ORLANDO, Fla. — The gallery lined the final 400 yards of the fairway down the right side of the par-5 16th at Bay Hill to watch the final few holes of what was close to a masterpiece in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Tiger Woods was 120 miles away, resting his ailing back.

Masters champion Adam Scott has put on quite a show over two days at Bay Hill, getting his name into the record book after each round.

He opened with a 62, matching the best score at Bay Hill. With six more birdies on Friday, he tied the 36-hole record at 14-under 130, previously held by Andy Bean and Tom Watson in 1981.

As for that seven-shot lead?

That shattered the tournament record first set by Paul Azinger in 1988 and later matched by Woods in 2002.

“I think it was a pretty good way to back up a low round,” Scott said after his 4-under 68 on Friday. “It’s not easy to do that, especially around a tough course.

“Going back to the first hole was key in keeping some of the momentum out of yesterday, making a scrappy par and a good putt on the first to feel like I’m heading in the right direction to start the day.”

It was the part in the middle that allowed him to pull away.

He hit a gorgeous shot from 167 yards out of the rough and just over a bunker to 12 feet for birdie on No. 9.

He hit a 7-iron that covered the flag and settled 4 feet away for birdie on the 11th, followed by a routine up-and-down for birdie on the par-5 12th.

After a tough chip that he nearly holed on the par-3 14th, Scott smoked a 3-wood into a perfect spot in the fairway and rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt.

No one else was better than 7-under par — J.B. Holmes (69), Chesson Hadley (68), Francesco Molinari of Italy (70).