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Cabrera Bello two clear at Arnold Palmer Invitational
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MIAMI, Florida: Spain’s Rafa Cabrera Bello narrowly missed a hole-in-one on his way to taking a two-shot lead in the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida on Thursday.Cabrera Bello, who is chasing his first win on the US PGA Tour, carded a seven-under-par 65 at the Bay Hill course in Orlando after draining eight birdies and one bogey.He almost capped a superb performance with an ace at the par-three second, drilling his tee-shot to within a foot of the pin.The near-miss highlighted the Spaniard’s red hot iron play throughout the round, which helped set up an opening birdie on the par-four 10th when he nailed his second shot to within four feet.Further birdies followed on the 12th and 13th to take him to three under before rolling in a six-foot birdie putt on the 15th to reach four under at the turn.Although his momentum stalled with a bogey on his 10th hole, Cabrera Bello’s birdie at the second was followed by three more birdies down the stretch to leave him in sole possession of the leaderboard.Cabrera Bello will head into the second round two clear of Keegan Bradley, who shot a flawless five-under-par 67 to take sole occupancy of second.Five players were tied for third after carding four-under-par 68s — Graeme McDowell, Patrick Rodgers, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson and Billy Horschel.Mickelson’s 68 was distorted by a double-bogey six at the 10th which dropped him from three under to one under.The double-bogey included a bizarre attempted recovery shot, with the left-handed Mickelson switching to a right-handed stance in a failed attempt to play his way out of trouble when his tee-shot ended up nestled against a fence alongside the left fairway.