2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by Mastercard (22Nd of 50 Events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)
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2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard (22nd of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) Orlando, Florida March 4-7, 2021 FedExCup Points: 550 (winner) Bay Hill Club & Lodge Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,466 Purse: $9,300,000 ($1,674,000 winner) Final-Round Notes – Sunday, March 7, 2021 Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 68. Wind ENE 15-20 mph, with gusts to 24 mph. Final Leaderboard Bryson DeChambeau 67-71-68-71—277 (-11) Lee Westwood 69-71-65-73—278 (-10) Corey Conners 66-69-71-74—280 (-8) Andrew Putnam 70-72-69-71—282 (-6) Richy Werenski 71-69-69-73—282 (-6) Jordan Spieth 70-69-68-75—282 (-6) Things to Know • Bryson DeChambeau wins eighth career PGA TOUR title, becomes first player to win multiple events during the 2020-21 season • With the win, DeChambeau moves to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings for the second time this season (ninth week total) • DeChambeau is the first American to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational since 2015 (Matt Every) • Lee Westwood collects seventh runner-up finish on TOUR and best finish at this event in 14 starts • Jordan Spieth earns third top-five finish in last four starts on TOUR Bryson DeChambeau (Winner/-11) Category With the victory Age 27 (September 16, 1993) FedExCup 1 OWGR 6 Starts at Arnold Palmer Invitational 5 Wins at Arnold Palmer Invitational 1 Top-10s at Arnold Palmer Invitational 3 Career PGA TOUR starts 117 Career PGA TOUR wins 8 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 30 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 7 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 2 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 4 • Wins eighth PGA TOUR title in his 117th TOUR start at the age of 27 years, 5 months, 19 days • Eighth TOUR win since the start of the 2016-17 season marks third most wins on TOUR in that time (most: 12, Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas) • With the win, moves to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings for the second time and ninth week this season • Becomes the first player to win multiple titles during the 2020-21 season (2021 U.S. Open); ties the longest streak to start a season since 1994 (Nick Price won his second tournament in the 21st week of the season) • Third top-five in five starts at the event (2nd/2018, 4th/2020, Won/2021) • Marks seventh player to win both the Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational • Becomes second player in ShotLink era (2003-present) to lead the field in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (+1.761 per round) and go onto win (Francesco Molinari/2019) • One of two players since 1983 to lead the field in Driving Distance (321.3 yards) and win the event (2018/Rory McIlroy/316.5 yards) • Of a total 7,352 drives hit on No. 6 in ShotLink era (2003-present), owns the three longest drives on that hole (370, 377 and 360 yards); two of which recorded this week (370 and 377 yards) • Made a par putt of 49 feet, 9 inches on No. 11, his longest putt made in his career at Bay Hill • Becomes the first American to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational since 2015 (Matt Every); previous five winners: Tyrrell Hatton, Francesco Molinari, Rory McIlroy, Marc Leishman, Jason Day Miscellaneous Notes • 54-hole leader Lee Westwood collects seventh runner-up finish on TOUR and best finish at this event in 14 starts; was looking to capture first TOUR victory since 2010 FedEx St. Jude Classic to become second-oldest player to win on TOUR in the 2020-21 season • Jordan Spieth finishes T4, earning his third top-five in his last four starts on TOUR (T4/Waste Management Phoenix Open, T3/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, T4/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard); current streak of 389 holes without a double bogey or worse marks longest streak in his career on TOUR • Corey Conners held the 18-hole co-lead and 36-hole lead before finishing 3rd, earning his best finish of the 2020- 21 season (previous: T8/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD) • PGA TOUR Special Temporary Member Will Zalatoris finished T10, his ninth top-25 in 12 starts on TOUR during the 2020-21 season • Despite bookend 77s in his title defense, Tyrrell Hatton finishes T21 • With a top-10 finish, non-member Christiaan Bezuidenhout (7th/-5) is now eligible for The Honda Classic (the next open PGA TOUR event) • Kristoffer Ventura (T36/+2) carded a hole-in-one, the first of his PGA TOUR career, at the par-3 14th from 202 yards; Mastercard will donate an additional $200,000 to the Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation in honor of the hole-in-one Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 18th (4.398) Par-5 16th (4.398) R2: Par-3 2nd (3.322) Par-5 16th (4.463) R3: Par-4 18th (4.444) Par-5 16th (4.333) R4: Par-4 18th (5.028) Par-5 16th (4.278) Week: Par-4 18th (4.464) Par-5 16th (4.384) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 36.772 36.390 73.163 - R2: 36.711 35.959 72.669 72.918 R3: 35.542 35.333 70.875 72.453 R4: 37.972 37.514 75.486 73.015 Bogey-free rounds R1 (2): Lee Westwood (69), Doug Ghim (71) R2 (1): Paul Casey (69) R3 (2): Keegan Bradley (64), Kevin Kisner (67) R4 (0): None .