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Five of top 9 players in world have committed to Arnold Palmer Invitational

PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- Five of the top 9 players in the world and 14 of the top 25 have committed to next week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, the first to be played since the golf icon's death in September.

The annual PGA Tour stop in the Bay Hill Club will boast defending champion Jason Day, as well as Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Henrik Stenson, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose, Masters champion Danny Willett, Bubba Watson and Brandt Snedeker.

In all, 29 of the top 50 players in the world are in the 120-man field.