The PGA Tour continues on its Florida Swing this week with its annual stop at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Florida, to honor one of the legends of the game. Defending champion Tyrrell Hatton returns as the highest-ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking as he checks in at No. 6. Viktor Hovland, at No. 4, is the highest-ranked player by Golfweek.
The entire Arnold Palmer Invitational field is broken down below according to the Golfweek/Sagarins and the OWGR.
So far in the 2020-21 Tour season, the average ranking of the winner heading into the week in which he won a PGA Tour event has been 106.8 in the Golfweek/Sagarins and 116.8 in the OWGR.
| Players | GW/Sagarin | OWGR |
| Viktor Hovland | 4 | 13 |
| Rory McIlroy | 9 | 8 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 11 | 11 |
| Will Zalatoris | 12 | 47 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 13 | 6 |
| Patrick Reed | 14 | 9 |
| Zach Johnson | 15 | 116 |
| John Huh | 16 | 313 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 17 | 22 |
| Harris English | 19 | 19 |
| Cameron Tringale | 21 | 92 |
| Paul Casey | 24 | 18 |
| Sungjae Im | 25 | 17 |
| Sam Burns | 26 | 78 |
| Billy Horschel | 29 | 32 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 34 | 23 |
| Francesco Molinari | 35 | 91 |
| Cameron Davis | 36 | 131 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 37 | 16 |
| Matt Jones | 38 | 79 |
| Kevin Na | 39 | 25 |
| Corey Conners | 40 | 60 |
| Patton Kizzire | 42 | 202 |
| Kevin Kisner | 46 | 34 |
| Chris Kirk | 47 | 111 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 48 | 37 |
| Si Woo Kim | 49 | 52 |
| Jason Kokrak | 51 | 31 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 53 | 21 |
| Brendon Todd | 54 | 48 |
| Lanto Griffin | 56 | 50 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 57 | 150 |
| Sepp Straka | 58 | 147 |
| Adam Hadwin | 59 | 90 |
| Max Homa | 60 | 38 |
| Ian Poulter | 62 | 61 |
| Jordan Spieth | 63 | 62 |
| Talor Gooch | 64 | 86 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 66 | 109 |
| Bernd Wiesberger | 67 | 42 |
| Alex Noren | 68 | 95 |
| Brendan Steele | 70 | 89 |
| Richy Werenski | 71 | 141 |
| Robert MacIntyre | 72 | 43 |
| Adam Long | 73 | 64 |
| Steve Stricker | 74 | 253 |
| Jason Day | 75 | 46 |
| Charley Hoffman | 76 | 143 |
| Doug Ghim | 79 | 263 |
| Wyndham Clark | 84 | 125 |
| Henrik Norlander | 87 | 100 |
| Kyle Stanley | 88 | 211 |
| Sebastián Muñoz | 91 | 59 |
| Joel Dahmen | 92 | 72 |
| Matt Wallace | 93 | 57 |
| Rickie Fowler | 97 | 65 |
| Keegan Bradley | 98 | 152 |
| Shane Lowry | 100 | 40 |
| Doc Redman | 101 | 126 |
| Justin Rose | 102 | 36 |
| Austin Cook | 104 | 198 |
| Mark Hubbard | 106 | 157 |
| Dylan Frittelli | 107 | 68 |
| Harold Varner III | 108 | 139 |
| J.T. Poston | 110 | 67 |
| Charles Howell III | 113 | 142 |
| Chez Reavie | 114 | 69 |
| Erik van Rooyen | 116 | 63 |
| Peter Malnati | 117 | 151 |
| Matthew NeSmith | 119 | 144 |
| Cameron Percy | 120 | 281 |
| Marc Leishman | 121 | 35 |
| Tyler Duncan | 126 | 160 |
| Lee Westwood | 127 | 39 |
| Maverick McNealy | 128 | 128 |
| Anirban Lahiri | 129 | 450 |
| C.T. Pan | 130 | 168 |
| Tom Hoge | 131 | 113 |
| Nick Taylor | 134 | 123 |
| Lucas Glover | 135 | 138 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 139 | 205 |
| Denny McCarthy | 140 | 227 |
| Luke List | 141 | 162 |
| Bo Hoag | 144 | 243 |
| Brian Stuard | 145 | 197 |
| Jason Dufner | 146 | 359 |
| Andrew Putnam | 147 | 163 |
| Cameron Champ | 153 | 77 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 154 | 208 |
| Will Gordon | 155 | 209 |
| Byeong Hun An | 159 | 80 |
| Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 160 | 148 |
| Kristoffer Ventura | 171 | 225 |
| Aaron Wise | 175 | 136 |
| Danny Lee | 177 | 170 |
| Martin Laird | 178 | 93 |
| Branden Grace | 183 | 83 |
| Russell Knox | 191 | 213 |
| Camilo Villegas | 192 | 397 |
| Danny Willett | 206 | 72 |
| Padraig Harrington | 210 | 246 |
| Jim Herman | 215 | 115 |
| Victor Perez | 226 | 33 |
| Robby Shelton | 231 | 176 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 240 | 132 |
| Keith Mitchell | 243 | 210 |
| Kramer Hickok | 251 | 309 |
| Brian Gay | 261 | 199 |
| Robert Streb | 277 | 117 |
| Jazz Janewattananond | 306 | 114 |
| Sung Kang | 322 | 122 |
| Hudson Swafford | 333 | 188 |
| Henrik Stenson | 337 | 88 |
| Graeme McDowell | 339 | 103 |
| Tyler McCumber | 354 | 296 |
| Matt Every | 542 | 583 |
| John Augenstein | N/R | 1154 |
| Robert Gamez | N/R | 1820 |
| Paul Goydos | N/R | 1820 |
| Tim Herron | N/R | 1820 |
| Kamaiu Johnson | N/R | 1820 |
| Rod Perry | N/R | 1820 |
| Matthias Schmid | N/R | 1820 |