Whenever Tiger Woods teed it up, a golf tournament became a showcase of his skills. Galleries hung on every shot and cheered the inevitable drama he’d deliver.
Woods’ routinely blitzed the star-studded fields and even eclipsed the larger-than-life host of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. But this week’s API will be the fifth without the late Palmer, and the sixth during the past seven years without Woods, due primarily to back issues.
Many now wonder whether Woods will stroll the fairways at Bay Hill again. The tournament will begin Thursday with the 45-year-old legend in a California hospital recovering from multiple injuries suffered Tuesday during a horrific car crash.