The 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational is played this year at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida.
The tournament's host course has been at the Orlando club since 1979.
Bay Hill Club and Lodge plays as a par-72 golf course, playing to a scorecard distance of 7,466 yards, making it one of the medium-length golf courses on the PGA Tour.
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Bay Hill Club and Lodge scorecard breakdown
Bay Hill Club and Lodge has four par 5s, four par 3s and 10 par 4s, and the golf course finishes with a great stretch with a reachable par 5, a difficult par 3 and a mettle-testing par-4 finisher.
There's a similar length in the par 3s between sides, ranging from 199 yards to 231 yards. They par 3s are all challenging, but the water in play on a variety of par 4s make the approach shots particularly tricky.
The par 5s can be scoring opportunities, but the 16th is really the best shot to score well, while a lot of the attention is on the C-shaped 6th hole.
Bay Hill Club and Lodge scorecard
| HOLE | YARDS | PAR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 461 | 4 |
| 2 | 231 | 3 |
| 3 | 434 | 4 |
| 4 | 590 | 5 |
| 5 | 390 | 4 |
| 6 | 555 | 5 |
| 7 | 199 | 3 |
| 8 | 460 | 4 |
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| 9 | 480 | 4 |
| OUT | 3800 | 36 |
| 10 | 400 | 4 |
| 11 | 438 | 4 |
| 12 | 574 | 5 |
| 13 | 382 | 4 |
| 14 | 215 | 3 |
| 15 | 467 | 4 |
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| 16 | 511 | 5 |
| 17 | 221 | 3 |
| 18 | 458 | 4 |
| IN | 3666 | 36 |
| TOTAL | 7466 | 72 |
Bay Hill Club and Lodge course breakdown
Now that we know the layout of the golf course, what else makes Bay Hill Club and Lodge a challenge?
The biggest challenge on this golf course is avoidng water, and then it's keeping the ball in play to get the ideal spin out of the approach shots to hold these firm greens.
When the wind blows, the course gets even more difficult, though the course is typically playing short enough with rollout to entice players to be conservative off the tee.
