The biggest news of the day the announcement that Tiger Woods will skip next week’s Players Championship (1:00). How concerned are we about Big Cat moving forward? What does his schedule look like up to the Masters and after Augusta? After the break, our guys breakdown all the action from the first two rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (14:50). Tyrell Hatton and Sung Kang are at the top of the leaderboard, can we expect them to hold the leads through the weekend? Lurking near the top is First Cut Podcast hero Sungjae Im, what does he need to do in order to make a run at back-to-back victories (20:30)? Rory McIlroy is sitting T4 heading into Saturday, are we sleeping on the world’s no. 1 player? (25:00) Brooks Koepka has made the cut, what are the chances he contends over the weekend (31:00)? Tommy Fleetwood will not be playing on Saturday, is this any cause for concern (32:10)? Finally, our crew wraps with their predictions for the weekend (38:30).

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