Dahmen Loses a Full PGA Tour Card and Works His Way Into a $20M Event at Bay Hill
The 72-player field competes for a $20 million purse at Bay Hill Club & Lodge as the PGA Tour advances its East Coast focus with a player-hosted format.
- On March 5 the Arnold Palmer Invitational begins at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, starting a PGA Tour week that culminates with The Players Championship March 12-15, with a $45 million purse.
- It opens a fortnight that culminates at TPC Sawgrass with $45 million combined purses and the top 17 players among 23 of the top 25 competing, raising early-season stakes.
- As usual Scottie Scheffler arrives as the favorite at +333 on the money line by BetMGM and ranks top in the Arnold Palmer Invitational model, while Rory McIlroy, past API winner, follows at +900.
- First-Round play begins March 5 with opening tee times at 7:40 a.m. ET and live broadcast coverage starting 7:30 a.m. ET on ESPN+; the tournament uses the cut to top 50 and ties, and within 10 strokes.
- Bay Hill's setup rewards controlled tee-to-green play as the Arnold Palmer Invitational tests long par-3s, thick rough, and water-lined holes, shaping season momentum by Saturday.
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Dahmen loses a full PGA Tour card and works his way into a $20M event at Bay Hill
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