2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational: Predictions, expert picks, odds, field rankings, golf best bets for Bay Hill
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The fourth signature event of the season takes over Bay Hill in Florida as the Masters fast approaches
The final signature event before the year's first major championship headlines this week at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Traveling to a long-time PGA Tour stop and the house that the king built, the PGA Tour welcomes a smaller field of 69 men to Bay Hill Club & Lodge. This being one of the three player invitationals, the Arnold Palmer features a 36-hole cut to the top 50 players and ties as well as any players within 10 strokes of the lead.
One of the marquee players to fall on the wrong side of this number at the Genesis Invitational was Justin Thomas. The two-time PGA Championship winner has rediscovered his old form in the early stages of 2024 and hopes to bounce back as he begins his Florida swing. Thomas has only played the Arnold Palmer Invitational twice in his career, so he doesn't share similar course history as someone such as Scottie Scheffler.
The world No. 1 has been brilliant around Bay Hill in three attempts with three top 15s including a victory in 2022. Scheffler nearly defended his title last year, but it was Kurt Kitayama ultimately emerging from a clustered leaderboard that included the likes of Patrick Cantlay and Jordan Spieth.
