Akshay Bhatia earned the biggest victory of his PGA Tour career, scoring a $4 million payday Sunday by beating Daniel Berger in a playoff at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Bhatia charged into a tie with Berger by making four consecutive birdies and an eagle on the back nine in the final day of regulation. The 24-year-old shot a 3-under 69 in the final round and defeated Berger with a par on the first playoff hole.
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With this third career title on the PGA Tour, Bhatia moved into the top 20 in the world with the win in the $20 million Signature Event, which ended in a playoff at Bay Hill for the first time since 1999.
Akshay Bhatia has a charge that would make Arnie proud. He rallies from 5 down to win Bay HillAkshay Bhatia has lived up to Arnold Palmer’s famous quote that “you must play boldly to win.” He was every bit of that at Bay Hill.
Here's the purse breakdown after 72 holes at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Florida:
FINISHPLAYERSCOREEARNINGS1Akshay Bhatia-15$4,000,0002Daniel Berger-15$2,200,000T3Ludvig Åberg-12$1,200,000T3Cameron Young-12$1,200,0005Collin Morikawa-11$840,000T6Sahith Theegala-10$702,000T6Russell Henley-10$702,000T6Min Woo Lee-10$702,000T9Harry Hall-8$578,000T9Rickie Fowler-8$578,000T11Adam Scott-6$493,000T11Jordan Spieth-6$493,000T13Sepp Straka-5$373,200T13Billy Horschel-5$373,200T13Maverick McNealy-5$373,200T13Si Woo Kim-5$373,200T13Viktor Hovland-5$373,200T18Chris Gotterup-3$261,000T18Max Greyserman-3$261,000T18Kurt Kitayama-3$261,000T18Jacob Bridgeman-3$261,000T18Jhonattan Vegas-3$261,000T18Bud Cauley-3$261,000T24Lucas Glover-2$157,000T24Robert MacIntyre-2$157,000T24Nicolai Højgaard-2$157,000T24Ryan Fox-2$157,000T24Patrick Rodgers-2$157,000T24Alex Noren-2$157,000T24Harris English-2$157,000T24Scottie Scheffler-2$157,000T24Xander Schauffele-2$157,000T33Keith Mitchell-1$109,000T33Michael Kim-1$109,000T33Corey Conners-1$109,000T33Ryo Hisatsune-1$109,000T33Michael Thorbjornsen-1$109,000T38Nick TaylorE$90,000T38Taylor PendrithE$90,000T38Andrew NovakE$90,000T41Hideki Matsuyama+1$78,000T41Matt McCarty+1$78,000T41Matt Fitzpatrick+1$78,000T44Nico Echavarria+2$66,000T44Taylor Moore+2$66,000T44Andrew Putnam+2$66,000T47Chris Kirk+5$58,000T47Daniel Bennett (a)+5$049Tommy Fleetwood+6$56,00050Brian Harman+10$54,000
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