The PGA Tour and its players participate in four major championship per season – The Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open and the PGA Championship. But, ironically (or not), they hold the rights to none.
Which is why former PGA Tour commissioner, Deane Beman, created THE PLAYERS in 1974. It was meant to be the Tour’s own major, and the game’s unofficial fifth.
THE PLAYERS Championship will once again be played at the iconic TPC Sawgrass, the tournament’s permanent home since 1982.
The field in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida is about as loaded as a tournament can get with the Top 10 in Official World Golf Ranking and 48 of top-50.
By The Numbers
455 – Total number of victories combined by players in the field
147 – Total players in the field.
111 – Number of PGA Tour winners in the field
59 – The age of the oldest player in the field, Bernhard Langer, after earning an exemption for winning the 2016 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship.
21 – Players who have won during the 2016-17 season.
18 – Number of first-time PLAYERS Championship participants.
9 – The former PLAYERS Championship winners.
2017 Field Summary
Top 50 in the World Rankings
48 of the top-50 players are in the field.
1 Dustin Johnson
2 Rory McIlroy
3 Jason Day
4 Hideki Matsuyama
5 Jordan Spieth
6 Sergio Garcia
7 Henrik Stenson
8 Justin Rose
9 Rickie Fowler
10 Justin Thomas
11 Adam Scott
12 Jon Rahm
13 Alex Noren
14 Paul Casey
15 Patrick Reed
16 Tyrrell Hatton
17 Charl Schwartzel
18 Matt Kuchar
19 Brooks Koepka
20 Phil Mickelson
21 Danny Willett
22 Branden Grace
23 Kevin Chappell
24 Jimmy Walker
26 Bubba Watson
28 Tommy Fleetwood
29 Bernd Wiesberger
30 Russell Knox
31 Ryan Moore
32 Marc Leishman
33 Louis Oosthuizen
34 Francesco Molinari
35 Rafael Cabrera Bello
36 Wesley Bryan
37 Daniel Berger
38 Matthew Fitzpatrick
39 Emiliano Grillo
40 Gary Woodland
41 Kevin Kisner
42 Pat Perez
43 Bill Haas
44 J.B. Holmes
45 Ross Fisher
46 William McGirt
47 Adam Hadwin
48 Martin Kaymer
49 Yuta Ikeda
50 Russell Henley
Former PLAYERS Champions
Nine former champions will be teeing it up this week in Wilmington.
2016 Jason Day
2015 Rickie Fowler
2014 Martin Kaymer
2012 Matt Kuchar
2011 K.J. Choi
2009 Henrik Stenson
2008 Sergio Garcia
2007 Phil Mickelson
2004 Adam Scott
2016-2017 Tournament Winners
There are seven players who have won on Tour this season.
Brendan Streelman – Safeway Open
Justin Thomas – CIMB Classic, T of C, Sony Open
Hideki Matsuyama – WGC-HSBC, Waste Mgt Phoenix Open
Cody Gribble – Sanderson Farms Championship
Rod Pampling – Shriners Hospital Open
Pat Perez – OHL Classic
Mackenzie Hughes – The RSM Classic
Hudson Swafford – CareerBuilder Challenge
Jon Rahm – Farmers Insurance Open
Jordan Spieth – AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am
Dustin Johnson – Genesis Open, WGC-Mexico, WGC-Dell Match Play
Rickie Fowler – Honda Classic
Adam Hadwin – Valspar Championship
Marc Leishman – Arnold Palmer Invitational
D.A. Points – Puerto Rico Open
Russell Henley – Shell Houston Open
Sergio Garcia – The Masters
Wesley Bryan – RBC Heritage
Valero Texas Open – Kevin Chappell
Zurich Classic – Jonas Blixt, Cameron Smith
Wells Fargo Championship – Brian Harman
Full Field
Alker, Steven
An, Byeong Hun
Anderson, Mark
Armour, Ryan
Barnes, Ricky
Beljan, Charlie
Berger, Daniel
Bertsch, Shane
Blair, Zac
Blaum, Ryan
Blixt, Jonas
Bohn, Jason
Bowditch, Steven
Bozzelli, Dominic
Brehm, Ryan
Brown, Scott
Bryan, Wesley
Cabrera, Angel
Cabrera Bello, Rafa
Campbell, Brian
Campbell, Chad
Carballo, Miguel Angel
Casey, Paul
Castro, Roberto
Cauley, Bud
Cejka, Alex
Chalmers, Greg
Cink, Stewart
Collins, Chad
Crane, Ben
Dahmen, Joel
de Jonge, Brendon
DeChambeau, Bryson
Drewitt, Brett
Duke, Ken
Els, Ernie
English, Harris
Ernst, Derek
Estes, Bob
Etulain, Julian
Fathauer, Derek
FdezÂCastano, Gonzalo
Flores, Martin
Fritsch, Brad
Furyk, Jim
Gay, Brian
Glover, Lucas
Gomez, Fabian
Gonzales, Andres
Goosen, Retief
Grillo, Emiliano
Haas, Bill
Hadley, Chesson
Hagy, Brandon
Hahn, James
Harman, Brian
Hearn, David
Henry, J.J.
Hoffmann, Morgan
Holmes, J.B.
Homa, Max
Hubbard, Mark
Hughes, Mackenzie
Hurley III, Billy
Ishikawa, Ryo
Jacobson, Freddie
Jenkins, Carter
Johnson, Dustin
Johnson, Zach
Johnston, Andrew
Kaufman, Smylie
Kim, Whee
Kirk, Chris
Kisner, Kevin
Kizzire, Patton
Kjeldsen, Soren
Kokrak, Jason
Kraft, Kelly
Laird, Martin
Lamb, Rick
Levin, Spencer
Lindheim, Nicholas
Lingmerth, David
List, Luke
Love III, Davis
Lowry, Shane
Luck, Curtis
MacKenzie, Will
Mahan, Hunter
Malnati, Peter
Marino, Steve
Martin, Ben
McDowell, Graeme
McGirt, William
Merritt, Troy
Mickelson, Phil
Molder, Bryce
Molinari, Francesco
Mullinax, Trey
Munoz, Sebastian
Murray, Grayson
Na, Kevin
Nazareth, Savio
Noh, SeungÂYul
Noren, Alex
Ogilvy, Geoff
Oosthuizen, Louis
Pan, C.T.
Percy, Cameron
Perez, Pat
Peterson, John
Pettersson, Carl
Points, D.A.
Poston, J.T.
Power, Seamus
Rahm, Jon
Randolph, Jonathan
Reavie, Chez
Reed, Patrick
Reifers, Kyle
Ridings, Tag
Rodgers, Patrick
Sabbatini, Rory
Schauffele, Xander
Scott, Adam
Simpson, Webb
Singh, Vijay
Smith, Cameron
Stallings, Scott
Stanley, Kyle
Stefani, Shawn
Stegmaier, Brett
Streb, Robert
Streelman, Kevin
Sucher, Zack
Swafford, Hudson
Taylor, Nick
Taylor, Vaughn
Thompson, Michael
Tringale, Cameron
Tway, Kevin
Van Aswegen, Tyrone
Varner III, Harold
Villegas, Camilo
Wagner, Johnson
Watney, Nick
Weekley, Boo
Werenski, Richy
Wilkinson, Tim
Wyatt, Bobby
