7:51 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship almost never discriminates. It doesn’t matter if you are young or old, hit it long or short, make everything on the greens or struggle with putting. Anybody can contend. TPC Sawgrass has long had this reputation. It simply favors no one. And it is
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One of the sneaky best parts of a big-time tournament is Friday evening. Save for the rare Tiger-at-Pebble-in-2000 boat race, it feels like two dozen things are possible over the next two days, and most of those things are scintillating. So while play, at times, seemed sleepy at TPC Sawgrass through two rounds, we are
After an eventful Day 1 at the 2021 Players—so eventful, in fact, not everyone finished their first round—play has resumed on Friday morning at TPC Sawgrass. And that’s a pretty big deal considering how abruptly last year’s tournament ended. Will we see more rules imbroglios like the two Viktor Hovland found himself involved with on
7:51 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Sergio Garcia rushed to the first tee and raced to the finish line Thursday in the Players Championship. Most importantly, he avoided the kind of wreck that allowed TPC Sawgrass to live up to its reputation as the course where anything can happen to anyone
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Lesson learned. Next time Bryson wants to play a hole outside the parameters of, well, the hole—he’ll keep his mouth shut. “I probably shouldn’t have said anything,” DeChambeau said of his idea to play left of the lake that guards the 18th hole at TPC Sawgrass. “Knowing that now, I won’t
5:08 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — His opening tee shot suggested it was not going to be a fun day for Rory McIlroy. Set up to cut his drive into the 10th fairway — his first hole of the Players Championship — McIlroy hit what pros call a “double-cross” and instead hooked his
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Someone needs to take away the Players Championship’s keys, because it’s already drunk. The first warning sign came bright and early, when Rory McIlroy made double bogey on his first hole, the par-4 10th. The opening round of his title defense only got wobblier from there, the biggest lowlight coming at
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Viktor Hovland is an aggressively upbeat human, to the point where it’s frustrating for those of us who are irked by the slightest inconveniences. But for Hovland, there’s no bad break he won’t laugh off, no bogey he can’t bounce back from. It’s a trait that takes some pros years to
4:35 PM ET Brooks Koepka‘s status for the Masters is in doubt as he will undergo medical evaluations on his right knee to determine how to proceed. Koepka’s agent, Blake Smith, confirmed a Golfweek.com report in which Koepka said he sprained his right knee last week. The four-time major champion on Sunday withdrew from this
Despite a disappointing 75 on Sunday, Jordan Spieth still managed a top-five finish for the third time in four starts. And even without a trophy in that span, gamblers have certainly taken notice of the three-time major champ’s improved play. Ahead of the 2021 Players Championship, Spieth has emerged as the most heavily bet golfer
8:00 AM ET After bombing his way to victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bryson DeChambeau and the rest of the PGA Tour’s best head to TPC Sawgrass for The Players Championship. Rory McIlroy, who faded over the weekend but still finished tied for 10th last week, is the defending champion. Which players are the
This week’s Players Championship represents a golf nirvana of sorts for fans of the sport. With the PGA Tour taking a second swing at its “Every Shot Live” technology after only getting to roll it out for 18 holes a year ago at TPC Sawgrass, the opportunity for viewers to watch their favorite players compete
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — It’s Wednesday morning at the Players Championship, annually a morning reserved for the event’s first-timers. There are 17 of them in 2021, and they’re all made available to the media in 30-minute increments. Not surprisingly, Will Zalatoris, the PGA Tour’s clear rising star, received the bulk of the attention. The star
7:29 AM ET A year ago, the Players got one round in before the world stopped. But now, the best field in golf is back at TPC Sawgrass, with players searching for both a prestigious win and a huge paycheck of $2.75 million. Here’s who our experts think takes home the trophy and the cash:
We are damn lucky to be golf fans. If you’re reading this, you already know. It seems like 2021 has given us so many intriguing storylines, and we haven’t even had a major yet. In a jam-packed year of golf, this is the biggest event to date, and we should be in store for another
3:57 PM ET Former Masters champion Danny Willett had to withdraw from the Players Championship on Tuesday due to a positive COVID-19 test taken as part of the PGA Tour weekly protocols. Willett, who tied for 31st last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, is the first player since Padraig Harrington at the AT&T Pebble
The reigning major winners in men’s golf—Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Collin Morikawa and Shane Lowry—are fine lads. However it’s hard to envision these fellas in the role that one of their female counterparts is taking on this week. That would be Sophia Popov, whose out-of-nowhere win at the AIG Women’s British Open last year put
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — In December, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said he was pleased with developments on the COVID-19 vaccination front but notably said he would not require players to receive a vaccine to play tour events. Speaking on Tuesday ahead of the Players Championship, Monahan expressed hope that everyone in the PGA