Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.

PGA TOUR

LAST WEEK: The Honda Classic (Sungjae Im)

THIS WEEK: Arnold Palmer Invitational, March 5-8

Bay Hill Club Lodge, Orlando, Fla. (Par 72, 7,454 yards)

Purse: $9.3 million (Winner: $1.602 million)

Defending Champion: Francesco Molinari

FedEx Cup leader: Justin Thomas

TV: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel) 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC).

NOTES: Top-ranked Rory McIlroy has five top-five finishes in as many starts on the PGA Tour this season. He also won the 2018 event at Bay Hill. ... Rickie Fowler and England's Justin Rose have missed two of their past three cuts. ... Matt Every won the event in 2014 and '15, marking his only two Tour victories. ... Arnold Palmer bought the Bay Hill property in the 1970s and the Tour event has been held there since 1979. ... With the event holding elevated status, the winner will receive a three-year Tour exemption rather than the standard two. ... Payne Stewart (264 in 1987) holds the tournament scoring record. ... Phil Mickelson is in the field for the second consecutive year after playing it for the first time since 2013. ... Molinari doesn't have a top-20 finish since the Open Championship in July. ... Australia's Jason Day won the event wire-to-wire in 2016. He withdrew last year due to a back injury. ... No. 3 Brooks Koepka is coming off a missed cut at The Honda Classic following a T43 at The Genesis Invitational.

BEST BETS: McIlroy (500 at William Hill) is the heavy betting favorite. He finished T6 last year and has 11 top-10s in his past 13 worldwide starts, including a pair of victories. ... England's Tommy Fleetwood (1400) is still seeking his first Tour victory but does have a win, a pair of runner-ups, a solo third and two other top-20 finishes in his past six worldwide starts. ... Bryson DeChambeau (1600) finished T46 at Bay Hill last year and has two top-fives in his most recent starts on Tour. ... Australia's Adam Scott (2200) is ranked No. 7 in the world by winning two of his past three starts. ... Im (2500) is coming off his first win and finished T3 at Bay Hill last year.

NEXT WEEK: The Players Championship, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

LPGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: ISPS Women's Australian Open (Inbee Park)

THIS WEEK: OFF.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Founders Cup, Phoenix, Ariz., March 19-22

Champions Tour

LAST WEEK: Cologuard Classic (Bernhard Langer)

THIS WEEK: Hoag Classic, March 6-8

Newport Beach Country Club, Newport Beach, Calif. (Par 71, 6,606 yards)

Purse: $1.8 million (Winner: $270,000)

Defending Champion: Kirk Triplett

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Langer

TV: Friday, 6-8 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 5:30-8 p.m. ET (All times Golf Channel)

NOTES: Langer is coming off his 41st career Champions victory and now has at least one win in 14 consecutive seasons. ... The event has been held at the Newport Beach Country Club since 1996. ... Triplett prevailed over Woody Austin in a two-hole playoff last year. ... Vijay Singh is back in the field after the 2018 champion skipped his title defense to compete in the Arnold Palmer Invitational last year. ... Two-time event winner Fred Couples has three consecutive top-10s in as many starts this year and has finished in the top 10 in each of his seven previous starts in the Hoag Classic with a career scoring average of 67.0. ... Retief Goosen will fly cross-country on Sunday to compete in The Players virtue of his win at the Senior Players last year.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Rapiscan Systems Classic, Biloxi, Miss., March 27-29