2015 Arnold Palmer Invitational Picks

This week the PGA Tour stops off in Orlando, Florida at Bay Hill Club and Lodge for the 2015 Arnold Palmer Invitational. As the name says, this is an invitation-only tournament, with the top 70 players on last year's FedEx Cup rankings being guaranteed an invite and only a 120-132-man field. Due to this, we're seeing some of the best golfers on tour playing this week. This also makes the AP Invitational one of the more prestigious events on tour, due to it's "invitation" status.

This tournament is probably best known for being won by Tiger Woods eight times; the first four of those wins coming in 2000-2003. He also won this tournament in 2012 and 2013. This year, however, marks the 2nd year that Tiger won't be playing in the tournament. In 2013, he withdrew shortly before the start of the tournament, due to back issues. This year, it's due to swing issues.

Bay Hill itself is one of the longer courses played on tour, stretching to about 7,400 yards. It also takes water into play on a few holes, which always makes for interesting golf. It's also been reported that the greens are not "100 percent healthy" due to the tough winter that Florida faced. Who knows how this will affect the tournament. The greens at Bay Hill are set to be replaced sometime after the AP invitational, however. The course itself is also owned by tournament namesake and golfing legend Arnold Palmer.

As I said before, there's a few more elite players in the field. Based on this, here are our picks for this week:

1) Billy Horschel
2) Henrik Stenson
3) Graeme McDowell

Stay tuned for our Weekend Update post to see who's leading going into the weekend,


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Bay Hill Club and Lodge