Arnold Palmer Invitational
Bay Hill Club & Lodge · Orlando, FL · Est. 1966 (Bay Hill since 1979)
The Arnold Palmer Invitational is one of the PGA Tour's most prestigious Signature Events — a limited-field, elevated-purse tournament held every March at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. Arnold Palmer owned and operated Bay Hill for decades, and the tournament that bears his name carries the weight of one of golf's greatest legends.
No course on Tour has been dominated by a single player more thoroughly. Tiger Woods won at Bay Hill 8 times — including an astonishing four in a row from 2000–2003. His 8 wins at a single venue remains one of the most remarkable records in modern golf.
Most Arnold Palmer Invitational Wins
| Player | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | 8 | 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012 |
| Arnold Palmer | 4 | 1971, 1980, 1983, 1988 (pre-Bay Hill era) |
| Ernie Els | 3 | 1994, 1996, 2004 |
| Matt Every | 2 | 2014, 2015 |
| Rory McIlroy | 2 | 2018, 2022 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 2 | 2022, 2024 |
* Tiger's 1990 win came at age 14 in a junior tournament at the same course — his 8 official PGA Tour wins began in 2000.
Complete Winners List (1979–2026)
| Year | Champion | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Akshay Bhatia | 🇺🇸 USA | playoff |
| 2025 | Scottie Scheffler | 🇺🇸 USA | −20 |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | 🇺🇸 USA | −21 |
| 2023 | Kurt Kitayama | 🇺🇸 USA | −16 |
| 2022 | Rory McIlroy | 🇬🇧 NIR | −27 |
| 2021 | Lee Westwood | 🇬🇧 ENG | −12 |
| 2020 | Cancelled (COVID-19) | — | — |
| 2019 | Francesco Molinari | 🇮🇹 ITA | −18 |
| 2018 | Rory McIlroy | 🇬🇧 NIR | −18 |
| 2017 | Marc Leishman | 🇦🇺 AUS | −12 |
| 2016 | Jason Day | 🇦🇺 AUS | −21 |
| 2015 | Matt Every | 🇺🇸 USA | −15 |
| 2014 | Matt Every | 🇺🇸 USA | −13 |
| 2013 | Tiger Woods | 🇺🇸 USA | −13 |
| 2012 | Tiger Woods | 🇺🇸 USA | −14 |
| 2011 | Graeme McDowell | 🇬🇧 NIR | −11 |
| 2010 | Ernie Els | 🇿🇦 RSA | −15 |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods | 🇺🇸 USA | −12 |
| 2008 | Tiger Woods | 🇺🇸 USA | −15 |
| 2007 | Vijay Singh | 🇫🇯 FIJ | −11 |
| 2006 | Rod Pampling | 🇦🇺 AUS | −16 |
| 2005 | Graeme McDowell | 🇬🇧 NIR | −9 |
| 2004 | Chad Campbell | 🇺🇸 USA | −18 |
| 2003 | Tiger Woods | 🇺🇸 USA | −16 |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | 🇺🇸 USA | −17 |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | 🇺🇸 USA | −17 |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | 🇺🇸 USA | −18 |
| 1999 | Tim Herron | 🇺🇸 USA | −17 |
| 1998 | Ernie Els | 🇿🇦 RSA | −12 |
| 1997 | Phil Mickelson | 🇺🇸 USA | −15 |
| 1996 | Paul Goydos | 🇺🇸 USA | −13 |
| 1995 | Loren Roberts | 🇺🇸 USA | −14 |
| 1994 | Ernie Els | 🇿🇦 RSA | −16 |
| 1993 | Ben Crenshaw | 🇺🇸 USA | −14 |
| 1992 | Davis Love III | 🇺🇸 USA | −12 |
| 1991 | Andrew Magee | 🇺🇸 USA | −14 |
| 1990 | Robert Gamez | 🇺🇸 USA | −11 |
| 1989 | Tom Kite | 🇺🇸 USA | −14 |
| 1988 | Paul Azinger | 🇺🇸 USA | −11 |
| 1987 | Payne Stewart | 🇺🇸 USA | −12 |
| 1986 | Dan Forsman | 🇺🇸 USA | −11 |
| 1985 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 🇺🇸 USA | −13 |
| 1984 | Gary Koch | 🇺🇸 USA | −14 |
| 1983 | Mike Nicolette | 🇺🇸 USA | −12 |
| 1982 | Tom Kite | 🇺🇸 USA | −10 |
| 1981 | Andy Bean | 🇺🇸 USA | −12 |
| 1980 | Dave Eichelberger | 🇺🇸 USA | −11 |
| 1979 | Bob Byman | 🇺🇸 USA | −8 |
Tiger at Bay Hill: The Greatest Course Dominance in Golf
Tiger Woods' 8 wins at Bay Hill represent the most dominant single-course record in modern professional golf. He won four consecutive editions from 2000–2003, then returned to win again in 2008 and 2009 — and once more in 2012. His scoring average at Bay Hill over his career is unmatched by any other player at any venue.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational accounts for nearly 10% of Tiger's 82 PGA Tour wins — more than any other single tournament in his record-tying career. Palmer himself called Tiger's dominance at Bay Hill "the greatest compliment you can give to my golf course."