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The '''Arnold Palmer Invitational''' is a [[PGA Tour]] [[golf]] tournament. It is played each March at the [[Bay Hill Club and Lodge]], a private golf resort in [[Orlando, Florida]] which has been owned by [[Arnold Palmer]] since 1976 and where he has his winter home. The event was founded in 1979 as a successor to the '''Florida Citrus Open Invitational''', which was played at Rio Pinar Golf Club on the East side of Orlando. It has had a number of different names since then, most of them including "Bay Hill". The tournament was played for the first time under the Palmer name in 2007.
The '''Arnold Palmer Invitational''' is a [[PGA Tour]] [[golf]] tournament. It is played each March at the [[Bay Hill Club and Lodge]], a private golf resort in [[Bay Hill, Florida]] a suburb of [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] which has been owned by [[Arnold Palmer]] since 1976 and where he has his winter home. The event was founded in 1979 as a successor to the '''Florida Citrus Open Invitational''', which was played at Rio Pinar Golf Club on the East side of Orlando. It has had a number of different names since then, most of them including "Bay Hill". The tournament was played for the first time under the Palmer name in 2007.


As a restricted field event on the [[PGA Tour]], only the first 70 players on the previous year's money-list are guaranteed invites.<ref>[http://www.pgatour.com/2007/tournaments/r045/11/01/at_stake/index.html What's at stake for 2008], pgatour.com, November 1, 2007</ref>
As a restricted field event on the [[PGA Tour]], only the first 70 players on the previous year's money-list are guaranteed invites.<ref>[http://www.pgatour.com/2007/tournaments/r045/11/01/at_stake/index.html What's at stake for 2008], pgatour.com, November 1, 2007</ref>

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Arnold Palmer Invitational
Tournament information
LocationBay Hill, Florida
Established1966
Course(s)Bay Hill Club and Lodge
Par72
Length7,381 yards
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$6,000,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Payne Stewart (1987)
To par-23 Buddy Allin (1973)
Current champion
Ernie Els

The Arnold Palmer Invitational is a PGA Tour golf tournament. It is played each March at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, a private golf resort in Bay Hill, Florida a suburb of Orlando which has been owned by Arnold Palmer since 1976 and where he has his winter home. The event was founded in 1979 as a successor to the Florida Citrus Open Invitational, which was played at Rio Pinar Golf Club on the East side of Orlando. It has had a number of different names since then, most of them including "Bay Hill". The tournament was played for the first time under the Palmer name in 2007.

As a restricted field event on the PGA Tour, only the first 70 players on the previous year's money-list are guaranteed invites.[1]

Tiger Woods won what was then known as the Bay Hill Invitational four years in a row from 2000 to 2003. This is one of only four occasions that a golfer has won the same event four times in a row on the Tour. In 2004 he was one shot off the lead after opening with a 67, but followed up with back to back 74s on the Friday and Saturday, and ended the final round on Sunday in a tie for 46th place. Woods then won the 2008 and 2009 tournaments, both times with birdie putts on the final hole.

Invitational status

The Arnold Palmer Invitational is one of only five tournaments given "invitational" status by the PGA Tour, and consequently it has a reduced field of only 120 players (as opposed to most full-field open tournaments with a field of 156 players). The other four tournaments with invitational status are The Heritage, the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, the Memorial Tournament, and the AT&T National. Invitational tournaments have smaller fields (between 120 and 132 players), and have more freedom than full-field open tournaments in determining which players are eligible to participate in their event, as invitational tournaments are not required to fill their fields using the PGA Tour Priority Ranking System. Furthermore, unlike full-field open tournaments, invitational tournaments do not offer open qualifying (aka Monday qualifying).

Winners

Year Player Country Score To Par 1st Prize ($) Purse ($)
Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard
2010 Ernie Els  South Africa 277 -11 1,080,000 6,000,000
2009 Tiger Woods  United States 275 -5 1,080,000 6,000,000
2008 Tiger Woods  United States 270 -10 1,044,000 5,800,000
2007 Vijay Singh  Fiji 272 -8 990,000 5,500,000
Bay Hill Invitational presented by MasterCard
2006 Rod Pampling  Australia 274 -14 990,000 5,500,000
2005 Kenny Perry  United States 276 -12 900,000 5,000,000
2004 Chad Campbell  United States 270 -18 900,000 5,000,000
Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires
2003 Tiger Woods  United States 269 -19 810,000 4,500,000
2002 Tiger Woods  United States 275 -13 720,000 4,000,000
Bay Hill Invitational
2001 Tiger Woods  United States 273 -15 630,000 3,500,000
2000 Tiger Woods  United States 270 -18 540,000 3,000,000
1999 Tim Herron  United States 274 -14 450,000 2,500,000
1998 Ernie Els  South Africa 274 -14 360,000 2,000,000
1997 Phil Mickelson  United States 272 -16 270,000 1,500,000
1996 Paul Goydos  United States 275 -13 216,000 1,200,000
Nestle Invitational
1995 Loren Roberts  United States 272 -16 216,000 1,200,000
1994 Loren Roberts  United States 275 -13 216,000 1,200,000
1993 Ben Crenshaw  United States 280 -8 180,000 1,000,000
1992 Fred Couples  United States 269 -19 180,000 1,000,000
1991 Andrew Magee  United States 203* -13 180,000 1,000,000
1990 Robert Gamez  United States 274 -14 162,000 900,000
1989 Tom Kite  United States 278 -6 144,000 800,000
Hertz Bay Hill Classic
1988 Paul Azinger  United States 271 -13 135,000 750,000
1987 Payne Stewart  United States 264 -20 108,000 600,000
1986 Dan Forsman  United States 202* -11 90,000 500,000
1985 Fuzzy Zoeller  United States 275 -9 90,000 500,000
Bay Hill Classic
1984 Gary Koch  United States 272 -12 72,000 400,000
1983 Mike Nicolette  United States 283 -1 63,000 350,000
1982 Tom Kite  United States 278 -6 54,000 300,000
1981 Andy Bean  United States 266 -18 54,000 300,000
1980 Dave Eichelberger  United States 279 -5 54,000 300,000
Bay Hill Citrus Classic
1979 Bob Byman  United States 278 -6 45,000 250,000
Florida Citrus Open
1978 Mac McLendon  United States 271 -17 40,000 200,000
1977 Gary Koch  United States 274 -14 40,000 200,000
1976 Hale Irwin  United States 270 -18 40,000 200,000
1975 Lee Trevino  United States 276 -12 40,000 200,000
1974 Jerry Heard  United States 273 -15 30,000 150,000
1973 Buddy Allin  United States 265 -23 30,000 150,000
1972 Jerry Heard  United States 276 -12 30,000 150,000
Florida Citrus Invitational
1971 Arnold Palmer  United States 270 -18 30,000 150,000
1970 Bob Lunn  United States 271 -17 30,000 150,000
Florida Citrus Open Invitational
1969 Ken Still  United States 278 -10 23,000 115,000
1968 Dan Sikes  United States 274 -14 23,000 115,000
1967 Julius Boros  United States 274 -10 23,000 115,000
1966 Lionel Hebert  United States 279 -5 21,000 110,000

* rain-shortened to 54 holes
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Sources[2][3]

Multiple winners

Five men have won this tournament more than once through 2010.

References

  1. ^ What's at stake for 2008, pgatour.com, November 1, 2007
  2. ^ Arnold Palmer Invitational - Winners - at www.pgatour.com
  3. ^ Arnold Palmer Invitational - Winners - at www.golfobserver.com
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