This week's field includes:
- The field includes 19 of the top 25 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings, with 7 from the top-10, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson, Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy, Retief Goosen and Vijay Singh. The other 12 top 25 player in the field are Luke Donald, Trevor Immelman, Paul Casey, Sergio Garcia, Charles Howell III, Nick O'Hern, Davis Love III, Colin Mongomerie, K.J. Choi, Jose Maria Olazabal, Robert Allenby and Stewart Cink.
- The field includes 20 of the top 25 of this years PGA Tour money list. The only ones not in the field is Jim Furyk, Jose Coceres, Fred Funk, Kevin Sutherland and Adam Scott.
- The field includes 11 past champions: Rod Pampling (2006), Kenny Perry (2005), Chad Campbell (2004), Tiger Woods (2000, '01, '02 & '03), Tim Herron (1999), Ernie Els (1998), Phil Mickelson (1997), Paul Goydos (1996), Robert Gamez (1990) Paul Azinger (1988) and Dan Forsman (1986).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Arnold Palmer Invitational field are these performance charts, one with the players listed alphabetically and the other with the players listed by average finish.
One last way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Arnold Palmer in the last five years.
Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
| Who's Hot: (Those with *** are in the Arnold Palmer field) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | PODS | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
Buick | AT&T | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ***Charles Howell III | T6 | DNP | T9 | Win | DNP | T23 | 2 | T65 | T2 | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Henrik Stinson | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Phil Mickelson | DNP | DNP | T17 | 2 | Win | Cut | T51st | T45 | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Vijay Singh | T19 | DNP | T17 | T29 | T11 | 7 | T39 | DNP | T34 | Win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Aaron Baddeley | DNP | DNP | T9 | T13 | T19 | Win | DNP | DNP | Cut | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Furyk | DNP | T31 | T17 | T3 | T6 | DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Trevor Immelman | T43 | DNP | 3 | T44 | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | T42 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Geoff Ogilvy | DNP | DNP | 2 | T51 | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | T8 | T19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Robert Allenby | DNP | T5 | T33 | T3 | DNP | DNP | T9 | T8 | T8 | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Coceres | DNP | 2 | 2 | DNP | T44 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Mark Wilson | T38 | Win | T66 | DNP | T25 | DNP | T31 | T33 | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Bart Bryant | T12 | DNP | T33 | T18 | DNP | 4 | T7 | Cut | T13 | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Toms | DNP | T20 | T9 | T37 | DNP | T8 | DNP | DNP | T13 | T8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Tiger Woods | DNP | DNP | T9 | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Mark Calcavecchia | Win | Cut | T41 | DNP | DNP | Cut | T4 | T8 | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who's Not: (Those with *** are in the Arnold Palmer field) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pods | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
Buick | AT&T | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Short, Jr. | Cut | T46 | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Justin Leonard | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Todd Hamilton | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | 72 | Cut | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent Jones | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | T69 | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Gore | Cut | Cut | DNP | WD | Cut | Cut | Cut | T65th | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Robert Gamez | Cut | Cut | T66 | Cut | T65 | Cut | DNP | T65 | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ***Sean O'Hair | Cut | Cut | DNP | T56 | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Who to Watch for at the Arnold Palmer Invitational:
Best Bets:
| Tiger Woods | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20 | T23 | T46 | Win | Win | Win | Win | T56 | T13 | T9 | - |
hasn't played well the last three years but his driver is under control and he is the best in tough conditions, course plays hard is a big advantage for Woods.
| Phil Mickelson | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | T3 | 2 | T46 | T5 | Cut | Win | Cut |
What a perfect place for him to go mano-a-mono with Tiger on. Between the two of them they have won five times at Bay Hill, the big surprise is Mickelson not coming back to this event in four years.
| Charles Howell III | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T48 | T8 | T15 | T42 | T69 | Cut | - | - | - | - | - |
Hottest player on tour, he doesn't seem to have any letup in his game and looks like he can win anytime he tees it up.
Best of the rest:
| Pat Perez | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T34 | T44 | - | T10 | T9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
His game is showing signs of returning, has played well at Bay Hill in the past don't be surprise to see him do well this week.
| Vijay Singh | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | T2 | T31 | T20 | T15 | T4 | T29 | T11 | T22 | T35 | T13 |
Always plays well in this event, his good driving should be a plus, again he needs to get the putter going.
| Stephen Ames | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | T40 | T6 | T10 | T22 | T64 | T38 | - | T10 | - | - |
Has had good finishes in this event, have to think that he is close to putting it all together.
| Ernie Els | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T54 | T23 | Cut | T38 | T9 | T62 | T14 | T44 | Win | Cut | T42 |
Patience is wearing a bit thin on a Els comeback. Still hasn't shown that he is ready to get back in the winners circle and be a regular contender, have to think that with the Masters a coming he is going to have a good result this week.
| Robert Allenby | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | - | Cut | Cut | T25 | T34 | T29 | T13 | - | Cut | T31 |
Has been knocking on the door all year, just hasn't had that right break at the right time. He has had five top-tens in six starts so you know it's only going to be a matter of time.
Longshot's that could come through:
| Bart Bryant | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20 | T8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Here is a good 50 to 1 longshot, He was 13th at the Sony, seventh at the Buick Invitational, fourth in the FBR Open and 12th at last week's PODS Championship and has played good here in two starts.
| Charles Warren | ||||||||||
| 2006 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20 | T23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hasn't had that impressive of a year but one stat sticks out that makes us give him a long shot pick, he is third in the total driving stat which gives him a nod this week.
