Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard 2026: final leaderboard

Akshay Bhatia won the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge (Orlando, Florida), March 5, 2026 to March 8, 2026, finishing -15 after a playoff with Daniel Berger. 73 players; 20 missed the cut.

Final · Updated October 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM ET · StatsNext tournament records · Course profile: Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge

What statistics matter most at Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard?

Around the green matters more at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge than at a typical PGA Tour stop: it accounted for 18% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 15% tour-wide (8 editions, 866 golfer-weeks, Mar 5, 2018 to Mar 4, 2026), a clear difference.

Around the green explains 18% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 15% tour-wide, a clear difference (8 editions, 866 golfer-weeks).

Off the tee explains 21% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 20% tour-wide, a small difference (8 editions, 866 golfer-weeks).

Putting matters less than usual: 27% here vs 31% tour-wide.

Category	Share of the spread here	Tour-wide	Stands out
Around the green	18%	15%	Yes
Off the tee	21%	20%	No
Approach	34%	35%	No
Putting	27%	31%	Yes

Putts per green hit: rank correlation with the 72-hole score 0.40 here vs 0.49 tour-wide (8 editions, 546 golfers who played every round); a clear difference.

Par 3s (4 on the card) played 0.11 over par per hole here vs 0.08 over tour-wide (3 editions).

Par 4s (10 on the card) played 0.12 over par per hole here vs even tour-wide (3 editions).

Par 5s (4 on the card) played 0.28 under par per hole here vs 0.45 under tour-wide (3 editions).

Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through March 4, 2026. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.

What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.

Course

Course	Par	Yardage	Greens	Fairways	Rough	Architect	Established
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge	72	7,466	Tifeagle Bermudagrass	Bermudagrass/Ryegrass	Bermudagrass/Ryegrass	Dick Wilson\Joe Lee	1961

The listed card: 4 par 3s (average 217 yards), 10 par 4s (average 437 yards), 4 par 5s (average 558 yards).

The three hardest holes this week by the field’s scoring average
Hardest holes	Par	Yards	Field average	Over par
Hole 18	4	458	4.270	+0.270
Hole 8	4	460	4.230	+0.230
Hole 9	4	480	4.213	+0.213

What it took to finish top 10 on this course

Strokes gained per round	Top 10s on this course	Top 10s at every tournament	Difference
Off the tee	+0.56	+0.45	+0.11
Approach	+0.63	+0.82	-0.19
Around the green	+0.34	+0.34	0.00
Putting	+0.66	+0.82	-0.16

Rounds by top-10 finishers on this course in earlier editions (136 rounds, 3 editions, September 2022 on, finishes from the stored leaderboards) against top-10 finishers at every tournament in the same period (6547 rounds). A category with a positive difference separated contenders here more than usual.

Scoring by round

Round	Players	Field average	Average to par	Low round
1	72	71.81	-0.19	63
2	72	72.36	+0.36	66
3	50	71.26	-0.74	66
4	50	71.44	-0.56	66

Strokes-gained leaders (week totals)

Category	Leader	Strokes gained
Off the tee	Cameron Young	7.39
Approach	Daniel Berger	7.91
Around the green	Akshay Bhatia	5.66
Putting	Akshay Bhatia	10.61

Final leaderboard

Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard 2026 final leaderboard
Pos	Player	To par	Rounds	Total	Earnings	SG total
1	Akshay Bhatia	-15	70-66-68-69	273	$4,000,000	13.87
2	Daniel Berger	-15	63-68-72-70	273	$2,200,000	13.87
T3	Cameron Young	-12	67-73-67-69	276	$1,200,000	10.87
T3	Ludvig Åberg	-12	66-71-72-67	276	$1,200,000	10.87
5	Collin Morikawa	-11	66-71-70-70	277	$840,000	9.87
T6	Min Woo Lee	-10	69-71-68-70	278	$702,000	8.87
T6	Russell Henley	-10	70-69-71-68	278	$702,000	8.87
T6	Sahith Theegala	-10	70-67-75-66	278	$702,000	8.87
T9	Harry Hall	-8	73-69-68-70	280	$578,000	6.87
T9	Rickie Fowler	-8	69-69-72-70	280	$578,000	6.87
T11	Adam Scott	-6	68-73-71-70	282	$493,000	4.87
T11	Jordan Spieth	-6	72-71-68-71	282	$493,000	4.87
T13	Billy Horschel	-5	69-74-72-68	283	$373,200	3.87
T13	Maverick McNealy	-5	70-74-69-70	283	$373,200	3.87
T13	Sepp Straka	-5	72-69-66-76	283	$373,200	3.87
T13	Si Woo Kim	-5	71-71-71-70	283	$373,200	3.87
T13	Viktor Hovland	-5	72-72-67-72	283	$373,200	3.87
T18	Bud Cauley	-3	69-71-71-74	285	$261,000	1.87
T18	Chris Gotterup	-3	69-71-69-76	285	$261,000	1.87
T18	Jacob Bridgeman	-3	75-69-69-72	285	$261,000	1.87
T18	Jhonattan Vegas	-3	67-76-69-73	285	$261,000	1.87
T18	Kurt Kitayama	-3	69-74-71-71	285	$261,000	1.87
T18	Max Greyserman	-3	74-70-74-67	285	$261,000	1.87
T24	Alex Noren	-2	72-72-69-73	286	$157,000	0.87
T24	Harris English	-2	69-72-72-73	286	$157,000	0.87
T24	Lucas Glover	-2	73-73-70-70	286	$157,000	0.87
T24	Nicolai Højgaard	-2	72-73-70-71	286	$157,000	0.87
T24	Patrick Rodgers	-2	72-73-68-73	286	$157,000	0.87
T24	Robert MacIntyre	-2	72-72-72-70	286	$157,000	0.87
T24	Ryan Fox	-2	68-72-75-71	286	$157,000	0.87
T24	Scottie Scheffler	-2	70-71-72-73	286	$157,000	0.87
T24	Xander Schauffele	-2	68-71-73-74	286	$157,000	0.87
T33	Corey Conners	-1	69-74-72-72	287	$109,000	-0.13
T33	Keith Mitchell	-1	69-76-73-69	287	$109,000	-0.13
T33	Michael Kim	-1	75-69-71-72	287	$109,000	-0.13
T33	Michael Thorbjornsen	-1	70-71-71-75	287	$109,000	-0.13
T33	Ryo Hisatsune	-1	71-71-72-73	287	$109,000	-0.13
T38	Andrew Novak	E	74-72-71-71	288	$90,000	-1.13
T38	Nick Taylor	E	72-72-75-69	288	$90,000	-1.13
T38	Taylor Pendrith	E	73-73-71-71	288	$90,000	-1.13
T41	Hideki Matsuyama	+1	70-74-73-72	289	$78,000	-2.13
T41	Matt Fitzpatrick	+1	74-70-70-75	289	$78,000	-2.13
T41	Matt McCarty	+1	75-70-71-73	289	$78,000	-2.13
T44	Andrew Putnam	+2	73-71-73-73	290	$66,000	-3.13
T44	Nico Echavarria	+2	72-74-71-73	290	$66,000	-3.13
T44	Taylor Moore	+2	71-74-72-73	290	$66,000	-3.13
T47	Chris Kirk	+5	73-72-75-73	293	$58,000	-6.13
T47	Daniel Bennett	+5	71-71-77-74	293	–	-6.13
49	Tommy Fleetwood	+6	76-69-76-73	294	$56,000	-7.13
50	Brian Harman	+10	73-73-78-74	298	$54,000	-11.13
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	+11	79-76	155	–	-10.83
WD	Austin Smotherman	–	74-71	145	–	-0.83
CUT	Ben Griffin	+3	72-75	147	–	-2.83
CUT	Brian Campbell	+3	71-76	147	–	-2.83
CUT	Denny McCarthy	+5	72-77	149	–	-4.83
CUT	Haotong Li	+3	77-70	147	–	–
CUT	J.J. Spaun	+3	73-74	147	–	-2.83
CUT	J.T. Poston	+12	75-81	156	–	-11.83
-	Jake Knapp	–	–	–	–	–
CUT	Jason Day	+4	74-74	148	–	-3.83
CUT	Joel Dahmen	+3	75-72	147	–	-2.83
CUT	Justin Rose	+6	70-80	150	–	-5.83
CUT	Justin Thomas	+14	79-79	158	–	-13.83
CUT	Keegan Bradley	+5	71-78	149	–	-4.83
CUT	Patrick Cantlay	+4	71-77	148	–	-3.83
CUT	Pierceson Coody	+5	79-70	149	–	-4.83
WD	Rory McIlroy	–	72-68	140	–	4.17
CUT	Ryan Gerard	+3	77-70	147	–	-2.83
CUT	Sam Burns	+4	74-74	148	–	-3.83
CUT	Sam Stevens	+6	74-76	150	–	-5.83
CUT	Shane Lowry	+3	74-73	147	–	-2.83
CUT	Sungjae Im	+4	76-72	148	–	-3.83
CUT	Tom Hoge	+3	74-73	147	–	-2.83

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