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March 03, 2021 | Men's Golf
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville senior men's golfer Matthias Schmid will compete in the 2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational, a PGA Tour event that will begin Thursday at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Fla.
This will be Schmid's second appearance on the PGA Tour after competing in the 2019 British Open. The fourth-year senior had a two-day score of 5-over-par 142 and missed the cut at the Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
Schmid's final season has gotten off to a fast start with a pair of third-place finishes. He shot a 7-under-par 209 at the Mobile Bay Invitational and posted the same finish at the competitive Southwestern Invitational.
After three events this spring, Schmid leads the team with a 71.55 stroke average and has posted six rounds under par.
Schmid will be facing a field that features three of the top 10, 12 of top 25 and 24 of the top 50 players in the world who will play in Central Florida's signature sporting event.
Tyrrell Hatton, defending champion, is the top-ranked player in the field at fifth in the world golf rankings. Rounding out those in the top 10 are Rory McIlroy, who has 18 PGA TOUR victories and won the event in 2018, at No. 8 in the world, and 2020 U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau at No. 10.
Hatton, McIlroy and DeChambeau join Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler in highlighting the field along with 2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational champion Francesco Molinari and 2018 Masters Champion Patrick Reed.
Spieth, three-time major championship winner, has seen success in the past few weeks where he recently posted two top-10 finishes at the Waste Management Phoenix Open (T4) and at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (T3).
Other field highlights include:
• Hovland (one PGA TOUR victory in 2021, two career TOUR wins; 4th FedExCup rank)
• Fitzpatrick (six International victories; member of the 2016 European Ryder Cup team)
• Im (2019 Arnold Palmer Award for PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year, third place in last year's tournament);
• Casey (three PGA TOUR victories; 16 International wins)
• English (one PGA TOUR victory in 2021; three career TOUR wins; 5th FedExCup rank)
Additional tournament champions playing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational field include Marc Leishman (2017 Arnold Palmer Invitational champion, last year's runner-up and 2020 tournament ambassador); Jason Day (2016); Matt Every (2014, 2015); Martin Laird (2011); Tim Herron (1999); Paul Goydos (1996); and Robert Gamez (1990).
Notable sponsor exemptions include U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker (12 PGA TOUR wins); U.S. Vice-Captain Zach Johnson (12 PGA TOUR wins, 2007 Masters winner, 2015 Open Champion); and European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington (three-time major champion and six-time PGA TOUR winner).
The 120-player field also includes 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett; 2014 PGA TOUR FedExCup champion Billy Horschel (a native of Grant, Fla. and a University of Florida alumnus); and World Golf Hall of Famer and 21-time PGA TOUR winner Davis Love III (including one major win at the 1997 PGA Championship).
This will be Schmid's second appearance on the PGA Tour after competing in the 2019 British Open. The fourth-year senior had a two-day score of 5-over-par 142 and missed the cut at the Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
Schmid's final season has gotten off to a fast start with a pair of third-place finishes. He shot a 7-under-par 209 at the Mobile Bay Invitational and posted the same finish at the competitive Southwestern Invitational.
After three events this spring, Schmid leads the team with a 71.55 stroke average and has posted six rounds under par.
Schmid will be facing a field that features three of the top 10, 12 of top 25 and 24 of the top 50 players in the world who will play in Central Florida's signature sporting event.
Tyrrell Hatton, defending champion, is the top-ranked player in the field at fifth in the world golf rankings. Rounding out those in the top 10 are Rory McIlroy, who has 18 PGA TOUR victories and won the event in 2018, at No. 8 in the world, and 2020 U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau at No. 10.
Hatton, McIlroy and DeChambeau join Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler in highlighting the field along with 2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational champion Francesco Molinari and 2018 Masters Champion Patrick Reed.
Spieth, three-time major championship winner, has seen success in the past few weeks where he recently posted two top-10 finishes at the Waste Management Phoenix Open (T4) and at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (T3).
Other field highlights include:
• Hovland (one PGA TOUR victory in 2021, two career TOUR wins; 4th FedExCup rank)
• Fitzpatrick (six International victories; member of the 2016 European Ryder Cup team)
• Im (2019 Arnold Palmer Award for PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year, third place in last year's tournament);
• Casey (three PGA TOUR victories; 16 International wins)
• English (one PGA TOUR victory in 2021; three career TOUR wins; 5th FedExCup rank)
Additional tournament champions playing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational field include Marc Leishman (2017 Arnold Palmer Invitational champion, last year's runner-up and 2020 tournament ambassador); Jason Day (2016); Matt Every (2014, 2015); Martin Laird (2011); Tim Herron (1999); Paul Goydos (1996); and Robert Gamez (1990).
Notable sponsor exemptions include U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker (12 PGA TOUR wins); U.S. Vice-Captain Zach Johnson (12 PGA TOUR wins, 2007 Masters winner, 2015 Open Champion); and European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington (three-time major champion and six-time PGA TOUR winner).
The 120-player field also includes 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett; 2014 PGA TOUR FedExCup champion Billy Horschel (a native of Grant, Fla. and a University of Florida alumnus); and World Golf Hall of Famer and 21-time PGA TOUR winner Davis Love III (including one major win at the 1997 PGA Championship).
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