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THE PLAYERS Championship is an annual PGA Tour event held at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States of America. The 2026 edition takes place Mar 12 - 15 with a prize fund of $25m.
THE PLAYERS Championship is played at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course), a par 72 course measuring 7,352 yards. Designed by Pete Dye, the course opened in 1980. Located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States of America.
THE PLAYERS Championship is contested annually during the PGA Tour season. The 2026 edition was held Mar 12 - 15.
TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) features Tifsport Bermudagrass throughout — on the greens, fairways and Tifsport Bermudagrass rough. Bermudagrass is common at warm-climate venues and tends to produce a firm, fast surface.
Historically, players who contend at THE PLAYERS Championship gain the most strokes on approach (+1.03 SG/round) and on the greens (+0.80 SG/round). Off the tee also matters, with top-10 finishers averaging +0.53 SG/round.
In 2025, THE PLAYERS Championship was won by Rory McIlroy at -12.
| Pos | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | -12 |
| 2 | J.J. Spaun | -12 |
| T3 | Tom Hoge | -10 |
| T3 | Akshay Bhatia | -10 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | -10 |
| Year | Champion | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rory McIlroy | -12 |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | -20 |
| 2023 | Scottie Scheffler | -17 |
| 2022 | Cameron Smith | -13 |
| 2021 | Justin Thomas | -14 |
| 2019 | Rory McIlroy | -16 |
| 2018 | Webb Simpson | -18 |
| 2017 | Si Woo Kim | -10 |
| 2016 | Jason Day | -15 |
Multi-factor analysis — form, course history, SG trending, tournament fit
| Player⇅ | Value▼ | Form⇅ | Course⇅ | Trending SG⇅ | Fit⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | - | 1 9.7 | 9 25.4 (5 apps) | +2.41▲ | C |
| Rory McIlroy | - | 4 11.0 | 6 27.9 (9 apps) | +1.25▲ | D |
| Tommy Fleetwood | - | 8 12.1 | 2 25.1 (8 apps) | +1.72▲ | C |
| Justin Rose | - | 36 30.8 | 17 33.9 (8 apps) | +0.61▲ | F |
| Russell Henley | - | 16 17.6 | 25 38.6 (9 apps) | +0.80▲ | F |
| Chris Gotterup | - | 22 23.6 | 44 50.0 (1 app) | +0.99▲ | D |
| Robert MacIntyre | - | 47 34.7 | 31 36.3 (3 apps) | -0.03▲ | D |
| Sepp Straka | - | 72 42.0 | 18 30.8 (5 apps) | -0.61▼ | F |
| Xander Schauffele | - | 25 24.6 | 23 35.0 (7 apps) | +0.66▲ | D |
| J.J. Spaun | - | 12 14.5 | 45 NaN (6 apps) | +1.60▲ | C |
| Hideki Matsuyama | - | 34 29.6 | 1 24.8 (8 apps) | -0.22▲ | F |
| Ben Griffin | - | 31 27.9 | 84 45.0 (3 apps) | +0.87▲ | D |
| Justin Thomas | - | 13 14.9 | 13 33.4 (9 apps) | +1.78▼ | D |
| Cameron Young | - | 73 42.0 | 43 54.0 (4 apps) | +1.30▼ | C |
| Harris English | - | 15 17.2 | 32 42.7 (7 apps) | +0.68▲ | F |
| Alex Noren | - | 37 31.2 | 16 31.7 (7 apps) | +0.91● | D |
| Viktor Hovland | - | 3 10.8 | 27 34.8 (5 apps) | -0.01▲ | F |
| Akshay Bhatia | - | 71 41.8 | 15 26.5 (2 apps) | -0.07▼ | D |
| Ludvig Åberg | - | 27 26.4 | 22 29.0 (2 apps) | +1.34▼ | D |
| Jacob Bridgeman | - | 24 24.1 | 95 50.0 (1 app) | +0.10▲ | F |
| Keegan Bradley | - | 33 28.9 | 10 30.2 (9 apps) | +0.53▲ | F |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | - | 14 16.8 | 26 39.0 (9 apps) | +0.96▲ | D |
| Maverick McNealy | - | 6 11.6 | 36 43.0 (5 apps) | +0.93▲ | C |
| Ryan Gerard | - | 10 13.5 | 82 42.0 (1 app) | +0.96▲ | D |
| Si Woo Kim | - | 5 11.3 | 11 30.3 (9 apps) | +1.41▲ | D |
| Shane Lowry | - | 30 27.7 | 8 28.6 (9 apps) | +0.89▼ | F |
| Min Woo Lee | - | 76 43.6 | 12 26.7 (3 apps) | +0.48▲ | D |
| Kurt Kitayama | - | 17 19.6 | 29 34.0 (3 apps) | +1.18▲ | D |
| Sam Burns | - | 11 14.2 | 34 41.2 (5 apps) | +1.46▲ | C |
| Patrick Cantlay | - | 20 20.6 | 24 36.8 (8 apps) | +1.35▼ | D |
| Daniel Berger | - | 85 47.0 | 21 34.3 (7 apps) | -0.02▲ | F |
| Aaron Rai | - | 40 32.7 | 7 22.7 (3 apps) | +1.59▼ | D |
| Nico Echavarria | - | 32 28.5 | 88 50.0 (3 apps) | -0.28▲ | F |
| Marco Penge | - | 95 50.0 | - | -0.13▼ | F |
| Corey Conners | - | 102 51.7 | 4 23.8 (6 apps) | -0.89▼ | F |
| Jason Day | - | 107 53.0 | 5 26.6 (8 apps) | -0.65▼ | D |
| Jake Knapp | - | - | 20 28.5 (2 apps) | +0.48▼ | F |
| Matt McCarty | - | 110 53.8 | 3 20.0 (1 app) | +0.06▼ | F |
| Michael Brennan | - | 66 40.8 | - | -0.04▲ | D |
| Kristoffer Reitan | - | 55 36.8 | - | +1.52▼ | C |
| Andrew Novak | - | 91 48.5 | 89 50.0 (3 apps) | +0.31▼ | F |
| Pierceson Coody | - | 50 35.4 | - | +0.23▼ | C |
| Sam Stevens | - | 92 48.9 | 90 50.0 (2 apps) | -1.01▼ | F |
| Adam Scott | - | 18 19.6 | 14 33.9 (9 apps) | +0.67▲ | F |
| Rasmus Højgaard | - | 112 56.5 | 96 50.0 (1 app) | -0.17▼ | D |
| Nicolai Højgaard | - | 93 49.4 | 40 50.0 (2 apps) | +0.44▼ | F |
| Sami Valimaki | - | 117 60.0 | 106 61.5 (2 apps) | -0.14▼ | F |
| Max Greyserman | - | 58 39.3 | 97 50.0 (1 app) | +0.76▼ | F |
| Michael Kim | - | 53 36.4 | 39 52.0 (5 apps) | +0.03▼ | F |
| Harry Hall | - | 62 39.7 | 41 50.0 (2 apps) | +0.38▲ | F |
| Brian Harman | - | 64 40.8 | 19 36.3 (9 apps) | -0.07▲ | F |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | - | 74 42.5 | - | -0.10▲ | F |
| Rickie Fowler | - | 101 51.3 | 38 51.1 (8 apps) | -0.14▼ | F |
| Nick Taylor | - | 105 52.3 | 35 45.6 (7 apps) | +0.15▼ | D |
| Jordan Spieth | - | 54 36.6 | 33 46.3 (9 apps) | +0.07▲ | D |
| Ryo Hisatsune | - | 89 47.9 | 42 50.0 (2 apps) | -0.37▼ | D |
| Taylor Pendrith | - | 56 37.9 | 37 42.5 (4 apps) | +0.32▼ | D |
| Johnny Keefer | - | 68 41.5 | - | +0.54▼ | D |
| Wyndham Clark | - | 2 9.9 | 30 38.2 (6 apps) | +2.60▲ | C |
| J.T. Poston | - | 19 19.9 | 28 37.0 (6 apps) | +0.78▲ | F |
| Aldrich Potgieter | - | 9 12.5 | 98 50.0 (1 app) | +0.90▲ | D |
| Max McGreevy | - | 84 46.4 | 61 35.0 (2 apps) | -0.09▲ | F |
| Garrick Higgo | - | 59 39.5 | 87 48.0 (3 apps) | +0.27▲ | F |
| Haotong Li | - | 108 53.2 | 91 50.0 (2 apps) | -0.16▼ | F |
| Sahith Theegala | - | 82 45.6 | 81 46.3 (4 apps) | +0.18▲ | F |
| Lucas Glover | - | 109 53.6 | 56 41.3 (8 apps) | -1.17▼ | F |
| Sungjae Im | - | 46 34.6 | 52 36.7 (6 apps) | +0.64▼ | D |
| Rico Hoey | - | 52 36.3 | 58 33.0 (1 app) | +0.59● | D |
| Bud Cauley | - | 7 11.9 | 55 34.3 (3 apps) | +1.40▲ | D |
| Patrick Rodgers | - | 104 52.0 | 79 54.7 (9 apps) | -0.52▼ | F |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | - | 81 45.5 | 49 29.3 (4 apps) | +0.65▼ | F |
| Matti Schmid | - | 77 44.3 | 67 38.0 (2 apps) | -0.04▲ | F |
| Jordan Smith | - | 69 41.5 | - | -0.43▲ | F |
| Denny McCarthy | - | 90 48.0 | 51 36.3 (6 apps) | -0.11▼ | F |
| Ricky Castillo | - | 78 44.6 | 99 50.0 (1 app) | -0.37▲ | F |
| Brian Campbell | - | 106 52.5 | 100 50.0 (1 app) | -1.70▼ | F |
| Tom Hoge | - | 86 47.0 | 48 31.0 (7 apps) | -0.20▼ | F |
| Chris Kirk | - | 83 46.0 | 101 NaN (9 apps) | +0.17▼ | D |
| Austin Smotherman | - | 87 47.3 | 63 35.0 (1 app) | -0.35▼ | F |
| Jhonattan Vegas | - | 94 49.5 | 66 46.5 (8 apps) | -0.97▼ | F |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | - | 114 57.5 | 78 41.0 (1 app) | -0.09▼ | F |
| Tony Finau | - | 45 34.1 | 57 43.7 (9 apps) | +0.70▼ | D |
| Mac Meissner | - | 51 36.1 | 83 42.0 (1 app) | +0.59▼ | D |
| Davis Riley | - | 111 55.7 | 86 46.0 (3 apps) | -1.14● | F |
| Stephan Jaeger | - | 61 39.6 | 68 41.0 (4 apps) | -0.92▼ | D |
| Mackenzie Hughes | - | 67 41.2 | 62 42.7 (7 apps) | -0.17▲ | D |
| Davis Thompson | - | 75 43.0 | 74 42.7 (3 apps) | +0.55▼ | F |
| Emiliano Grillo | - | 38 32.0 | 59 43.9 (9 apps) | +0.35▲ | D |
| Keith Mitchell | - | 44 33.6 | 75 49.3 (7 apps) | +0.98▲ | D |
| Kevin Yu | - | 49 35.0 | 92 50.0 (2 apps) | +0.80▲ | D |
| Vince Whaley | - | 115 57.5 | 102 50.0 (1 app) | -0.71▼ | F |
| Eric Cole | - | 26 25.0 | 72 42.3 (3 apps) | +1.90▲ | C |
| Andrew Putnam | - | 60 39.6 | 85 50.5 (6 apps) | +0.22▼ | D |
| Alex Smalley | - | 28 26.4 | 76 43.0 (3 apps) | +0.81▼ | F |
| William Mouw | - | 57 38.2 | - | -0.06▲ | F |
| Takumi Kanaya | - | 63 40.7 | - | -0.13▲ | F |
| Steven Fisk | - | 43 33.5 | - | +0.46▲ | D |
| Joe Highsmith | - | 116 59.1 | 47 20.0 (1 app) | -1.87▼ | F |
| Lee Hodges | - | 80 45.5 | 94 51.7 (3 apps) | -0.56▲ | F |
| Kevin Roy | - | 118 67.7 | 103 50.0 (1 app) | -0.82▼ | F |
| Mark Hubbard | - | 119 NaN | 69 43.2 (5 apps) | +0.39▼ | D |
| Taylor Moore | - | 65 40.8 | 60 37.3 (4 apps) | +0.99▼ | D |
| Adam Schenk | - | 113 56.5 | 70 43.8 (5 apps) | -1.55▼ | F |
| Karl Vilips | - | 96 50.0 | 104 50.0 (1 app) | -0.50▼ | F |
| Erik van Rooyen | - | 48 34.8 | 64 37.7 (3 apps) | +0.56▼ | D |
| Gary Woodland | - | 29 26.5 | 71 51.0 (9 apps) | +0.28▲ | D |
| Max Homa | - | 23 24.0 | 54 36.6 (5 apps) | -0.06▲ | F |
| S.H. Kim | - | - | 93 50.0 (2 apps) | +0.20▼ | F |
| Chad Ramey | - | 103 51.8 | 73 42.3 (3 apps) | -0.54▼ | F |
| Seamus Power | - | 79 45.0 | 77 46.4 (5 apps) | +0.10▼ | F |
| Joel Dahmen | - | 88 47.6 | 53 36.7 (6 apps) | -1.46▲ | F |
| Chandler Phillips | - | 39 32.5 | 107 61.0 (1 app) | -0.41▲ | F |
| Zach Bauchou | - | 41 32.8 | - | +1.03▼ | F |
| Zecheng Dou | - | 97 50.0 | - | +0.05▼ | F |
| Cam Davis | - | 98 50.0 | 65 41.2 (5 apps) | -2.24▲ | F |
| Sudarshan Yellamaraju | - | 35 30.8 | - | +0.13▲ | D |
| Brooks Koepka | - | 70 41.6 | 50 33.6 (5 apps) | +1.39▼ | F |
| Danny Walker | - | 99 50.0 | 46 6.0 (1 app) | -1.16▲ | F |
| Patton Kizzire | - | 100 50.0 | 80 53.4 (8 apps) | -2.75▼ | F |
| Matthieu Pavon | - | 42 33.0 | 105 52.0 (2 apps) | -0.02▲ | F |
| A.J. Ewart | - | 21 23.4 | - | +0.92▲ | D |