Packed leaderboard at Arnie's place... live scoreboard

PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational scoreboard http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=pga


The greens are slow, the fairways are holding as a result you have to go all the way to T85 to find a score over par.


The leader is Morgan Hoffman at -6 66 but he is merely atop a jam packed who's who of golf leaderboard for the first day at Arnie place. Hoffman may not be around all weekend as he hopes to get to a memorial service in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday for his 97 year old grandmother who passed away last night. It's a short trip in his single-engine plane that he pilots that he recently bought from his buddy David Booth, who plays left wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but it depends when the service will be.


"Arnie has inspired me very heavily since 2009 when I played the Palmer Cup at Cherry Hills, and we talked for about an hour about flying said Hoffman.. He's inspired me to get my pilot's license and fly myself to tournaments, which I'm now doing. It's pretty cool, and he's been a big inspiration in my life"


David Hearn is the best of the Canucks at -3 69, he flirted with the lead at -4 but bogied his last hole on both nines having started at #10.. Nick Taylor will be disappointed with no birdies on his way to +4 76, and Graham DeLaet couldn't make one either with his +2 74.


Five players are at -5 67 including Ian Poulter who continues to have a fine Florida. Big guns galore at -4 68 including Snedeker, Scott, Stensen, Harrington and Mahan.


Rory hit 17 greens in regulation for his -2 70, but had 34 putts and is off to dinner with Arnie and his entourage. Stay away from Arnie's beer and a shot routine Rory, you are off early tomorrow.


All in all it was a day without great incident, the weather was ok, the course was ok, the play was ok....See you tomorrow.. okay ?!!


Bryan