PGA Tour Brunch | Arnold Palmer Inv
PGA Tour Brunch Second Round Coverage of the '26 Arnold Palmer
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
ORLANDO - The Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard features a 72-player field and includes a 36-hole cut (top 50 and ties, as well as players within 10 shots of the lead).
Daniel Berger (1st/-9) shot a bogey-free round of (63) and tied his second-lowest round on TOUR (best: 62, 2016 Travelers Championship/R3). Berger is one stroke shy of tying the tournament course record of 62 (four times, most recent: Adam Scott, 2014/R1). He leads the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (5.088) and ranks second in Strokes Gained: Putting (3.718).
Collin Morikawa (T2/-6) played his final three holes in 4-under (eagle-birdie-birdie) to record a (66), his lowest score in 17 career rounds in the event. His previous best a (67), 2025/R3). Morikawa owns two Top-10 finishes in five prior starts in the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard (T9/2020, 2nd/2025)
Ludvig Åberg (T2/-6) opens with a 66, his best first-round score in five starts this season; finished inside the Top 25 in each of his three prior starts in the event (T24/2023, T25/2024, T22/2025).
Xander Schauffele (T6/-4) recorded his first bogey-free round in 17 career rounds at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge.
Please note: This week, PGA Tour Brunch will focus 99% of the coverage on the Arnold Palmer Invitational Signature event, but will add the leaderboard and a couple links to keep readers posted on the Puerto Rico Open.
Arnold Palmer Invitational Leaderboard | After 18 Holes
1 Daniel Berger 63 (-9)
T2 Collin Morikawa 66 (-6)
T2 Ludvig Åberg 66 (-6)
T4 Jhonattan Vegas 67 (-5)
T4 Cameron Young 67 (-5)
Leaderboard After 18 Holes: (link)
Puerto Rico Open | After 18 Holes
1 Chandler Blanchet 64 (-8)
2 Gordon Sargent 65 (-7)
3 Jesper Svensson 67 (-5)
T4 Six Players Tied 68 (-4)
Leaderboard After 18 Holes: (link)
Arnold Palmer Invitational | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida
YARDS/PAR: 7,466 yards/Par 72
ARCHITECTS: Dick Wilson/Joe Lee
PRIZE Money - Purse: $20,000,000 with Winner: $4,000,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Russell Henley
PAST RESULTS: (link)
OVERVIEW: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 700
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @APInv and @PuertoRicoOpen
How to Watch: Please visit: Golf Week)
Arnold Palmer Invitational | The Basics
The Tee Times at Bay Hill will run from 7:40am (ET) to 1:50pm (ET) today.
Weather: Today’s forecast in Orlando, Fla. calls for mostly sunny skies with temperatures from 69-to-82 degrees. Winds at 9 mph and chance of rain increasing from 3% to 15%.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
Puerto Rico’s Tee Times run from 5:45am to 11:59am (ET) - (1 hour time difference)
Puerto Rico Open Overview: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 6:30am (ET) Saturday.
Media Coverage of the PGA Tour | Friday
Coverage on Friday, March 6, 2025 - All Times Eastern (Puerto Rico + 1 hour)
7:30am-6pm - Arnold Palmer - ESPN+ Streaming
10:00am-1:00pm - Puerto Rico Open on Golf Channel
12 noon-6pm - SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio
2:00pm-6:00pm - Arnold Palmer on Golf Channel
2:00pm-6:00pm - Arnold Palmer on Peacock Network and NBC Sports app
How to Watch: (link)
Puerto Rico: (link)
Arnold Palmer Invitational | Field, Updates, Tee Times
The Field: (link)
Nico Echavarria (IN; Aon Next 10)
Austin Smotherman (IN; Aon Next 10)
Taylor Moore (IN; Aon Swing 5)
Keith Mitchell (IN; Aon Swing 5)
Joel Dahmen (IN; fill the field)
Jordan Spieth (IN; Sponsor Exemption)
Max Greyserman (IN; Sponsor Exemption)
The following players fell out of the field since Friday:
Haotong Li
Stephan Jaeger
Kevin Roy
Tony Finau
Arnold Palmer Tee Times: (link) - 7:40am-1:50pm (ET)
Arnold Palmer Tournament Leaderboard: (link)
Palmer Last Year: (link)
Cognizant Last Weekend: (link)
Puerto Rico Open Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
Berger Sets the Pace at Arnold Palmer (PGATourCom)
Scheffler Avoids Slow Start (PGATourCom)
How to Watch the Arnold Palmer Invitational today (PGATourCom)
CBS Sports HQ/Golf (CBSSports)
On This Day in Golf History
March 6, 1972 - Jack Nicklaus won the 1972 Doral Eastern Open in Miami and with it a first prize check of $30,000 to put The Golden Bear ahead of Arnold Palmer on the all-time PGA Tour money list. Nicklaus won his 40th PGA Tour title with a final round (70) to defeat Lee Trevino and Bob Rosburg by two strokes. The day before, Nicklaus shot a (64) on The Blue Monster. (Courtesy of Randy Walker), Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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