PGA: Arnold Palmer Invitational Expert Consensus

This is the Daily Overlay PGA Expert Consensus.  We crowdsource expert opinions and condense them down into a simple, easy to use article.  If you want to do a little research of your own, we’ve got you covered with recommended stats to target.  Click on a stat title below and the full leaderboard for that category will pop-up.  Dig a little deeper and find some sleepers of your own.  If you’re short for time, no worries.  Scroll down and you’ll find a list of names that experts think you should be playing this week; ranked by frequency of suggestion.

Course: Bay Hill
Location: Orlando, FL
Yardage: 7,419
Par: 72
Defending Champion: Matt Every (2015 Results)

*****RECOMMENDED STATS TO TARGET*****

• Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green
• Strokes Gained: Putting
• GIR
• Scrambling
• Birdie or Better %
• Par 5 Scoring
• Proximity from 175-200 Yards
• Proximity from 200-225 Yards

*****EXPERT CONSENSUS*****

At the time of this post, 19 experts from our grading pool have made selections for the Arnold Palmer Invitational.  The frequency with which each golfer was suggested will be denoted below.

Highly Touted

Henrik Stenson $11100 – 78.9%
Adam Scott $11700 – 52.6%
Charles Howell III $8000 – 52.6%
Zach Johnson $8300 – 52.6%

Recommended

Justin Rose $10500 – 47.4%
Kevin Kisner $8900 – 47.4%
Rory McIlroy $12000 – 36.8%
Brendan Steele $7700 – 31.6%
Jason Day $10800 – 31.6%
William McGirt $7700 – 31.6%

Suggested

Brett Stegmaier $6500 – 26.3%
David Lingmerth $7600 – 26.3%
Graeme McDowell $8600 – 26.3%
Jason Kokrak $7900 – 26.3%
Retief Goosen $6800 – 26.3%
Scott Brown $7400 – 26.3%
Andrew Loupe $6900 – 21.1%
John Huh $7500 – 21.1%
Matt Every $7500 – 21.1%
Matt Kuchar $9400 – 21.1%
Paul Casey $8700 – 21.1%
Ryan Moore $9800 – 21.1%
Ryan Palmer $7700 – 21.1%
Sam Saunders $6900 – 21.1%

And for those who are interested… Bryson DeChambeau was mentioned once (5.3%) and Will Wilcox was brought up three times (15.8%).  I know some people are worried about potential ownership for those two, but outside of tournaments like the $300, they shouldn’t be over-owned.

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