Quite a Few Notable Names Have Missed the Cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational

Bay Hill is a BEAST. It punched these guys in the face from the jump and didn’t let up until they signed their cards—I’m sure some guys were even tossing and turning Thursday night thinking about this place.

The Arnold Palmer Invitational has once again produced a stellar leaderboard with some of the game’s biggest names right near the top. Shane Lowry is alone in front at 8 under and two shots ahead of Wyndham Clark, who had a bit of a rules controversy on Day 2. Collin Morikawa (5 under), Rory McIlroy (4 under), Jason Day (4 under), Keegan Bradley (3 under), and Justin Thomas (3 under) are all inside the top 10.

On the other hand, several stars struggled. So much so that they were part of the small group trunk slamming on Friday afternoon—the API is one of the few signature events that features a 36-hole cut, just how Arnie would want it.

Here are some of the notable names leaving Orlando after failing to get to 4-over 148.

PGA TOUR stars who missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational

Viktor Hovland (77-72, 5 over)

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The No. 15 player in the world is struggling to start the season. Hovland has failed to finish inside the top 20 and has now missed two cuts in a row.

Sahith Theegala (78-72, 6 over)

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Entering the week, Theegala was six-for-six making it to the weekend on the PGA TOUR this season, but his only finish inside the top 30 came at the Genesis Invitational (T-17) a few weeks ago.

Max Homa (81-70, 7 over)

The struggles continue for Homa, as this is his third missed cut in a row. We’ll see if a few extra days off are enough to get the train back on the tracks.

Min Woo Lee (78-73, 7 over)

Lee got into the field via sponsor exemption and had a great chance to make the weekend before two double bogeys in his last four holes on Friday.

Cameron Young (82-71, 9 over)

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Young shot a decent 1-under 71 in benign conditions Friday, but an 82 on Thursday was way too much to overcome. To be fair, his week didn’t start great. His first tee shot went out of bounds and he still had an AirPod in.

Tom Kim (78-76, 10 over)

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Since a T-7 finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Kim has tied for 44th twice at the WM Phoenix Open and Genesis Invitational, and now he misses the weekend at Bay Hill. He made the cut in 2023 and 2024 in his only two starts at the API, but both were outside the top 30.

Some other names include Akshay Bhatia (8 over), Maverick McNealy (9 over), Billy Horschel (9 over), and Nick Dunlap (10 over).