Nestle Invitational Bay Hill pin flag Crenshaw, Couples, Kite open ryder pga

Description

The
Arnold Palmer Invitational
is a professional
golf
tournament in
Florida
on the
PGA Tour
. It is played each March at the
Bay Hill Club and Lodge
, a private golf resort owned since 1974 by
Arnold Palmer
in
Bay Hill
, a suburb southwest of
Orlando
.
The event was founded in
1979
as a successor to the
Florida Citrus Open Invitational
, which debuted in
1966
and was played at
Rio Pinar Country Club
, east of Orlando, through
1978
. Arnold Palmer won the Florida Citrus Open in 1971.
Since 1979, the tournament title has had a number of different names, most of them including "Bay Hill," but has played under the Palmer name since
2007
. On March 21, 2012, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and MasterCard Worldwide announced an extension to
MasterCard
's "Presented by" sponsorship until the 2016 tournament.
[1]
[2]
In June 2014, the PGA Tour approved a resolution to grant the winner a three-year exemption, one more than regular Tour events and on par with winners of the
World Golf Championships
,
The Tour Championship
, and the
Memorial Tournament
.
[3]
Beginning with the 2017 tournament, the winner receives a red cardigan sweater in memory of Arnold Palmer.
[4]
In 2019, the event was added to the Open Qualifying Series, giving up to three non-exempt players entry into
The Open Championship
Nestle Invitational
1995
Loren Roberts
(2)
United States
272
−16
2 strokes
Brad Faxon
216,000
1,200,000
1994
Loren Roberts
United States
275
−13
1 stroke
Nick Price
Vijay Singh
Fuzzy Zoeller
216,000
1,200,000
1993
Ben Crenshaw
United States
280
−8
2 strokes
Davis Love III
Rocco Mediate
Vijay Singh
180,000
1,000,000
1992
Fred Couples
United States
269
−19
9 strokes
Gene Sauers
180,000
1,000,000
1991
Andrew Magee
United States
203*
−13
2 strokes
Tom Sieckmann
180,000
1,000,000
1990
Robert Gamez
United States
274
−14
1 stroke
Greg Norman
162,000
900,000
1989
Tom Kite
(2)
United States
278
−6
Playoff
Davis Love III
144,000
800,000