| Past Arnold Palmer Invitational Winners |
| Year |
Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2006 |
Rod Pampling (274) -- Greg Owen |
| 2005 |
Kenny Perry (276) -- Graeme McDowell, Vijay Singh |
| 2004 |
Chad Campbell (270) -- Stuart Appleby |
| 2003 |
Tiger Woods (269) -- Stewart Cink, Brad Faxon, Kenny Perry, Kirk Triplett |
| 2002 |
Tiger Woods (275) -- Michael Campbell |
| 2001 |
Tiger Woods (273) -- Phil Mickelson |
| 2000 |
Tiger Woods (270) -- Davis Love III |
| 1999 |
*Tim Herron (274) -- Tom Lehman |
| 1998 |
Ernie Els (274) -- Bob Estes, Jeff Maggert |
| 1997 |
Phil Mickelson (272) -- Stuart Appleby |
| 1996 |
Paul Goydos (275) -- Jeff Maggert |
| 1995 |
Loren Roberts (272) -- Brad Faxon |
| 1994 |
Loren Roberts (275) -- Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Fuzzy Zoeller |
| 1993 |
Ben Crenshaw (280) -- Davis Love III, Rocco Mediate, Vijay Singh |
| 1992 |
Fred Couples (269) -- Gene Sauers |
| 1991 |
#Andrew Magee (203) -- Tom Sieckmann |
| 1990 |
Robert Gamez (274) -- Greg Norman |
| 1989 |
*Tom Kite (278) -- Davis Love III |
| 1988 |
Paul Azinger (271) -- Tom Kite |
| 1987 |
Payne Stewart (264) -- David Frost |
| 1986 |
#Dan Forsman (202) -- Ray Floyd, Mike Hulbert |
| 1985 |
Fuzzy Zoeller (275) -- Tom Watson |
| 1984 |
*Gary Koch (272) -- George Burns |
| 1983 |
*Mike Nicolette (283) -- Greg Norman |
| 1982 |
*Tom Kite (278) -- Jack Nicklaus, Denis Watson |
| 1981 |
Andy Bean (266) -- Tom Watson |
| 1980 |
Dave Eichelberger (279) -- Leonard Thompson |
| 1979 |
*Bob Byman (278) -- John Schroeder |
| 1978 |
Mac McLendon (271) -- David Graham |
| 1977 |
Gary Koch (274) -- Dale Hayes, Joe Inman |
| 1976 |
*Hale Irwin (270) -- Kermit Zarley |
| 1975 |
Lee Trevino (276) -- Hale Irwin |
| 1974 |
Jerry Heard (273) -- Homero Blancas, Jim Jamieson |
| 1973 |
Brian Allin (265) -- Charles Coody |
| 1972 |
Jerry Heard (276) -- Bobby Mitchell |
| 1971 |
Arnold Palmer (270) -- Julius Boros |
| 1970 |
Bob Lunn (271) -- Rives McBee |
| 1969 |
Ken Still (278) -- Miller Barber |
| 1968 |
Dan Sikes (274) -- Tom Weiskopf |
| 1967 |
Julius Boros (274) -- George Knudson, Arnold Palmer |
| 1966 |
Lionel Hebert (279) -- Charles Coody, Dick Lytle, Jack Nicklaus |