The headline news is that 1,014 players put theirR$25,000 on the table to play this  a superlative effort that means a prize pool of $24,843,000 and a first prize of several million dollars (tbc).
Year
Winner
Purse ($)
Arnold Palmer Invitational
2024
Kurt Kitayama
20,000,000
2024
Scottie Scheffler
12,000,000
2024
Bryson DeChambeau
9,300,000