What's up, guys, Rick here with your tournament preview and first look for the Arnold

Palmer invitational.

Obviously, plenty of more content coming this week in the form of DFS and betting previews,

but this is really our first

opportunity to talk about Bay Hill, the field, the course, and everything that goes along

with it.

Bay Hill Club and Lodge has played host to this event every year since 1979 and has now

been upgraded to invitational status, which we'll talk more about in just a minute.

It's Terrell Hatton, who is your defending champion winning last year with a one-shot victory over Mark Leashman.

It should be no surprise that Tiger Woods has won this event on multiple occasions.

In fact, eight times in total.

Matt Evry is also a multiple-time winner in 2014 and 2015.

A couple of Aussies in 2016 and 2017, Jason Day and Mark Leashman, rounded out by Rory

McElroy winning in 2018 and Francesco Molinari in 2019 right before Hatton was victorious last year.

The field currently sits at 123 golfers because of that invitational status,

so it's a much smaller field, but it usually does get some of the best players.

In fact, we're seeing Terrell Hatton back to defend his crown.

Bryson D. Shambo will tee it up.

Patrick Reed, Rory McElroy, even Jordan Speath is back in action this week, amongst others.

This is one of the better fields, but this is a week that some are opting to take off.

Dustin Johnson, for example, noticeably absent from this year's

Arnold Palmer Invitational. And with so many big events this year, especially the four

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