The Arnold Palmer Invitational has about as good a leaderboard as it could have hoped for at the start of the week. It’s a loaded set inside the top 10 and 15. It’s a mix of young studs, accomplished veterans, and the greatest moneymaker in the history of the game.
Arnold Palmer Invitational 2018: Tiger Woods’ tee time, plus full pairings for Sunday
A loaded leaderboard takes Bay Hill for a final round of the API that’s full of potential.
Tiger Woods is back with a late afternoon tee time on Sunday at Bay Hill. It’s been five years since Tiger played this event, but it did not take him long to make an impact and take up residence on the fist page of the leaderboard. That’s where he has been really since his first few holes in the opening round on Thursday morning, when he quickly got to 3-under. He’s not exactly threatened the lead on the weekend, but he’s been right around the top 10 throughout.
A ninth career win is not completely out of the question for Tiger. He’s five shots off the lead, but a low mid-60s number is absolutely capable of putting pressure on the leaders a few groups behind him. Woods did not rule it out on Saturday evening, saying he needed to “shoot a low one” and hope for help. The first order of business is actually doing his part and going out and posting his own number.
Tiger will tee off with Bud Cauley at right at 1:30 p.m. ET on Sunday. Cauley is a younger pup, but he’s still got a few years on Tour under his belt. He’s also friends with and one-time roommates with Justin Thomas. So it’s likely the former Alabama product has at least played a friendly game or two down in South Florida with Tiger. Nonetheless, this is an entirely different environment. Tiger in the hunt on Sunday at a PGA Tour event will draw a massive crowd and definitely a handful of idiots that can make it tough to be his playing partner.
Tiger obviously completely changes the dynamic of a tee sheet. There are Tiger tournaments, and then there’s everything else. But beyond the Big Cat, this is a loaded tee sheet at the very bottom. We’ve got Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau, Henrik Stenson, Jason Day, and Justin Rose, among others. It’s just a stacked first page of the leaderboard with so much potential for the final round on Sunday at Bay Hill.
Here’s the full tee sheet for Sunday’s final round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational:
Off No. 1 tee:
- 8:15 a.m.: Ryan Armour
- 8:22 a.m.: Peter Uihlein, Russell Knox
- 8:31 a.m.: Alex Noren, Anirban Lahiri
- 8:40 a.m.: Hudson Swafford, Tyrone Van Aswegen
- 8:49 a.m.: James Hahn, Kevin Na
- 8:58 a.m.: Jimmy Walker, Haotong Li
- 9:07 a.m.: Beau Hossler, Tyrrell Hatton
- 9:16 a.m.: Paul Goydos, Ian Poulter
- 9:25 a.m.: Doc Redman, Davis Love III
- 9:34 a.m.: Kevin Tway, C.T. Pan
- 9:43 a.m.: Tom Hoge, David Lingmerth
- 9:52 a.m.: Adam Scott, Martin Laird
- 10:01 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Lucas Glover
- 10:10 a.m.: Collin Morikawa, Emiliano Grillo
- 10:20 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Ernie Els
- 10:30 a.m.: Brandon Harkins, Brian Harman
- 10:40 a.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, Brian Gay
- 10:50 a.m.: Curtis Luck, Sung Kang
- 11 a.m.: Kevin Chappell, Marc Leishman
- 11:10 a.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Aaron Wise
- 11:20 a.m.: Harris English, Kyle Stanley
- 11:30 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Chesson Hadley
- 11:40 a.m.: J.B. Holmes, Luke List
- 11:50 a.m.: Charles Howell III, Bubba Watson
- 12 p.m.: Sean O’Hair, Francesco Molinari
- 12:10 p.m.: Billy Horschel, Keegan Bradley
- 12:20 p.m.: Jamie Lovemark, Zach Johnson
- 12:30 p.m.: Sam Horsfield, William McGirt
- 12:40 p.m.: Patrick Rodgers, Brian Stuard
- 12:50 p.m.: Austin Cook, Jason Day
- 1 p.m.: Sam Burns, John Huh
- 1:10 p.m.: Graeme McDowell, Chris Kirk
- 1:20 p.m.: Patrick Reed, Ollie Schniederjans
- 1:30 p.m.: Tiger Woods, Bud Cauley
- 1:40 p.m.: Byeong Hun An, Grayson Murray
- 1:50 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Talor Gooch
- 2 p.m.: Ryan Moore, Charley Hoffman
- 2:10 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose
- 2:20 p.m.: Henrik Stenson, Bryson DeChambeau
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