Arnold Palmer Invitational
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Orlando, Florida |
| Established | 1966 |
| Course(s) | Bay Hill Club and Lodge |
| Par | 70 |
| Yardage | 7,162 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Purse | $6,000,000 |
| Month played | March |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264 Payne Stewart (1987) |
| To-par | -23 Buddy Allin (1973) |
| Current champion | |
| Tiger Woods | |
The Arnold Palmer Invitational is a PGA Tour golf tournament. It is played each March at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, a private golf resort in Orlando, Florida which has been owned by Arnold Palmer since 1976 and where he has his winter home. The event was founded in 1979 as a successor to the Florida Citrus Open Invitational, which was played at Rio Pinar Golf Club on the East side of Orlando. It has had a number of different names since then, most of them including "Bay Hill." The tournament was played for the first time under the Palmer name in 2007.
As a restricted field event on the PGA Tour, only the first 70 players on the previous year's money-list are guaranteed invites.[1]
Tiger Woods won what was then known as the Bay Hill Invitational four years in a row from 2000 to 2003. This is one of only four occasions that a golfer has won the same event four times in a row on the Tour. In 2004 he was one shot off the lead after opening with a 67, but followed up with back to back 74s on the Friday and Saturday, and ended the final round on Sunday in a tie for 46th place. Woods then won the 2008 and 2009 tournaments, both times with birdie putts on the final hole.
Contents |
[edit] Winners
| Year | Player | Country | Score | To Par | 1st Prize ($) | Purse ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard | ||||||
| 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]
[edit] Multiple winners
Four men have won this tournament more than once through 2009.
- 6 wins
- Tiger Woods: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009
- 2 wins
- Jerry Heard: 1972, 1974
- Gary Koch: 1977, 1984
- Loren Roberts: 1994, 1995
[edit] References
- ^ What's at stake for 2008, pgatour.com, November 1, 2007
- ^ Arnold Palmer Invitational - Winners - at www.pgatour.com
- ^ Arnold Palmer Invitational - Winners - at www.golfobserver.com
