ORLANDO, Fla. — Jason Day was hitting out of the sand to a green sloping toward a water hazard. If he got up and down for par, Day would win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one stroke. The shot was not easy, and the circumstances made it harder. The crowd ringing the 18th green at Bay Hill Golf Club included the tournament host, Palmer, who was seated in a cart a few yards away with an unimpeded view of Day’s sandy soliloquy.
Day blasted out, and the ball stopped 4 feet from the pin. Palmer nodded his head in approval, and everyone else, taking their cue from the King, roared.