The considerable discussion about honoring Arnold Palmer at his tournament has often failed to note that the strength of field this week at the Bay Hill Club is as good as any at the event in the last 10 years, except for the 2013 tournament won by Tiger Woods.
And also, according to the Official World Golf Ranking the tournament has the strongest field of the 2016-17 season aside from the two World Golf Championship events.
Unless you are of the mindset that every single top-ranked player should be at Bay Hill regardless of circumstance, there is an excellent representation of players at the tournament founded by Palmer in 1979.