Who are the top-rated players at the Arnold Palmer Invitational 2025? Field explored

Modified Mar 04, 2025 12:50 GMT

The Arnold Palmer Invitational 2025 is set to tee off on Thursday, March 6, at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. The signature event will see a 72-player field compete for the winner’s paycheck from the $20,000,000 prize purse.

The Arnold Palmer Invitational will have several big-name PGA Tour stars teeing up, including 47 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking. The event field is headlined by the likes of World No.1 Scottie Scheffler, No.2 Rory McIlroy, and No.3 Xander Schauffele. This will be the first event of the season where the world’s top three golfers will tee up together.

Notably, LIV Golfer Tyrrell Hatton, ranked World No.9 is the only player from the OWGR’s top 10 missing from the Arnold Palmer Invitational field. Notably, the event’s reigning champion Scheffler comes into the contest after over a month’s break. The World No.1 was last seen at the Genesis Open in February, where he finished T3.

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Much like the reigning Masters champion, McIlroy also contested last at the Genesis Open, finishing T17. Meanwhile, the Florida event will mark the return of Schauffele from a rib injury. He last contested at the PGA Tour season-opener The Sentry in January.

The top three will face some strong competition from the likes of Ludvig Aberg, Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark, Justin Thomas, and Tommy Fleetwood this weekend. It is pertinent to note that Joe Highsmith will also be on the event field, after earning his place with last week’s Cognizant Classic win.