Arnold Palmer Invitational The Arnold Palmer Invitational is held at the legendary Bay Hill Club and Lodge near Orlando FL, and you can bet that "The King" Mr. Palmer has tightened up the course. He was on the Golf Channel yesterday saying the rough is thick and up to 3 inches.
The par 72 layout measures 7,400 yards and is a ball strikers track if there ever was one.
[B]Justin Rose -130[/B] vs Rickie Fowler
I don't like betting against the kid Fowler, who struggled with a T50 LY in this event, but Rose impressed me last week even though he fell apart on Sunday. He'll be sleeping in his own bed this week, he was T5 LW and 7-for-7 in cuts, but mostly it's his ball striking. Tee to green there are few better than Rose and few better swings on the Tour. The greens at Bay Hill are fairly flat and with a decent putter this week he should contend again for the title.
[B]Sergio Garcia -120[/B] vs Aaron Baddeley
Since winning at Riviera, Badds missed the cut (as we mentioned to go against the previous winner in matchups) and then was OK at Doral, but he has a poor record here at Bay Hill. Sergio is making good strides to getting his game back in shape, a T15 LW where his worst round was a 72 at the difficult Copperhead course showed he is swinging well and we really like the new putting grip.
