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LEADERS AT Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
MONEY LEADERS:
	1. Tiger Woods	$5,849,600
	2. Adam Scott	$2,207,683
	3. Webb Simpson	$1,759,015
	4. Hunter Mahan	$1,682,939
	5. Charles Howell III	$1,659,138
	Complete Leaders
DRIVING DISTANCE:
	1. John Daly	300.13
	2. Ryan Palmer	299.23
	3. Bubba Watson	298.89
	4. Sean O'Hair	298.32
	5. Justin Rose	297.80
	Complete Leaders
PUTTING AVG:
	1. Tiger Woods	1.692
	2. Brian Gay	1.718
	3. Freddie Jacobson	1.731
	4. Ryan Palmer	1.734
	5. Ernie Els	1.736
	Complete Leaders

Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard Leaderboard
POS	PLAYER	SCORE	BY ROUND
1	Rod Pampling	274 (-14)	70-65-67-72
2	Greg Owen	275 (-13)	70-69-67-69
3	Darren Clarke	276 (-12)	73-70-63-70
4	Robert Allenby	277 (-11)	68-67-73-69
T5	Lee Westwood	278 (-10)	68-71-72-67
T5	Ted Purdy	278 (-10)	69-71-71-67
7	Vijay Singh	279 (-9)	71-71-68-69
T8	Tom Pernice Jr	280 (-8)	68-73-68-71
T8	Justin Rose	280 (-8)	70-70-71-69
T10	Joey Sindelar	281 (-7)	70-73-69-69

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STOCK UP / STOCK DOWN
Though there's been much focus on other twenty-somethings recently, Lucas Glover has four top 10s in seven events this season. This is his first Bay Hill Invitational, but he's won on tour before and hits it long and straight.	It's too bad for Stuart Appleby the tour doesn't play every event in Hawaii. Continuing a trend he started in 2004 with his first of three Mercedes Championships titles, Appleby is winless outside the Aloha State since then.
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STAT OF THE WEEK
10	Number of players who have surpassed the $1 million-mark through the first 10 weeks of the PGA Tour season.

MORE INFO
RECAPS
• Owen's gaffe leads to Pampling win at Bay Hill
• Pampling builds four-shot lead at Bay Hill
• Glover shoots 67 for one-stroke lead at Bay Hill
• Bryant's 6-under 66 gives him share of Bay Hill lead
SCORES
• Bay Hill Invitational Leaderboard
FEATURES
• Sirak: Players Championship prepares for graduation day
• Weekly 18: Why the players love The Players
• Sirak: It's March Madness, baby!
• Weekly 18: Should there be mandatory events on the PGA Tour?
• Verdi: Mackay is Lefty's right-hand man
• Alternate Shot: Is the Ryder Cup points system improved?
• Els: How I repaired my torn ACL
• Strege: Tiger's learning center provides opportunities
FACTS
• Bay Hill Invitational past champions
• 2005 Bay Hill Invitational
• 2004 Bay Hill Invitational
• 2003 Bay Hill Invitational
• 2002 Bay Hill Invitational
• 2001 Bay Hill Invitational results

AP Photo

Despite playing the final two holes in 1-over, Pampling won Bay Hill.

Lightning Rod

Greg Owen three-putted from three feet on the 17th hole, then bogeyed 18, leaving Rod Pampling as the champion at the Bay Hill Invitational. Story

COURSE: Bay Hill Club & Lodge
LOCATION: Orlando, FL
2005 CHAMP: Kenny Perry - 1, 276 (-12)
START DATE: Mar 16, 2006
PAR: 0-0--0
YARDS: 0
PURSE: $5,500,000

BOB HARIG'S 5 THINGS TO BANK ON

1. There will be a good bit of discussion concerning the re-naming of the tournament to the Arnold Palmer Invitational beginning next year. The only question is, why didn't it happen sooner?

2. Will Vijay Singh regain his edge? He admitted losing it after taking just one week off -- including a trip to the Middle East -- in the first two months. Singh took off last week's Honda to get himself back together.

3. Out of deference to Palmer, the murmurs are kept to a minimum. But they are still to be heard. A good number of players have come to dislike the Bay Hill course, believing it is either too difficult or tricked up. Some have decided to stay away because of it.

4. It is unfair to keep comparing Annika Sorenstam to her past. She has to slow down at some point, right? Well, until she does, we'll see if Sorenstam can match her start of last year, when she won her first two events, including the Safeway International.

5. You won't hear any boasting at this week's Toshiba Classic about carts coming back to the Champions Tour. First, it won't happen until the next tournament in Mexico. And those in favor know they shouldn't be crowing, because a good number of name players are against carts.

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BAY HILL PREDICTIONS
Bob Harig	Jason Sobel	Ron Sirak	Brian Wacker
It's about time Stuart Appleby won a tournament other than the Mercedes Championships.	Palmer's 18-year-old grandson Sam Saunders won't win, but it'll be fun to root for him anyway.	Camilo Villegas is going to win at some point this year, and he seems to play well every other week.	His putting is still a problem, but Sergio Garcia has a solid track record at Bay Hill
Fact or Fiction: Is the 'Palmer' a good idea?

FANTASY FOCUS

Today's best players hit it long and high, but being long and high doesn't make you a top-tier performer. Adam Scott hasn't played a stroke-play event since the Nissan Open, where his closing 64 vaulted him to second. It was the best round of the day by three strokes, validating an equipment change he made shortly before arriving in Los Angeles. -- John Hawkins

Fantasy Focus