Draftkings Best Arnold Palmer Invitational Picks 3/6/25
Breaking down the best Draftkings picks for this week's 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational
March 6, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
This week, the PGA Tour presents Draftkings golf fans with the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Let’s take a look at this week’s event from a DFS perspective.
Before I dive into my Draftkings player selections for this tournament let’s review the golf course the field will play and the key player statistics that I think are the most vital to a golfer’s success at this week’s 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Where will the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational be played?
The 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational will be played at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. The golf course is a par 72 that measures 7,466 yards.
Scottie Scheffler won the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational with a cumulative four round score of 15 under par.
Will the Arnold Palmer Invitational have a cut?
The 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational will have a field of 75 golfers to begin the event. Upon the completion of two rounds of competitive play the top 50 and ties will make the cut.
2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational Key Player Statistics
- GIR (greens in regulation)
- Strokes Gained: Putting
- Strokes Gained: Approach
- Birdie or Better Percentage
- Strokes Gained: Par Fours
- Bogey Avoidance
- Strokes Gained: Off the Tee
I wanted to emphasize that the purpose of this article is not to provide an exact DFS lineup.
Having stated that, this article will provide multiple player options in an effort to assist the reader in generating a unique lineup that will hopefully have the potential to win a DraftKings GPP (guaranteed prize pool) contest!
2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational Draftkings Picks
Scottie Scheffler $12,000
The talented American arrives at this week’s prestigious PGA Tour event on the heels of four consecutive top 25 finishes, including a third-place result at the 2025 Genesis Invitational three weeks ago.
Scottie Scheffler certainly checks the box for me when it comes to key player statistics. Scheffler is currently ranked seventh in strokes gained approach (0.960), 14th in putting average (1.695), first in par four scoring average (3.84), third in overall strokes gained (1.829) and ninth in bogey avoidance (10.65%) on the PGA Tour.
Scheffler also looks great from an event/course history standpoint. Since 2020, Scheffler has played the Arnold Palmer Invitational four times. In those four tournaments just mentioned, Scottie Scheffler has amassed four top 15 finishes, including two wins (2022, 2024).
Rory McIlroy $10,800
Rory McIlroy has accumulated three top five finishes in his last four tournaments played on the PGA Tour, including a win at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last month.
Similar to Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy has posted a good result at the Arnold Palmer Invitational previously. McIlroy won the 2018 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Russell Henley $8,800
Russell Henley has compiled three top ten finishes in his last four tournaments played on the PGA Tour, including an impressive sixth-place result at last week’s 2025 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches.
Henley is currently ranked ninth in driving accuracy (69.01%), sixth in proximity to the hole (33’1), tenth in overall putting average (1.684), sixth in par four scoring average (3.89) and eighth in birdie or better percentage (29.44%) on the PGA Tour.
Additionally, Russell Henley has posted a quality result at the Bay Hill Club in the past. Henley finished fourth at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Billy Horschel $7,100
Billy Horschel has tallied three top 25 finishes in his last five events played on the PGA Tour, including a ninth-place result at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Additional golfers I like to perform well this week (Draftkings price noted): Ludvig Aberg $9,900: Patrick Cantlay $9,500: Shane Lowry $8,200: Ben Griffin $7,600.
