{"id":112323,"date":"2026-03-09T07:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/bhatia-mounts-a-comeback-and-conquers-the-arnold-palmer-invitational-in-a-playoff\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T07:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:06:16","slug":"bhatia-mounts-a-comeback-and-conquers-the-arnold-palmer-invitational-in-a-playoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/bhatia-mounts-a-comeback-and-conquers-the-arnold-palmer-invitational-in-a-playoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhatia Mounts a Comeback and Conquers the Arnold Palmer Invitational in a Playoff!"},"content":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Akshay Bhatia staged an epic comeback at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, taking the victory after an exciting playoff against Daniel Berger.\n\nBhatia, visibly motivated after missing a short putt at the start of the tournament, demonstrated the audacity that characterized the legendary Arnold Palmer.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;You must play boldly to win&#8221;,<\/p><cite>Arnold Palmer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nFollowing Palmer&#8217;s spirit, Bhatia launched his attack with four consecutive birdies in the second half of the course, putting himself in the fight for the title. A spectacular 6-iron shot on the 16th hole, which almost went directly in, allowed him to get closer to victory with an eagle.\n\nThe playoff, the first at Bay Hill since 1999, pitted Bhatia against Berger. The latter, who seemed to be in control of the tournament, missed a crucial putt on the 17th hole. In the playoff, Berger failed to keep his cool, while Bhatia, with two putts from a distance of almost 30 feet, secured the victory and the coveted $4 million prize.\n\nBhatia, visibly emotional, commented that he felt the energy and support of &#8220;Arnie&#8217;s Army&#8221; during the tournament.\n\nThe tournament, a standout event with a $20 million purse, propelled 24-year-old Bhatia into the top 20 of the world rankings, preparing him for upcoming challenges, including the Masters.\n\nDaniel Berger, despite the defeat, secured his place in the British Open and advanced in the world ranking, which will allow him to participate in next month&#8217;s Masters.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0308%2Fr1625433_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Akshay Bhatia con el su\u00e9ter rojo\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Con el trofeo en la mano, Akshay Bhatia luce el ic\u00f3nico su\u00e9ter rojo que se otorga al ganador del Arnold Palmer Invitational.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nCameron Young and Ludvig \u00c5berg shared third place, while Scottie Scheffler had a less favorable performance, finishing in 24th position.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Akshay Bhatia staged an epic comeback at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, taking the victory after an exciting playoff against Daniel Berger. Bhatia, visibly motivated after missing a short putt at the start of the tournament, demonstrated the audacity that characterized the legendary Arnold Palmer. &#8220;You must play boldly to win&#8221;, Arnold Palmer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[6402,12106,12161,163],"class_list":{"0":"post-112323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-akshay-bhatia","9":"tag-arnold-palmer","10":"tag-bay-hill","11":"tag-golf"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}