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Merritt upbeat despite double on Bay Hill's final hole

ORLANDO, Fla. – Perhaps final-round double bogeys aren’t as disastrous as we once thought.

Two weeks after Adam Scott won at Doral with a pair of Sunday doubles, Troy Merritt nearly replicated the feat at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Merritt started the day two shots behind Jason Day, and appeared out of contention after doubles on Nos. 3 and 9.

But that latter setback sparked a surprising turnaround, as Merritt birdied each of the next five holes to grab an unlikely share of the lead. But needing to birdie the last to force a playoff, Merritt’s 6-iron approach on No.