ORLANDO, Fla. -- You won't find Rory McIlroy's name high on the leaderboard, but the fact you can see it there at all is the positive he took from his bounce-back round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Friday.
McIlroy shot 5-under-par 67 at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge and lost ground to Jason Day, whose 65 put him in a commanding position through 36 holes.
"I saw him ahead of me and I got to maybe 8 behind at one point,'' McIlroy said. "And I was thinking if maybe I could get to 6 behind for the weekend .