Rickie Fowler loves the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 36-year-old American had a special relationship with the tournament’s late host and loves going back to Bay Hill Club and Lodge every March.
This year, however, will be a different story. Due to a poor 2024 season, Fowler needed a sponsor’s invitation to play in next week’s API. That invite never came as both he and Jordan Spieth were left off the field for the Signature Event.
Fowler knows that if he had “played better,” this wouldn’t have been an issue. But the only way for him to play in next week’s tournament is to win this week at the 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
Fowler, who won the tournament in 2017, charged up the board Saturday despite not having his best stuff and will begin Sunday’s final round three shots back of 54-hole leader Jake Knapp.
Should Fowler win, he’ll receive a $1.65 million payday. But more importantly, he’ll get his ticket to Bay Hill.
Fowler isn’t the only big story going on at PGA National.
Star amateur Luke Clanton earned his PGA Tour card on Friday after making the cut and will try to go low Sunday to card his first-career PGA Tour win. Clanton will start the day six shots back of Knapp.
Here are the payouts for the 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. The total purse is $9.2 million.
1: $1,656,000
2: $1,002,800
3: $634,800
4: $450,800
5: $377,200
6: $333,500
7: $310,500
8: $287,500
9: $269,100
10: $250,700
11: $232,300
12: $213,900
13: $195,500
14: $177,100
15: $167,900
16: $158,700
17: $149,500
18: $140,300
19: $131,100
20: $121,900
21: $112,700
22: $103,500
23: $96,140
24: $88,780
25: $81,420
26: $74,060
27: $71,300
28: $68,540
29: $65,780
30: $63,020
31: $60,260
32: $57,500
33: $54,740
34: $52,440
35: $50,140
36: $47,840
37: $45,540
38: $43,700
39: $41,860
40: $40,020
41: $38,180
42: $36,340
43: $34,500
44: $32,600
45: $30,820
46: $28,980
47: $27,140
48: $25,668
49: $24,380
50: $23,644
51: $23,092
52: $22,540
53: $22,172
54: $21,804
55: $21,620
56: $21,436
57: $21,252
58: $21,068
59: $20,884
60: $20,700
61: $20,516
62: $20,332
63: $20,148
64: $19,964
65: $19,780
