Hubo una batalla en Bay Hill y todo se redujo a un desempate.
Akshay Bhatia derrotó a Daniel Berger en el primer hoyo de playoffs en Arnie’s Place para ganar el Arnold Palmer Invitational 2026. Bhatia iba perdiendo por cinco tiros de cara a los últimos nueve, pero disparó 31 al regresar a casa para forzar un desempate. Sus tres victorias en el PGA Tour se produjeron en un desempate.
Y con la victoria, Bhatia se llevará a casa un considerable sueldo de 4 millones de dólares.
Aquí está el desglose de cuánto dinero ganó cada jugador del PGA Tour con una bolsa de 20 millones de dólares en el Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Pagos en metálico del Arnold Palmer Invitational 2026
| Posición | Jugador | Puntaje | Ganancias |
| 1 | Akshay Bhatia | -15 | $4.000.000 |
| 2 | Daniel Berger | -15 | $2,200,000 |
| T3 | Ludwig Aberg | -12 | $1.200.000 |
| T3 | Cameron joven | -12 | $1.200.000 |
| 5 | Colin Morikawa | -11 | $840,000 |
| T6 | Sahith Theegala | -10 | $702,000 |
| T6 | Russell Henley | -10 | $702,000 |
| T6 | Min Woo Lee | -10 | $702,000 |
| T9 | Harry Hall | -8 | $578,000 |
| T9 | Ricky Fowler | -8 | $578,000 |
| T11 | Adam Scott | -6 | $493,000 |
| T11 | Jordan Spieth | -6 | $493,000 |
| T13 | Sepp Straka | -5 | $373,200 |
| T13 | Billy Horschel | -5 | $373,200 |
| T13 | Maverick Mc Nealy | -5 | $373,200 |
| T13 | Si Woo Kim | -5 | $373,200 |
| T13 | Victor Hovland | -5 | $373,200 |
| T18 | Chris Gotterup | -3 | $261,000 |
| T18 | Max Greyserman | -3 | $261,000 |
| T18 | Kurt Kitayama | -3 | $261,000 |
| T18 | Jacob Bridgeman | -3 | $261,000 |
| T18 | jonathan vegas | -3 | $261,000 |
| T18 | Bud Cauley | -3 | $261,000 |
| T24 | Lucas Glover | -2 | $157,000 |
| T24 | Robert MacIntyre | -2 | $157,000 |
| T24 | Nicolai Hojgaard | -2 | $157,000 |
| T24 | ryan zorro | -2 | $157,000 |
| T24 | Patricio Rodgers | -2 | $157,000 |
| T24 | Alex Noren | -2 | $157,000 |
| T24 | Harris Inglés | -2 | $157,000 |
| T24 | Scotty Scheffler | -2 | $157,000 |
| T24 | Xander Schäuffele | -2 | $157,000 |
| T33 | Keith Mitchell | -1 | $109,000 |
| T33 | Michael Kim | -1 | $109,000 |
| T33 | Corey Conners | -1 | $109,000 |
| T33 | ryo-hisatsune | -1 | $109,000 |
| T33 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -1 | $109,000 |
| T38 | Nick Taylor | mi | $90,000 |
| T38 | Taylor Pendrith | mi | $90,000 |
| T38 | andres novak | mi | $90,000 |
| T41 | Hideki Matsuyama | 1 | $78,000 |
| T41 | Matt McCarty | 1 | $78,000 |
| T41 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 1 | $78,000 |
| T44 | Nico Echavarria | 2 | $66,000 |
| T44 | taylor moore | 2 | $66,000 |
| T44 | Andres Putnam | 2 | $66,000 |
| T47 | Chris Kirk | 5 | $58,000 |
| T47 | Daniel Bennett (a) | 5 | $0 |
| 49 | Tommy Fleetwood | 6 | $56,000 |
| 50 | Brian Harman | 10 | $54,000 |
