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Arnold Palmer Invitational 2025: Prize Money, Field, Past Winners And How To Watch
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There is a stacked field at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational, and here is everything you need to know about the PGA Tour event including prize money, the field, past winners and how to watch.
Arnold Palmer Invitational 2025 Prize Money
A field of 72 golf players will compete for a share of the $20m prize money on offer at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The tournament at Bay Hill in Florida, is one of the PGA Tour’s signature events. There will be a star-studded field including Rory McIlroy and defending champion Scottie Scheffler.
Scheffler won this tournament last year before going on to win the Players Championship and The Masters. He will be eager to win again and build some momentum ahead of defending his Masters Championship.
Should he successfully defend his championship, he will take home the $4m which is on offer to the winner.
This is $1.8m more than the second-place finisher will receive, with third getting $1.4m and fourth $1m.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational features a 36-hole cut to the top 50 and ties plus any player within 10 shots of the lead.
It is the fourth signature event of the year, with the opening three won by Hideki Matsuyama, McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg.
Below is a table outlining the FULL Arnold Palmer Invitational 2025 prize money and purse breakdown for those who make the cut.
Prize Money Full Breakdown
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| 1st | $4,000,000 |
| 2nd | $2,200,000 |
| 3rd | $1,400,000 |
| 4th | $1,000,000 |
| 5th | $840,000 |
| 6th | $760,000 |
| 7th | $700,000 |
| 8th | $646,000 |
| 9th | $600,000 |
| 10th | $556,000 |
| 11th | $514,000 |
| 12th | $472,000 |
| 13th | $430,000 |
| 14th | $389,000 |
| 15th | $369,000 |
| 16th | $349,000 |
| 17th | $329,000 |
| 18th | $309,000 |
| 19th | $289,000 |
| 20th | $269,000 |
| 21st | $250,000 |
| 22nd | $233,000 |
| 23rd | $216,000 |
| 24th | $200,000 |
| 25th | $184,000 |
| 26th | $168,000 |
| 27th | $161,000 |
| 28th | $154,000 |
| 29th | $147,000 |
| 30th | $140,000 |
| 31st | $133,000 |
| 32nd | $126,000 |
| 33rd | $119,000 |
| 34th | $114,000 |
| 35th | $109,000 |
| 36th | $104,000 |
| 37th | $99,000 |
| 38th | $94,000 |
| 39th | $90,000 |
| 40th | $86,000 |
| 41st | $82,000 |
| 42nd | $78,000 |
| 43rd | $74,000 |
| 44th | $70,000 |
| 45th | $66,000 |
| 46th | $62,000 |
| 47th | $58,000 |
| 48th | $56,000 |
| 49th | $54,000 |
| 50th | $52,000 |
Arnold Palmer Invitational 2025 Field
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler is back to defend his Arnold Palmer Invitational crown where he will hope to take the top share of the prize money on offer.
There is a return for World No 3 Xander Schauffele, who hasn’t played since finishing tied 30th at The Sentry due to a rib injury.
Pebble Beach Pro-Am winner Rory McIlroy will look to claim his second Arnold Palmer Invitational title. He last won at Bay Hill back in 2018.
Genesis Invitational winner Ludvig Aberg and Sentry champion Hideki Matsuyama are also in action.
The other of the World’s top 10 competing include Colin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood.
One player who won’t be in action is Tiger Woods – who has won this tournament on eight previous occasions.
Woods has decided to skip this event but could make his return at The Players Championship next week.
For the full Golf Calendar and Schedule for 2025 click here.
The field for the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard will be finalized following the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. Players can still become eligible through the Aon Next 10, Aon Swing 5 and Top 30 OWGR.
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Arnold Palmer Invitational Last 10 Winners
- 2024 – Scottie Scheffler
- 2023 – Kurt Kitayama
- 2022 – Scottie Scheffler
- 2021 – Bryson DeChambeau
- 2020 – Tyrell Hatton
- 2019 – sco Molinari
- 2018 – Rory McIlroy
- 2017 – Marc Leishman
- 2016 – Jason Day
- 2015 – Matt Every
How To Watch The 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 📅 Date: Thursday, March 6 – Sunday, March 9
- 🏌️ Course: Bay Hill
- 📺 TV: Sky Sports Golf and Prize Money
- 🤑 Purse: $20 million (Winner: $4,000,000)