Arnold Palmer invitational 2025 Golf Preview, Odds, Picks And Props

It’s a big two weeks to tee off March starting with the $20 million Arnold Palmer Invitational 2025 legacy Signature Event, which means $4 million to the winner. I chip-in tournament coverage and golf information you can bet on in my PGA Tour coverage in Forbes.

I add more coverage and tournament matchup picks with additional research by Wednesday afternoon. Also working on advanced coverage for next week’s The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, where I provided 12 golfers to watch ahead of the 2024 PLAYERS.

The Arnold Palmer Invitational

• Bay Hill Club in Orlando
• 7,466 yards – Par 72

Using Data Golf’s course fit tool and favoured skill sets at Bay Hill, you can see that Driving Distance and Approach play are key stats with emphasis on approaches from 150-200+ yards. I add more key strokes gained stats and coverage in Forbes along with course information on tougher to hit oversized greens playing from thicker rough, and more than 80 sand bunkers and water in play on 9 holes. h more than 80 sand bunkers.  Strokes gained stats of interest include:

Arnold Palmer Invitational 2025 Golf Odds

Leading favorites odds in Forbes from BetOnline this week, along with tournament matchups. Circa Sports odds posted here Wednesday.

• +350: Scottie Scheffler
• +800: Rory McIlroy
• +1400: Ludvig Aberg
• +1600: Xander Schauffele
• +2000: Collin Morikawa
• +2200: Justin Thomas
• +2500: Patrick Cantlay
• +2800: Hideki Matsuyama
• +3000: Tommy Fleetwood
• +4000: Tony Finau, Shane Lowry, Sungjae Im
• +4500: Russell Henley, Will Zalatoris
• +5000: Sepp Straka
• +5500: Sam Burns, M. McNearly, D. Berger, Wyndham Clark
• +6000: Robert McIntire, Keegan Bradley, Viktor Hovland

72-Hole Winning Score: O/U 277.5 (Par 72)

Arnold Palmer Invitational Golf Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: McIlroy, Thomas, Fleetwood, Lowry
Fairway’s Longshots: Zalatoris, Henley, Clark, Griffin

Tournament Match-up: Fleetwood -1.5 strokes (-115) over Sungjae Im (BetOnline) , and Lowry (-117) over Sungjae Im (Circa)
Round 1: Fleetwood (-106) over Aberg (-114)

Check back for more Arnold Plamer Invitational odds, insight and any additional matchups with weekend options in play.

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— Fairway Jay (@FairwayJay) March 5, 2025

Chip-in for tournament additional match-up picks.

There may be fewer tournament matchup picks posted in 2025 with coverage across various platforms. I’ll try to add more picks and props and update more coverage as time allows and I dig deeper into strokes gained stats and weekly tournaments. Reach me directly at [email protected] for questions and select picks I bet on beyond what’s posted here.

Next week it’s The Player Championship at TPC Sawgrass and a $25 million event.

Golf Betting Notes and History from FairwayJay

My golf coverage and research includes use and references from sites at Golf Stats along with Fantasy National, and Data Golf. I gain added information from handicappers, analysts, colleagues and media members while researching course stats and previews with weekly coverage in my PGA tournament updates in Forbess. That includes top golf insider Justin Ray Golf, who contributes to PGA Tour (dot com) and The Athletic with insightful stats. The site GolfStats has also has player performance charts and a player competitor tool plus added stats and previews.

I’ve added my own player profiles pieces for select majors and events and you can review those from 2024 for The Player Championship and Masters top 9 and top 18 golfers plus 12 top golfers at the Open Championship at Royal Troon.