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CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 05: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Justin Rose of England laugh together while walking off the sixteenth tee during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club on May 5, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR)

CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 05: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Justin Rose of England laugh together while walking off the sixteenth tee during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club on May 5, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR)



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    The PGA TOUR announced today the four featured groupings for Thursday-Friday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, to be contested at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Florida.


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    HOW TO FOLLOW

    Television: Thursday-Friday, 2 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel). Saturday, 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel). Sunday, 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC).

    PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups and Featured Holes).

    Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGA).


    FEATURED GROUPS

    Sungjae Im, Marc Leishman, Rickie Fowler
    Thursday: 12:44 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee); Friday: 7:54 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee)
    Notable: Following his maiden PGA TOUR victory at The Honda Classic last week, Im will play the first two rounds with past PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year recipient
    • Im was voted 2019 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year and received the Arnold Palmer Award, renamed in 2019 as a tribute to its namesake’s influence on countless young players
    • 2009 Rookie of the Year Leishman owns three career top-10s at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, including a victory in 2017 and a T3 in 2011
    • Following his Rookie of the Year honors in 2010, Fowler has gone on to win five times on TOUR and will make his ninth start at Bay Hill Club & Lodge

    Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari
    Thursday: 7:54 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee); Friday: 12:44 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee)
    Notable: 2018 FedExCup champion Rose will play alongside two past champions of the event
    • Mastercard ambassador Rose will make his 15th start at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, where he has five top-10 finishes, highlighted by a runner-up in 2013
    • Winner of the event in 2018 and current World No. 1, McIlroy is coming off his fifth top-five in as many starts this season
    • Molinari shot a final-round 64, highlighted by a 43-foot, 9-inch birdie putt on the 72nd hole, to win the 2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard by two strokes

    Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed
    Thursday: 12:56 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee); Friday: 8:06 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee)
    Notable: Winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 1997, Mickelson will play with two members of the 2019 United States Presidents Cup team
    • Mickelson will make his 16th start at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, where he has finished in the top-10 four times
    • DeChambeau has finished in the top five in each of his last two starts on TOUR (T5/The Genesis Invitational, 2nd/WGC-Mexico Championship)
    • Reed claimed his eighth TOUR title at the 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship and second at the event, becoming the 15th player with multiple WGC titles

    Adam Scott, Jason Day, Brooks Koepka
    Thursday: 8:06 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee); Friday: 12:56 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee)
    Notable: The three players have combined for 33 official TOUR wins and 20 TOUR Championship appearances
    • Scott notched his 14th TOUR victory at The Genesis Invitational this season and enters the week No. 17 in the FedExCup standings
    • Day earned his eighth of 12 TOUR victories at the 2016 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, becoming the first player since Fred Couples in 1992 to win in wire-to-wire fashion
    • Koepka is set to make his fifth start of the 2019-20 season, where he has been limited due to a knee injury