Cameron Young hit the shot of his life to win the 2026 Players Championship on Sunday.
Rory McIlroy may have faced pressure on the 17th tee in Monday’s playoff — but it was nothing like the pressure Johnson Wagner faced with the 2025 Players Championship winner watching over him. Sadly, he did not deliver.
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Here’s a look at the players who have won The Players, since 1974.
Here’s how the week played out on the Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Here’s how the $25 million purse will be paid out this week at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Here’s the playoff format for Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun at The Players Championship.
Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will be in a Monday playoff to determine the winner of The Players Championship.
J.J. Spaun and Rory McIlroy both played their way into a Monday playoff at The Players. That was good for one, not as much for the other.
The Players champion gets far more than just a shiny, gold trophy.
Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will square off in a three-hole aggregate playoff on Monday morning at TPC Sawgrass.
Final-round play at The Players Championship was suspended at 1:15 p.m. ET Sunday as a line of thunderstorms – as expected – moved through the area.
Rory McIlroy didn’t find many fairways on Saturday -- then again, who did? -- and struggled putting. But four strokes off the lead at The Players Championship, he’s hanging around, and has the upper hand in experience.
