PGA First Look: Arnold Palmer Invitational
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We are coming off of an interesting week of golf. Charl Schwartzel took down the Valspar Championship by besting Bill Haas in a playoff. We also saw Jordan Spieth shoot a 5-over first round, only to rally and finish in a tie for 18th. Danny Lee let a lot of people down after withdrawing halfway through his final round. We also saw Keegan Bradley go from being the leader at 4-under on Thursday, to missing the cut after shooting a 79 on Friday.
The PGA Tour heads to Orlando this week for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. This tournament could also be called the Tiger Woods Invitational, as he has eight career victories at this event. Woods will not be in the field this week, but there are still some big names including Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Justin Rose, and Jason Day. I should also note that Matt Every is looking for his third straight title. There will be plenty of Every jokes this week, but there is no denying the fact that he has two PGA Tour victories under his belt.
This event will be held at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge. This course is a Par 72 that stretches just over 7,400 yards. Despite its length, this is not a course that is generally dominated by bombers. Many holes require less than driver off the tee and we have seen plenty of short, accurate players contend here. Hitting greens is essential here and proximity from distances greater than 200 yards is important. Finally, we want to target players that are solid around the greens. Putting and scrambling typically play a big role at this event.
Cut Rule: The top 70 and ties move on after the first two rounds. It is important to note that there are only 120 golfers in the field this week, so at least 58% of the field will make the cut.
Recent Winners of this Event: Matt Every (2015), Matt Every (2014), Tiger Woods (2013), Tiger Woods (2012), Martin Laird (2011)
Weather: Thursday and Friday look pretty clear with winds around 9-11 MPH. We could see some rain on the weekend with a 60% chance of rain on Saturday and an 80% chance on Sunday.
Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2011-2015)
| Golfer | Salary | S-Rank | Odds | O-Rank | + / – | OWGR | Cuts | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | $12,000 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1/1 | 11 | ||||
| Adam Scott | $11,700 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2/4 | 35 | 3 | |||
| Henrik Stenson | $11,100 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7/7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 47 |
| Jason Day | $10,800 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3/4 | 17 | 45 | |||
| Justin Rose | $10,500 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5/7 | 94 | 2 | 15 | 3 | |
| Hideki Matsuyama | $10,100 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1/1 | 21 | ||||
| Ryan Moore | $9,800 | 7 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 4/6 | 60 | 102 | 4 | 12 | |
| | $9,600 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 6/7 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 30 | |
| Matt Kuchar | $9,400 | 9 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0/0 | |||||
| Brandt Snedeker | $9,100 | 10 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 7/9 | 13 | 8 | 114 | 63 | 100 |
| Kevin Kisner | $8,900 | 11 | 47 | 12 | -1 | 22 | 1/1 | 49 | ||||
| Paul Casey | $8,700 | 12 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 2/4 | 70 | 60 | |||
| Graeme McDowell | $8,600 | 13 | 53 | 16 | -3 | 62 | 4/7 | 79 | 10 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
| Marc Leishman | $8,500 | 14 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 4/6 | 79 | 31 | 90 | 48 | 3 |
| Harris English | $8,400 | 15 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 70 | 3/4 | 29 | 14 | 57 | 104 | |
| Zach Johnson | $8,300 | 16 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 9/10 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 11 | 47 |
| Byeong-Hun An | $8,100 | 17 | 71 | 22 | -5 | 30 | 0/1 | |||||
| Charles Howell III | $8,000 | 18 | 62 | 18 | 0 | 103 | 9/10 | 21 | 35 | 45 | 20 | 38 |
| Jason Kokrak | $7,900 | 19 | 60 | 17 | 2 | 116 | 2/3 | 6 | 4 | 100 | ||
| Matt Jones | $7,900 | 19 | 70 | 21 | -2 | 61 | 4/5 | 3 | 14 | 50 | ||
| Keegan Bradley | $7,800 | 21 | 81 | 27 | -6 | 93 | 3/4 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 108 | |
| Webb Simpson | $7,800 | 21 | 69 | 20 | 1 | 76 | 4/8 | 43 | 122 | 36 | 96 | |
| Andy Sullivan | $7,800 | 21 | 68 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 0/0 | |||||
| William McGirt | $7,700 | 24 | 73 | 24 | 0 | 115 | 4/5 | 59 | 110 | 8 | 63 | 38 |
| K.J. Choi | $7,700 | 24 | 83 | 28 | -4 | 105 | 5/7 | 89 | 60 | 77 | 36 | 6 |
| Brendan Steele | $7,700 | 24 | 72 | 23 | 1 | 78 | 3/5 | 35 | 20 | 90 | 112 | 38 |
| Ryan Palmer | $7,700 | 24 | 75 | 25 | -1 | 69 | 0/4 | 75 | ||||
| Gary Woodland | $7,700 | 24 | 88 | 32 | -8 | 68 | 4/5 | 21 | 20 | 27 | 48 | 100 |
| Billy Horschel | $7,700 | 24 | 75 | 26 | -2 | 44 | 3/3 | 43 | 43 | 75 | ||
| Thomas Pieters | $7,600 | 30 | 91 | 33 | -3 | 56 | 0/0 | |||||
| David Lingmerth | $7,600 | 30 | 85 | 29 | 1 | 39 | 3/3 | 13 | 52 | 50 | ||
| Danny Lee | $7,600 | 30 | 85 | 29 | 1 | 35 | 2/3 | 17 | 31 | |||
| John Huh | $7,500 | 33 | 95 | 35 | -2 | 180 | 3/3 | 55 | 27 | 73 | ||
| Matt Every | $7,500 | 33 | 86 | 31 | 2 | 163 | 5/6 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 24 | 100 |
| Freddie Jacobson | $7,500 | 33 | 96 | 36 | -3 | 100 | 5/7 | 69 | 10 | 53 | 9 | |
| Scott Brown | $7,400 | 36 | 112 | 40 | -4 | 150 | 1/2 | 103 | 13 | |||
| Jonas Blixt | $7,400 | 36 | 120 | 43 | -7 | 131 | 0/1 | 102 | ||||
| Kevin Streelman | $7,400 | 36 | 99 | 38 | -2 | 110 | 5/5 | 67 | 21 | 47 | ||
| Luke Donald | $7,400 | 36 | 104 | 39 | -3 | 88 | 1/2 | |||||
| Jamie Lovemark | $7,300 | 40 | 120 | 44 | -4 | 139 | 0/1 | |||||
| Smylie Kaufman | $7,300 | 40 | 91 | 33 | 7 | 50 | 0/0 | |||||
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | $7,300 | 40 | 130 | 47 | -7 | 47 | 0/1 | 103 | ||||
| Chris Wood | $7,300 | 40 | 153 | 62 | -22 | 41 | 0/0 | |||||
| Bryson DeChambeau | $7,200 | 44 | 150 | 59 | -15 | 538 | 0/0 | |||||
| Martin Laird | $7,200 | 44 | 143 | 55 | -11 | 200 | 6/6 | 43 | 76 | 34 | 36 | 1 |
| Kevin Chappell | $7,200 | 44 | 141 | 53 | -9 | 129 | 2/4 | 102 | 14 | 110 | 24 | |
| Chez Reavie | $7,200 | 44 | 98 | 37 | 7 | 98 | 1/1 | 70 | ||||
| Francesco Molinari | $7,200 | 44 | 130 | 47 | -3 | 81 | 3/3 | 17 | 5 | 34 | ||
| Sean O’Hair | $7,100 | 49 | 128 | 45 | 4 | 127 | 8/9 | 29 | 10 | 40 | 29 | 74 |
| Ian Poulter | $7,100 | 49 | 120 | 42 | 7 | 67 | 6/8 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 12 |
| Emiliano Grillo | $7,100 | 49 | 119 | 41 | 8 | 36 | 0/0 | |||||
| Blayne Barber | $7,000 | 52 | 143 | 55 | -3 | 221 | 1/1 | 49 | ||||
| Ernie Els | $7,000 | 52 | 146 | 57 | -5 | 215 | 6/7 | 13 | 102 | 4 | 70 | |
| George McNeill | $7,000 | 52 | 136 | 50 | 2 | 148 | 6/6 | 35 | 14 | 33 | ||
| Morgan Hoffmann | $7,000 | 52 | 163 | 64 | -12 | 147 | 2/2 | 4 | 35 | |||
| Ben Martin | $7,000 | 52 | 139 | 52 | 0 | 95 | 1/3 | 5 | 77 | 89 | ||
| Russell Henley | $7,000 | 52 | 182 | 68 | -16 | 86 | 1/3 | 49 | 86 | 90 | ||
| Soren Kjeldsen | $7,000 | 52 | 151 | 60 | -8 | 43 | 0/0 | |||||
| Roberto Castro | $6,900 | 59 | 218 | 82 | -23 | 289 | 0/0 | |||||
| Sam Saunders | $6,900 | 59 | 191 | 71 | -12 | 252 | 4/6 | 29 | 43 | 100 | 30 | |
| Andrew Loupe | $6,900 | 59 | 196 | 75 | -16 | 186 | 0/0 | |||||
| James Hahn | $6,900 | 59 | 202 | 78 | -19 | 117 | 0/1 | 77 | ||||
| Aaron Baddeley | $6,800 | 63 | 141 | 53 | 10 | 307 | 4/5 | 35 | 102 | 12 | ||
| Camilo Villegas | $6,800 | 63 | 134 | 49 | 14 | 197 | 7/9 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 42 | 81 |
| Retief Goosen | $6,800 | 63 | 128 | 46 | 17 | 185 | 7/8 | 79 | 31 | 27 | ||
| Daniel Summerhays | $6,800 | 63 | 138 | 51 | 12 | 108 | 2/4 | 55 | 96 | 33 | 89 | |
| Jeff Overton | $6,700 | 67 | 242 | 89 | -22 | 328 | 2/4 | 114 | 70 | 106 | ||
| Adam Hadwin | $6,700 | 67 | 202 | 78 | -11 | 191 | 0/0 | |||||
| Brian Harman | $6,700 | 67 | 239 | 88 | -21 | 119 | 1/4 | 106 | 77 | 77 | 15 | |
| Ricardo Gouveia | $6,700 | 67 | 264 | 94 | -27 | 83 | 0/0 | |||||
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | $6,700 | 67 | 148 | 58 | 9 | 46 | 1/1 | 6 | ||||
| Ryan Ruffels | $6,600 | 72 | 304 | 103 | -31 | 771 | 0/0 | |||||
| Lucas Glover | $6,600 | 72 | 179 | 67 | 5 | 292 | 4/6 | 106 | 14 | 90 | ||
| Vijay Singh | $6,600 | 72 | 173 | 65 | 7 | 208 | 8/9 | 57 | 20 | 57 | 24 | 81 |
| Will Wilcox | $6,600 | 72 | 155 | 63 | 9 | 135 | 0/0 | |||||
| Patrick Rodgers | $6,600 | 72 | 184 | 69 | 3 | 124 | 0/0 | |||||
| Hunter Mahan | $6,600 | 72 | 152 | 61 | 11 | 90 | 8/9 | 57 | 21 | 42 | 38 | |
| Chris Kirk | $6,600 | 72 | 196 | 75 | -3 | 60 | 2/4 | 93 | 60 | 16 | 96 | |
| Tyrone Van Aswegen | $6,500 | 79 | 296 | 102 | -23 | 288 | 0/1 | 83 | ||||
| Harold Varner III | $6,500 | 79 | 254 | 92 | -13 | 260 | 0/0 | |||||
| Brett Stegmaier | $6,500 | 79 | 189 | 70 | 9 | 247 | 0/0 | |||||
| Si Woo Kim | $6,500 | 79 | 213 | 80 | -1 | 169 | 0/0 | |||||
| Vaughn Taylor | $6,500 | 79 | 238 | 86 | -7 | 97 | 5/7 | 21 | 54 | |||
| Robert Streb | $6,500 | 79 | 175 | 66 | 13 | 49 | 0/2 | 112 | 114 | |||
| Angel Cabrera | $6,400 | 85 | 414 | 111 | -26 | 284 | 1/5 | 99 | 77 | 127 | ||
| Troy Merritt | $6,400 | 85 | 279 | 97 | -12 | 120 | 0/0 | |||||
| Bud Cauley | $6,300 | 87 | 200 | 77 | 10 | 467 | 1/2 | 114 | 4 | |||
| Hudson Swafford | $6,300 | 87 | 193 | 72 | 15 | 235 | 1/2 | 11 | 110 | |||
| Colt Knost | $6,300 | 87 | 214 | 81 | 6 | 203 | 2/4 | 70 | 66 | 69 | ||
| Cameron Tringale | $6,300 | 87 | 195 | 74 | 13 | 85 | 2/3 | 56 | 27 | 75 | ||
| Fabian Gomez | $6,300 | 87 | 193 | 72 | 15 | 59 | 0/1 | 77 | ||||
| Maverick McNealy | $6,200 | 92 | 279 | 97 | -5 | 0/0 | ||||||
| Bryce Molder | $6,200 | 92 | 234 | 84 | 8 | 216 | 2/2 | 35 | ||||
| Stewart Cink | $6,200 | 92 | 229 | 83 | 9 | 210 | 6/9 | 79 | 66 | 63 | 104 | 12 |
| Kyle Reifers | $6,200 | 92 | 245 | 90 | 2 | 201 | 1/3 | 79 | 92 | |||
| David Hearn | $6,200 | 92 | 270 | 96 | -4 | 155 | 3/3 | 43 | 52 | 45 | ||
| Boo Weekley | $6,200 | 92 | 262 | 93 | -1 | 146 | 6/9 | 114 | 96 | 69 | 53 | 118 |
| Ben Curtis | $6,100 | 98 | 571 | 113 | -15 | 962 | 4/8 | 99 | 21 | 81 | ||
| Mark Hubbard | $6,100 | 98 | 311 | 104 | -6 | 461 | 0/0 | |||||
| J.J. Henry | $6,100 | 98 | 414 | 111 | -13 | 238 | 5/6 | 86 | 40 | 12 | ||
| Jim Herman | $6,100 | 98 | 318 | 106 | -8 | 188 | 0/1 | 70 | ||||
| Peter Malnati | $6,100 | 98 | 368 | 109 | -11 | 165 | 0/0 | |||||
| Jhonattan Vegas | $6,000 | 103 | 238 | 86 | 17 | 303 | 2/3 | 43 | 72 | 108 | ||
| Derek Fathauer | $6,000 | 103 | 289 | 101 | 2 | 262 | 0/0 | |||||
| Chad Campbell | $6,000 | 103 | 266 | 95 | 8 | 211 | 8/9 | 70 | 74 | 50 | 42 | 54 |
| Brendon Todd | $6,000 | 103 | 371 | 110 | -7 | 123 | 0/2 | 103 | 104 | |||
| Spencer Levin | $5,900 | 107 | 245 | 90 | 17 | 264 | 2/3 | 65 | 112 | 6 | ||
| Zac Blair | $5,900 | 107 | 286 | 99 | 8 | 138 | 1/1 | 21 | ||||
| Tony Finau | $5,900 | 107 | 236 | 85 | 22 | 101 | 0/1 | 70 | ||||
| Tim Herron | $5,800 | 110 | 875 | 115 | -5 | 576 | 4/10 | 99 | 86 | 77 | 11 | 81 |
| Rory Sabbatini | $5,800 | 110 | 288 | 100 | 10 | 192 | 1/4 | 106 | 96 | |||
| Davis Love III | $5,800 | 110 | 336 | 107 | 3 | 156 | 4/6 | 65 | 26 | |||
| Trevor Immelman | $5,700 | 113 | 964 | 117 | -4 | 7/10 | 114 | 26 | 102 | 11 | 12 | |
| Dicky Pride | $5,700 | 113 | 964 | 117 | -4 | 377 | 3/7 | 77 | 114 | 48 | 30 | |
| Billy Hurley III | $5,600 | 115 | 571 | 113 | 2 | 437 | 3/6 | 79 | 96 | 66 | 62 | |
| Jon Curran | $5,600 | 115 | 311 | 104 | 11 | 230 | 0/0 | |||||
| Brendon de Jonge | $5,600 | 115 | 357 | 108 | 7 | 182 | 1/5 | 90 | 75 | 38 | ||
| Robert Gamez | $5,500 | 118 | 2250 | 120 | -2 | 2/10 | 119 | 113 | 122 | 96 | 81 | |
| David Hronek | $5,500 | 118 | 1250 | 119 | -1 | 0/0 | ||||||
| Rob Oppenheim | $5,500 | 118 | 875 | 115 | 3 | 443 | 0/0 |
Color Coding
Course history in BLUE indicates a top ten finish.
Course history in GREEN indicates a top 25 finish.
Course history in YELLOW indicates a made cut with a finish outside of the top 25.
Course history in RED indicates a missed cut.
Legend
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| S-Rank | Each golfer’s salary rank compared to the field, with one being the most expensive. |
| O-Rank | Each golfer’s odds rank compared to the field, with one the biggest favorite. |
| + / – | The difference between a golfer’s salary and odds rank. The bigger the number, the better. |
| OWGR | Official World Golf Ranking |
| Cuts | Cut record of each golfer at this event in the last ten seasons. |
| 2011 – 2015 Columns | Course history at this event over the last five seasons. |