MIAMI – Cameron Young (1st/-8) opened with a bogey-free 8-under (64), his first opening bogey-free round since the 2024 Wyndham Championship. The (64) is one-stroke shy of his lowest opening-round score on TOUR (63), most recently at the 2025 Wyndham Championship.

Young holds his fourth 18-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR with the most recent effort at the 2022 Open Championship where he finished in second place. Overall, he’s 0-for-3 in converting a first round lead to victory.

He needed only 20 putts in round one, the fewest in a round in his TOUR career with the previous being (21) at the 2025 TOUR Championship/R2, 2025 RBC Heritage/R2).

Following a 10-year hiatus, the TOUR returned to Miami and the City of Doral for the inaugural Cadillac Championship (the event does not carry the history of previous PGA TOUR events contested at Doral and is starting fresh). That said, the Cadillac Championship will mark the 56th playing of a TOUR event at the famed Blue Monster having previously hosted the TOUR consecutively from 1962 to 2016.

Following the first round, the field is a collective 53-over on Nos. 17 and 18 at Doral’s Blue Monster while being 79-under on the other 16 holes.

A bright spot: 13-time PGA TOUR winner Jordan Spieth (T2/-7) opens with a 65, his best round on TOUR since the 2025 Wyndham Championship (65/2025 Wyndham Championship/R1); one of 18 have players in the field that previously played a TOUR event held at Doral (2014-2016).

Cadillac Championship | Leaderboard After 18 Holes

1 Cameron Young 64 (-8)

T2 Jordan Spieth 65 (-7)

T2 Alex Smalley 65 (-7)

4 Nick Taylor 66 (-6)

5 Nico Echavarria 67 (-5)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

Cadillac Championship | Facts

THIS WEEK: Cadillac Championship, Miami, April 30-May 3

COURSE: National Doral, Blue Monster

YARDAGE: Par 72, 7,739 Yards

ARCHITECTS: Dick Wilson & Robert von Hagge

PURSE: $20M (Winner: $3.6M)

FEDEX CUP POINTS: (To Winner): 700

PAST RESULTS: (Inaugural Tournament)

DEFENDING CHAMPION: (Inaugural Event)

FEDEX CUP LEADER: Matt Fitzpatrick

Social Media: X @Cadillac_Champ

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By TERRY LYONS, EDITOR of Digital Sports Desk

AUGUSTA – The 90th edition of The Masters returns to Augusta National Golf Club this week (April 9–12, 2026). As the first major of the year, the tournament carries its usual prestige, but this year’s Masters will be dominated by a historic title defense, a bevy of top-notch challengers, including the World’s #1 player and a field of rising stars.

Top Storylines to Watch

McIlroy’s Encore: After finally capturing the Green Jacket in 2025, Rory McIlroy enters as the defending champion.

Rory McIlroy’s Major Victories

• 2011 – U.S. Open Congressional Country Club 8 strokes
• 2012 – PGA Championship Kiawah Island (Ocean Course) 8 strokes
• 2014 – The Open Championship Royal Liverpool 2 strokes
• 2014 – PGA Championship Valhalla Golf Club 1 stroke
• 2025 – The Masters Augusta National Golf Club in a Playoff

Scheffler’s Dominance: World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler remains the betting favorite. With two Green Jackets already in his closet (2022, 2024), a third win would further cement his era of dominance.

The LIV Contenders: Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau arrive at Augusta in peak form. DeChambeau, in particular, is a focus after back-to-back top-10 finishes at Augusta and recent wins on the LIV circuit.

The 2026 Masters has issued 91 invitees and, they are represented by players from 22 different countries and territories outside the United States. Six of the last 10 major championships have been won by players who were ranked No. 3 or better in the Official World Golf Ranking heading into the major championship.

Preview | The Masters

COURSE: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia

ARCHITECT: Dr. Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones Jr.; Perry Maxwell in 1937

YARDS/PAR: 7,565 yards/Par 72

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: TBD

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Rory McIlroy

OVERVIEW: (link)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 750

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup The Intimacy Masters

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Master’s Par Three Contest

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 – (All Times Eastern (EDT)

12 Noon to 2:00pm – ESPN+ Streaming

2:00pm to 4:00pm – ESPN

Overall Schedule: Here’s the basic schedule for the entire week, as published by CBS Sports:

2026 Masters | The Basics:

Tournament site: The Masters

Tee Times: (PGATourCom)

Weather: Weather for today’s Par 3 forecast is set for partly cloudy skies, temperatures reaching 68-degrees but winds at 14 mph. Thursday’s forecast is for sunny skies with temperatures reaching 73-degrees but lesser wind (9mph).

The Masters Begins on Prime this Thursday.

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The Field w Update, Tee Times and Leaderboard

The Field: (link)

Update:

Thursday, April 2

Phil Mickelson / WD

Tee Times: (link)

Masters Leaderboard: (link)

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CHAMPIONS’ DINNER MENU

Here’s what Rory McIlroy as in mind for Wednesday Night at Augusta National:

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The Masters ‘26 | Tournament Odds

Odds Courtesy | Betting Hero

Scottie Scheffler +500

Bryson DeChambeau +1000

Jon Rahm +1000

Rory McIlroy +1300

Xander Schauffele +1500

Matt Fitzpatrick +1800

Ludvig Åberg +1800

Cameron Young +2200

Tommy Fleetwood +2200

Hideki Matsuyama +2700

Justin Rose +2700

Robert MacIntyre +3000

Min Woo Lee +3300

Collin Morikawa +3500

Patrick Reed +4000

Brooks Koepka +4000

Chris Gotterup +4500

Russell Henley +4500

Si Woo Kim +4500

Jordan Spieth +4500

Viktor Hovland +5000

Shane Lowry +6000

Nicolai Højgaard +6000

Jake Knapp +6500

Justin Thomas +6500

Akshay Bhatia +6500

Maverick McNealy +6500

Adam Scott +7000

J.J. Spaun +7000

Patrick Cantlay +7000

Sepp Straka +8000

Tyrrell Hatton +8000

Jacob Bridgeman +8000

Jason Day +8000

Sungjae Im +10000

Sam Burns +10000

Harris English +10000

Corey Conners +10000

Cameron Smith +10000

Marco Penge +10000

Daniel Berger +12500

Kurt Kitayama +12500

Gary Woodland +12500

Rasmus Højgaard +15000

Ben Griffin +15000

Keegan Bradley +15000

Aaron Rai +15000

Alex Noren +15000

Ryan Gerard +15000

Sam Stevens +17500

Harry Hall +17500

Wyndham Clark +17500

Aldrich Potgieter +17500

Brian Harman +17500

Max Homa +17500

Ryan Fox +22500

Casey Jarvis +22500

Kristoffer Reitan +22500

Nick Taylor +25000

Dustin Johnson +25000

Nicolas Echavarria +25000

Carlos Ortiz +25000

Michael Kim +25000

Max Greyserman +35000

Sergio Garcia +35000

Haotong Li +35000

Matt McCarty +35000

Andrew Novak +35000

Tom McKibbin +35000

Sami Valimaki +50000

Michael Brennan +50000

Bubba Watson +50000

John Keefer +50000

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +50000

Charl Schwartzel +50000

Zach Johnson +50000

Davis Riley +75000

Angel Cabrera +100000

Mason Howell +100000

Fifa Laopakdee +100000

Ethan Fang +100000

Brian Campbell +100000

Vijay Singh +100000

Jose Maria Olazabal +100000

Brandon Holtz +100000

Naoyuki Kataoka +100000

Danny Willett +100000

Jackson Herrington +100000

Fred Couples +100000

Mateo Pulcini +100000

Mike Weir +100000

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By TERRY LYONS, Editor: Digital Sports Desk

HOUSTON – Forty-one year old Paul Waring (1st/-7), playing on a Major Medical Extension, posted a bogey-free, career-low 7-under (63) to take the lead in the 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open. Waring previously shot (65) twice on TOUR, most recently during the first round of the 2025 RBC Canadian Open.

His round included a career-best 161’ 10” of putts made with his previous best: 136’ 9” at the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open/R1. Waring leads the field in Strokes Gained: Putting (5.342) and T1 in Scrambling (4/4). He holds the lead/co-lead for the first time after any round on TOUR

Waring made his second start at Texas Children’s Houston Open (MC/2025; 76-72).

Gary Woodland (2nd/-6) equalled the best opening-round score of his career with a (64) – the seventh occasion for that score and most recently at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship).

Woodland is bidding to become the first player to finish runner-up and then win the same tournament the next season since Robert MacIntyre (2023, 2024 Genesis Scottish Open).

Sam Burns (T3/-5) posted a 5-under (65) in his fifth start at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. He had back-to-back T7 finishes at Memorial Park Golf Course in 2020 and 2021.

Defending champion Min Woo Lee (T31/-2) shot a 2-under (68) as he seeks to become the second player to successfully defend a Texas Children’s Houston Open title (Vijay Singh/2005/GC of Houston).

Three of the four past Texas Children’s Houston Open champions in the field sit T11 or better: Stephan Jaeger (T6/-4), Adam Scott (T11/-3), Tony Finau(T11/-3), with Min Woo Lee (T31/-2) further back after 18 holes.

Aaron Rai (neck injury) WD prior to the first round and was replaced by Taylor Moore (T11/-3)

Houston Open Leaderboard | After 18 Holes

1 Paul Waring 63 (-7)

2 Gary Woodland 64 (-6)

T3 Sam Burns 65 (-5)

T3 Michael Brennan 65 (-5)

T3 Tom Hoge 65 (-5)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

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By TERRY LYONS, Editor: Digital Sports Desk

HOUSTON – The Texas Children’s Houston Open is being played in the spring for the third consecutive season after a four-year stint in the Fall from 2019-2022. The tournament is being hosted at Memorial Park Golf Course for the sixth consecutive time after the course underwent a renovation in 2019 led by the Astros Golf Foundation to prepare it for PGA TOUR competition.

This week’s field includes 18 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, headlined by No. 10 Chris Gotterup. Thirty players in this week’s field are qualified for the Masters Tournament. The Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking through the Texas Children’s Houston Open will qualify for the Masters Tournament if not already exempt.

The winners of the next two PGA TOUR events will also qualify for the Masters, if not otherwise exempt. Next week is the Valero Texas Open.

Players in the field between Nos. 40-65 in the OWGR who have not qualified for the Masters: Jake Knapp (No. 42), Nicolai Højgaard (No. 47), Pierceson Coody (No. 51), Michael Thorbjornsen (No. 56), Rickie Fowler (No. 61) and Jordan Smith (No. 65).

Should he go on to qualify, Plano, Texas native Pierceson Coody, grandson of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody, would become the first grandson of a Masters champion to compete in the major tournament. After finishing the 2025 calendar year No. 96 in the world, Coody opened the 2026 season with four consecutive Top-20 finishes, highlighted by back-to-back Top-10s at the Farmers Insurance Open (T2) and WM Phoenix Open (T10).

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Tournament Fact Sheet

THIS WEEK on the PGA Tour: Texas Children’s Houston Open

COURSE: Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas

TOURNAMENT SITE: (link)

TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW: (link)

HOUSTON OPEN PAST RESULTS: (link)

ARCHITECT: John Bredemus

YARDS/PAR: 7,475 yards/Par 70

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $9,900,000/$1,782,000

DEFENDING Champion: Min Woo Lee

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500

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By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk

PALM HARBOR – Matt Fitzpatrick (1st/-11) birdied the 72nd hole to win by one stroke for his third PGA TOUR title in his 183rd start at 31 years, 6 months, 21 days. Before the final round, Fitz had never birdied the 18th hole at this event in 11 previous rounds.

He now has three PGA TOUR wins: The 2022 U.S. Open, 2023 RBC Heritage, 2026 Valspar Championship.

Fitzpatrick won 500 FedExCup points to move from No. 8 to No. 3 in the FedEx Cup standings.

He was the only player to shoot four rounds in the 60s this week and he carded only four bogeys for the week, the fewest of any player in the field. Included with that fact was another amazing feat: He was bogey-free for his last 36 holes to become the third winner of this event to record a bogey-free final round (2012 Luke Donald, 2013 Kevin Streelman).

Fitzpatrick finished runner-up at last week’s PLAYERS Championship, bogeying the final hole to lose to Cameron Young by one stroke. The last player to finish runner-up then win the following week was Davis Thompson (2024 Rocket Classic/T2, 2024 John Deere Classic/Won).

Fitzpatrick joined Luke Donald (2012) and Paul Casey (2018, 2019) as players from England to win the Valspar Championship, and Fitz was the 11th international player to win this event.

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Valspar Championship | Final Leaderboard

1 Matt Fitzpatrick 68 69 68 68 273 (-11)

2 David Lipsky 69 65 70 70 274 (-10)

3 Jordan Smith 69 68 72 66 275 (-9)

T4 Three players 276 (-8)

Final Leaderboard: (link)

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By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk

PONTE VEDRA BEACH – Older vs. Younger – the “age old” dilemma. A man who is 90 years old thinks hard and says, “Ah, would that I were only 80 years old,” according to French author Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757) who wrote it down in French, of course.

Taking it a step further, a man 60 years old, wishes he were 20 or 30 years younger, especially reliving life with all he’s learned to appreciate during that time. Whatever it is to dream of – maybe 10 years younger, 20 years, 25 years?

Personally, I wish I were Cameron Young. Or, at the least, I wish I had Young’s golf game on Sunday. Young closed like a freight train, as they say in the horse racing world, chasing down a very good (68) Matt Fitzpatrick to take The PLAYERS Championship by one stroke.

Cameron Young (1st/-13), 28-year-old, earned his second win on TOUR in his 104th start (2025 Wyndham Championship);. It was his second win in his last 11 starts after going winless in his first 93 starts on TOUR, notching seven runner-up finishes during that span.

Young earned his third consecutive Top-10 finish of the 2026 season (T7/The Genesis Invitational, T3/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard), his second streak of three consecutive Top-10s on TOUR (T3/2022 RBC Heritage, T2/2022 TruistChampionship, T3/2022 PGA Championship).

Young earned 750 FedExCup points and moves from No. 12 to No. 2 in the FedEx Cup standings, his highest rank after any week in his TOUR career. His four-stroke comeback matched the fifth-largest final-round comeback in PLAYERS Championship history and matched the largest comeback of the 2026 season on TOUR (4/Chris Gotterup/2026 WM Phoenix Open).

In four previous appearances at THE PLAYERS Championship, he finished MC (2022), T51 (2023), T54 (2024) and T61 (2025).

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The PLAYERS | Final Leaderboard

1 Cameron Young 68 67 72 68 275 (-13)

2 Matt Fitzpatrick 70 69 69 68 276 (-12)

3 Xander Schauffele 69 65 74 69 277 (-11)

4 Robert MacIntyre 72 72 65 69 278 (-10)

Tournament Final Leaderboard: (link

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CUT: The PLAYERS 36-hole cut advanced 73 professionals at 2-over (146) from a field of 123 professionals.

By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk

PONTE VEDRA BEACH – Ludvig Åberg (1st/-12) Friday round of (63) marked the second-lowest 18-hole score in PLAYERS history, with the lowest being a (62) by Justin Thomas/2025/R2, Tom Hoge/2023/R3).

Åberg holds his sixth career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and is 1-for-5 converting to victory (2023 RSM Classic). The last player to hold the

36- hole lead/co-lead at THE PLAYERS and go on to win was Rory McIlroy in 2019.

Åberg is now the third player to post 29 on the front nine at TPC Sawgrass, joining Dustin Johnson/2022/R4, Martin Kaymer/2014/R1), and Åberg joined Derek Fathauer (2015/R1) as the only two players to post 5-under on Nos. 1-4 at TPC Sawgrass.

Xander Schauffele (2nd/-10) shot (65) and it matches his low 18-hole score in 24 career rounds at THE PLAYERS Championship (R1, R3/2024). He carded eight birdies in a round to mark the most in his career at TPC Sawgrass (previous: 7; R1, R3/2024).

Two-time PLAYERS Champion (2023, 2024) and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T51/+1) extended his longest active cuts made streak on TOUR to 70.

The PLAYERS | Leaderboard After 36 Holes

1 Ludvig Åberg 69 63 132 (-12)

2 Xander Schauffele 69 65 134 (-10)

3 Cameron Young 68 67 135 (-9)

T4 Corey Conners 69 67 136 (-8)

T4 Justin Thomas 68 68 136 (-8)

Tournament Leaderboard: (link

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – Maverick McNealy, Lee Hodges, Sahith Theegala and Sepp Straka formed a tie for the lead in Thursday’s weather-hit opening round of The Players Championship when play was suspended in fading light.

Surprise package Austin Smotherman, one of four players yet to complete the opening round, has a chance to seize the outright lead when play resumes on Friday as he faces a 15-foot birdie putt on his final hole — the par-5 ninth.

Smotherman was at 5 under after mixing four birdies with a lone bogey on his back nine, but he regretted playing a chip shot from 40 yards out before deciding to mark his ball on the green and return the following morning to complete his round.

“It was just getting so dark,” said Smotherman, a three-time winner on the Korn Ferry Tour who was a runner-up at last month’s Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. “Greens are getting — I mean, the rain softened them enough to where spike marks, footprints, all that stuff’s kind of adding up.

“So a 15-, 16-footer, whatever I have. I mean, it’s not worth it right now (and he will) get fresh greens in the morning, which is the benefit of that. Do I wish I hit the chip in the morning as well? Went back and forth. The fact I was even questioning it, I probably should have maybe backed off.”

McNealy, Hodges, Theegala and Straka fired matching 5-under-par 67s on a day of mixed weather conditions at TPC Sawgrass, where the course was relatively firm in the morning before being softened by early afternoon thunderstorms.

Former world No. 1 amateur McNealy, who teed off in the morning wave, reeled off five birdies in his first 12 holes on his way to an early one-shot lead. He was then caught late in the day by fellow American Hodges, who birdied two of his last three holes, and Austrian Straka, who eagled the par-5 16th with a chip-in from 50 feet.

“It was a very straightforward chip,” said Straka, who has won four times on the PGA Tour with his most recent victory coming at last year’s Truist Championship. “It was just off the green, upslope in the first cut. It was about as easy as they come, and I was able to take advantage of it.”

American Theegala made it a four-way tie at the top after covering his back nine in 3 under, highlighted by a hole-out eagle at the par-4 12th where he hit a stunning 99-yard approach from the right fairway, his ball bouncing sharply to the left off the fringe before disappearing into the cup.

“I hit it a little skinny and just came out a little right,” said Theegala, whose only PGA Tour victory came at the 2023 Fortinet Championship. “Got a nice bounce … it was probably going to spin left off that slope, was probably going to go like 20, 25 feet down that slope, just straight left of the hole. So for it to crash into the pin and go in is pretty cool. It’s a nice bonus.”

World No. 6 Russell Henley and fellow American Justin Thomas, who won this event in 2021 and is making his second PGA Tour start of the year after undergoing back surgery in November, were among a group of four players who opened with 68s on a tightly bunched leaderboard.

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, bidding for a rare third victory at The Players Championship, produced a mixed bag as he opened with an even-par 72. He birdied his final hole, the par-5 ninth, following consecutive bogeys.

“I did some good things, changing weather out there, but overall I felt like I gave away some shots,” said Scheffler, who clinched his 20th career victory on the PGA Tour at The American Express in January. “Hoping to clean it up a little bit the next few days.

“It can get very challenging when you get some high winds like we had this morning. It can get even more challenging when you’re playing from the rough, which I felt like I was doing a bit too much of today … I struck it better on the back nine. Just made a few mental errors and just need to be a little bit sharper the next few days.”

World No. 2 and defending champion Rory McIlroy, looking to shrug off a back injury that led to his withdrawal from last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, experienced a frustrating day as he battled to a 74. Often wayward off the tee, he mixed three bogeys with a lone birdie to finish seven strokes off the pace.

“I would say the most discomfort was like when the ball was below my feet or with chipping,” McIlroy replied when asked if his back had posed any problems. “Just like getting down a little bit to it. Honestly, overall it was fine. Got a little bit tired at the end of the day, but yeah, it was actually all pretty good.”

The elite Players Championship field is one of the strongest in the game with the top 10 golfers in the world rankings — and 47 of the top 50 — assembled at TPC Sawgrass for the tournament’s 52nd edition.

However, World No. 4 Collin Morikawa withdrew from the tournament due to a back injury after playing just one hole on Thursday. After teeing off on the 10th hole and making a par, he experienced some discomfort while taking a practice swing on the 11th tee box.

– Field Level Media

Note: Ryan Fox (illness) withdrew prior to the start of the first round and was replaced by David Ford (T82/+3)

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By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk

PONTE VEDRA BEACH – This year marks the 52nd playing of THE PLAYERS Championship, dating back to 1974. It’s the 44th at TPC Sawgrass with the first year of 1982. THE PLAYERS Championship is the first of five events this season that offer 750 FedExCup points to the winner.

THE PLAYERS is the third event in the Florida Swing, which began with the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (won by Nico Echavarria) and continued with the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in Orlando (won by Akshay Bhatia). The TOUR will make its way to Palm Harbor for the Valspar Championship next week, where Viktor Hovland will defend his 2025 title.

Akshay Bhatia won the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard for his third career PGA TOUR title and first since the 2024 Valero Texas Open. He’ll make his third PLAYERS appearance, finishing T3 in 2025.

Second-year TOUR member and University of Florida product Ricky Castillo won the Puerto Rico Open for his first career PGA TOUR title; was previously qualified for THE PLAYERS by virtue of his position in the FedExCup through the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. Castillo missed the cut in his PLAYERS debut in 2025.

The 2026 PLAYERS field features:

• 46 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, including all of the Top 10
• Seven past champions (nine wins): Rory McIlroy (2019, 2025), Scottie Scheffler (2023, 2024), Justin Thomas (2021), Si Woo Kim (2017), Jason Day (2016), Rickie Fowler (2015), Adam Scott (2004)
• Eight past FedEx Cup Champions (10 wins): Tommy Fleetwood (2025), Scottie Scheffler (2024), Viktor Hovland (2023), Rory McIlroy (2016/2019/2022), Patrick Cantlay (2021), Justin Rose (2018), Justin Thomas (2017), Jordan Spieth (2015)
• As part of his return to the PGA TOUR via the returning member program, Brooks Koepka was added to the field (121) so not to take a spot from a current Tour member. To round out threesomes, the field was expanded to 123 players as of Monday at Noon EDT, with the first two alternates at that time – Patton Kizzire and Seamus Power – being added to the field.
• 14 players in the field are making their tournament debut, highlighted by three PGA TOUR winners: Zach Bauchou, Michael Brennan, Pierceson Coody, Zecheng Dou, A.J. Ewart, Steven Fisk, Takumi Kanaya, Johnny Keefer, William Mouw, Marco Penge, Kristoffer Reitan, Jordan Smith, Michael Thorbjornsen, Sudarshan Yellamaraju (winners in BOLD).
• Of the 14 players in the field making their tournament debut, seven are PGA TOUR rookies: Zach Bauchou, A.J. Ewart, Johnny Keefer, Marco Penge, Kristoffer Reitan, Jordan Smith, Sudarshan Yellamaraju.

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The PLAYERS | Tournament Facts

 

COURSE: TPC Sawgrass – The PLAYERS Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

YARDS/PAR: 7,352 yards/Par 72

ARCHITECTS: Pete Dye

OVERVIEW: (link)

PRIZE Money – Purse: $25,000,000 with Winner: $4,500,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Rory McIlroy

PAST RESULTS: (link)

2025 Results: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 750

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @THEPLAYERSChamp

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