Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy lead Arnold Palmer Invitational field stacked with 44 of world's top 50

The PGA Tour has revealed the stacked field for the Arnold Palmer Invitational that is scheduled to start in less than a week (March 2). The PGA Tour is currently at the PGA National Members Club in Florida for the 2023 Honda Classic. Following this, the American circuit and its golfers will head to the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando for the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Having sat out from this week’s event to rest, most of the best players in the world are destined for Orlando. As per the PGA Tour, the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational field will be headlined by the likes of defending champion and World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler, World No.1 Jon Rahm and No.3 Rory McIlroy. Moreover, the event will also feature 27 of the world's top 30 and 44 of the world's top 50 golfers.

Compared to the ongoing Honda Classic, the Arnold Palmer Invitational will have a star-stacked field. The PGA Tour, which uses a standardized system for determining event fields based on the current season’s Priority Ranking and exemptions, has managed to pull an all-starrer with the upcoming event.

It is also pertinent to note that the event has granted an additional year of eligibility in some categories because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Arnold Palmer Invitational field

Here is the full field for the upcoming week's Arnold Palmer Invitational (as of February 25th):

Former Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational

• Tyrrell Hatton
• Rory McIlroy
• Francesco Molinari
• Scottie Scheffler
• Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption)
• Hideki Matsuyama

Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)

• Webb Simpson
• Justin Thomas

Winner of U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)

• Matt Fitzpatrick
• Jon Rahm
• Gary Woodland

Winner of The Open (five-year exemption)

• Shane Lowry
• Collin Morikawa

FedExCup Champion (five-year exemption)

• Patrick Cantlay

Winner of World Golf Championships event (three-year exemption)

• Billy Horschel

Winner of Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)

• Max Homa

PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)

• Keegan Bradley
• Ryan Brehm
• Sam Burns
• Tony Finau
• Russell Henley
• Mackenzie Hughes
• Si Woo Kim
• Tom Kim
• K.H. Lee
• Trey Mullinax
• Seamus Power
• Chez Reavie
• Justin Rose
• Xander Schauffele
• J.J. Spaun
• Jordan Spieth
• Adam Svensson
• Will Zalatoris

Member of most recent U.S. Ryder Cup team

• Harris English

Member of most recent European Ryder Cup team

• Tommy Fleetwood
• Viktor Hovland

Member of most recent U.S. Presidents Cup team

• Kevin Kisner
• Cameron Young

Member of most recent International Presidents Cup team

• Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• Corey Conners
• Cam Davis
• Sungjae Im
• Taylor Pendrith
• Adam Scott

Top 50 - World Golf Ranking

• Brian Harman
• Tom Hoge
• Sahith Theegala
• Sepp Straka
• Ryan Fox
• Aaron Wise
• Alex Noren
• Keith Mitchell
• Kurt Kitayama
• Jason Day
• Min Woo Lee
• Chris Kirk
• Lucas Herbert

* Sponsor's exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals)

• Eric Cole
• Kyle Westmoreland

Sponsor's exemption (members not otherwise exempt)

• Stewart Cink
• Luke Donald
• Padraig Harrington
• Charley Hoffman
• Zach Johnson
• Martin Laird
• Ryan Palmer
• Justin Suh

Sponsor's exemption (unrestricted)

• Ludvig Aberg
• Pierceson Coody
• Cole Hammer
• Kamaiu Johnson
• Patton Kizzire
• Thriston Lawrence
• Adrian Meronk
• Kevin Streelman

Top 70 on prior season's FedExCup

• Scott Stallings
• Davis Riley
• Lucas Glover
• Andrew Putnam
• Luke List
• Emiliano Grillo
• Troy Merritt
• Adam Hadwin
• Taylor Moore
• Alex Smalley
• Wyndham Clark
• Lee Hodges
• Brendon Todd
• Beau Hossler

Top 70 on current season's FedExCup

• Taylor Montgomery
• Nick Taylor
• Thomas Detry
• Rickie Fowler
• Hayden Buckley
• Davis Thompson
• Joel Dahmen
• Patrick Rodgers
• Danny Willett
• Matthew NeSmith
• Ben Taylor
• Ben Griffin
• Tyson Alexander
• Sam Ryder
• Callum Tarren
• Robby Shelton
• S.H. Kim
• Garrick Higgo
• Joseph Bramlett
• Will Gordon
• Justin Lower
• Byeong Hun An
• David Lipsky
• Adam Schenk

PGA Section Champ/Player of the Year

• Greg Koch

Beyond No. 70 on current season's FedExCup Points List

• Aaron Baddeley
• Greyson Sigg
• Nick Hardy
• David Lingmerth
• Peter Malnati
• Aaron Rai

More details on the Arnold Palmer Invitational, including schedule and prize money, will be updated soon.