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Who do you like at Bay Hill? Obviously TW, will be right in the mix, but who else? KJ Choi is a solid choice, gotta like his chances. But I'm going to go out and pick a guy I used to absolutely despise, but I'm coming around on the fella....I really like his commercials of late, especially the Footjoy one with Angel..."Amigo....let it go man"

Vijay Singh
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Who do you like at Bay Hill? Obviously TW, will be right in the mix, but who else? KJ Choi is defending champ, gotta like his chances. But I'm going to go out and pick a guy I used to absolutely despise, but I'm coming around on the fella....I really like his commercials of late, especially the Footjoy one with Angel..."Amigo....let it go man"

I feel the same way about Vijay. I never liked him before but I have come around, I like his commercials and his mellow demeanor. I dont like him in Bay Hill though. Of course Tiger is going to be there but I like Phil. He has something to prove to Tiger this week and I think he has been playing well.

I hope it comes down to Tiger and Phil in the final round on Sunday, with Phil winning.
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I like the 18th hole. Very exciting on sunday.


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It doesn't even look like KJ Choi is in the event, I guess that is a horrible pick on my part, whoops.

I thought Choi was the defending champ, but Vijay is, looks like I like him to defend then, we'll see.

Either way, I'll be tuned in all week!!!
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I like Cink, hes sue for a win eventually.
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yep KJ is playing in South Korea this week - a home event - on the European Tour. He shot 71 today, 4 back of the lead. It'll take some effort to get to Florida from Korea for his tee-time!

I'm going to say Paul Casey. Good build up to The Masters for him.

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It will be interesting to see if anyone can hold off Tiger. Fred Couples is leading right now at -5. Retief Goosen is at -2, but he has been wildly inconsistent the past year or so.

There is a big group of notables at Even par including Tiger, Furyk, Poulter, Sergio, etc. That group will be interesting to watch. We haven't heard a lot from Jim Furyk lately, and it would be nice to see him get a win this week. That being said, it's definitely Tiger's to lose.
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Greetings ....

Note to Sand Trip Admin - you might consider re-titleling this thread as "Arnold Palmer Invitational - Spoilers Possible"

It must be an optical illusion! I can't believe what this PGA Tour Leaderboard is showing me right now!

Just pray for that back of his to hold up!

Thanx-A-Lot and Enjoy the Golf,
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Go Freddy, boom-boom, it's your birthday...

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Go Freddy, boom-boom, it's your birthday...

It's Freddy's BIRTHDAY?!??! No wonder he played so well. Wow, what a birthday present.

Of course you likely can't sense the sarcasm so I'll point out that I'm kidding. He rocked today though, that was great watching his scores keep going lower on the leaderboard on PGATour.com!!! Vijay put up a good round, Hunter Mahan played solidly as well...I love it when all the big guns are playing. Here's to Freddy keeping it going for 3 more rounds!
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The real winner is the city of Orlando. Being stuck in central Florida has to be tough on those people.

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Go Freddy, boom-boom, it's your birthday...

Yeah! Gotta pull for Freddy. If he can hang around near the top this is going to be a fun tournament to watch this weekend.

The real winner is the city of Orlando. Being stuck in central Florida has to be tough on those people.

What's wrong with Orlando?

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Well done Lee Westwood..has to be one of the favourites for the tournament now.

I'd like to see Lee Westwood stay near the top of the leaderboard all weekend, but he will have to prove himself on American soil to me first before I have faith in his finishing abilities. He has played himself into contention in America before, but he can't seem to finish the job. It will be tough to hold off Vijay Singh by the looks of it, and you know Tiger will find his way onto the first page of the leaderboard very soon.

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It's nice to see Sean O'Hair backing up last week's good play with another solid tournament. O'Hair started today in a tie for 49th, but he is -6 for the day (-5 for the tourney), and he has moved up inside the top 10. Hunter Mahan is also moving up the leaderboard pretty quickly (-4 for the day and tourney).

Tiger may be going low today, and it should be good watching.
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It's nice to see Sean O'Hair backing up last week's good play with another solid tournament. O'Hair started today in a tie for 49th, but he is -6 for the day (-5 for the tourney), and he has moved up inside the top 10. Hunter Mahan is also moving up the leaderboard pretty quickly (-4 for the day and tourney).

I was going to practice putting today right after lunch, but after watching him and realizing he was in the hunt, I watched the rest of his round.

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