Arnold Palmer Invitational
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Arnold Palmer Invitational

Tournament NameArnold Palmer Invitational
LocationOrlando, Florida
Establishment1966
CourseBay Hill Club and Lodge
Par72
Yardage7,381 yards
TourPGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Purse$6,000,000
Month PlayedMarch
Aggregate264 Payne Stewart (1987)
To-par-23 Buddy Allin (1973)
Current ChampionErnie Els

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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.

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

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.

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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

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