ORLANDO, Fla. –– On Valentine’s Day, Kiradech Aphibarnrat married his longtime girlfriend Tunyatorn Chaiyarat, and the two newlyweds celebrated with a hot-air-balloon ride over Singha Park in their native Thailand.
On Friday, Aphibarnrat was rising again, this time up the leaderboard at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 26-year-old Thai, who tied for sixth a year ago in his Bay Hill debut, shot 3-under 69 and stands at 5 under through 36 holes.
“When I came back here, I had a lot of good memories from playing well last year,” Aphibarnrat said. “I sank a lot of putts today.