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Arnold Palmer Invitational Past Winners and History
The Arnold Palmer Invitational is one of just two PGA Tour events named after former player (the other is the Byron Nelson). Played since 1979h at Palmer’s Bay Hill Club and Lodge, it’s the successor of the Florida Citrus Open.
The Palmer also is one of just five PGA Tour “Invitational” events, with a reduced field of 120 players, and no Monday Qualifying. The top 70 players from the previous year’s money list are the only guaranteed invitations.
The Florida Citrus Open began in 1966, and was played at the Rio Pinar golf club in Orlando. Palmer had purchased the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in 1976, and the tournament moved there in 1979 as the Bay Hill Citrus Classic. The Tournament’s first five years was as a full field open format. It became an invitational in 1984. Over the years, the tournament has been sponsored by the Citrus growers, Nestle, Hertz, Cooper Tires and MasterCard.
The tournament benefits the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, and the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies.
Tiger Woods has won the tournament six times—including four in a row from 2000 to 2003. That’s a feat that has been matched only three other times on the tour. The low tournament was Payne Stewart’s 264 in 1987.
| Year | Player | Country | Score | To Par | 1st Prize ($) | Purse ($) |
| 2011 | Martin Laird | Scotland | 280 | -8 | 1,080,000 | 6,000,000 |
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| 2010 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 277 | -11 | 1,080,000 | 6,000,000 |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods | United States | 275 | -5 | 1,080,000 | 6,000,000 |
| 2008 | Tiger Woods | United States | 270 | -10 | 1,044,000 | 5,800,000 |
| 2007 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 272 | -8 | 990,000 | 5,500,000 |
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| 2006 | Rod Pampling | Australia | 274 | -14 | 990,000 | 5,500,000 |
| 2005 | Kenny Perry | United States | 276 | -12 | 900,000 | 5,000,000 |
| 2004 | Chad Campbell | United States | 270 | -18 | 900,000 | 5,000,000 |
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| 2003 | Tiger Woods | United States | 269 | -19 | 810,000 | 4,500,000 |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | United States | 275 | -13 | 720,000 | 4,000,000 |
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| 2001 | Tiger Woods | United States | 273 | -15 | 630,000 | 3,500,000 |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | United States | 270 | -18 | 540,000 | 3,000,000 |
| 1999 | Tim Herron | United States | 274 | -14 | 450,000 | 2,500,000 |
| 1998 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 274 | -14 | 360,000 | 2,000,000 |
| 1997 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 272 | -16 | 270,000 | 1,500,000 |
| 1996 | Paul Goydos | United States | 275 | -13 | 216,000 | 1,200,000 |
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| 1995 | Loren Roberts | United States | 272 | -16 | 216,000 | 1,200,000 |
| 1994 | Loren Roberts | United States | 275 | -13 | 216,000 | 1,200,000 |
| 1993 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 280 | -8 | 180,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 1992 | Fred Couples | United States | 269 | -19 | 180,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 1991 | Andrew Magee | United States | 203* | -13 | 180,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 1990 | Robert Gamez | United States | 274 | -14 | 162,000 | 900,000 |
| 1989 | Tom Kite | United States | 278 | -6 | 144,000 | 800,000 |
| Hertz Bay Hill Classic | ||||||
| 1988 | Paul Azinger | United States | 271 | -13 | 135,000 | 750,000 |
| 1987 | Payne Stewart | United States | 264 | -20 | 108,000 | 600,000 |
| 1986 | Dan Forsman | United States | 202 (54 holes) | -11 | 90,000 | 500,000 |
| 1985 | Fuzzy Zoeller | United States | 275 | -9 | 90,000 | 500,000 |
| Bay Hill Classic | ||||||
| 1984 | Gary Koch | United States | 272 | -12 | 72,000 | 400,000 |
| 1983 | Mike Nicolette | United States | 283 | -1 | 63,000 | 350,000 |
| 1982 | Tom Kite | United States | 278 | -6 | 54,000 | 300,000 |
| 1981 | Andy Bean | United States | 266 | -18 | 54,000 | 300,000 |
| 1980 | Dave Eichelberger | United States | 279 | -5 | 54,000 | 300,000 |
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| 1979 | Bob Byman | United States | 278 | -6 | 45,000 | 250,000 |
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| 1978 | Mac McLendon | United States | 271 | -17 | 40,000 | 200,000 |
| 1977 | Gary Koch | United States | 274 | -14 | 40,000 | 200,000 |
| 1976 | Hale Irwin | United States | 270 | -18 | 40,000 | 200,000 |
| 1975 | Lee Trevino | United States | 276 | -12 | 40,000 | 200,000 |
| 1974 | Jerry Heard | United States | 273 | -15 | 30,000 | 150,000 |
| 1973 | Buddy Allin | United States | 265 | -23 | 30,000 | 150,000 |
| 1972 | Jerry Heard | United States | 276 | -12 | 30,000 | 150,000 |
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| 1971 | Arnold Palmer | United States | 270 | -18 | 30,000 | 150,000 |
| 1970 | Bob Lunn | United States | 271 | -17 | 30,000 | 150,000 |
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| 1969 | Ken Still | United States | 278 | -10 | 23,000 | 115,000 |
| 1968 | Dan Sikes | United States | 274 | -14 | 23,000 | 115,000 |
| 1967 | Julius Boros | United States | 274 | -10 | 23,000 | 115,000 |
| 1966 | Lionel Hebert | United States | 279 | -5 | 21,000 | 110,000 |
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