Golf tournament 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. Golf tournament
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Dates | March 14–17, 2024 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394 |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course) |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Field | 144 players, 73 after cut |
Cut | 143 (–1) |
Prize fund | US$25,000,000 |
Winner's share | US$4,500,000 |
Champion | |
Scottie Scheffler | |
268 (–20) | |
Location map | |
TPC SawgrassLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesTPC SawgrassLocation in FloridaShow map of Florida | |
← 20232025 → |
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.
Venue
Main article: TPC at SawgrassField
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.
1. Winners of PGA Tour events since the 2023 Players Championship
- Ludvig Åberg (2,15)
- Akshay Bhatia (2)
- Keegan Bradley (2,15)
- Sam Burns (2,10,15)
- Wyndham Clark (2,7,15,16)
- Corey Conners (2)
- Jason Day (2,15,16)
- Nick Dunlap
- Austin Eckroat (2,15)
- Tony Finau (2,15)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (2,7,15)
- Rickie Fowler (2,15)
- Brice Garnett
- Lucas Glover (2,15)
- Emiliano Grillo (2,15)
- Nick Hardy (2)
- Brian Harman (2,6,15)
- Lee Hodges (2)
- Viktor Hovland (2,9,14,15)
- Tom Kim (2,15)
- Chris Kirk (2,15,16)
- Jake Knapp (15,16)
- Luke List (2)
- Hideki Matsuyama (2,4,12,15,16)
- Rory McIlroy (2,5,9,15)
- Taylor Moore (2)
- Collin Morikawa (2,6,8,15)
- Grayson Murray
- Vincent Norrman (2)
- Matthieu Pavon (15,16)
- Davis Riley (2)
- Scottie Scheffler (2,4,5,10,13,15,16)
- Sepp Straka (2,15)
- Nick Taylor (2,15)
- Sahith Theegala (2,15)
- Erik van Rooyen (2)
- Camilo Villegas (2)
- Matt Wallace (2)
2. Top 125 from the previous season's FedEx Cup Fall Playoffs and Eligibility Points List
- Tyson Alexander
- An Byeong-hun (15,16)
- Aaron Baddeley
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Zac Blair
- Joseph Bramlett
- Hayden Buckley
- Patrick Cantlay (9,14,15)
- Eric Cole (15)
- Joel Dahmen
- Cameron Davis
- Thomas Detry
- Tyler Duncan
- Nico Echavarría
- Harris English (15)
- Tommy Fleetwood (15)
- Doug Ghim
- Ben Griffin
- Chesson Hadley
- Adam Hadwin (15)
- Harry Hall
- Russell Henley (15)
- Garrick Higgo
- Tom Hoge
- Max Homa (15)
- Billy Horschel (10,14)
- Beau Hossler
- Mark Hubbard
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Im Sung-jae (15)
- Stephan Jäger
- Michael Kim
- Kim Seong-hyeon
- Kim Si-woo
- Kurt Kitayama (13,15)
- Matt Kuchar
- Martin Laird
- Nate Lashley
- Lee Kyoung-hoon
- David Lipsky
- Justin Lower
- Shane Lowry (6)
- Peter Malnati
- Ben Martin
- Denny McCarthy (15)
- Troy Merritt
- Keith Mitchell
- Taylor Montgomery
- Ryan Moore
- Matthew NeSmith
- Alex Norén
- Andrew Novak
- Taylor Pendrith
- J. T. Poston (15,16)
- Séamus Power
- Andrew Putnam
- Aaron Rai
- Chad Ramey
- Chez Reavie
- Patrick Rodgers
- Justin Rose (15)
- Sam Ryder
- Xander Schauffele (15,16)
- Adam Schenk
- Matti Schmid
- Adam Scott (15)
- Robby Shelton
- Greyson Sigg
- Alex Smalley
- J. J. Spaun
- Jordan Spieth (15)
- Scott Stallings
- Sam Stevens
- Kevin Streelman
- Justin Suh
- Adam Svensson
- Callum Tarren
- Ben Taylor
- Justin Thomas (5,8,15)
- Davis Thompson
- Brendon Todd
- Gary Woodland (7)
- Brandon Wu
- Dylan Wu
- Cameron Young (15)
- Carson Young
- Yu Chun-an
- Yuan Yechun
- Will Gordon, David Lingmerth, and Danny Willett did not play.
3. Top 125 (medical)
4. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2019–2023)
- Tiger Woods did not play.
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)
- Charley Hoffman (36)
- Sami Välimäki (38)
- Chan Kim (69)
- Ben Silverman (73)
- Ryo Hisatsune (88)
- Robert MacIntyre (92)
- David Skinns (93)
- Jimmy Stanger (96)
Ineligible players
The following players met criteria but, having joined LIV Golf, were suspended by the PGA Tour and ineligible to compete:
- Abraham Ancer (11)
- Bryson DeChambeau (7)
- Tyrrell Hatton (2,15)
- Dustin Johnson (4,9)
- Brooks Koepka (1,7,8,15)
- Adrian Meronk (18)
- Phil Mickelson (8)
- Joaquín Niemann (12)
- Jon Rahm (1,4,7,12,15)
- Cameron Smith (5,6,15)
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. 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.
Play was suspended due to darkness at 7:32 p.m. EDT with 9 players yet to finish their round. Round 1 was completed on Friday morning.
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | Wyndham Clark | 65 | −7 |
Rory McIlroy | |||
Xander Schauffele | |||
T4 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 66 | −6 |
Nick Taylor | |||
T6 | Ludvig Åberg | 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.
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.
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.
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Wyndham Clark | 65-65=130 | −14 |
T2 | Xander Schauffele | 65-69=134 | −10 |
Nick Taylor | 66-68=134 | ||
T4 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 66-69=135 | −9 |
Maverick McNealy | 67-68=135 | ||
T6 | Corey Conners | 68-68=136 | −8 |
Tom Hoge | 67-69=136 | ||
Scottie Scheffler | 67-69=136 | ||
Matti Schmid | 68-68=136 | ||
T10 | Brian Harman | 72-65=137 | −7 |
Pan Cheng-tsung | 69-68=137 | ||
J. T. Poston | 69-68=137 | ||
Sahith Theegala | 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.
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Xander Schauffele | 65-69-65=199 | −17 |
2 | Wyndham Clark | 65-65-70=200 | −16 |
3 | Brian Harman | 72-65-64=201 | −15 |
T4 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 66-69-68=203 | −13 |
Maverick McNealy | 67-68-68=203 | ||
T6 | Scottie Scheffler | 67-69-68=204 | −12 |
Sahith Theegala | 70-67-67=204 | ||
8 | Nate Lashley | 68-70-67=205 | −11 |
T9 | Hideki Matsuyama | 69-69-68=206 | −10 |
Taylor Montgomery | 68-70-68=206 | ||
J. T. Poston | 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.
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scottie Scheffler (c) | 67-69-68-64=268 | −20 | 4,500,000 |
T2 | Wyndham Clark | 65-65-70-69=269 | −19 | 1,891,667 |
Brian Harman | 72-65-64-68=269 | |||
Xander Schauffele | 65-69-65-70=269 | |||
5 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 66-69-68-69=272 | −16 | 1,025,000 |
T6 | Kim Si-woo (c) | 70-71-68-64=273 | −15 | 875,000 |
Hideki Matsuyama | 69-69-68-67=273 | |||
8 | Ludvig Åberg | 67-73-67-67=274 | −14 | 781,250 |
T9 | Maverick McNealy | 67-68-68-72=275 | −13 | 706,250 |
Sahith Theegala | 70-67-67-71=275 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T11 | Joel Dahmen | 74-67-67-68=276 | −12 | 606,250 | |
Taylor Montgomery | 68-70-68-70=276 | ||||
T13 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 69-70-68-70=277 | −11 | 489,583 | |
Corey Conners | 68-68-73-68=277 | ||||
Nate Lashley | 68-70-67-72=277 | ||||
T16 | Doug Ghim | 71-70-66-71=278 | −10 | 406,250 | |
Sam Ryder | 70-69-70-69=278 | ||||
Sepp Straka | 68-70-70-70=278 | ||||
T19 | Harris English | 69-69-75-66=279 | −9 | 285,536 | |
Kurt Kitayama | 70-71-71-67=279 | ||||
Shane Lowry | 71-70-72-66=279 | ||||
Rory McIlroy (c) | 65-73-69-72=279 | ||||
Alex Norén | 71-70-70-68=279 | ||||
Adam Schenk | 71-71-66-71=279 | ||||
Dylan Wu | 69-74-69-67=279 | ||||
T26 | Mackenzie Hughes | 70-73-69-68=280 | −8 | 186,250 | |
Chris Kirk | 68-70-73-69=280 | ||||
Matthew NeSmith | 73-67-68-72=280 | ||||
Matti Schmid | 68-68-72-72=280 | ||||
Nick Taylor | 66-68-76-70=280 | ||||
T31 | Mark Hubbard | 68-73-72-68=281 | −7 | 152,813 | |
Im Sung-jae | 70-72-69-70=281 | ||||
Ben Martin | 72-71-71-67=281 | ||||
Taylor Moore | 72-68-70-71=281 | ||||
T35 | Jason Day (c) | 67-71-72-72=282 | −6 | 119,286 | |
Tommy Fleetwood | 70-72-69-71=282 | ||||
Brice Garnett | 71-72-67-72=282 | ||||
Lee Hodges | 69-70-72-71=282 | ||||
Denny McCarthy | 71-71-71-69=282 | ||||
Aaron Rai | 71-72-68-71=282 | ||||
Jimmy Stanger | 69-73-71-69=282 | ||||
T42 | David Lipsky | 73-70-69-71=283 | −5 | 93,750 | |
Grayson Murray | 73-69-77-64=283 | ||||
Pan Cheng-tsung | 69-68-70-76=283 | ||||
T45 | Sam Burns | 73-70-65-76=284 | −4 | 70,063 | |
Austin Eckroat | 71-69-68-76=284 | ||||
Tony Finau | 69-72-69-74=284 | ||||
Jake Knapp | 71-72-68-73=284 | ||||
Ryan Moore | 70-69-73-72=284 | ||||
Collin Morikawa | 71-69-70-74=284 | ||||
J. T. Poston | 69-68-69-78=284 | ||||
Adam Scott | 70-72-71-71=284 | ||||
53 | Andrew Putnam | 69-74-72-70=285 | −3 | 60,250 | |
T54 | Zac Blair | 73-70-70-73=286 | −2 | 57,500 | |
Emiliano Grillo | 69-71-69-77=286 | ||||
Tom Hoge | 67-69-75-75=286 | ||||
Martin Laird | 70-73-70-73=286 | ||||
Min Woo Lee | 73-70-73-70=286 | ||||
Francesco Molinari | 72-69-73-72=286 | ||||
Sami Välimäki | 71-72-69-74=286 | ||||
Cameron Young | 70-69-73-74=286 | ||||
T62 | Thomas Detry | 71-72-74-70=287 | −1 | 55,000 | |
Viktor Hovland | 73-69-71-74=287 | ||||
T64 | Tyler Duncan | 67-75-72-74=288 | E | 53,500 | |
Max Homa | 68-75-74-71=288 | ||||
Séamus Power | 72-69-78-69=288 | ||||
J. J. Spaun | 72-71-70-75=288 | ||||
T68 | Patrick Cantlay | 72-70-73-75=290 | +2 | 51,500 | |
Rickie Fowler (c) | 74-69-76-71=290 | ||||
Chan Kim | 70-71-70-79=290 | ||||
Peter Malnati | 70-73-66-81=290 | ||||
72 | Gary Woodland | 70-73-74-74=291 | +3 | 50,250 | |
73 | Keith Mitchell | 69-71-76-76=292 | +4 | 49,750 | |
CUT | Akshay Bhatia | 72-72=144 | E | ||
Lucas Glover | 75-69=144 | ||||
Ben Griffin | 73-71=144 | ||||
Ryo Hisatsune | 70-74=144 | ||||
Stephan Jäger | 72-72=144 | ||||
Luke List | 69-75=144 | ||||
Webb Simpson (c) | 73-71=144 | ||||
David Skinns | 71-73=144 | ||||
Tyson Alexander | 71-74=145 | +1 | |||
Hayden Buckley | 71-74=145 | ||||
Ryan Fox | 69-76=145 | ||||
Billy Horschel | 71-74=145 | ||||
Beau Hossler | 71-74=145 | ||||
Kim Seong-hyeon | 74-71=145 | ||||
Patrick Rodgers | 72-73=145 | ||||
Erik van Rooyen | 71-74=145 | ||||
Justin Suh | 76-69=145 | ||||
Justin Thomas (c) | 71-74=145 | ||||
Brandon Wu | 75-70=145 | ||||
Eric Cole | 72-74=146 | +2 | |||
Nico Echavarría | 73-73=146 | ||||
Chesson Hadley | 75-71=146 | ||||
Russell Henley | 73-73=146 | ||||
Matt Kuchar (c) | 74-72=146 | ||||
Justin Lower | 71-75=146 | ||||
Troy Merritt | 73-73=146 | ||||
Greyson Sigg | 75-71=146 | ||||
Ben Silverman | 72-74=146 | ||||
Jordan Spieth | 74-72=146 | ||||
Steve Stricker | 72-74=146 | ||||
Davis Thompson | 75-71=146 | ||||
Carson Young | 71-75=146 | ||||
Nick Dunlap | 77-70=147 | +3 | |||
Matthieu Pavon | 70-77=147 | ||||
Chez Reavie | 74-73=147 | ||||
Justin Rose | 70-77=147 | ||||
Alex Smalley | 70-77=147 | ||||
Adam Svensson | 74-73=147 | ||||
Matt Wallace | 73-74=147 | ||||
Kevin Yu | 74-73=147 | ||||
Joseph Bramlett | 77-71=148 | +4 | |||
Adam Hadwin | 75-73=148 | ||||
Michael Kim | 68-80=148 | ||||
Andrew Novak | 74-74=148 | ||||
Davis Riley | 74-74=148 | ||||
Will Zalatoris | 73-75=148 | ||||
An Byeong-hun | 69-80=149 | +5 | |||
Charley Hoffman | 75-74=149 | ||||
Nicolai Højgaard | 73-76=149 | ||||
Chad Ramey | 73-76=149 | ||||
Sam Stevens | 73-76=149 | ||||
Aaron Baddeley | 74-76=150 | +6 | |||
Keegan Bradley | 72-78=150 | ||||
Robert MacIntyre | 74-76=150 | ||||
Vincent Norrman | 77-73=150 | ||||
Taylor Pendrith | 75-75=150 | ||||
Scott Stallings | 74-76=150 | ||||
Ben Taylor | 73-77=150 | ||||
Brendon Todd | 74-76=150 | ||||
Yuan Yechun | 74-76=150 | ||||
Harry Hall | 77-74=151 | +7 | |||
Nick Hardy | 74-77=151 | ||||
Lee Kyoung-hoon | 75-76=151 | ||||
Robby Shelton | 80-72=152 | +8 | |||
Kevin Streelman | 77-75=152 | ||||
Ben Kohles | 80-73=153 | +9 | |||
Callum Tarren | 75-78=153 | ||||
Camilo Villegas | 73-82=155 | +11 | |||
Cameron Davis | 79-82=161 | +17 | |||
WD | Garrick Higgo | 73-18=91 | +3 | ||
Tom Kim | – |
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey
- Source:
Notes
- The player handbook and the "Inside the Field" page list the categories in different orders, but the players eligible are the same.
- Higgo withdrew on Friday morning due to a wrist injury; he had completed 4 holes of his second round.
- Kim withdrew on Thursday morning due to illness; he had completed 8 holes of his first round.
References
- "Full field for the 50th edition of The Players Championship". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- "2024 PGA Tour Player Handbook and Tournament Regulations" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 28–29. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- "Inside the Field: The Players Championship". PGA Tour. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "The Players Championship announces field for 2024". The Players Championship. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- Ferguson, Doug (March 8, 2024). "Tiger Woods to skip the Players Championship as the Masters nears". Associated Press News. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- Martin, Sean (March 14, 2024). "Rory McIlroy ties The Players record with 10 birdies in opening 65". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- "Ryan Fox makes Players history with eagle, ace run at TPC Sawgrass' 16th, 17th". PGA Tour. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- Piastowski, Nick (March 14, 2024). "Pro makes Players hole in one. But it was different from every other one". Golf Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- Abe, Allan (March 14, 2024). "The Players Championship: Round 1 Delayed as Darkness Suspends Play at TPC Sawgrass". EssentiallySports. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- Schlabach, Mark (March 15, 2024). "Wyndham Clark storms to lead at Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- Hoggard, Rex (March 15, 2024). "Scottie Scheffler fights through neck injury to stay in contention at The Players". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- Berhow, Josh (March 15, 2024). "Players Championship cut: These stars missed the weekend at TPC Sawgrass". Golf Magazine. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- Bantock, Jack (March 17, 2024). "Scottie Scheffler becomes first to ever defend Players Championship after Wyndham Clark's crucial putt lips out". CNN. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- "Garrick Higgo withdraws from The Players Championship due to wrist injury". PGA Tour. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- "Tom Kim withdraws from The Players due to illness". PGA Tour. March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- "The Players Championship 2024 Leaderboard". ESPN. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
External links
The Players Championship | |
---|---|
Tournaments | |
Venues |
|