The 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard

[Rick Martin]

Fortunate that I have two PGA events nearby in the course of two consecutive weeks. I'll be going out to Bayhill on Tuesday for the practice rounds. Went last year and really enjoyed myself out there - probably spent 10-12 hours. I was one of the last to leave the course - and guess who was still out there alone on the course (with his caddy). Vijay -I went crazy with my telephoto lens DLR.

Anyway, this coming week's event should be bring out a huge crowd w/ Lefty, TW, Graeme, Westwood, Snedeker, Furyk, Bradley, Poulter, Simpson, Watson, Watney, Sergio, Mahan, among the names:

Robert Allenby Stuart Appleby Aaron Baddeley Sang-Moon Bae Charlie Beljan Jonas Blixt Keegan Bradley Scott Brown Angel Cabrera Chad Campbell Bud Cauley Greg Chalmers Kevin Chappell K.J. Choi Stewart Cink Tim Clark George Coetzee Erik Compton Ben Crane Ben Curtis Brian Davis Jason Day Brendon de Jonge Graham DeLaet James Driscoll Jason Dufner Ken Duke Ernie Els Harris English Bob Estes Matt Every Gonzalo Fdez-Castano Rickie Fowler

Steven Fox Brad Fritsch Jim Furyk Tommy Gainey Robert Gamez Sergio Garcia Robert Garrigus Brian Gay Lucas Glover Fabian Gomez Retief Goosen Branden Grace Luke Guthrie Bill Haas James Hahn Peter Hanson Brian Harman David Hearn Russell Henley J.J. Henry Tim Herron Justin Hicks Charley Hoffman Billy Horschel Charles Howell III John Huh Trevor Immelman Ryo Ishikawa Lee Janzen Zach Johnson Matt Jones Chris Kirk Ben Kohles

Doug LaBelle II Martin Laird Scott Langley Richard H.Lee Marc Leishman David Lingmerth David Lynn Hunter Mahan Graeme McDowell Phil Mickelson Francesco Molinari Ryan Moore Kevin Na Seung-Yul Noh Sean O'Hair Geoff Ogilvy Thorbjorn Olesen Jeff Overton Greg Owen Rod Pampling Pat Perez Rod Perry Carl Pettersson Scott Piercy D.A. Points Ted Potter, Jr. Ian Poulter Dicky Pride Patrick Reed John Rollins Justin Rose John Senden Webb Simpson

Vijay Singh Brandt Snedeker Scott Stallings Kyle Stanley Brendan Steele Henrik Stenson Robert Streb Kevin Streelman Brian Stuard Vaughn Taylor Josh Teater Nicholas Thompson David Toms Cameron Tringale Bo Van Pelt Scott Verplank Camilo Villegas Johnson Wagner Jimmy Walker Nick Watney Bubba Watson Boo Weekley Mike Weir Lee Westwood Charlie Wi Peter Williamson Mark Wilson Gary Woodland Tiger Woods

[jbishop15]

I am super excited for this tournament. One of my favorites on tour. I'm picking Tiger to win, though I think Mahan is due.

[Rick Martin]

Bayhill is old school - in the residential setting of homes of the 1960s architecture.  Even Arnie's Lodge feels like you've stepped back several decades.

[LSU_justin]

One of my favorite tournaments.

[colin007]

pulling for tiger, as always...

[clarkeycats]

Looks like another great showing. Should hopefully be an epic tourney. Will be good to see Sned back in action, hopefully his injury time out hadn't effected him too much.

[Beachcomber]

Tiger... May the force be with you!

[Rick Martin]

A TW vs Lefty showdown on Sunday would be good for me.

[walk18]

I think it's kind of ridiculous that Rory has skipped Arnie's tournament twice now.

[kcarile]

Pulling for my man TW as always... ever since I was a little kid!

[LSU_justin]

I'm pulling for Tiger as well.

[David in FL]

Originally Posted by jbishop15

I am super excited for this tournament. One of my favorites on tour. I'm picking Tiger to win, though I think Mahan is due.

Originally Posted by colin007

pulling for tiger, as always...

Originally Posted by Beachcomber

Tiger... May the force be with you!

Originally Posted by Rick Martin

A TW vs Lefty showdown on Sunday would be good for me.

Originally Posted by kcarile

Pulling for my man TW as always... ever since I was a little kid!

Originally Posted by LSU_justin

I'm pulling for Tiger as well.

It's lonely on this side of the fence.....

[LSU_justin]

I'm also pulling for David Toms. But that shouldn't be a surprise.

[colin007]

Originally Posted by David in FL

It's lonely on this side of the fence.....

thats because its the WRONG SIDE!!!!

[gwlee7]

Originally Posted by walk18

I think it's kind of ridiculous that Rory has skipped Arnie's tournament twice now.

Why aren't Matt Kuchar, Luke Donald, Louis Oosthiehoweveryouspellit, and Adam Scott getting crucified for not kissing the "ring"?

[nututhugame]

I am pulling for Tiger. #1 needs to get back to #1.

[Rick Martin]

Spent about 10 hrs today out at Bay Hill. Good time. Beautiful warm weather, no rain as forecasted.   Watched a guy named James Sieckmann who I'm assuming is related to the old pro Tom Sieckmann, give a lot of personalized short game coaching to Charlie Wie, Cameron Tringale, and a few others. It was cool to get right up and close and listen to their discussion/thinking on a variety of shots around the green.   Saw Sean Foley, David Leadbetter, Rick Smith, and several other coaching gurus out there (Mike Shannon, putting guru).   Will try to find time to post some pictures of the players, holes, videos of swings in a day or so.

Didn't see the Tiger or Phil.

http://www.jsegolfacademy.com/

[clubchamp]

Originally Posted by gwlee7

Why aren't Matt Kuchar, Luke Donald, Louis Oosthiehoweveryouspellit, and Adam Scott getting crucified for not kissing the "ring"?

Probably it would have to do with the fact that maybe 8% of the total people watching the event would want to see them play. Where as 35-40% would want to see Rory play the fact that it is Arnie's tourney just makes it more of a media frenzy.