Former Masters winner Trevor Immelman took a dig at Scottish folklore while reacting to a post about a gator at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. This week on the PGA Tour, players teed it up at the third signature event of the season. The tournament kicked off on Thursday, March 5.
During the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, while Michael S. Kim was taking his shot on the sixth hole at the Bay Hill Club, a gator was spotted in the lake. Golf fan Rickey Roach shared a picture of the gator on his X (formerly Twitter) account. Immelman reacted to the post by resharing it on his X account with a caption:
“Is that the Loch Ness monster….lol.”
For the unversed, the Loch Ness Monster is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore. It is said to inhabit Loch Ness, a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. The creature is said to have a long neck and one or more humps.
Arnold Palmer Invitational Round 1 leaderboard
This week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational features a stellar field of some top-ranked golfers in the world, such as Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Åberg, and others. After the opening round, Daniel Berger took the lead in the game. He carded a round of 9-under 63. Collin Morikawa tied for second place with Ludvig Åberg at 6-under.
Justin Thomas is also playing this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He made his return on the circuit after five months but had a tough start. He carded a 7-over 79 and tied for 70th place on the leaderboard.
Below is the leaderboard of the Arnold Palmer Invitational after Round 1:
- 1 Daniel Berger: -9
- T2 Collin Morikawa: -6
- T2 Ludvig Åberg: -6
- T4 Jhonattan Vegas: -5
- T4 Cameron Young: -5
- T6 Ryan Fox: -4
- T6 Xander Schauffele: -4
- T6 Adam Scott: -4
- T9 Billy Horschel: -3
- T9 Min Woo Lee: -3
- T9 Corey Conners: -3
- T9 Harris English: -3
- T9 Keith Mitchell: -3
- T9 Bud Cauley: -3
- T9 Kurt Kitayama: -3
- T9 Chris Gotterup: -3
- T9 Rickie Fowler: -3
- T18 Michael Thorbjornsen: -2
- T18 Akshay Bhatia: -2
- T18 Justin Rose: -2
- T18 Scottie Scheffler: -2
- T18 Russell Henley: -2
- T18 Maverick McNealy: -2
- T18 Hideki Matsuyama: -2
- T18 Sahith Theegala: -2
- T26 Daniel Bennett (a): -1
- T26 Brian Campbell: -1
- T26 Taylor Moore: -1
- T26 Patrick Cantlay: -1
- T26 Si Woo Kim: -1
- T26 Ryo Hisatsune: -1
- T26 Keegan Bradley: -1
- T33 Patrick Rodgers: E
- T33 Alex Noren: E
- T33 Sepp Straka: E
- T33 Robert MacIntyre: E
- T33 Nicolai Højgaard: E
- T33 Denny McCarthy: E
- T33 Jordan Spieth: E
- T33 Nick Taylor: E
- T33 Ben Griffin: E
- T33 Nico Echavarria: E
- T33 Rory McIlroy: E
- T33 Viktor Hovland: E
- T45 Andrew Putnam: +1
- T45 Harry Hall: +1
- T45 Brian Harman: +1
- T45 Lucas Glover: +1
- T45 Taylor Pendrith: +1
- T45 J.J. Spaun: +1
- T45 Chris Kirk: +1
- T52 Tom Hoge: +2
- T52 Max Greyserman: +2
- T52 Andrew Novak: +2
- T52 Shane Lowry: +2
- T52 Austin Smotherman: +2
- T52 Jason Day: +2
- T52 Sam Stevens: +2
- T52 Matt Fitzpatrick: +2
- T52 Sam Burns: +2
- T61 Joel Dahmen: +3
- T61 Matt McCarty: +3
- T61 J.T. Poston: +3
- T61 Jacob Bridgeman: +3
- T61 Michael Kim: +3
- T66 Sungjae Im: +4
- T66 Tommy Fleetwood: +4
- T68 Ryan Gerard: +5
- T68 Haotong Li: +5
- T70 Aldrich Potgieter: +7
- T70 Pierceson Coody: +7
- T70 Justin Thomas: +7