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NOTE: Get the Signature Scroll \u2013 and the rest of PGA TOUR’s newsletters, including The Connect, Wire to Wire and The Early Card \u2013 directly in your inbox. Subscribe today!<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s no hiding when Bay Hill Club & Lodge is baked out like this. It accentuates misses and rewards great shots. We saw both ends of the spectrum on Friday in Orlando \u2026<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard playing golf when you know you\u2019re far from where you once were.<\/p>\n That\u2019s been Sahith Theegala\u2019s life for the last six months. He\u2019s felt healthy that whole time, following a stressful summer battling neck issues, but he hasn\u2019t felt good about his game until recently. Naturally, everyone wants to know how he would compare his form before and after the injury, yet it\u2019s the exact thought exercise Theegala is trying to avoid. <\/p>\n \u201cI just can’t force it,\u201d he said. \u201cJust got to keep putting in the work and execute as best as I can, and whatever the results are, it will be. But it is really nice to see a couple nice results to start the year.\u201d<\/p>\n Slowly, that old version of Theegala is returning, the one that earned him a spot on the Presidents Cup team. He notched back-to-back top 10s at The American Express and Farmers Insurance Open and played solid in Phoenix and Riviera. He hasn\u2019t truly contended yet, though. That will come this weekend. Theegala shot 5-under 67 to jump to 7-under overall, tied for third and six shots back of Berger. <\/p>\n A couple of stats that point to that: Theegala leads the field in scrambling, historically his calling card, and is third in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green. That\u2019s Theegala\u2019s recipe for success. Even if he won\u2019t admit it, he\u2019s starting to look like the Theegala of old. <\/p>\n Berger cruising at Bay Hill<\/p>\n If you only saw the ball flight, you might think it was mishit. Daniel Berger\u2019s tee ball on the difficult 18th hole apexed at just 39 feet, the lowest of any drive hit in Round 2.<\/p>\n But no, it was not produced by an amateur who snuck onto the tee box and attempted to take a lash. And no, it was not a mishit. It was the best thing I saw on Friday, a low, peeling fade that carried just over 250 yards but rolled out to 315 yards and set up a simple wedge from the middle of the fairway and a comfortable par on one of Bay Hill\u2019s hardest holes. It was a reminder of the shotmaker Berger is, one that is exceptionally fun to watch when he is healthy and rolling. That\u2019s been the story through 36 holes at Bay Hill. Berger followed up a first-round 9-under 63 with a 68, the third-best round of the day, to open up a five-shot lead at Bay Hill. <\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I hit ’em better today and the score wasn’t quite as low,\u201d Berger said. \u201cBut yeah, it’s just one of those courses. It’s treacherous.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s Berger\u2019s first 36-hole lead<\/a> since the 2022 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, four months before he stepped away from the game for nearly two years to rehab a bad back. Watching that tee ball on the 18th made me mad all over again that he was out of pro golf for so long.<\/p>\n He\u2019s not a golfer who blows you away with raw talent. He doesn\u2019t hit it particularly far. His swing isn\u2019t the most pleasing. But shots like his final drive on 18 show you why he\u2019s carved out a steady career. He\u2019s one of the preeminent shot shapers in an era that has prioritized uniformity. Berger stands out \u2013 and, through two days, he\u2019s standing above the rest at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac Want more from Round 2 at Bay Hill? Here\u2019s the extended highlights<\/a> \u2026\u274c It was another tough day for Justin Thomas. He led the notables that missed the cut \u2026<\/a>\u26f3 What\u2019s it like to be an equipment rep? We followed Titleist\u2019s Aaron Dill earlier this week <\/a>\u2026\ud83e\uddb9\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Rory McIlroy<\/a> shot a back-nine 32 to jump to 4-under overall, just inside the top 10 through two rounds. He led the field in SG: Off-the-Tee on Friday. As you\u2019re looking for signs that his game is in form ahead of THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters, making sure McIlroy\u2019s superpower is still a superpower is a key element. \ud83d\ude32 Surprising Scottie Scheffler<\/a> stat: he’s middle of the pack again in approach play this week. For how well he’s started this season (a win and two other top-fives), somehow his approach play has been the worst part of his game. He’s 57th on TOUR so far this year. Something to monitor as the season continues.\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Ludvig \u00c5berg<\/a> ranks eighth in putting through 36 holes. Why does that matter? He changed putters this week, swapping back to the old gamer he used at the Ryder Cup. \u00c5berg is 7-under and tied for third, six shots back. \ud83d\udd36 Rickie Fowler<\/a> continues to play solid golf. Remember that he played his way into all the Signature Events with a strong close to 2025, and he\u2019s continued that in the early goings of the new year. He has three top-20s thus far and sits in solo-sixth. \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 Keep an eye on the Puerto Rico Open<\/a> this weekend. Some very intriguing names are up top, including former collegiate hotshot Gordon Sargent, 18-year-old Blades Brown and John Dally II. 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