“All (the changes) are for the better.”

In my limited viewing of round one from Bay Hill, I have to say the course looks way better, What a joy it is not to see the crop of rough that Arnie annually harvested. And even better, replaced by short grass and firm greens. Maybe he got the message after Mickelson sat it out the last few years (that's his compliment above), or when players like Ogilvy and Poulter (an Orlando resident!) are sitting this one out.

Rex Hoggard reports on player raves, including this from DL III:

“This time he went for a different style around the greens with nice chipping areas. He wants the bunkers to be a penalty not the rough,” said Davis Love III, the co-leader with J.B. Holmes at 6 under. “He went for more of an Augusta style of play instead of a U.S. Open style.”
Even at 80, this King still has some new tricks.