Hot putter helps scott match bay hill record

Reigning Masters champion Adam Scott of Australia matched the Bay Hill course record with a 10-under 62 on Thursday to seize command at the US PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational.

World No 2 Scott, just three weeks before defending his Masters crown at Augusta National and hot on the heels of top-ranked Tiger Woods, fired seven birdies, two eagles and a bogey.

That equaled the course record set by American Andy Bean in 1981 and matched by Aussie Greg Norman in 1984.