How Arnold Palmer still draws an army to Bay Hill

A golf cart driving onto the practice range and parking behind players to watch them swing isn’t typically met with this kind of enthusiasm.

Unless the guy behind the wheel in his pink shirt is Arnold Palmer.

This was late Monday afternoon at Bay Hill, and these are Palmer’s people — tour players at work on the range. They came over to say hello, some to introduce themselves. The Arnold Palmer Invitational enters its 38th year with one noticeable difference.