PHOTOS: World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler wins 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational

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At the PGA Tour’s star-studded stop in Orlando — at Bay Hill Golf Club & Lodge in Dr. Phillips — it was the World Golf Ranking’s No. 1 player who dazzled fans in attendance and stood on the 18th green wearing Arnie’s famous red cardigan.

After shooting a 66 (-6) in the final round, Scottie Scheffler won the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational by five strokes — and the $4 million purse that comes with it.

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Scheffler’s dominant fourth round capped off a steady opening to the tournament that was good enough to have the 2022 Masters champion enter Sunday’s round tied for first place at nine-under with Shane Lowry — with the likes of Wyndham Clark one stroke behind and Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris and Russell Henley lurking just two strokes off the leaders.

Despite the crowded field littered with major champions, Scheffler asserted his dominance with a bogey-less round and finished the tournament with a score of 273 (-15).

This is the second time the American has won the API, having donned the red cardigan in 2022 as well, and it is his sixth time on the PGA Tour since joining in 2020.

Clark finished in second with a 278 (-10), while Lowry rounded out the top three finishing the tournament with a 279 (-9).

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A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.