2009 Arnold Palmer Invitational
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Course: Bay Hill Club and Lodge
Date: Mar 26-29, 2009
Sanctioned by: US PGA Tour
Official Money Tournament
Total Purse: US $ 5,800,000
Winner's Share: US $ 1,044,000 (18% of total purse)
The third annual Arnold Palmer Invitational tees off at Bay Hill Golf Club in Orlando on March 26-29, 2009. The always-popular tournament is one of the highlights of the PGA Tour schedule. Past Arnold Palmer Invitational champions, such as Tiger Woods, David Duval, Vijay Singh, Tom Lehman, and Justin Leonard expected to participate.
The tournament was renamed the Arnold Palmer Invitational beginning with its 2007 golf tournament. Palmer is only the second golfer to have a PGA Tour event named for him, Byron Nelson was the first.
Palmer won 61 PGA Tour titles after turning professional in 1954, including the U.S. Masters in 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1964, the U.S. Open at Cherry Hills in 1960 and the British Open in 1961 and 1962.
The tournament was first played in 1966, and Lionel Hebert was the winner. Jack Nicklaus finished second that year. Nicklaus was also runnerup in 1982, when he lost a playoff to Tom Kite. Nicklaus never won this tournament
Arnold Palmer has owned the course since the 1970s. The event, which has undergone numerous name changes since 1966, took Palmer's name in 2007. It's now the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. It started as the Florida Citrus Open Invitational, held at the Rio Pinar Golf Club in East Orlando, but Bay Hill took over the name in 1979. Nestle served as the head sponsor of the former Nestle Invitational from 1889-95.
Tiger Woods has owned the field since the turn of the century, winning this tourney five times.
Past champions of the event reads like a who's who of golf - Ernie Els (1998), Phil Mickelson (1997), Ben Crenshaw ('93), Fred Couples ('92), Tom Kite ('89), Payne Stewart ('87) and Fuzzy Zoeller ('85) to name a few. These great men of golf are pictured on a wall of fame near the pro shop, which is considered one of the top 100 in the country, according to Golf Shop Operations.
| 2009 Arnold Palmer Invitational Results |
| POS |
START |
NAME |
SCORE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
TOTAL |
EARNINGS |
| 1 |
2 |
Tiger Wood |
-5 |
68 |
69 |
71 |
67 |
275 |
$1,080,000 |
| 2 |
1 |
Sean O'Hair |
-4 |
67 |
65 |
71 |
73 |
276 |
$648,000 |
| 3 |
T3 |
Zach Johnson |
-2 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
69 |
278 |
$408,000 |
| T4 |
T6 |
Pat Perez |
-1 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
69 |
279 |
$236,250 |
| T4 |
T6 |
Scott Verplank |
-1 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
69 |
279 |
$236,250 |
| T4 |
T17 |
John Senden |
-1 |
70 |
69 |
73 |
67 |
279 |
$236,250 |
| T4 |
T10 |
Nick Watney |
-1 |
67 |
71 |
73 |
68 |
279 |
$236,250 |
| T8 |
T24 |
Kenny Perry |
E |
70 |
71 |
72 |
67 |
280 |
$174,000 |
| T8 |
T10 |
Daniel Chopra |
E |
68 |
71 |
72 |
69 |
280 |
$174,000 |
| T8 |
T3 |
Jason Gore |
E |
65 |
70 |
74 |
71 |
280 |
$174,000 |
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