Golf-Defending champion Spieth heads World Challenge field

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Six of the 10 top-ranked players in the world, headed by Jordan Spieth and Jason Day, will compete in the Hero World Challenge in The Bahamas next month, organisers said on Wednesday. The Tiger Woods-hosted event is moving outside the United States for the first time and will be played on the Albany course on the island of New Providence from Dec. 3-6. American Spieth, the world number one and defending champion, and Australian world number two Day are in an 18-man field which includes British Open champion Zach Johnson, so all this year's major champions will be in action. England's Justin Rose and Australian Adam Scott might enjoy a home course advantage given that they live in Albany. Woods will not play as he recovers from two recent back operations, but he is expected to be present at the $3.5 million event, which earns world ranking points but does not count towards official money or points on the PGA Tour. The field (world ranking in brackets: Jordan Spieth (1), USA Jason Day (2), Australia Rickie Fowler (5), USA Justin Rose (7), England Dustin Johnson (8), USA Zach Johnson (10), USA Adam Scott (13), Australia Hideki Matsuyama (14), Japan Matt Kuchar (15), USA Jimmy Walker (16), USA Brooks Koepka (17), USA J.B. Holmes (18), USA Patrick Reed (19), USA Paul Casey (23), England Billy Horschel (26), USA Chris Kirk (27), USA Bill Haas (28), USA Anirban Lahiri (39), India (Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina, editing by Ed Osmond)