This article is about the golf tournament. For the snooker tournament, see 2024 Players Championship (snooker). For the curling tournament, see 2024 Players' Championship. For the darts series, see 2024 PDC Players Championship series.
2024 Players Championship
DatesMarch 14–17, 2024
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
CourseTPC Sawgrass
(Stadium Course)
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Field144 players, 73 after cut
Cut143 (–1)
Purse25,000,000
Winners share4,500,000
ChampionScottie Scheffler
Score268 (–20)
Previous2023
Next2025
Coordinates30.198°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

Main article: 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][a]

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
T1Wyndham Clark65−7
Rory McIlroy
Xander Schauffele
T4Matt Fitzpatrick66−6
Nick Taylor
T6Ludvig Åberg67−5
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
1Wyndham Clark65-65=130−14
T2Xander Schauffele65-69=134−10
Nick Taylor66-68=134
T4Matt Fitzpatrick66-69=135−9
Maverick McNealy67-68=135
T6Corey Conners68-68=136−8
Tom Hoge67-69=136
Scottie Scheffler67-69=136
Matti Schmid68-68=136
T10Brian Harman72-65=137−7
Pan Cheng-tsung69-68=137
J. T. Poston69-68=137
Sahith Theegala70-67=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
1Xander Schauffele65-69-65=199−17
2Wyndham Clark65-65-70=200−16
3Brian Harman72-65-64=201−15
T4Matt Fitzpatrick66-69-68=203−13
Maverick McNealy67-68-68=203
T6Scottie Scheffler67-69-68=204−12
Sahith Theegala70-67-67=204
8Nate Lashley68-70-67=205−11
T9Hideki Matsuyama69-69-68=206−10
Taylor Montgomery68-70-68=206
J. T. Poston69-68-69=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 ($)
1Scottie Scheffler (c)67-69-68-64=268−204,500,000
T2Wyndham Clark65-65-70-69=269−191,891,667
Brian Harman72-65-64-68=269
Xander Schauffele65-69-65-70=269
5Matt Fitzpatrick66-69-68-69=272−161,025,000
T6Kim Si-woo (c)70-71-68-64=273−15875,000
Hideki Matsuyama69-69-68-67=273
8Ludvig Åberg67-73-67-67=274−14781,250
T9Maverick McNealy67-68-68-72=275−13706,250
Sahith Theegala70-67-67-71=275
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T11Joel Dahmen74-67-67-68=276−12606,250
Taylor Montgomery68-70-68-70=276
T13Christiaan Bezuidenhout69-70-68-70=277−11489,583
Corey Conners68-68-73-68=277
Nate Lashley68-70-67-72=277
T16Doug Ghim71-70-66-71=278−10406,250
Sam Ryder70-69-70-69=278
Sepp Straka68-70-70-70=278
T19Harris English69-69-75-66=279−9285,536
Kurt Kitayama70-71-71-67=279
Shane Lowry71-70-72-66=279
Rory McIlroy (c)65-73-69-72=279
Alex Norén71-70-70-68=279
Adam Schenk71-71-66-71=279
Dylan Wu69-74-69-67=279
T26Mackenzie Hughes70-73-69-68=280−8186,250
Chris Kirk68-70-73-69=280
Matthew NeSmith73-67-68-72=280
Matti Schmid68-68-72-72=280
Nick Taylor66-68-76-70=280
T31Mark Hubbard68-73-72-68=281−7152,813
Im Sung-jae70-72-69-70=281
Ben Martin72-71-71-67=281
Taylor Moore72-68-70-71=281
T35Jason Day (c)67-71-72-72=282−6119,286
Tommy Fleetwood70-72-69-71=282
Brice Garnett71-72-67-72=282
Lee Hodges69-70-72-71=282
Denny McCarthy71-71-71-69=282
Aaron Rai71-72-68-71=282
Jimmy Stanger69-73-71-69=282
T42David Lipsky73-70-69-71=283−593,750
Grayson Murray73-69-77-64=283
Pan Cheng-tsung69-68-70-76=283
T45Sam Burns73-70-65-76=284−470,063
Austin Eckroat71-69-68-76=284
Tony Finau69-72-69-74=284
Jake Knapp71-72-68-73=284
Ryan Moore70-69-73-72=284
Collin Morikawa71-69-70-74=284
J. T. Poston69-68-69-78=284
Adam Scott70-72-71-71=284
53Andrew Putnam69-74-72-70=285−360,250
T54Zac Blair73-70-70-73=286−257,500
Emiliano Grillo69-71-69-77=286
Tom Hoge67-69-75-75=286
Martin Laird70-73-70-73=286
Min Woo Lee73-70-73-70=286
Francesco Molinari72-69-73-72=286
Sami Välimäki71-72-69-74=286
Cameron Young70-69-73-74=286
T62Thomas Detry71-72-74-70=287−155,000
Viktor Hovland73-69-71-74=287
T64Tyler Duncan67-75-72-74=288E53,500
Max Homa68-75-74-71=288
Séamus Power72-69-78-69=288
J. J. Spaun72-71-70-75=288
T68Patrick Cantlay72-70-73-75=290+251,500
Rickie Fowler (c)74-69-76-71=290
Chan Kim70-71-70-79=290
Peter Malnati70-73-66-81=290
72Gary Woodland70-73-74-74=291+350,250
73Keith Mitchell69-71-76-76=292+449,750
CUTAkshay Bhatia72-72=144E
Lucas Glover75-69=144
Ben Griffin73-71=144
Ryo Hisatsune70-74=144
Stephan Jäger72-72=144
Luke List69-75=144
Webb Simpson (c)73-71=144
David Skinns71-73=144
Tyson Alexander71-74=145+1
Hayden Buckley71-74=145
Ryan Fox69-76=145
Billy Horschel71-74=145
Beau Hossler71-74=145
Kim Seong-hyeon74-71=145
Patrick Rodgers72-73=145
Erik van Rooyen71-74=145
Justin Suh76-69=145
Justin Thomas (c)71-74=145
Brandon Wu75-70=145
Eric Cole72-74=146+2
Nico Echavarría73-73=146
Chesson Hadley75-71=146
Russell Henley73-73=146
Matt Kuchar (c)74-72=146
Justin Lower71-75=146
Troy Merritt73-73=146
Greyson Sigg75-71=146
Ben Silverman72-74=146
Jordan Spieth74-72=146
Steve Stricker72-74=146
Davis Thompson75-71=146
Carson Young71-75=146
Nick Dunlap77-70=147+3
Matthieu Pavon70-77=147
Chez Reavie74-73=147
Justin Rose70-77=147
Alex Smalley70-77=147
Adam Svensson74-73=147
Matt Wallace73-74=147
Kevin Yu74-73=147
Joseph Bramlett77-71=148+4
Adam Hadwin75-73=148
Michael Kim68-80=148
Andrew Novak74-74=148
Davis Riley74-74=148
Will Zalatoris73-75=148
An Byeong-hun69-80=149+5
Charley Hoffman75-74=149
Nicolai Højgaard73-76=149
Chad Ramey73-76=149
Sam Stevens73-76=149
Aaron Baddeley74-76=150+6
Keegan Bradley72-78=150
Robert MacIntyre74-76=150
Vincent Norrman77-73=150
Taylor Pendrith75-75=150
Scott Stallings74-76=150
Ben Taylor73-77=150
Brendon Todd74-76=150
Yuan Yechun74-76=150
Harry Hall77-74=151+7
Nick Hardy74-77=151
Lee Kyoung-hoon75-76=151
Robby Shelton80-72=152+8
Kevin Streelman77-75=152
Ben Kohles80-73=153+9
Callum Tarren75-78=153
Camilo Villegas73-82=155+11
Cameron Davis79-82=161+17
WDGarrick Higgo[b]73-18=91+3
Tom Kim[c]–

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
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

{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%;

|- | style="background:Red; width:10px;"| |Eagle | style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| |Birdie | style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| |Bogey |}

Source:[14]

Notes

  1. ^ The player handbook and the "Inside the Field" page list the categories in different orders, but the players eligible are the same.
  2. ^ Higgo withdrew on Friday morning due to a wrist injury; he had completed 4 holes of his second round.[15]
  3. ^ Kim withdrew on Thursday morning due to illness; he had completed 8 holes of his first round.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Full field for the 50th edition of The Players Championship". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  2. ^ "2024 PGA Tour Player Handbook and Tournament Regulations". PGA Tour. pp. 28–29. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Inside the Field: The Players Championship". PGA Tour. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "The Players Championship announces field for 2024". The Players Championship. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  5. ^ Ferguson, Doug (8 March 2024). "Tiger Woods to skip the Players Championship as the Masters nears". Associated Press News. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  6. ^ Martin, Sean (14 March 2024). "Rory McIlroy ties The Players record with 10 birdies in opening 65". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  7. ^ "Ryan Fox makes Players history with eagle, ace run at TPC Sawgrass' 16th, 17th". PGA Tour. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  8. ^ Piastowski, Nick (2024-03-14). "Pro makes Players hole in one. But it was different from every other one". Golf Magazine. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  9. ^ Abe, Allan (2024-03-14). "The Players Championship: Round 1 Delayed as Darkness Suspends Play at TPC Sawgrass". EssentiallySports. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  10. ^ Schlabach, Mark (March 15, 2024). "Wyndham Clark storms to lead at Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  11. ^ Hoggard, Rex (March 15, 2024). "Scottie Scheffler fights through neck injury to stay in contention at The Players". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  12. ^ Berhow, Josh (March 15, 2024). "Players Championship cut: These stars missed the weekend at TPC Sawgrass". Golf Magazine. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  13. ^ Bantock, Jack (17 March 2024). "Scottie Scheffler becomes first to ever defend Players Championship after Wyndham Clark's crucial putt lips out". CNN. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  14. ^ "The Players Championship 2024 Leaderboard". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  15. ^ "Garrick Higgo withdraws from The Players Championship due to wrist injury". PGA Tour. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  16. ^ "Tom Kim withdraws from The Players due to illness". PGA Tour. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-17.