The caravan of the PGA Tour shifts to Orlando, Florida for the Arnold Palmer 2024 Invitational which is slotted to take place from March 7.
The caravan of the PGA Tour shifts to Orlando, Florida for the Arnold Palmer 2024 Invitational which is slotted to take place at the Bay Hill Golf Club. This year’s Invitational is set to take place from March 7 to March 11.
Furthermore, the Arnold Palmer Invitational 2024 will be the fourth Signature event of this year and will feature most of the top players on the PGA Tour. The playing field at the Bay Hill will be short with only 69 golfers competing for the $ 20 million.
However, this time only a handful of top players are set to feature at Bay Hill. Below is a list of golfers who will not be seen in this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational:
Tiger Woods is one of the top golfers who will not be seen at this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Since pulling out of the Genesis Invitational, Tiger Woods is skipping another event. The reason why the American pulled out from the tournament is believed to be flu and dehydration. This unfortunate incident took place on the second day at Riviera Country Club. Woods hasn’t played much golf since then. However, he is expected to return at the Players Championship next week.
Woods has an incredible record at Bay Hill as he has won the event an incredible 8 times in his career including four straight wins from 2000-2003. In his 18 starts at the event, he only missed the cut here in his debut when he was still an amateur.
Tony Finau is the only player missing among those eligible for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Having played in all three Signature events so far, Finau has missed the top 10 on all occasions. His last start was at the Mexico Open where he finished at T13.
Furthermore, in five previous starts at Bay Hill, Tony has managed to made the cut three times. So far his best finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational has been T24 which he managed last year.
K.H. is also absent from the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The World ranked 85 golfer’s was previously listed in the playing field for the opposite-field event at the Puerto Rico Open. However, the South Korean golfer pulled out due to unknown reasons.
Lee has made four starts at the Bay Hill. Out of this, he has made the cut on three occasions with T42 being the best result for the southpaw.
Ryan Fox finished T14 in his debut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last year. However, this time he will not feature amongst the leaderboards to trouble the top golfers as the event’s field has been cut short.
The World No. 42 had finished in the 124th place in the FedEx Cup last season which made him ineligible from the Signature events this season. Consequently, the Kiwi star was last seen playing at the Cognizant Classic where he finished T49.
Finally, to end this list, world no. 68 Robert MacIntyre is also missing from the playing field this time around. However, the Scottish golfer is competing at the Puerto Rico Open 2024.
MacIntyre has one top-ten finish in his rookie PGA tour season so far. Furthermore, Robert’s only appearance at the Arnold Palmer Invitational came in 2021 where he finished at T36.
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