Arnie's tournament

Every March, the PGA Tour stops in Orlando at Bay Hill Club & Lodge for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The history film on this page tells how it happened: Palmer played an exhibition match here, made it his winter home, bought the club, reshaped Dick Wilson's design through his own design company, and talked the PGA Tour into creating the Invitational — which now anchors Orlando's golf calendar.

The Complete 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational Experience | Bay Hill Vlog

ViewFromTheCheapSeats

ViewFromTheCheapSeats document the complete 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational spectator experience: the free shuttle from Universal Orlando instead of roughly $120 on-site parking, the sponsor village (Chick-fil-A cows, contests and food stalls), and a full day walking Bay Hill's holes.

Key takeaways
  • Take the free Universal shuttle — on-site parking ran about $120
  • A full spectator's day, entrance to final hole
  • Sponsor village and fan activities get real coverage

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Lisa Charlotte

Lisa Charlotte, a self-confessed non-golf-fan, attends her first PGA Tour event and explains it for beginners: how much nonstop practice the players put in, and the tour's economics — players pay to play, and many who miss the cut earn nothing against real costs.

Key takeaways
  • The tournament explained for total beginners
  • Watches the practice grind up close
  • Covers what players risk financially each week

Take a look around the Arnie’s Army Legacy Experience at Bay Hill 🤩

Sky Sports Golf

Sky Sports Golf tours the Arnie's Army Legacy Experience at Bay Hill: Arnold Palmer's Latrobe roots as the greenkeeper's son who wasn't allowed to play, President Eisenhower's 37th-birthday gift, his medals — and a station where visitors can hit shots with clubs Palmer actually played.

Key takeaways
  • Inside the Arnie's Army Legacy Experience at Bay Hill
  • Palmer started as the greenkeeper's son barred from the course
  • Visitors can swing clubs Palmer himself played

The spectator's playbook

  • Take the free shuttle from Universal Orlando — the full 2026 spectator vlog on this page skipped roughly $120 of on-site parking this way
  • Work the sponsor village — contests, food stalls, and the Chick-fil-A cows between holes
  • Walk the course with a plan — the hole-by-hole flyover breakdown shows where Bay Hill tempts aggression and punishes small misses, and where rounds are won and lost
  • New to golf? A self-confessed non-fan's first PGA Tour event explains the week for beginners, including the economics: players pay to play, and many who miss the cut earn nothing

Arnie's Army Legacy Experience

The exhibit tour on this page is the week's quiet highlight: Palmer's roots in Latrobe as the greenkeeper's son who wasn't allowed to play the course, President Eisenhower's 37th-birthday gift, his medals — and a station where visitors can hit shots with clubs Palmer actually played. The PGA Tour's own inside-the-ropes episode adds the caddie stories and the winners' wall, and NBC's final-round highlights from the 61st Invitational close the page: Berger's comeback bid against Morikawa and Bhatia, down to the last putts.

Sources: the seven videos on this page — a full spectator vlog, a beginner's guide, the legacy exhibit tour, a course breakdown, a club history, and tour highlights — summarized from their entries in our catalog.

Bay Hill Course Breakdown (2026) | Arnold Palmer Invitational Flyover & Strategy (Hole-by-Hole)

Common Sense Golf

Common Sense Golf break down Bay Hill hole by hole ahead of the 2026 Invitational (March 5–8): a flyover and strategy guide to how the course tempts aggression and punishes small misses, with bunker placement measured against realistic carry distances.

Key takeaways
  • All 18 holes broken down with flyovers
  • Bay Hill's design punishes near-misses by design
  • The spectator's guide to where rounds are won and lost

Golf is Everywhere - Bay Hill Club & Lodge

Jay Revell

Jay Revell's short history of Bay Hill: Arnold Palmer played an exhibition match there, made it his winter home, bought the club, reshaped Dick Wilson's design through his own design company, and convinced the PGA Tour to create the Invitational that now anchors Orlando's golf calendar every March.

Key takeaways
  • How Palmer turned Bay Hill into his winter home and legacy
  • The course began as a Dick Wilson design
  • The Invitational exists because Palmer talked the Tour into it

Credentialed: Arnold Palmer Invitational | PGA TOUR Originals

PGA Tour

PGA Tour's 'Credentialed' goes inside the ropes at Bay Hill: a caddie's story of his player's first win, returning champions eyeing the winners' wall, and second-round action as the field — Jon Rahm among it — takes on the course with Arnold Palmer's spirit all over the week.

Key takeaways
  • PGA Tour's own inside-the-ropes episode
  • Caddie and player stories from Bay Hill week
  • The champions' wall and the hunt for a trophy spot

Watch: Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, guided

1 videos · summaries from the actual guides

PGA Tour Highlights: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Final Round | NBC Sports

NBC Sports

NBC Sports' final-round highlights from the 61st Arnold Palmer Invitational: Daniel Berger trying to close a first win since 2021, Collin Morikawa in pursuit, and Akshay Bhatia's Sunday charge, down to the nervy final putts on Bay Hill's closing holes.

Key takeaways
  • NBC's final-round highlights of the 61st Invitational
  • Berger's comeback bid against Morikawa and Bhatia
  • The closing stretch at Bay Hill in full

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