2024 Players Championship Explained

2024 Players Championship
Dates:March 14–17, 2024
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass
(Stadium Course)
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Field:144 players, 73 after cut
Cut:143 (–1)
Champion: Scottie Scheffler
Score:268 (–20)
Previous:2023
Next:2025
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W

The 2024 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from March 14–17. Officially, it was the 50th edition of The Players Championship tournament.[1]

Venue

See main article: article and TPC at Sawgrass.

Field

The field consists of 144 players meeting various criteria; they include tournament winners on the PGA Tour since the previous Players Championship, recent winners of major championships, The Players and World Golf Championships, and leading players in the FedEx Cup standings from the current and preceding seasons.

Eligibility criteria

This list details the eligibility criteria for the 2024 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were eligible is indicated in parentheses.[2] [3] [4]

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since the 2023 Players Championship

2. Top 125 from the previous season's FedEx Cup Fall Playoffs and Eligibility Points List

3. Top 125 (medical)

4. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2019–2023)

5. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2018–2023)

6. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2018–2023)

7. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2018–2023)

8. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2018–2023)

9. Recent winners of the FedEx Cup (2019–2023)

10. Recent winners of the WGC Match Play (2021–2023)

11. Recent winners of the WGC Invitational (2021)

12. Recent winners of the Genesis Invitational (2022–2024)

13. Recent winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (2022–2024)

14. Recent winners of the Memorial Tournament (2021–2023)

15. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following the Cognizant Classic

16. Top 10 in the current season's FedEx Cup points standings after the Cognizant Classic

17. Kaulig Companies Championship champion from previous year

18. Leading player to earn a PGA Tour card from the previous year's Race to Dubai ranking

19. Leading points winner from the Korn Ferry Tour during the previous year

20. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings after the Cognizant Classic (rank in parentheses)

Ineligible players

The following players met criteria but, having joined LIV Golf, were suspended by the PGA Tour and ineligible to compete:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 14, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024

The overnight lead was shared by Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Wyndham Clark, who recorded scores of 65 (7 under par). McIlroy's 10 birdies tied the tournament record for most birdies in a single round.[6] Nick Taylor and Matt Fitzpatrick both shot their career best rounds at the Stadium Course with 6-under 66s. Defending champion and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler began with a 5-under round of 67, as did debutant Ludvig Åberg.

Ryan Fox became the first player since records began to make back-to-back eagles at The Players Championship; doing so by scoring a three at the par-5 16th and a hole-in-one at the par-3 17th hole.[7] [8]

Play was suspended due to darkness at 7:32 p.m. EDT with 9 players yet to finish their round.[9] Round 1 was completed on Friday morning.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 65 −7
Rory McIlroy
Xander Schauffele
T4 66 −6
Nick Taylor
T6 67 −5
Jason Day
Tyler Duncan
Tom Hoge
Maverick McNealy
Scottie Scheffler

Second round

Friday, March 15, 2024
Saturday, March 16, 2024

Wyndham Clark shot a second consecutive 65 (–7) to reach 14-under for the tournament and open a four-shot lead after 36 holes. Clark, who began the round on the 10th hole, made four straight birdies on holes 1-4 and played his back-nine in six-under.[10]

Xander Schauffele began the round tied for the lead but made a double-bogey on the par-5 11th hole after hitting his second shot in the water. He came back with an eagle on the par-5 16th and shot three-under 67 to join Nick Taylor in a tie for second place at 10-under.

Defending champion Scottie Scheffler chipped in for birdie on the par-3 third hole (his 12th of the round) and shot 69 (–3) to finish at 8-under and in a tie for sixth place. First round co-leader and 2019 champion Rory McIlroy drove into the water on the 14th hole and made double-bogey, part of a one-over round of 73 to fall to 15th place.[11]

The cut came at 143 (–1), after two players who didn't finish their round on Friday finished on Saturday. Notables to miss the cut included 2021 champion Justin Thomas and three-time major champion Jordan Spieth.[12]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65-65=130 −14
T2 65-69=134 −10
66-68=134
T4 66-69=135 −9
67-68=135
T6 68-68=136 −8
67-69=136
67-69=136
68-68=136
T10 72-65=137 −7
69-68=137
69-68=137
70-67=137

Third round

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Xander Schauffele made seven birdies in a bogey-free round of 65 to take the 54-hole lead by one shot over Wyndham Clark. Schauffele began the round four shots behind Clark but tied for the lead with a birdie on the 12th. He then made a 58-foot birdie putt on the par-4 14th hole to reach 17-under and in sole possession of the lead going to the final round.

Clark also reached 17-under with a birdie on the par-5 16th hole, but his tee shot on the par-3 17th found the water hazard. He made bogey to fall one behind Schauffele and finished with a two-under round of 70.

Brian Harman made five birdies on the back-nine to shoot the lowest round of the day with a 64 (–8) and climb up to third place at 15-under, two behind Schauffele; with second and third rounds of 65 and 64, respectively, Harman recorded the lowest two-consecutive-round total in Players history, with a 129. Maverick McNealy chipped in for birdie on the 14th to get within three of the lead, but he hit his second shot on the 16th into the water and made bogey. He finished at 13-under and in a tie for fourth place with Matt Fitzpatrick. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler was one-under on his round before finishing with three straight birdies to shoot 68 (–4) and move into sixth place.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65-69-65=199 −17
2 65-65-70=200 −16
3 72-65-64=201 −15
T4 66-69-68=203 −13
67-68-68=203
T6 67-69-68=204 −12
70-67-67=204
8 68-70-67=205 −11
T9 69-69-68=206 −10
68-70-68=206
69-68-69=206

Final round

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Defending champion Scottie Scheffler shot a bogey free 64 (−8) to overcome a five shot deficit and become the first player in the history of The Players Championship to win back-to-back tournaments.

Wyndham Clark, Xander Schauffele and Brian Harman all had birdie putts on the 18th hole to force a playoff, but all missed.[13]

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Scottie Scheffler (c) 67-69-68-64=268 −20 4,500,000
T2 65-65-70-69=269 −19 1,891,667
72-65-64-68=269
65-69-65-70=269
5 66-69-68-69=272 −16 1,025,000
T6 Kim Si-woo (c) 70-71-68-64=273 −15 875,000
69-69-68-67=273
8 67-73-67-67=274 −14 781,250
T9 67-68-68-72=275 −13 706,250
70-67-67-71=275

Scorecard

Final round

Hole1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Scheffler –12 –12 –12 –14 –15 –15 –15 –16 –17 –17 –18 –19 –19 –19 –19 –20 –20 –20
Clark –16 –17 –17 –17 –17 –17 –17 –17 –18 –17 –18 –18 –18 –17 –17 –18 –19 –19
Harman –15 –15 –15 –15 –15 –14 –15 –16 –17 –17 –18 –18 –18 –18 –19 –19 –19 –19
Schauffele –17 –18 –18 –17 –17 –17 –18 –18 –19 –19 –19 –20 –20 –19 –18 –19 –19 –19
Fitzpatrick –14 –15 –15 –14 –14 –13 –13 –13 –12 –12 –12 –13 –12 –12 –13 –14 –15 –16
Kim –7 –8 –8 –8 –8 –9 –10 –9 –10 –10 –11 –11 –11 –12 –13 –15 –15 –15
Matsuyama –10 –11 –12 –12 –12 –12 –12 –13 –13 –13 –14 –14 –14 –15 –15 –15 –15 –15
Åberg –9 –10 –11 –11 –11 –11 –11 –11 –11 –11 –13 –14 –14 –14 –14 –14 –14 –14
McNealy –13 –13 –13 –13 –13 –13 –13 –13 –13 –13 –13 –14 –14 –14 –13 –13 –13 –13
Theegala –13 –13 –13 –13 –13 –14 –14 –14 –13 –13 –13 –14 –14 –13 –13 –13 –13 –13
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogey

[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Full field for the 50th edition of The Players Championship . NBC Sports . 2024-03-12 . 2024Field.
  2. Web site: 2024 PGA Tour Player Handbook and Tournament Regulations . 28–29 . PGA Tour . March 15, 2024.
  3. Web site: Inside the Field: The Players Championship . PGA Tour . March 8, 2024 . March 15, 2024.
  4. Web site: The Players Championship announces field for 2024 . The Players Championship . 8 March 2024 . 15 March 2024.
  5. News: Tiger Woods to skip the Players Championship as the Masters nears . Associated Press News . Doug . Ferguson . 8 March 2024 . 15 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Martin . Sean . Rory McIlroy ties The Players record with 10 birdies in opening 65 . 14 March 2024 . 2024-03-14 . PGA Tour.
  7. Web site: Ryan Fox makes Players history with eagle, ace run at TPC Sawgrass' 16th, 17th . 14 March 2024 . 2024-03-14 . PGA Tour.
  8. Piastowski . Nick . 2024-03-14 . Pro makes Players hole in one. But it was different from every other one . 2024-03-14 . Golf Magazine.
  9. News: Abe . Allan . 2024-03-14 . The Players Championship: Round 1 Delayed as Darkness Suspends Play at TPC Sawgrass . 2024-03-14 . EssentiallySports.
  10. News: Schlabach . Mark . Wyndham Clark storms to lead at Players Championship. ESPN . March 15, 2024 . March 15, 2024.
  11. News: Hoggard . Rex . Scottie Scheffler fights through neck injury to stay in contention at The Players . Golf Channel . March 15, 2024 . March 15, 2024.
  12. Berhow . Josh . Players Championship cut: These stars missed the weekend at TPC Sawgrass . Golf Magazine . March 15, 2024 . March 15, 2024.
  13. News: Scottie Scheffler becomes first to ever defend Players Championship after Wyndham Clark's crucial putt lips out . CNN . Jack . Bantock . 17 March 2024 . 17 March 2024.
  14. Web site: The Players Championship 2024 Leaderboard . 2024-03-17 . ESPN.

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