut), S Lowry (Ire)Selected others: -3 A Rai (Eng), R MacIntyre (Sco), R McIlroy (NI);

A relaxed Shane Lowry fired a five-under-par 67 to open up a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando on Friday (Saturday in Manila). The 37-year-old Irishman reeled off six birdies and one bogey to head into the weekend at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge on eight under through 36 holes.