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2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational Betting Online

One of the events leading up to the Masters in early March is the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida. The event was founded in 1979 and has had a number of different names including the Bay Hill Invitational but it has been played under the Arnold Palmer name since 2007. The tournament is played at Bay Hill in Orlando, Florida and the tournament is sponsored by Mastercard and known as the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. The event is known as Arnie’s tournament but it may as well be called Tiger’s tournament, considering he has won the event eight times. The first win for Tiger in this event came in 2000 and his most recent win came in 2013. Tiger is the only player to win this event more than twice in its long history. The Arnold Palmer Invitational almost always has a strong field and that will be the case again in 2026, as the tournament received the honor of being one of the Signature Events on the PGA Tour which means a prize purse of $20 million dollars. Many of the world’s top PGA players are in the field, including World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler who is listed as the favorite in PGA betting odds.

Catch all of the action at the Arnold Palmer Invitational from Thursday, March 5 through Sunday, March 8.

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2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational at a Glance

Course: Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, FL

Par: 72

Course Lengths: 7,466 yards

Defending Champion: Russell Henley

Tournament Record: -23 (Buddy Allin, 1973)

The Arnold Palmer Invitational is an “invitational” event and that means it has a field of 72 players instead of the normal 156 players. This tournament has an added incentive for players, as the winner gets a three-year PGA Tour exemption instead of the normal two-year exemption. All of the world’s top players are eligible to play in this event and there are 18 sponsor exemptions.

Arnold Palmer Invitational Winners (2000)

This event has seen a number of international winners but lately it has been American players taking the title, as Matt Every won this event in 2014 and in 2015, Bryson DeChambeau won in 2021, Scottie Scheffler won in 2022 and 2024 Kurt Kitayama in 2023 and Russell Henley in 2025. Big name winners have been common in this tournament but every so often an under the radar player will win as happened in 2023 when Kitayama won and it happened in back-to-back years in 2014 and 2015 when Matt Every won. Every has just two career PGA Tour wins and both came in this event.

Most Career Wins

This tournament has been dominated by Tiger Woods, as he has an amazing eight victories. No other player has more than two wins. The only current marquee player that has more than one win in this event is Scottie Scheffler who has two.

Best Winning Tournament Scores

The record for this event was set in 1973 by Buddy Allin, as he shot 23-under par. There have been no real challengers to that mark, as the closest anyone has gotten recently is the 19-under shot by Tiger in 2003 and by Every in 2015.

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