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The 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational begins on Thursday at Bay Hill Club and Lounge.
Five of the top 10 golfers in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings are in the field this week at the annual Orlando event.
Tiger Woods, an eight-time champion at Bay Hill, will not play, marking the third-straight PGA Tour event the 15-time major winner has missed. Woods, who last competed at the Genesis Invitational, is struggling with back stiffness.
Reigning champion Francesco Molinari returns to Bay Hill in hopes of defending his 2019 title against top-ranked players including World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, who won the 2018 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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For the 2019-20 season, the average ranking of the winner heading into the week in which they won PGA Tour event has been 85.48 in Golfweek/Sagarins and 115.57 in the OWGR.
| Golfweek/Sagarin | OWGR | |
| Rory McIlroy | 1 | 1 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 5 | 10 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 6 | 19 |
| Collin Morikawa | 7 | 52 |
| Adam Scott | 10 | 7 |
| Xander Schauffele | 13 | 12 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 14 | 24 |
| Patrick Reed | 15 | 9 |
| Brooks Koepka | 17 | 3 |
| Henrik Stenson | 18 | 31 |
| Sungjae Im | 19 | 25 |
| Justin Rose | 20 | 13 |
| Tony Finau | 22 | 15 |
| Billy Horschel | 24 | 35 |
| Scott Piercy | 27 | 94 |
| Rickie Fowler | 28 | 27 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 29 | 102 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 30 | 51 |
| Byeong Hun An | 31 | 47 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 32 | 14 |
| Vaughn Taylor | 33 | 98 |
| Marc Leishman | 35 | 21 |
| Viktor Hovland | 36 | 61 |
| Abraham Ancer | 37 | 29 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 40 | 32 |
| Kevin Kisner | 43 | 34 |
| Harris English | 45 | 183 |
| Andrew Putnam | 46 | 62 |
| Brian Harman | 47 | 133 |
| Talor Gooch | 48 | 170 |
| Max Homa | 49 | 78 |
| J.T. Poston | 50 | 74 |
| Rafa Cabrera Bello | 51 | 44 |
| Alex Noren | 52 | 104 |
| Jason Kokrak | 55 | 80 |
| Harry Higgs | 56 | 141 |
| Denny McCarthy | 57 | 173 |
| Mark Hubbard | 59 | 164 |
| Joel Dahmen | 62 | 85 |
| Lanto Griffin | 63 | 87 |
| Nick Taylor | 64 | 105 |
| Charles Howell III | 65 | 73 |
| Russell Knox | 67 | 118 |
| Ryan Moore | 69 | 107 |
| Joaquin Niemann | 71 | 76 |
| Bud Cauley | 73 | 144 |
| Ian Poulter | 75 | 56 |
| Sebastián Muñoz | 76 | 92 |
| Carlos Ortiz | 77 | 130 |
| Kevin Na | 78 | 30 |
| Dylan Frittelli | 80 | 120 |
| Matt Jones | 82 | 93 |
| Pat Perez | 83 | 134 |
| Jason Day | 84 | 45 |
| Bubba Watson | 85 | 48 |
| Brendon Todd | 86 | 58 |
| Xinjun Zhang | 87 | 142 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 88 | 49 |
| Doc Redman | 89 | 165 |
| Lucas Glover | 90 | 86 |
| Matthew Wolff | 92 | 111 |
| Graeme McDowell | 93 | 50 |
| Corey Conners | 94 | 65 |
| Brian Stuard | 95 | 145 |
| Sam Burns | 96 | 199 |
| Matt Wallace | 98 | 43 |
| Lee Westwood | 101 | 28 |
| Harold Varner III | 104 | 127 |
| Brendan Steele | 105 | 139 |
| Nate Lashley | 107 | 75 |
| Kevin Streelman | 108 | 88 |
| Francesco Molinari | 109 | 26 |
| Jazz Janewattananond | 113 | 40 |
| Maverick McNealy | 119 | 231 |
| Danny Willett | 120 | 33 |
| Tom Hoge | 122 | 148 |
| Keegan Bradley | 123 | 64 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 125 | 256 |
| Sam Ryder | 128 | 234 |
| Zach Johnson | 130 | 260 |
| Wyndham Clark | 131 | 153 |
| Adam Long | 133 | 112 |
| Beau Hossler | 136 | 210 |
| Stewart Cink | 138 | 252 |
| Sung Kang | 142 | 54 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 143 | 124 |
| Danny Lee | 150 | 108 |
| J.B. Holmes | 152 | 95 |
| Zac Blair | 155 | 216 |
| Cameron Champ | 158 | 81 |
| Matthew NeSmith | 165 | 201 |
| Charley Hoffman | 169 | 177 |
| Troy Merritt | 170 | 161 |
| Kevin Tway | 176 | 149 |
| Henrik Norlander | 180 | 224 |
| Scott Harrington | 182 | 245 |
| Jimmy Walker | 184 | 264 |
| Rob Oppenheim | 185 | 459 |
| Robby Shelton | 186 | 169 |
| Keith Mitchell | 190 | 116 |
| Tyler Duncan | 223 | 181 |
| Phil Mickelson | 231 | 60 |
| Brian Gay | 240 | 214 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 243 | 195 |
| Kevin Chappell | 246 | 464 |
| Hank Lebioda | 274 | 308 |
| C.T. Pan | 276 | 90 |
| Anirban Lahiri | 278 | 480 |
| Scott Brown | 284 | 162 |
| Si Woo Kim | 291 | 129 |
| Matt Every | 392 | 309 |
| Padraig Harrington | 402 | 356 |
| Jim Herman | 469 | 311 |
| Sam Saunders | 565 | 584 |
| Brandon Matthews | 906 | 924 |
| Robert Gamez | N/R | 2092 |
| Davis Love III | N/R | 817 |
| Rod Perry | N/R | 2092 |
| Vijay Singh | N/R | 832 |
| Steve Stricker | N/R | 815 |
| Chun-an Yu | N/R | 830 |
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