The Players Championship: Who’s in the field and how do you qualify?
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Want to know who’s in the Players Championship field? You’re in the right place…
The 51st edition of the PGA Tour’s flagship event is upon us and the Players Championship field is now set.
The Players takes place every March over the stunning Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, near Jacksonville in Florida.
It is generally considered the “fifth major”, and carries the biggest prize purse in golf, as well as the largest winner’s share.
The winners’ circle is also a who’s who of the very best in the game, including Jack Nicklaus, Ray Floyd, Lee Trevino, Fred Couples, Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Greg Norman – who holds the tournament record of 24-under-par.
Nicklaus holds the current record for the most wins, with three, but defending champion Scottie Scheffler will be looking to match that this year by winning it for a third straight year.
Outside of the PGA Championship, The Players generally features the strongest field in golf. Before we get to who’s in, let’s find out how they get there…
How to qualify for The Players Championship
A field of 144 players will qualify for The Players from 14 categories:
- Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players
- Top 125 from previous season’s FedEx Cup points list
- Top 125 (medical)
- Major champions from the past five years
- Players Championship winners from the past five years
- The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
- World Golf Championship winners from the past three years
- Memorial Tournament, Arnold Palmer Invitational and Genesis Invitational winners from the past three years
- Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking
- Senior Players Championship champion from prior year
- Korn Ferry Tour money leader from prior season
- Money leader during the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, if not the regular-season money leader
- Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders
- Remaining positions and alternates filled from the current season FedEx Cup standings
The 2025 Players Championship field
Tiger Woods won’t be at TPC Sawgrass after rupturing his Achilles while practicing, but there will be one player wearing Sun Day Red at TPC Sawgrass thanks to a maiden PGA Tour victory at the Puerto Rico Open.
Elsewhere, Jason Day has become the first player to withdraw. The Australian cited illness for his reason, and has been replaced in the field by Danny Walker.
Here’s who is headed to TPC Sawgrass…
- Byeong Hun An
- Ludvig Aberg
- Daniel Berger
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Akshay Bhatia
- Keegan Bradley
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Sam Burns
- Brian Campbell
- Rafael Campos
- Frankie Capan III
- Laurie Canter
- Patrick Cantlay
- Will Chandler
- Wyndham Clark
- Eric Cole
- Corey Conners
- Joel Dahmen
- Cam Davis
- Thomas Detry
- Nick Dunlap
- Nico Echavarria
- Austin Eckroat
- Harris English
- Ernie Els
- Tony Finau
- Patrick Fishburn
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Rickie Fowler
- Ryan Fox
- Brice Garnett
- Ryan Gerard
- Doug Ghim
- Lucas Glover
- Will Gordon
- Chris Gotterup
- Max Greyserman
- Ben Griffin
- Lanto Griffin
- Emiliano Grillo
- Adam Hadwin
- Harry Hall
- Brian Harman
- Russell Henley
- Joe Highsmith
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Lee Hodges
- Rico Hoey
- Charley Hoffman
- Tom Hoge
- Nicolai Hojgaard
- Rasmus Hojgaard
- Max Homa
- Billy Horschel
- Beau Hossler
- Viktor Hovland
- Mark Hubbard
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Sungjae Im
- Stephan Jaeger
- Chan Kim
- Michael Kim
- Si Woo Kim
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- Tom Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Kurt Kitayama
- Patton Kizzire
- Jake Knapp
- Ben Kohles
- Matt Kuchar
- Nate Lashley
- KH Lee
- Min Woo Lee
- David Lipsky
- Luke List
- Justin Lower
- Shane Lowry
- Robert MacIntyre
- Peter Malnati
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Denny McCarthy
- Matt McCarty
- Rory McIlroy
- Max McGreevy
- Maverick McNealy
- Mac Meissner
- Keith Mitchell
- Taylor Moore
- Collin Morikawa
- Trey Mullinax
- Alex Noren
- Henrik Norlander
- Andrew Novak
- CT Pan
- Matthieu Pavon
- Taylor Pendrith
- Victor Perez
- Chandler Phillips
- JT Poston
- Aldrich Potgieter
- Seamus Power
- Andrew Putnam
- Aaron Rai
- Davis Riley
- Patrick Rodgers
- Justin Rose
- Kevin Roy
- Sam Ryder
- Isaiah Salinda
- Xander Schauffele
- Scottie Scheffler
- Adam Schenk
- Matti Schmid
- Adam Scott
- Greyson Sigg
- Ben Silverman
- David Skinns
- Alex Smalley
- JJ Spaun
- Jordan Spieth
- Hayden Springer
- Sam Stevens
- Sepp Straka
- Jackson Suber
- Adam Svensson
- Jesper Svensson
- Nick Taylor
- Sahith Theegala
- Justin Thomas
- Davis Thompson
- Brendon Todd
- Alejandro Tosti
- Sami Valimaki
- Erik van Rooyen
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Kris Ventura
- Karl Vilips
- Camilo Villegas
- Danny Walker
- Vince Whaley
- Gary Woodland
- Cameron Young
- Carson Young
- Kevin Yu
- Will Zalatoris
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Scottie Scheffler will defend his title against the 2025 Players Championship field.
