The Players 35

                     This Week The Players Championship

Held at TPC Sawgrass

Stadium Course 7352 yards Par 72

Ponte Vedra Beach

Defending Champion is Scottie Scheffler . . . Again

2024

2023

In the TH Last Year the Winner Was Chevy

This week we have an extra-premium event . . . (extra-premium?? sort of like more better??)  This is a select field with 36 hole cut and a $25 million purse . . . with the winner getting $4.5 million.  Is it any wonder Scottie got a big hug?  (remember, the Mrs ended up pregnant)

This event was conceived by the PGA Tour as a big money event they owned . . . as opposed to the Four Majors, none of which they own or control.   First played in 1974, as the Tournament Players Championship at the Atlanta Country Club.  The first winner was Jack.  It moved around a bit on the calendar and on the schedule finally settling at Sawgrass in 1982.  Always a big purse, Jack got $50K in ’74 . . .  good to see the tournament has kept up with inflation.

FUN FACT:  Sort Of  . . . In 2020, it was at this tournament the PGA Tour shut down for COVID.  The first round was played and Hideki Matsuyama was in the lead shooting 63.  After it was cancelled, half the purse was paid out in equal parts to everyone in the field.  Yep, it is the five year anniversary of everything going to hell because of COVID.

NOT SO FUN FACT:  In 2005, during the final round, Bob Tway put four in the water at #17 on his way to carding a 12.

Four and the usual Alt

This is the last week of the Winter Swing . . . choose wisely !!

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