Tiger Woods No. 1 Again After Winning Arnold Palmer Invitational 2013
Tiger Woods held off Rickie Fowler for his eighth win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Tiger Woods final round Arnold Palmer Invitational. Woods moves to number 1 in the world. Able to rely on a red-hot putter, Tiger used a 2-under 70 to hold off a charge from Rickie Fowler and earn a record-tying eighth win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Woods never let anyone closer than two shots in the final round at Bay Hill that was delayed one day by storms. With a conservative bogey he could afford on the last hole, he closed with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot win over Justin Rose.
Next up is the Masters, where Woods will try to end his five-year drought in the majors.
Rickie Fowler moved to within two shots of Woods with four holes remaining but dropped four strokes in the next two holes, including a triple-bogey eight at the 16th, when he put two shots into the water.
Woods, who leaked several tee shots to the right, was in the large fairway bunker at the 16th, from where he found the water on Friday, but struck a majestic escape into the heart of the green and calmly two-putted for a birdie.
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