Arnold Palmer Invitational Prize Money Payouts: How much Akshay Bhatia and others earned at Bay Hill
Arnold Palmer Invitational 2026 Prize Money: Find out how much winner Akshay Bhatia and everyone else earned in the latest $20m Signature Event on the PGA Tour.
The 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational delivered a dramatic finish as Akshay Bhatia defeated Daniel Berger with a par on the first playoff hole to secure his third title on the PGA Tour.
The left-handed American produced a stunning comeback at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge, erasing a five-shot deficit before firing a superb back-nine 31 to force extra holes. Bhatia then sealed the victory in the playoff, continuing a remarkable trend in his career — all three of his PGA Tour wins have now come via playoffs.
The victory also places Bhatia in rare company. He becomes just the eighth player in PGA Tour history to win each of his first three titles in playoffs.
Along with the trophy at Arnie’s Place, Bhatia pockets the tournament’s massive $4 million winner’s cheque from the $20 million purse.
Runner-up Berger takes home $2.2 million and earns a place in this summer’s The Open Championship after finishing as the highest-placed player not already exempt for the field at Royal Birkdale Golf Club.
Further down the leaderboard, Ludvig Åberg and Cameron Young shared third place at 12-under par, each collecting $1.2 million, while Collin Morikawa picked up $840,000 as he rounded out the top five at 11-under par
Below is the full prize money breakdown from the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Arnold Palmer Invitational 2026: Prize Money Payouts
Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Akshay Bhatia | -15 | $4,000,000 |
2 | Daniel Berger | -15 | $2,200,000 |
T3 | Ludvig Aberg | -12 | $1,200,000 |
T3 | Cameron Young | -12 | $1,200,000 |
5 | Collin 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 | Rickie 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 McNealy | -5 | $373,200 |
T13 | Si Woo Kim | -5 | $373,200 |
T13 | Viktor 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 | Jhonattan Vegas | -3 | $261,000 |
T18 | Bud Cauley | -3 | $261,000 |
T24 | Lucas Glover | -2 | $157,000 |
T24 | Robert MacIntyre | -2 | $157,000 |
T24 | Nicolai Højgaard | -2 | $157,000 |
T24 | Ryan Fox | -2 | $157,000 |
T24 | Patrick Rodgers | -2 | $157,000 |
T24 | Alex Noren | -2 | $157,000 |
T24 | Harris English | -2 | $157,000 |
T24 | Scottie Scheffler | -2 | $157,000 |
T24 | Xander Schauffele | -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 | E | $90,000 |
T38 | Taylor Pendrith | E | $90,000 |
T38 | Andrew Novak | E | $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 | Andrew 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 |
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