The PGA Tour stays in Florida and makes its annual stop at Bay Hill Golf Course for the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational. The tournament tees off on Thursday, March 3 and features a star-studded field. World No. 1 Jon Rahm is the betting favorite at 17-2 in the latest Arnold Palmer Invitational odds from Caesars Sportsbook. He is followed closely by Rory McIlroy (12-1), Scottie Scheffler (16-1), Viktor Hovland (16-1), and Hideki Matsuyama (25-1). With a field this talented, there will be several intriguing head-to-head matchups this week at Bay Hill. 

Head-to-head golf betting is growing in popularity and allows fans to bet on single round or full tournament golfer vs. golfer matchups. Before locking in your own 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational head-to-head bets, be sure to check out the golf predictions and betting advice from SportsLine DFS pro and PGA expert, Mike McClure. 

SportsLine's proprietary model, built by McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed play in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up over $9,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

At the 2021 Open Championship, McClure's best bets included Collin Morikawa winning outright even though he was listed as a massive 40-1 long shot. In addition, McClure's model was all over Jon Rahm's (10-1) first career major championship victory at the 2021 U.S. Open. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the weekend, but the model still projected him as the winner.

At the Sony Open in 2022, McClure's model listed Hideki Matsuyama among the top contenders. The reigning Masters champion went out and overcame a five-stroke deficit on the back nine of the final round to notch his eighth career PGA Tour victory.

This same model has also nailed a whopping seven majors entering the weekend. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now, McClure has dialed in on the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament, and just locked in his head-to-head picks and PGA predictions. You can only see McClure's Arnold Palmer head-to-head golf picks at SportsLine.

Top 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational head-to-head predictions 

One head-to-head matchup McClure loves this week is Viktor Hovland (-118) over Scottie Scheffler. Hovland has been on fire going all the way back to last November, catapulting himself up to No. 4 in the Official World Golf Rankings. The 24-year-old Norwegian notched wins at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba in November and the Hero World Challenge in December. He finished T-4 in his last outing at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club.

McClure believes Hovland's elite approach shot skills and distance off the tee make the former Oklahoma State star a seriously threat to win this week at Bay Hill. While Scheffler has also been hot as of late, McClure is all-in on Hovland to cruise to victory in this head-to-head matchup.

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McClure is also targeting two other head-to-head bets featuring rising PGA Tour stars, who both have the potential to be in contention on Sunday this week at Bay Hill. Anyone who backs these picks could hit it big. You can only see McClure's expert predictions and analysis at SportsLine.

So what are the top head-to-head golf matchup picks for the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational? And matchups offer huge betting value? Visit SportsLine now to see the top Arnold Palmer Invitation head-to-head picks, all from the model that's nailed seven golf majors and won McClure over $2 million in DFS, and find out.