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2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational: Tee times, pairings, TV schedule for Thursday

Tiger Woods can once again become the No. 1 golfer in the world with a win at Bay Hill, where he has seven career titles, including one last year.

By Rodger Sherman Mar 21, 2013, 8:00am EDT

Bad news, rest of the golf world. Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods again. And now he's headed back to Bay Hill, where he's looking to win for an eighth time and pull off a repeat of his 2012 title.

Although he didn't win any majors in 2012, Woods was still one of the best golfers in the world, finishing in the top-10 nine times and winning three tournaments. This year, he's won two events in four tries. That's not fair. And the wins came at two of the courses where he'd had huge amounts of previous success, Torrey Pines and Doral. He's absolutely dominated Bay Hill over the course of his career, and that makes him a heavy, heavy favorite to win this weekend. In a panel of experts at the PGA Tour's website, ten of 11 picked Woods to win. And as Emily Kay of SB Nation notes, he'll be No. 1 in the world again for the first time in a long time with a win in Orlando.

Here's a look at the tee times for Thursday's opening round, where Tiger is paired up with Ernie Els and Justin Rose. Other notable trios include Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson and Brandt Snedeker, as well as Bubba Watson, Webb Simpson and Bill Haas.

Bay Hill Club & Lodge Tee #1

Group	Time	Players
1	7:30 am	Perez, Pat	Estes, Bob	McGirt, William
2	7:42 am	Hoffman, Charley	Weekley, Boo	Pampling, Rod
3	7:53 am	Campbell, Chad	Davis, Brian	DeLaet, Graham
4	8:05 am	Streelman, Kevin	Dufner, Jason	Westwood, Lee
5	8:16 am	Gay, Brian	Watney, Nick	Clark, Tim
6	8:28 am	Toms, David	Glover, Lucas	Woodland, Gary
7	8:39 am	Brown, Scott	Gainey, Tommy	Fowler, Rickie
8	8:51 am	Beljan, Charlie	O'Hair, Sean	Stenson, Henrik
9	9:02 am	Stallings, Scott	Baddeley, Aaron	Allenby, Robert
10	9:14 am	Teater, Josh	Hearn, David	Stuard, Brian
11	9:25 am	Gomez, Fabian	Gardiner, Scott	Perry, Rod

Bay Hill Club & Lodge Tee #10

Group	Time	Players
12	7:30 am	Wi, Charlie	Chalmers, Greg	Every, Matt
13	7:42 am	Owen, Greg	Chappell, Kevin	Ishikawa, Ryo
14	7:53 am	Rollins, John	Jones, Matt	Noh, Seung-Yul
15	8:05 am	Woods, Tiger	Els, Ernie	Rose, Justin
16	8:16 am	Poulter, Ian	Bradley, Keegan	McDowell, Graeme
17	8:28 am	Garrigus, Robert	Ogilvy, Geoff	Verplank, Scott
18	8:39 am	Blixt, Jonas	Pettersson, Carl	Immelman, Trevor
19	8:51 am	Moore, Ryan	Wagner, Johnson	Appleby, Stuart
20	9:02 am	Bae, Sang-Moon	Hicks, Justin	Grace, Branden
21	9:14 am	Lee, Richard H.	Harman, Brian	Langley, Scott
22	9:25 am	Compton, Erik	Fisher, Ross	Williamson, Peter

Bay Hill Club & Lodge Tee #1

Group	Time	Players
23	12:10 pm	de Jonge, Brendon	Horschel, Billy	Olesen, Thorbjorn
24	12:22 pm	Thompson, Nicholas	Klauk, Jeff	Lingmerth, David
25	12:33 pm	Howell III, Charles	Herron, Tim	Coetzee, George
26	12:45 pm	Snedeker, Brandt	Mickelson, Phil	Garcia, Sergio
27	12:56 pm	Simpson, Webb	Watson, Bubba	Haas, Bill
28	1:08 pm	Potter, Jr., Ted	Crane, Ben	Steele, Brendan
29	1:19 pm	Leishman, Marc	Wilson, Mark	Weir, Mike
30	1:31 pm	Henry, J.J.	Van Pelt, Bo	Cabrera, Angel
31	1:42 pm	Janzen, Lee	Molinari, Francesco	Hahn, James
32	1:54 pm	Senden, John	Gamez, Robert	Fdez-Castano, Gonzalo
33	2:05 pm	Streb, Robert	Fritsch, Brad	Fox, Steven

Bay Hill Club & Lodge Tee #10

Group	Time	Players
34	12:10 pm	Pride, Dicky	Duke, Ken	Overton, Jeff
35	12:22 pm	Day, Jason	Taylor, Vaughn	Cauley, Bud
36	12:33 pm	Ridings, Tag	Lynn, David	Reed, Patrick
37	12:45 pm	Henley, Russell	Johnson, Zach	Mahan, Hunter
38	12:56 pm	Piercy, Scott	Kirk, Chris	Furyk, Jim
39	1:08 pm	Laird, Martin	Points, D.A.	Goosen, Retief
40	1:19 pm	Curtis, Ben	Huh, John	Stanley, Kyle
41	1:31 pm	Choi, K.J.	Cink, Stewart	Singh, Vijay
42	1:42 pm	Villegas, Camilo	Walker, Jimmy	English, Harris
43	1:54 pm	Tringale, Cameron	Hanson, Peter	Wittenberg, Casey
44	2:05 pm	LaBelle II, Doug	Guthrie, Luke	Kohles, Ben