The Arnold Palmer Invitational field includes nine of the top 10 golfers in the world according to the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). However, the first round did not see them find their best form as only one of them was in the top 10 after the first 18 holes.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational played its first round on Thursday, March 7, at its usual venue of Bay Hill, Orlando, Florida. It is the fourth Signature Event of the season with a purse of $20 million and 700 FedEx Cup ranking points for the winner.
Brian Harman (9th on the OWGR) had the best performance among the top 10. Harman finished in a tie for eighth place at 3-under after the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. His performance included six birdies and three bogeys. He was followed by world number one Scottie Scheffler, who tied for 19th at 2-under. Scheffler again struggled with his putting, carding three birdies and a bogey.
Wyndham Clark (7th), Viktor Hovland (4th) and Max Homa (8th) finished the first 18 holes in T24 on 1 under after the first 18 holes of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Clark had three birdies and two bogeys, while Hovland had five birdies and four bogeys. Homa had two birdies and a bogey.
Xander Schauffele (5th) tied for 35th with an even par score of three birdies, one bogey and one double bogey. Rory McIlroy (2nd) finished T47, one stroke behind Schauffele, with three birdies and four bogeys.
Finally, Patrick Cantlay (6th) and Matt Fitzpatrick (9th) are tied for 57th at 2-over. Cantlay carded three birdies and five bogeys, while Fitzpatrick had two birdies and four bogeys.
Shane Lowry leads the way at 7-under after the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Justin Lower and Hideki Matsuyama are tied for second, one stroke behind the Irishman.
Arnold Palmer Invitational 2024 full leaderboard after Day 1
Jon Rahm (3rd) is the only member of the OWGR Top 10 not playing at Bay Hill. The Spaniard is banned from PGA Tour events due to his recent signing with LIV Golf.
Here is the Arnold Palmer Invitational leaderboard after the first round:
- 1 Shane Lowry -6
- T2 Justin Lower -5
- T2 Hideki Matsuyama -5
- T4 Russell Henley -4
- T4 Lee Hodges -4
- T4 Sam Burns -4
- T4 Sahith Theegala -4
- T8 Luke List -3
- T8 Will Zalatoris -3
- T8 Min Woo Lee -3
- T8 Nick Taylor -3
- T8 Sepp Straka -3
- T8 Chris Kirk -3
- T8 Brian Harman -3
- T8 Justin Thomas -3
- T8 Emiliano Grillo -3
- T8 Adam Hadwin -3
- T8 Harris English -3
- T8 Jordan Spieth -3
- T20 Jason Day -2
- T20 Scottie Scheffler -2
- T20 Corey Conners -2
- T20 Eric Cole -2
- T20 Collin Morikawa -2
- T25 C.T. Pan -1
- T25 Keegan Bradley -1
- T25 Andrew Putnam -1
- T25 J.T. Poston -1
- T25 Wyndham Clark -1
- T25 Viktor Hovland -1
- T25 David Ford(a) -1
- T25 Byeong Hun An -1
- T25 Sungjae Im -1
- T25 Max Homa -1
- T35 Nick Dunlap E
- T35 Stephan Jaeger E
- T35 Adam Schenk E
- T35 Justin Rose E
- T35 Tom Hoge E
- T35 Taylor Moore E
- T35 Patrick Rodgers E
- T35 Austin Eckroat E
- T35 Grayson Murray E
- T35 Erik van Rooyen E
- T35 Cam Davis E
- T35 Denny McCarthy E
- T35 Seamus Power E
- T35 Xander Schauffele E
- T49 Tom Kim +1
- T49 Webb Simpson +1
- T49 Tommy Fleetwood +1
- T49 Cameron Young +1
- T49 Lucas Glover +1
- T49 Rory McIlroy +1
- T49 Ludvig Åberg +1
- T49 Adam Scott +1
- T57 Brendon Todd +2
- T57 Matthieu Pavon +2
- T57 Christiaan Bezuidenhout +2
- T57 Patrick Cantlay +2
- T57 Matt Fitzpatrick +2
- T62 Mackenzie Hughes +3
- T62 Rickie Fowler +3
- T62 Si Woo Kim +3
- 65 Sami Valimaki +4
- T66 Nicolai Højgaard +5
- T66 Jake Knapp +5
- 68 Kurt Kitayama +6
- 69 Adam Svensson +7
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