The player championship is invoiced annually by the PGA Tour as the deepest field in Golf.
Each of the 144 professionals every year at the Player’s Stadium Course on TPC Sawgrass has won a tour event in the last 12 months, a major or the players in the past five years or belong to the top 125 players on the Fedex Cup points of the previous year, unless otherwise in this year come to the points list of this year, unless otherwise. Unit, unless otherwise qualified, unless otherwise qualified, unless otherwise qualified, or one of the top 50 of the world golf rangers.
![Scottie Scheffler is interviewed after the fourth and final round of the Players Championship PGA Golf Tournament Sunday, March 17, 2024 in TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, FLA. Scottie Scheffler won at 20 under Par and is the first defending champion in the 50 -year history of the event. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]](https://bhmnews.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Players-Championship-Field-A-dive-into-what-makes-it-the.jpeg)
This year’s field is no different:
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The 2025 players had 48 of the top 50 players in the world, and all the top 10, led by two-time title defender Scottie Scheffler.
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There are eight players from the past who combined for nine victories: Scheffler (2023, 2024), Justin Thomas (2021), Rory Mcilroy (2019), Si Woo Kim (2017), Jason Day (2016), Rickie Fowler (2014), Mattam).
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There are eight last FedExCup champions that have combined for 10 victories: Scheffler (2024), Viktor HOVOLAND (2023), Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022), Patrick Cantlay (2021), Justin Rose (2018), Thomassch, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan (2017), Jordan (2017 )4), Jordan (2017 )4 )4444444 )4444, Jordan.
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Players who have won 35 of the last 37 PGA Tour events together. Karl Vilips is the most recent one with his victory on Sunday in the Puerto Rico Open. All 11 tour winners this season are present.
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Under the leadership of Scheffler, the Masters champion of 2024, and Xander Schauffele, who won the PGA and British open last year, there are 17 major champions.
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The current list of PGA Tour FedEx Cup points and money list has 98 of the top 100 in the field.
Then there are the boys who dare to dream this week. Twenty-five are in their first players, with eight as Tour-smokies. Only one first-timer made the players until his first tour title, Craig Perkss in 2002, and the best finish for a First-Timer like Rookie was from David Lingmerth with a draw for the second in 2013.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Players Championship: The Depest Field in Golf starts with PGA Tour winners
