Among those who shot 80 or higher were Max Homa and Cameron Young, the latter of whom rifled his opening tee shot out of bounds. Homa, meanwhile, has struggled for almost 10 months now, a far cry from the top-10 player he was a year ago.

It’s a hard course in normal conditions. Today was brutal,” said Eric Cole, who grew up playing golf course at Bay Hill.

On a day that no one could score at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Wyndham Clark found a way to get around Bay Hill and go low, leading after the first round.