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3003069-165100g 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard select player informationSelect PlayersChristiaan Bezuidenhout (be-zay-den-hote)25-year-old South African plays on the European Tour where he has won once (2019 Estrella Damm Andalucia Masters)As an amateur, he received a drug suspension after testing positive for beta blockers at the 2014 British Amateur Championship; Was using the drug to relieve anxiety and a stutter after an accidental poisoning at the age of two; The suspension was originally for two years, but was later reduced to nine monthsIn January (2020), lost a playoff on the second extra hole to Lucas Herbert at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic after finding the water on the final hole of regulation while leading by oneIn February (2020), won the Dimension Data Pro-Am in South Africa where he came to the final hole trailing by a stroke before making an eagle 3 to beat George Coetzee by oneMakes fourth PGA TOUR start (MC/2019 The Open, T17/2019 WGC-HSBC Champions, T29/2020 WGC-Mexico Championship)Matthew FitzpatrickEnglishman, making sixth appearance at the Arnold Palmer Invitational where his best result was runner-up in 2019, attended Northwestern University for one semester before winning the 2013 U.S. AmateurRunner-up at Bay Hill in 2019 marks career best result in 61 previous starts on TOURAt age 21 years, 1 month, 9 days, he became the youngest European Tour winner when he won the 2015 British Masters at Woburn, the first of five European Tour titles he currently ownsFinished T7 at the 2015 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in his first start as a professional on the PGA TOUR; Added five additional top-10 finishes on TOUR (T7/2016 Masters Tournament, T9/2017 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2nd/2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational, T4/2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, 7th/2019 WGC-HSBC Champions)Former No. 1-ranked amateur in the world was a member of European Ryder Cup team defeated by the U.S. Team at Hazeltine in 2016Robert GamezThree-time PGA TOUR winner claimed two victories in 1990, including his first start as a rookie member, at the Northern Telecom Tucson OpenWell-known for holing his second shot from the fairway on the 18th hole in the final round at the 1990 Arnold Palmer Invitational, claiming a one-stroke win over Greg Norman. A commemorative plaque sits in the fairway on the 18th hole at Bay Hill to mark the spot from which he holed his 7-iron from 176 yardsWon the inaugural PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year honor in 1990, the award now known as the Arnold Palmer Award; Sungjae Im, winner of last week’s The Honda Classic, is the current Arnold Palmer Award winner and is also in the field this weekIn 1998, was injured in a car accident at the Kemper Open and his career started to declineWon the 2005 Valero Texas Open for his third PGA TOUR titleOrlando resident underwent quadruple bypass surgery after breathing difficulties during the summer of 2014Makes his 550th career PGA TOUR start and 31st consecutive start at Bay Hill since winning the event in 1990; Also made 11 starts on PGA TOUR ChampionsJazz Janewattananond24-year-old from Thailand won his first Asian Tour title at the 2017 Bashundhara Bangladesh Open by four shotsFirst played his way into the history books of the Asian Tour in 2010 when he became the youngest ever player to make the halfway cut at the 2010 Asian Tour International in Bangkok at the age of 14 years and 71 daysIn January 2019, won the SMBC Singapore Open (a co-sanctioned Japan Tour/Asian Tour event), before three additional titles in 2019 brought his total Asian Tour wins to sixReal name is Atiwit but he switched to his nickname Jazz which was given by his father, a judge, due to the latter’s preference to jazz music Makes 10th PGA TOUR start with T14 his best finish in previous nine (T14/2019 PGA Championship, T14/2019 WGC-HSBC Champions)Brandon Matthews25-year-old American played college golf at Temple University before turning professional in 2016Pennsylvania native is a two-time winner of the Philadelphia Open Championship (2013, 2015)Won the Molina Canuelas Championship on PGA TOUR Latinoamerica in 2017Played on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2018 and 2019 with a best result of T7 (2018 Nashville Golf Open)Makes PGA TOUR debut this week at the Arnold Palmer InvitationalReceived a sponsor exemption to this event after displaying qualities that would have been respected by the tournament host – absolving a fan of any responsibility for his playoff loss in the 2019 Open de Argentina after the fan, a gentleman with Downs Syndrome, made a loud distracting noise PerryPGA professional at Crane Lakes G&CC in Port Orange, Fla. makes his 33rd TOUR start and seventh appearance at Arnold Palmer InvitationalMade three cuts in 32 previous starts, including 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational (76th)Is the lone left-handed player to win a PGA Professional National Championship and a PGA Professional Player of the Year Award Chun-an Yu21-year-old Chinese Taipei native began playing golf at age five and had been coming to the United States for summer golf tournaments since 2012Moved to the U.S. in 2015 before joining the golf team at Arizona State where his teammates know him as ‘Kevin’ or ‘Chev’Made two PGA TOUR starts, missing the cut at the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Open after successfully qualifying for bothWon the 2019 Australian Master of the Amateurs on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff at Royal MelbourneWon the 2015 AJGA Junior Players Championship by one stroke with a final-round 5-under 67 after trailing by sixMonday QualifiersThe Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard does not conduct a Monday Qualifier. ................
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