The Bay Hill Invitational is a PGA Tour golf tournament. It is played each March at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club and Lodge, a private golf resort in Orlando, Florida which has been owned by Arnold Palmer since 1976 and where he has his winter home. The event was founded in 1979 as a successor to the Florida Citrus Open Invitational, which was played elsewhere. It has had a number of different names since then.
Tiger Woods won the Bay Hill Invitational four years in a row from 2000 to 2003. This is one of only four occasions that a golfer has won the same event four times in a row on the Tour. In 2004 he was one shot off the lead after opening with a 67, but followed up with back to back 74s on the Friday and Saturday, and ended the final round on Sunday in a tie for 46th place.
Winners
Bay Hill Invitational presented by Mastercard
Bay Hill Invitational Presented by Cooper Tires
The Nestle Invitational
Hertz Bay Hill Classic
Bay Hill Classic
- 1984 Gary Koch
- 1983 Mike Nicolette
- 1982 Tom Kite
- 1981 Andy Bean
- 1980 Dave Eichelberger
- 1979 Bob Byman
Florida Citrus Open Invitational
External links
Official site
Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site