Eight of the highest 10 gamers as of this week’s Official World Golf Ranking have accepted invites to compete on this yr’s Hero World Challenge.

The 20-man discipline for Tiger Woods’ annual match in New Providence, Bahamas, consists of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 4 and two-time defending champion Viktor Hovland, No. 5 Xander Schauffele and No. 24 Will Zalatoris, who hasn’t competed since an April again surgical procedure.

The present discipline doesn’t embrace Tiger Woods, who hasn’t performed since withdrawing from the Masters earlier this yr and a subsequent right-ankle surgical procedure. There is, nevertheless, nonetheless one match exemption left to be introduced.

Woods hasn’t teed it up in his host occasion since a solo fourth in 2019.

Here is a take a look at the present discipline for the Nov. 30-Dec. 3 occasion at Albany:

• Scottie Scheffler (1), USA
• Viktor Hovland (4), Norway
• Patrick Cantlay (5) USA
• Xander Schauffele (6), USA
• Max Homa (7), USA
• Matt Fitzpatrick (8), England
• Brian Harman (9), USA
• Wyndham Clark (10), USA
• Jordan Spieth (12), USA
• Cameron Young (17), USA
• Keegan Bradley (18), USA
• Collin Morikawa (19), USA
• Tony Finau (20), USA
• Sam Burns (21), USA
• Jason Day (22), Australia
• Sepp Straka (23), Austria
• Will Zalatoris (24), USA
• Rickie Fowler, USA, match exemption
• Justin Thomas, USA, match exemption

World Nos. 2 and three, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy, are the one top-10 gamers not included within the preliminary discipline.