This week, the third marquee event of the PGA Tour season concluded at Bay Hill Club & Lodge with the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational at King’s Ransom. The event, which welcomed 72 players to Arnie’s Place, awarded $20 million in prize money, of which $4 million was reserved for Akshay Bhatia, who topped the leaderboard.
Batia won his first major tournament and his third on the PGA Tour, becoming only the eighth player in history to win his first three playoff tournaments.
Unlike other major events, not all players at the Arnold Palmer Invitational were guaranteed a paycheck, as they were limited to being tied for the top 50 players after 36 holes (even those within 10 strokes of the leader). Rory McIlroy wasn’t among them.withdrew on Saturday due to back spasms. (McIlroy is expected to be healthy enough to participate in The Players next week.)
Even after Bhatia’s payday, he continued his record winning 11 different signature events. All players in the top 11 this week will earn more than $500,000, and all players in the top 24 will clear at least $200,000.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational, like the Genesis Invitational and Memorial, is designated as a player-sponsored invitational, so the winner’s share is slightly higher than what would be distributed at the featured event.
Previous 2026 Signature Event winners include:
- Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Collin Morikawa ($3.6 million)
- Genesis Invitational: Jacob Bridgman ($4 million)
- Arnold Palmer Invitation: Akshay Bhatia ($4 million)
Let’s take a look at the complete breakdown of how much each finishing spot earned at the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
2026 Arnold Palmer Invitation Prize, Purse
Total purse: $20 million
1st place: $4 million — Akshay Bhatia
2nd Place: $2,200,000 — Daniel Berger
3rd Place: $1,400,000 — Ludvig Oberg, Cameron Young
4th place: 1 million dollars
5th: $840,000 — Collin Morikawa
6th place: $760,000 — Sahis Segala, Russell Henry, Min Woo Lee
7th place: $700,000
8th place: $646,000
9th place: $600,000 — Rickie Fowler, Harry Hall
10th place: $556,000
11th: $514,000 — Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth
12th place: $472,000
13th place: $430,000 — Billy Horschel, Si-woo Kim, Maverick McNeely, Viktor Hovland, Sepp Straka
14th place: $389,000
15th place: $369,000
16th place: $349,000
17th place: $329,000
18th: $309,000 — Jacob Bridgman, Jonathan Vegas, Bud Corey, Chris Gottapp
19th place: $289,000
20th place: $269,000
21st place: $250,000
22nd place: $233,000
23rd place: $216,000
24th place: $200,000 — Robert McIntyre, Lucas Glover, Ryan Fox, Nikolaj Hoygaard, Harris English, Scottie Scheffler, Alex Nolen, Patrick Rogers, Xander Schauffele
25th place: $184,000
26th place: $168,000
27th place: $161,000
28th place: $154,000
29th place: $147,000
30th place: $140,000
31st place: $133,000
32nd place: $126,000 — Keith Mitchell, Corey Connors, Michael Kim, Ryo Hisatsune, Michael Thorbjornsen
33rd place: $119,000
34th place: $114,000
35th place: $109,000
36th place: $104,000
37th place: $99,000
38th: $94,000 — Nick Taylor, Taylor Pendrith, Andrew Novak
39th place: $90,000
40th place: $86,000
41st place: $82,000 — Hideki Matsuyama, Matt McCarty, Matt Fitzpatrick,
42nd place: $78,000
43rd place: $74,000
44th place: $70,000 — Taylor Moore, Andrew Putnam, Nico Echavarria
45th place: $66,000
46th place: $62,000
47th place: $58,000 — Chris Kirk
48th: $56,000 — Tommy Fleetwood
49th: $54,000 — Brian Harman
