Akshay Bhatia edged out Daniel Berger in the first playoff at Bay Hill since 1999 to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational in a stunning comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
t all looked over for Bhatia as he sat 10-under par with nine holes remaining in final round, five strokes back from then-leader Berger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the 24-year-old was red-hot in the back nine, finishing it in 5-under 31, including four straight birdies on Nos. 10-13 and an eagle on the par-5 16th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is his third title on the Tour and, ironically, also the third via a playoff. All three of his titles have now come in a playoffs on the first playoff hole. He had also won the 2024 Valero Texas Open, defeating Denny McCarthy and the 2023 Barracuda Championship, defeating Patrick Rodgers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Berger looked like he had this won, building a four-shot lead at the turn. He lost the lead by missing a 7-foot par putt on the 17th hole and only a difficult on the final hole for a 70 forced the playoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bhatia and Berger had finished at 15-under 273.Berger, who missed 18 months with a back injury after the 2022 U.S. Open and suffered a broken finger last August, was trying to become the first wire-to-wire winner at Bay Hill in 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ludvig \u00c5berg (T3\/-12) notched his best finish on Tour since winning the Genesis Invitational last year. He was tied with Cameron Young , who was one of the two players to play a bogey free final round. The other was defending champion Russell Henley who finished ties sixt at 10-under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collin Morikawa (5th<\/sup>\/-11) claimed his third consecutive top-10 finish while Sahith Theegala (T6\/-10) recorded the low round of the day with a 6-under 66.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After playing the front nine in 3-over 39, Lee Min Woo Lee (T6\/-10) closed in 5-under 31 on the back and secured his best finish in five career appearance in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T24\/-2) carded a final-round 73 and recorded his first finish outside the top 20 since the 2025 WM Phoenix Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris Gotterup, the only player with multiple wins on Tour this season finished T18 with a three-under total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Castillo wins maiden title<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ricky Castillo won his first PGA Tour title in his 35th<\/sup> start by a solitary stroke, The 25-year-old carded a final round of 67 for a 271 under-17 total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He is the second first-time winner this season after Jacob Bridgeman at the The Genesis Invitational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chandler Blanchet finished second with a 16-under total ahead of 18-year-old Blades Brown (3rd<\/sup>\/-14), who held the lead at 16-under with six holes of his round remaining before making triple-bogey 7 at No. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Redman sinks first Korn Ferry title<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Doc Redman closed in 4-under 67 to convert the 54-hole solo-lead into his first Korn Ferry Tour victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He finished on 19-under 265, for a five-stroke victory, the largest on Tour since Adrien Dumont de Chassart\u2019s seven-stroke victory at the 2025 Compliance Solutions Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2017 U.S. Amateur, finished ahead of the duo of Cooper Dossey and Michael Johnson. The second placings was was the best finish on the Tour for both players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Johnson cruises<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Overnight leader Zach Johnson cruised to a four-stroke victory at the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational to become the 22nd player to win his debut in PGA Tour Champions history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He carded a final round of 69 for a 11-under 205 total to snaps a winless streak of more than ten years, dating back to the 2015 Open Championship. He had entered the the day with a one stroke lead over George McNeill and Steve Allan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stewart Cink and George McNeill finished tied second on seven-under 209 total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Leaderboard (Arnold Palmer Invitational)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n *def. Daniel Berger with a par-4 on the first playoff hole (No. 18)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Leaderboard Puerto Rico Open)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Leaderboard (Chile Classic)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Leaderboard (James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational<\/strong><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Akshay Bhatia edged out Daniel Berger in the first playoff at Bay Hill since 1999 to win 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(-14)<\/td><\/tr> 4<\/td> Davis Thompson<\/td> 72<\/td> 69<\/td> 65<\/td> 69<\/td> 275 (-13)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Pos.<\/strong><\/td> Player<\/strong><\/td> R1<\/strong><\/td> R2<\/strong><\/td> R3<\/strong><\/td> R4<\/strong><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/td> Doc Redman<\/td> 67<\/td> 66<\/td> 65<\/td> 67<\/td> 265 (-19)<\/td><\/tr> T2<\/td> Cooper Dossey<\/td> 71<\/td> 64<\/td> 67<\/td> 68<\/td> 270 (-14)<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Michael Johnson<\/td> 69<\/td> 69<\/td> 63<\/td> 69<\/td> 270 (-14)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Jorge Fern\u00e1ndez Vald\u00e9s<\/td> 68<\/td> 69<\/td> 69<\/td> 65<\/td> 271 (-13)<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Carson Bacha<\/td> 71<\/td> 69<\/td> 66<\/td> 65<\/td> 271 (-13)<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Segundo Oliva Pinto (amateur)<\/td> 69<\/td> 69<\/td> 66<\/td> 67<\/td> 271 (-13)<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Kyle Westmoreland<\/td> 68<\/td> 69<\/td> 66<\/td> 68<\/td> 271 (-13)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/td> Player<\/strong><\/td> To 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