Round 1 of the Arnold Palmer Invitational 2026 concluded on Thursday with Daniel Berger in the solo lead at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando. The 32-year-old climbed atop the Signature Event’s leaderboard firing a bogey-free 9-under 63. He finished the day with a three-shot lead and a score nearly nine shots better than the average of the 72-man field.
Round 2 of the competition will tee off on Friday at 7:40 am ET with the pairing of Nicolai Højgaard and Austin Smotherman taking the first tee at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge course. Notably, the pairing of Si Woo Kim and Bud Cauley will follow suit at 7:50 am. The duo of Lucas Glover and Ryo Hisatsune will be the third to tee it up at 8:00 am.
Day 1 leader Berger will resume his campaign from the first tee at 11:55 am ET alongside Swede Alex Noren, who sat T33 on Thursday. The duo will follow the pairing of Taylor Moore and Andrew Putnam, who starts at 11:45 am and will be trailed by Min Woo Lee and Michael Thorbjornsen, starting at 12:05 pm.
Meanwhile, Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) No.1 and event favorite Scottie Scheffler will have a late tee off at 1:30 pm alongside Russell Henley. The four-time major champion will be eyeing a comeback on Day 2 after settling for a T18 on Thursday. The duo will follow the pairing of Xander Schauffele and Shane Lowry starting at 1:20 pm. The grouping of J.T. Poston and Keith Mitchell will take the final tee off the day at 1:50 pm.
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Listed below is the complete tee times and course breakdown for round 2 at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge contest (All times ET):
Tee No. 1
7:40 am – Nicolai Højgaard, Austin Smotherman
7:50 am – Si Woo Kim, Bud Cauley
8:00 am – Lucas Glover, Ryo Hisatsune
8:10 am – Ryan Gerard, Jason Day
8:20 am – Taylor Pendrith, Denny McCarthy
8:30 am – Kurt Kitayama, Pierceson Coody
8:40 am – Jordan Spieth, Sam Stevens
8:50 am – Jake Knapp, Matt Fitzpatrick
9:05 am – Sam Burns, Sungjae Im
9:15 am – J.J. Spaun, Nick Taylor
9:25 am – Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
9:35 am – Ben Griffin, Tommy Fleetwood
9:45 am – Nico Echavarria, Ludvig Åberg
9:55 am – Jacob Bridgeman, Chris Gotterup
10:05 am – Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama
10:20 am – Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland
10:30 am – Rickie Fowler, Michael Kim
10:40 am – Chris Kirk, Sahith Theegala
10:50 am – Joel Dahmen, Daniel Bennett
11:00 am – Jhonattan Vegas, Tom Hoge
11:10 am – Ryan Fox, Billy Horschel
11:20 am – Brian Campbell, Patrick Rodgers
11:35 am – Matt McCarty, Max Greyserman
11:45 am – Taylor Moore, Andrew Putnam
11:55 am – Daniel Berger, Alex Noren
12:05 pm – Min Woo Lee, Michael Thorbjornsen
12:15 pm – Harry Hall, Corey Conners
12:25 pm – Cameron Young, Sepp Straka
12:35 pm – Harris English, Patrick Cantlay
12:50 pm – Andrew Novak, Robert MacIntyre
1:00 pm – Brian Harman, Akshay Bhatia
1:10 pm – Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose
1:20 pm – Xander Schauffele, Shane Lowry
1:30 pm – Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley
1:40 pm – Aldrich Potgieter, Adam Scott
1:50 pm – J.T. Poston, Keith Mitchell
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