THE PLAYERS Championship announces field for 2025

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – THE PLAYERS Championship announced today the field for the 2025 event, which returns to THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass from March 11-16.

The 144-player field features 48 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, and representation from 24 countries. Other notes on the field include:

• 8 PLAYERS Champions: Scottie Scheffler (2023, 2024), Justin Thomas (2021), Rory McIlroy (2019), Si Woo Kim (2017), Jason Day (2016), Rickie Fowler (2015), Matt Kuchar (2012), Adam Scott (2004).
• Two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler is looking to become the first player to win THE PLAYERS three times since Jack Nicklaus (1974, 1976, 1978), and the first player to win a PGA TOUR event three consecutive years since Steve Stricker (John Deere Classic, 2009-11).
• Justin Rose and Matt Kuchar will each make their 20^th career appearance at THE PLAYERS. Adam Scott has the most appearances of any player in the field with 23.
• 24 players in the field are making their tournament debut, highlighted by five PGA TOUR winners (in bold): Jacob Bridgeman, Brian Campbell, Rafa Campos, Laurie Canter, Frankie Capan III, Will Chandler, Patrick Fishburn, Ryan Gerard, Chris Gotterup, Max Greyserman, Joe Highsmith, Rico Hoey, Rasmus Højgaard, Mac Meissner, Matt McCarty, Chandler Phillips, Aldrich Potgieter, Kevin Roy, Isaiah Salinda, Hayden Springer, Jackson Suber, Jesper Svensson, Alejandro Tosti, Vince Whaley.
• The last man in the field as of Friday at 5 p.m. E.T. is Bud Cauley (No. 112 in the FedExCup standings through the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches) and the first alternate is Danny Walker (No. 114).
• There are four eligible players not committed: Ernie Els, Alex Noren, Brendon Todd, Tiger Woods.

If not otherwise exempt, the winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and the Puerto Rico Open will qualify for THE PLAYERS.

THE PLAYERS Championship field list as of Friday, March 7 at 5 p.m. ET: