ORLANDO, FL - The Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando Florida, Palmer's winter home and host course for the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard, made the 2010 Golf Magazine Top 100 You Can Play list coming in at number 51, up from 2008's rank of 54.
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By Jeff Shain - Orlando Sentinel
Golf fans have seen over the years the challenge Bay Hill presents when the PGA Tour's best arrive each spring for the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Nor does the blueprint change much when the state's top amateurs come calling.
To win the 93rd Florida State Amateur crown this weekend, golfers will have to negotiate a layout that - except for seasonal differences - will have a similar look and feel as what Ernie Els won on in March.
"The FSGA likes to set up the course as similar as they can," said Brian Dorn, Bay Hill's director of golf. "The distances are going to be the same; we don't make the fairways wider for this event. It will be just as much of a test."
Ernie Els became eligible this year for induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame and has been added to the ballot for 2011.
The South African golfer won the 2010 Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard for his second win at Bay Hill.
Els has 18 PGA TOUR wins and 44 international victories including three major titles. He has also twice earned the European Tour Order of Merit.
Voters comprised of Hall of Fame members, golf journalists, historians and dignitaries from around the globe will submit their ballots in July with a formal announcement to be made later this year.
Els will be joined on the 2011 ballot by the likes of Retief Goosen, Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Mark O'Meara, Darren Clarke, Sandy Lyle, Colin Montgomery and Ian Woosnam.
The World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place in the spring of 2011.
ORLANDO, FL - Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge has been selected as a finalist in the $1.6 Million - $4 Million project category for the 2009 Golf Inc. Magazine's Renovation of the Year Competition.
The Bay Hill renovation was conducted under the experienced eye of Palmer himself and the Arnold Palmer Design Company.
By PGA TOUR Staff and Wire Reports
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Ernie Els survived a few nervous moments by making two clutch par putts to win the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in a Monday finish for his second PGA Tour victory in a row after a two-year drought.
Ernie Els is the 2010 winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. After his victory the "Big Easy" talked to the media.
Final leaderboard results of the 2010 Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard
