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Golf: Briton Hatton wins Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/03/09/golf.jpg"/><figcaption>Tyrrell Hatton hits from a bunker on the 16th hole during the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament at Bay Hill Club &amp; Lodge. Reinhold Matay, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>Englishman Tyrrell Hatton secured a one-stroke victory over Marc Leishman at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida on Sunday after hitting a series of clutch shots over the dangerous final stretch, culminating with a rock-solid par at the last.He tapped in from two feet to clinch his first PGA Tour victory with a two-over-par 74 on another windy day at bone-dry Bay Hill in Orlando, becoming the third straight European champion after Rory McIlroy and Francesco Molinari.Hatton shot four-under 284 ahead of Australian Leishman (73) on three-under while South Korean Im Sung-jae (73), winner of last week&#x27;s Honda Classic, was another shot back in third place.World number one McIlroy slipped out of contention after he double-bogeyed the sixth and ninth holes.The Northern Irishman shot 76 and tied for fifth at even par, his seventh straight top-five finish on the PGA Tour, something nobody has managed since Tiger Woods in 2000.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/golf/news/2020/03/09/hatton-wins-bay-hill-els-takes-1st-senior-title-66876">READ: Hatton wins at Bay Hill; Els takes 1st senior title</a></li></ul>But that was little solace to McIlroy as his 2018 European Ryder Cup team mate Hatton stole the show with a gritty performance to overcome a double-bogey at the par-four 11th, where he yanked his drive into a lake.The two dropped shots left the volatile 28-year-old Hatton muttering negatively as he felt his chances might slip away.&quot;I feel like I could easily have blown up after that,&quot; he said.&quot;I managed to keep my head a little bit, although I did get a bit frustrated. I thought I&#x27;d played my way out of it a little bit but when I saw a scoreboard (a few holes later I) realised I had a one or two-shot lead and was a little bit surprised.&quot;Leishman, the 2017 champion, would not go away and Hatton was in danger of surrendering a two-stroke advantage at the par-five 16th, but he got up-and-down from a greenside bunker to save par and lose just one shot.With such a tenuous advantage there was no margin for error, but Hatton struck a superb five-iron at the par-three 17th and made a tap-in par.Two equally fine shots into the teeth of the wind at the par-four 18th left him with two putts from 25 feet for the victory and he made no mistake.&quot;To hold on and win here at such an iconic venue, I&#x27;m over the moon,&quot; said Hatton, who earns a three-year PGA Tour exemption. <div>(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Ken Ferris)</div>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>).

Englishman Tyrrell Hatton secured a one-stroke victory over Marc Leishman at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida on Sunday.

Englishman Tyrrell Hatton secured a one-stroke victory over Marc Leishman at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida on Sunday.