Scottie Scheffler looks to add to his win total with his second victory of the year when he competes at the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Fla. He enters as the favorite at +350 from FanDuel. Scheffler, 29, has 20 career wins on the PGA Tour and has been the world's top-ranked player since March 27, 2022. He won the American Express Desert Classic on Jan. 25, finishing four strokes ahead of Jason Day, Ryan Gerard, Matt McCarty and Andrew Putnam.
This year's Arnold Palmer Invitational gets underway at 7:40 a.m. ET on Thursday. The Signature Event with a $20 million purse, will be played on a par-72 course measuring 7,466 yards. Besides Scheffler, other favorites include Rory McIlroy (+1000), Tommy Fleetwood (+2000), Xander Schauffele (+2200) and Matt Fitzpatrick and Collin Morikawa (+2500). Russell Henley is the defending tournament champion, winning the 2025 event by one stroke over Morikawa. Henley is +3500 this year in the PGA odds. Before making any 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational picks or entering any Arnold Palmer Invitational one and done contests, you need to see the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational predictions and best bets from golf expert Brady Kannon.
Kannon is an elite golfing betting handicapper with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. He's hit eight major outright winners since 2013, and hit six PGA winners, including 110-1 longshot Harris English at the Farmers Insurance Open, in 2025. In the fall of 2022, he hit outright winners in three consecutive weeks: Russell Henley (40-1), Tony Finau (18-1) and Adam Svensson (150-1).
Last season, he hit Hideki Matsuyama (22-1), Harris English (110-1), Ludvig Aberg (25-1), Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak (25-1) in New Orleans, Tommy Fleetwood at the Tour Championship (14-1) and Hideki Matsuyama (20-1) at the Hero World Challenge. Additionally, he's 25-17-4 on head-to-head bets since joining SportsLine.
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Now, Kannon has focused his attention on the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational field and locked in his best bets sleepers and golfers to avoid. You can only see them here.
Top 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational expert picks
One of Kannon's 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational predictions: He's completely fading Si Woo Kim, avoiding him in outright bets and advises to go against him in head-to-head bets as well.
"Kim began the 2026 season scorching hot but has since cooled a bit in his last two starts, both Signature Events, finishing 45th at Pebble Beach and 34th at Riviera," Kannon told SportsLine.. "He was third earlier this year in Phoenix but historically, has not been exceptional at a course that seems to show correlated success to Bay Hill. Here in Orlando, Kim has missed the cut three times and hasn't ever finished better than 19th. I'm just not sure this course is the best fit for his game. I will be staying away for now and will try to find an attractive matchup to possibly go against him." See who Kannon is backing at SportsLine.
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How to make 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational picks
Kannon has revealed his best bets, and his top outright pick is a surprising golfer going off at higher than 35-1. He's a perfect course fit, and anyone who backs him could hit it big. You can only see who it is at SportsLine.
What are the best bets for the 2026 PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational, and which overlooked golfer shoulder you target? Check out the 2026 PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Brady Kannon's top picks for the 2026 PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational, all from the expert who nailed four outright winners last season.
2026 PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational odds, field
See the full PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational picks, best bets and predictions here.(odds from FanDuel and subject to change)
Scottie Scheffler +350Rory McIlroy +1000Tommy Fleetwood+2000Xander Schauffele +2200Matt Fitzpatrick +2500Collin Morikawa +2500Harris English +3000Si Woo Kim +3300Hideki Matsuyama +3300Ludvig Åberg +3300Viktor Hovland +3300Russell Henley +3500Cameron Young +3500Robert MacIntyre +4000Patrick Cantlay +4000Min Woo Lee +4000Jake Knapp +4000Shane Lowry +4000Adam Scott +4000Justin Rose +4500Chris Gotterup +4500Kurt Kitayama +4500Sam Burns +5000Ben Griffin +5000Sepp Straka +5500Rickie Fowler +6000Nicolai Højgaard +6000Ryan Gerard +6000Jacob Bridgeman +6000Maverick McNealy +6000Pierceson Coody +6000Justin Thomas +6500Akshay Bhatia +6500Jordan Spieth +7000Corey Conners +7000Keegan Bradley +7000Jason Day +8000Nick Taylor +8000Alex Noren +8000J.J. Spaun +8000Keith Mitchell +8000Ryan Fox +8000Sahith Theegala +10000Ryo Hisatsune +10000Nico Echavarria +10000Michael Thorbjornsen +10000Max Greyserman +10000Harry Hall +10000Daniel Berger +10000Samuel Stevens +10000Taylor Pendrith +10000J.T. Poston +12500Matt McCarty +12500Chris Kirk +15000Patrick Rodgers +15000Aldrich Potgieter +15000Sungjae Im +15000Austin Smotherman +15000Joel Dahmen +17500Brian Harman +17500Michael Kim +17500Denny McCarthy +17500Taylor Moore +17500Andrew Novak +22500Bud Cauley +22500Tom Hoge +22500Billy Horschel +25000Lucas Glover +35000Andrew Putnam +50000Daniel Bennett +75000Brian Campbell +100000Jhonattan Vegas +100000
