Arnold Palmer Invitational

Good chance for birdie in hole 12 for Tiger .. 2nd shot 55 yards from hole

Els got a birdie in hole 14 .. flight for a 3rd place.

Hole 15th

Tiger - 13 but hit his tee shot into the fairway bunker
Mcdowell -9 . Tee shot on fairway

Going into hole 17

Tiger - 13

Mcdowell - 9

Going into 18 holes

Tiger - 13

Mcdowell - 8

It's a sure win for tiger.. After a looong waiting for him..

Way to go Tiger!

As Tiger tried to read the final green, his face clearly showed that he was very emotional.. he had to walk away and psyche himself first..

He's back..

Good win for his caddy too....

Finally Tiger won !

Congrats to Tiger for working hard and patience to get his game back. Kudos to Nike for being there for him thrugh thick and thin

Congrats, TW!!

Yes, Tiger!
Yes, just do it NIKE!
I m waitg fr u on more winng, TW.

Wow the manner in which he won... Bodes well for golf
Looking forward to The Masters. See if he can dominate like he did in the past

Unfortunately Arnie rushed to hospital, could not even make presentation.

Tiger , I assume u hv a nick in this forum.

Great job... After seeing your stinger, I will try the same too

Tiger is back! Watchout Rory and Luke! Exciting year for golf!
Cant wait for the Masters!

Woke up, and first thing I saw was this.

The Wait is Over




Wow, exciting coverage by bro Slicer51. I tried to stay up but simply couldn't, after a few hundred balls at the range yesterday.

Looking at the numbers, GMac hit 12 fairways, Tiger 10, but in terms of hitting the green, the situation was reversed, Tiger hitting 2 more GIR than GMac. This is a case which suggests distance off the tee matters. Tiger was missing fairways in places where he could still hit the green.

Tiger putted better too. Strokes gained putting 0.605 vs -0.183.

And that contributed to the 4 strokes difference between their scores today.

Tiger
Driving Distance 302.0
Driving Accuracy 71.43%
GIR 83.33%
Strokes Gained - Putting 0.605
Putts Per GIR 1.867
Average Distance to Pin 43' 5"
Sand Save Percentage --

GMac
Driving Distance 280.5
Driving Accuracy 92.86%
GIR 66.67%
Strokes Gained - Putting -0.183
Putts Per GIR 1.833
Average Distance to Pin 42' 11"
Sand Save Percentage --

The red shirt is starting to work again.

Arnold is ok.

Here's the report.

Palmer taken to hospital for observation
By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM

ORLANDO — Arnold Palmer wasn’t at the 18th green at Bay Hill on Sunday, as is his custom, to congratulate Tiger Woods on his seventh victory at tournament that bears the legend’s name.

Instead, Palmer was at the nearby Dr. P. Phillips Hospital and will remain there overnight. He has been taking a new medicine and having some issues with his blood pressure, so doctors were monitoring it throughout the day.
About 15 minutes before the competition ended, Palmer had undergone another routine test. During that test, though, the doctors decided he should head to the hospital.

"It wasn’t anything to do with any ailments or any discomfort he felt," Alastair Johnston, the COO of Arnold Palmer Enterprises said. "The blood pressure was at a level where the doctor involved suggested that he go immediately to get more intensive evaluation at the hospital."

Johnston met with the media after Tiger Woods’ press conference. He said he had just talked with Palmer’s daughter, Amy, and the outlook was positive.
"I think the blood pressure situation is starting to ameliorate and improving," Johnston said. "And nobody is overly concerned about the prognosis, although he is going to remain in the hospital overnight for observation."
Graeme McDowell, who finished second to Woods and was playing with him in the final group on Sunday, said he was looking for Palmer when the two walked up to the 18th green.

“I was surprised to see him not around, and when we just heard the news on the side that he had been taken to the hospital, of course we were very upset and certainly praying that everything is going to be okay,” McDowell said. “That really puts a little bit of a dampener of the spirits on 18th green when Tiger is going to pick up his trophy.

“There’s going to be a lot of thoughts going out to Mr. Palmer. … He is what is special about this tournament, himself, being the great host and MasterCard being great sponsors. Between them they put a fantastic events on and I love it and say I say, our prayers are with Mr. Palmer right now.”

Co leader on day 2, Charlie Wi in T29, carding +6 on day 4 to finish Even for the tournament.

Driving Distance 281.5
Driving Accuracy 35.71%
GIR 38.89%
Strokes Gained - Putting 1.054
Putts Per GIR 1.571
Average Distance to Pin 41' 11"
Sand Save Percentage 33.33%

Told you guys already.. HE will be back.


Hitting fairways is nothing... it does makes it easier to hit that approach shot onto the green but at the end of the day, it does not matter whether u land on the fairway or in the rough. Its how close you can put the ball next to the pin that matters...

Mastery of the irons is more crucial.

my 2cents... or this is a phase i am going through now..

congrats to TW.. finally

mUAr_cHEe wrote:

Told you guys already.. HE will be back.


Hitting fairways is nothing... it does makes it easier to hit that approach shot onto the green but at the end of the day, it does not matter whether u land on the fairway or in the rough. Its how close you can put the ball next to the pin that matters...

Mastery of the irons is more crucial.

my 2cents... or this is a phase i am going through now..

I disagree playing OCC last week in tournament conditions, hitting fairways is crucial.

The rough is long, and with new grooves, flyers were everywhere. balls going way to long, into more rough around the green, which will not stop even when perfect chip is hit, or with the thick rough way to short, which becomes a shot just to find the fairway..

Hitting the fairway helps, else you better have a good putter in your bag.

I do agreed w it too.
Get to e fairway in watever club used n e second/third shots wil cme easier.
Apart fm OCC, Horizon Hills was another tournament course tat u wldnt like it when ball landed on e rough!