The PGA Tour remains in the Florida for the second week of a four-week stretch, after last week’s Cognizant Classic spilled over to Monday. But this time, the top players in the world are gathered at Bay Hill Club and Lodge for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the fourth signature event of the year with a $20 million purse. The winner will take home $4 million and don Palmer’s iconic red cardigan Sunday on Bay Hill’s 18th green.
A usual cast of characters are on hand, minus Tony Finau, who opted not to play this week. That means 69 players are in the field, an rookie Nick Dunlap will play the first two rounds by himself, an oddity described here by our Dave Shedloski.
Nine of the top 10 players in the world are participating, including top dogs Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. Jon Rahm is the only player among the top 10 not playing as he’s at LIV Golf’s event in Hong Kong.
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Austin Eckroat, the Cognizant champion on Monday, is in the field for the first time at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Defending champion Kurt Kitayama is here too, but did not fare well in Round 1 and is only beating one player.
The event is part of the Open Qualifying Series, meaning that the top three players on the final leaderboard not already qualified for the Open Championship will earn a spot. Next week is the Players Championship up at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Here is the prize money breakdown for all players this week, as there is no cut. Check back here shortly after the completion of play Sunday for updates.
WIN: $4 million
2: $2.2 million
3: $1.4 million
4: $1 million
5: $840,000
6: $760,000
7: $700,000
8: $646,000
9: $600,000
10: $556,000
11: $514,000
12: $472,000
13: $430,000
14: $389,000
15: $369,000
16: $349,000
17: $329,000
18: $309,000
19: $289,000
20: $269,000
21: $250,000
22: $233,000
23: $216,000
24: $200,000
25: $184,000
26: $168,000
27: $161,000
28: $154,000
29: $147,000
30: $140,000
31: $133,000
32: $126,000
33: $119,000
34: $114,000
35: $109,000
36: $104,000
37: $99,000
38: $94,000
39: $90,000
40: $86,000
41: $82,000
42: $78,000
43: $74,000
44: $70,000
45: $66,000
46: $62,000
47: $58,000
48: $56,000
49: $54,000
50: $52,000
51: $51,000
52: $50,000
53: $49,000
54: $48,000
55: $47,000
56: $46,000
57: $45,000
58: $44,000
59: $43,000
60: $42,000
61: $41,000
62: $40,000
63: $39,000
64: $38,000
65: $37,000
66: $36,000
67: $35,000
68: $34,000
69: $33,000
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
