This week's field includes:
- The field includes only 14 of the top 25 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings, with four from the Top 10: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh. The other top 25 players in the field are Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Geoff Ogilvy, Zach Johnson, Martin Johnson, Lee Westwood, Niclas Fasth, Trevor Immelman, Scott Verplank and Ian Poulter.
- The field includes 17 of the Top 25 of this year's PGA Tour money list. The players in the field are: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, J.B. Holmes, Daniel Chopra, Ryuji Imada, Steve Lowery, Vijay Singh, Luke Donald, D.J. Trahan, Sean O'Hair, Jeff Quinney, Steve Marino, Stuart Appleby, Brian Gay, Nathan Green, Troy Matteson and Boo Weekley.
- The field includes 13 past champions: Vijay Singh (2007), Rod Pampling (2006), Kenny Perry (2005), Chad Campbell (2004), Tiger Woods (2000, '01, '02 & '03), Tim Herron (1999), Phil Mickelson (1997), Paul Goydos (1996), Fred Couples (1992), Andrew Magee (1991), 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: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | PODS | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Cink | T2 | DNP | 2nd | DNP | DNP | Cut | T3rd | T26th | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Leonard | DNP | T30 | 4th | DNP | T43 | T43rd | T3rd | 2nd | DNP | T8th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phil Mickelson | DNP | DNP | T17th | Win | Cut | 2nd | T6th | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K.J. Choi | DNP | DNP | T5th | T7th | DNP | T20th | Cut | DNP | Win | T28th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Appleby | T10th | DNP | T9th | T7 | DNP | T4th | T8th | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Donald | DNP | 2nd | T17th | T3 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vijay Singh | DNP | DNP | T5th | T36th | 2nd | Cut | T23 | DNP | T45th | T12th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Marino | T14th | T24th | 2nd | T46 | DNP | T34th | T23 | T29th | T4th | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryuji Imada | T2nd | DNP | DNP | T5th | DNP | WD | 2nd | T16th | T69th | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Stricker | T14th | DNP | T9th | T11th | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | T4th | 2nd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Allenby | T14th | T4th | T33rd | T7th | DNP | T25th | T35th | T12th | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who's Not: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | PODS | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Demsey | DNP | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Micheel | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | T62nd | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.P. Hayes | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | T40 | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Duval | Cut | Cut | DNP | WD | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnson Wagner | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | T38th | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Hensby | WD | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rocco Mediate | Cut | Cut | DNP | T62nd | Cut | T50th | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Who to Watch at the Arnold Palmer Invitational:
Best Bets:
| Tiger Woods | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T22 | T20 | T23 | T46 | Win | Win | Win | Win | T56 | T13 | T9 | - |
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Nobody else can do what Tiger does. Of course he is the favorite.
| Phil Mickelson | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T36 | - | - | - | - | T3 | 2 | T46 | T5 | Cut | Win | Cut |
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A big challenge for him to win on a course that is very tight. Look for him to make a run at it and go up against Tiger.
| Luke Donald | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | - | - | - | Cut | Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Played well at the Honda. Look for that to continue this week.
Best of the rest:
| Vijay Singh | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 7 | T2 | T31 | T20 | T15 | T4 | T29 | T11 | T22 | T35 | T13 |
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It's hard to believe that it's been a full year since his last win. He always seems to have a good week at Bay Hill, maybe this course will break him out of his drought.
| Stuart Appleby | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T45 | T54 | T36 | 2 | T65 | Cut | Cut | T64 | Cut | Cut | 2nd | Cut |
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If he gets it going he could do very well. He has had two runner-up finishes in this event
| Chad Campbell | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T22 | T17 | T8 | Win | T74 | T31 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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If the wind pops up, he could be very dangerous on this course.
| Sergio Garcia | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T5 | T10 | T8 | T31 | Cut | T9 | T4 | T42 | - | -- | - | - |
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Plays great on this course. You have to think that he is going to win this event one day.
| Ryuji Imada | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Has played very consistently this year and could be on the verge of something really special.
| Brandt Snedeker | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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He is hungry for another win and is playing good.
Longshots that could come through:
| Steve Marino | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Has played great all year. This could be his week he puts together a good event.
| Kenny Perry | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | - | Win | T15 | T2 | T22 | T43 | - | T52 | - | T59 | - |
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Has the game off the tee to win again here. The question is can he put together 72 great holes?
