Arnold Palmer Hospitalized Before Bay Hill Conclusion

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Golf World's Dave Shedloski first Tweeted about Arnold Palmer's absence from the wild 18th hole scene following Tiger Woods's seventh victory, and a Golfweek staff report follows up with more details on Mr. Palmer's hospitalization for high blood pressure.

"I just talked to his daughter Amy (Saunders) who's with him, and I think the blood-pressure situation is starting to ameliorate and improving," Alastair Johnston, the chief operating officer of Arnold Palmer Enterprises, said in a hastily arranged news conference minutes after Tiger Woods' dramatic five-shot victory.

"Nobody is overly concerned about the prognosis, although he is going to remain in the hospital overnight for observation."

Stinger Turns Into Screaming Hook; Tiger Still Up By 1

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Larry Dorman on Tiger's prospects heading into the Arnold Palmer Invitational final round with a one shot lead:

Woods's record with the third-round lead is daunting, 48-4. But Woods has lost three of the last five times he has held or shared the 54-hole lead.

So, which will it be on Sunday? The Woods whose presence on the leaderboard with lead in hand was virtually unbeatable on Sunday? Or the more vulnerable Woods of recent times, who surrendered leads at the 2009 PGA Championship, the 2010 Chevron World Challenge and the 2012 Abu Dhabi Championship?

"I'm looking forward to getting out there and seeing what happens," Woods said, smiling.

Bob Harig on a confident-sounding pursuer in Graeme McDowell, one shot back.

"The atmosphere is going to be fantastic out there tomorrow, due to him being in the mix," McDowell said.

"There's going to be a nice amount of expectations on him tomorrow, trying to complete the comeback.

"He's still got to win," McDowell said. "Still got to go win tomorrow like the rest of us have to."

Farrell Evans asks, "What's at stake for Tiger on Sunday?

His legacy is secure as a one of the greatest players of all-time, but a win at Bay Hill could signal a new period of growth in his career and a check on those who seek to completely dethrone him as the barometer of great play on the world scene.

Steve Elling thinks a wild and wacky 2012 is about to get even more interesting Sunday.

In a season filled with riveting finishes, careening crashes and Sunday shootouts, this could be the white-knuckle Maalox ride to top them all. Reclamation beckons for the world's biggest sports figure, and Woods almost casually said he's ready to answer the doorbell.

"I'm looking forward to getting out there and seeing what happens," he said, as calmly as he would order a pizza.

Now, there's this business of Tiger's OB-hook on the 15th hole. You can see it within ESPN's highlight package.  Or this YouTube video that Yahoo's Jonathan Wall posted, and which the PGA Tour's finest censors are complaining to YouTube about as we watch it.

Wall explained what caused Tiger to flinch.

A woman screamed during Woods' backswing, after her teenage son fainted. So, yeah, that probably played a role in the errant shot.

Woods commented on the incident after the round, saying: "Yeah, we're finding out what happened, there was an 18‑year‑old kid that passed out right at the concession stand, hit, and she yelled, and it happened to be right in midway on my downswing, and I tried to stop it but I passed the point of no return.  I stopped it and flipped it out‑of‑bounds."

The transcript includes Tiger's comments about the moment.

Here's the video:

Amazingly, the PGA Tour Productions highlights leave out the Woods out-of-bounds shot.