Francesco Molinari recalls ‘monster’ putt to win Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2019 as he returns to scene of magic

From Open Championship glory to Ryder Cup heroics, Francesco Molinari is no stranger to magical moments and he returns to the scene of another one this week. The Italian is part of a star-studded field that will tee it up at the PGA Tour’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill where he won in 2019 to lay claim to the prestigious title and an eye-catching addition to his wardrobe. Ad To seal what was his third and most recent PGA Tour win, Molinari drained a monster 43ft putt and ahead of his return to the scene of his famous triumph, he has recalled the sparkling round that he punctuated in stunning fashion.

Arnold Palmer InvitationalRahm looks to take page out of Tiger's book as he eyes more success on PGA Tour19 HOURS AGO “Arnold Palmer Invitational has always been one of my favourite stops on tour, to be honest,” he told Eurosport. “I think it's just the charisma of, you know, I was lucky enough to meet him [Palmer] the first few years that I played there and have a chat with him every year. Nice town to be in for the week so it's always been a week that I enjoyed.

“Obviously, winning in 2019 made it even more special. I was in pretty good form, it was obviously early in the season, but I was coming off a great year in 2018 and I think that that sort of kick-started the first part of 2019 where after that I had some really good events.” After a third-round 73, Molinari was five shots off the pace down in 17th place with England’s Matt Fitzpatrick on top of the leaderboard. But the 2018 Open Championship winner would conjure a brilliant 8-under 64 in the final round to eventually pip his English rival by two shots.