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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Scottie Scheffler’s game is made for Pete Dye’s House of Horrors.

One day after he shot 65 to seize control of the tournament, Scheffler withstood a windswept Sunday and shot 3-under 69 at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass to win the Players Championship by five strokes over Tyrrell Hatton and returned to World No. 1.

“He an artist,” said Scheffler’s longtime instructor Randy Smith, “and when you give him this canvas he wants to paint on it.”

The 26-year-old reigning Masters champion and PGA Tour Player of the Year crafted a masterpiece after a sluggish start in which he didn’t make a birdie in his first seven holes, but once he did the floodgates opened and he reeled off five in a row to blow the tournament wide open.

Australian Min Woo Lee, whose sister Minjee is the reigning U.S. Women’s Open champion, grabbed a share of the lead with a birdie at the first and a bogey by Scheffler at the third, but it was short-lived. His third shot at the fourth hole spun off the green and into the water and he made triple bogey.

“It happened really quick,” Lee said. “It’s one of those things where it’s Sunday and you just make a couple bad decisions and it all kind of falls down.”

He was hanging around after rolling in a 28-foot birdie putt at the seventh to cut the deficit to two strokes, the same amount he trailed by at the start of the day. The golden trophy was still up for grabs. But then Scheffler chipped in for birdie at the par-3 eighth and low-fived with caddie Ted Scott.

“I knew he was going to chip that in,” Smith said later. “When he gets up on the green, he’s sitting there looking at the break and the landing point and kind of smiling at Ted, there’s a good chance it’s going to go in.”

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Scheffler stood in the bunker left of the green but his ball was sitting pretty on the grass and when it disappeared in the hole, he pumped his right fist.

“He’s got great hands,” said Jordan Spieth.

Max Homa compared Scheffler’s short game wizardry to Spieth.

“It looks just kind of homegrown, which I always feel like works pretty well,” Homa said. “Obviously they have great mechanics, but it feels like they do it a different way, which means they typically own it a bit more. So I feel like he just knows what he’s going to do. He has this stabbing spinner. He’s got the really good kind of soft one out of the rough. I feel like he’s just very artistic in that way. I feel like he sees them going into the hole. I’ve played a lot more with Jordan, and you can just kind of see him painting that picture and making them, and they make a lot of them. So that would be my guess. But he’s obviously just really good at pretty much every aspect of golf.”

Players to hold the Masters and Players Championship titles at the same time: Jack Nicklaus Tiger Woods Scottie Scheffler — Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) March 12, 2023

It was Scheffler’s 11 th hole-out of the season on the PGA Tour, which no less than Spieth, one of the game’s foremost wedge-game wizards, declared “pretty darn good,” considering the calendar says it’s only March. A day earlier Scheffler let it be known that his chip-in for eagle at the second hole won him a season-long bet with Scott.

“I think that Teddy made a very bad bet,” Spieth said. “I had it with Michael (Greller) and we’ve had it at 15 or 16 before. So I think Teddy will probably reevaluate considering we’re not even midway through March. So I don’t know if Scottie – it actually might be a good bet because it’s already over and he’ll make a new one and win the press.”

Scott equated the chip-in birdie to an interception in a football game.

“It shifted the momentum,” he said. “It just felt like good things were about to happen.”

Lee missed a 6-foot par putt at eight, made another seven at the par-5 11 th and was out of the picture, tumbling to a share of sixth with a final-round 76.

“It’s funny how yesterday I felt like I had the best swing in the world, and then today I just felt like nothing could go right,” Lee said.

As Lee began to sputter so did Hideki Matsuyama (68), who made a final-round charge until a double bogey at 14 and finished fifth. Hatton was the only one to mount a charge and not run into trouble but he ran out of holes, tying the back-nine scoring record of 29 and signing for 65 and a 12-under total. That was good for second and a check for $2.725 million, with Viktor Hovland (68) and Tom Hoge (70) T-3 at 10 under. But just as Hatton climbed within a stroke of the lead, Scheffler went on the offensive and pulled away for good with his birdie binge to win $4.5 million, the richest prize on the Tour.

“I mean, he hits it long, he hits it high, he’s going to be able to play any golf course,” said Hoge, who set the course record on Saturday with a 62. “There’s no weaknesses.”

Scheffler poured in a 20-foot par putt at 18, lifted his putter to the sky with his left hand and then pumped his fist with his right as he capped off his sixth win in his 27 starts over the last 13 months.

“You can’t limp in on this golf course,” he said. “You’ve got to hit the shots.”

He posted a 72-total of 17-under 271 and joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to hold both the Masters and Players titles simultaneously.

Scheffler’s former college teammate at Texas Kramer Hickok has watched as Scheffler has blossomed into the best golfer on the planet.

“The best way I can put it is he’s always been so confident,” Hickok said. “I think if you asked him, it’s no surprise that he’s No. 1 in the world.”

Hickock echoed Smith in describing Scheffler’s creativity as one of his super powers.

“Golf courses where he can be creative show off his best attributes because he’s such a great athlete,” Hickok said. “I don’t know if people know this but Scottie’s unbelievable at everything he does. Pickle ball, basketball, he’s a freak athlete that has this mental capability that he can go into a tunnel vision and shoot low numbers.”

And what better place to show his gifts to the world than on the great canvas that is Dye’s TPC Sawgrass.

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THE PLAYERS Championship announces field for 2023

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – THE PLAYERS Championship announced today the field for the 2023 event, which returns to THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass from March 7-12.

The 144-player field features representation from 20 countries. Other notes on the field include:

• 49 of the top 50 players in the current FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List (all but No. 27 Ben Taylor)
• 43 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking
• Eight PLAYERS Champions and six FedExCup Champions
• 89 PGA TOUR winners combining for 323 TOUR titles, including all 14 players that have won on TOUR this season
• The last man in the field is Ryan Armour (No. 111 in the FedExCup standings through The Honda Classic) and the first alternate is Harry Hall (No. 113)

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

2023 The Players Championship final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won

The 2023 The Players Championship final leaderboard is headed by winner Scottie Scheffler , who earns the PGA Tour win at TPC Sawgrass' Players Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

In the final round, Scheffler pulled away from the field with five birdies in a row in the middle of the round, affording him a huge cushion. Ultimately, Scheffler reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking with a five-shot win on 17-under 271.

On the back of a final-nine 29, Tyrrell Hatton finished in solo second place on 12-under total.

Viktor Hovland and Tom Hoge finished in a tie for third place on 10-under total.

Scheffler won the $4,500,000 winner's share of the $25,000,000 purse.

The Players Championship recap notes

Scheffler earned 80 Official World Golf Ranking points with the win in the 72-hole stroke-play championship, which helps his place in the world ranking -- getting him back to No. 1 for the second time this year.

Scheffler also earns 600 FedEx Cup points, with the points at the elevated level for this event.

A total of 75 (of 144) players finished the tournament in the 20th event of the 2022-2023 PGA Tour season after a 36-hole cut was made in this event.

The 2022-2023 PGA Tour schedule continues next week with the 2023 Valspar Championship .

2023 The Players Championship final leaderboard, results and prize money payouts

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The Players Championship 2023: Everything you need to know

The Players Championship 2023: Streaming, tee times, prize purse information, FAQ. This is all you need to know about TPC Sawgrass.

The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass is known in the golf world as the unofficial fifth major. 

That title is perhaps a little bit off the mark this year given that the defending champion, Cameron Smith , was banned from playing. 

Smith captured the Players in simply epic fashion last year by flirting with a watery grave at the famous par-3 17th. 

He eventually did find the water at the 72nd hole but mustered one of the most incredible up-and-downs in recent memory to close out the win. 

That up-and-down perhaps wasn't as good as the one Smith found on the famous Road Hole at St. Andrews on the way to lifting the Claret Jug. 

Then Smith bolted to the LIV Golf League for north of  $100m and got himself banned from the PGA Tour . 

Smith joked he might turn up to TPC Sawgrass this week as a spectator anyway. "Might be funny," Smith said. 

Nevertheless, the 2023 Players Championship promises to be one of the standout events of the year. 

GolfMagic has decided to write this handy guide giving you all the information you need to know. 

Scottie Scheffler will take a two-shot lead going into the final round here. 

If he were to win, he would become only the third player in history to hold the Masters and the Players title at the same time. 

The other two? Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus . 

There is an FAQ at the bottom of the page: 

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The Players 2023, Round Four tee times and pairings:

All times ET

7:40 a.m. – Sahith Theegala 7:44 a.m. – Sepp Straka, Adam Scott 7:53 a.m. – Patton Kizzire. Aaron Baddeley 8:02 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, Will Zalatoris 8:11 a.m. – Justin Thomas, Tom Kim 8:20 a.m. – Scott Stallings, Ben Martin 8:29 a.m. – Joel Dahmen, Matthias Schwab 8:38 a.m. – Eric Cole, Chesson Hadley 8:47 a.m. – Alex Smalley, Jerry Kelly 8:56 a.m. – Maverick McNealy, Stephan Jaeger 9:11 a.m. – Shane Lowry, Keith Mitchell 9:20 a.m. – Austin Smotherman, Brendon Todd 9:29 a.m. – Sam Ryder, Sam Burns 9:38 a.m. – Brian Harman, Xander Schauffele 9:47 a.m. – Lucas Glover, Danny Willett 9:56 a.m. – Nate Lashley, Will Gordon 10:05 a.m. – Mark Hubbard, Gary Woodland 10:15 a.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Russell Henley 10:25 a.m. – Kramer Hickok, Tyler Duncan 10:35 a.m. – Cameron Young, Ryan Fox 10:50 a.m. – Francesco Molinari, Davis Thompson 11:00 a.m. – Tony Finau, Byeong Hun An 11:10 a.m. – Brandon Wu, Wyndham Clark 11:20 a.m. – Garrick Higgo, Hideki Matsuyama 11:30 a.m. – Tyrrell Hatton, Max Homa 11:40 a.m. – Ben Griffin, Si Woo Kim 11:50 a.m. – Collin Morikawa, Adam Svensson 12:00 p.m. – Jason Day, Viktor Hovland 12:10 p.m. – Taylor Moore, Justin Suh 12:20 p.m. – Dylan Wu, Adam Hadwin 12:35 p.m. – Rickie Fowler, Patrick Cantlay 12:45 p.m. – Denny McCarthy, Jordan Spieth 12:55 p.m. – Taylor Montgomery, Justin Rose 1:05 p.m. – David Lingmerth, Tom Hoge 1:15 p.m. – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Sungjae Im 1:25 p.m. – Aaron Rai, Chad Ramey 1:35 p.m. – Cam Davis, Tommy Fleetwood 1:45 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Min Woo Lee

The Players 2023 field:

Alexander, Tyson An, Byeong Hun Armour, Ryan Baddeley, Aaron Barnes, Erik Bezuidenhout, Christiaan Bradley, Keegan Bramlett, Joseph Brehm, Ryan Buckley, Hayden Burns, Sam Cantlay, Patrick Cink, Stewart Clark, Wyndham Cole, Eric Conners, Corey Dahmen, Joel Davis, Cam Day, Jason Detry, Thomas Duncan, Tyler Echavarria, Nico Endycott, Harrison English, Harris Finau, Tony Fitzpatrick, Matt Fleetwood, Tommy Fowler, Rickie Fox, Ryan Frittelli, Dylan Ghim, Doug Glover, Lucas Gordon, Will Griffin, Ben Griffin, Lanto Grillo, Emiliano Hadley, Chesson Hadwin, Adam Hahn, James Hardy, Nick Harman, Brian Hatton, Tyrrell Henley, Russell Herbert, Lucas Hickok, Kramer Higgo, Garrick Hodges, Lee Hoge, Tom Homa, Max Horschel, Billy Hossler, Beau Hovland, Viktor Hubbard, Mark Hughes, Mackenzie Im, Sungjae Jaeger, Stephan Kelly, Jerry Kim, S.H. Kim, Si Woo Kim, Tom Kirk, Chris Kisner, Kevin Kitayama, Kurt Kizzire, Patton Knox, Russell Kraft, Kelly Kuchar, Matt Laird, Martin Lashley, Nate Lee, K.H. Lee, Min Woo Lingmerth, David Lipsky, David List, Luke Long, Adam Lower, Justin Lowry, Shane Malnati, Peter Martin, Ben Matsuyama, Hideki McCarthy, Denny McGreevy, Max McIlroy, Rory McNealy, Maverick Merritt, Troy Mitchell, Keith Molinari, Francesco Montgomery, Taylor Moore, Taylor Morikawa, Collin Mullinax, Trey NeSmith, Matthew Noren, Alex Novak, Andrew Palmer, Ryan Pendrith, Taylor Piercy, Scott Poston, J.T. Power, Seamus Putnam, Andrew Rahm, Jon Rai, Aaron Ramey, Chad Reavie, Chez Redman, Doc Riley, Davis Rodgers, Patrick Rose, Justin Ryder, Sam Schauffele, Xander Scheffler, Scottie Schenk, Adam Schwab, Matthias Scott, Adam Shelton, Robby Sigg, Greyson Simpson, Webb Smalley, Alex Smotherman, Austin Spaun, J.J. Spieth, Jordan Stallings, Scott Straka, Sepp Streb, Robert Streelman, Kevin Suh, Justin Svensson, Adam Tarren, Callum Taylor, Nick Theegala, Sahith Thomas, Justin Thompson, Davis Thompson, Michael Todd, Brendon Tway, Kevin Vegas, Jhonattan Wallace, Matt Watney, Nick Willett, Danny Wise, Aaron Woodland, Gary Wu, Brandon Wu, Dylan Young, Cameron Zalatoris, Will 

The Players 2023 prize purse, payout info

Total prize purse: $25m

WIN - $4,500,000

2. $2,725,000

3. $1,725,000

4. $1,225,000

5. $1,025,000

6. $906,250

8. $781,250

9. $731,250

10. $681,250

11. $631,250

12. $581,250

13. $531,250

14. $481,250

15. $456,250

16. $431,250

17. $406,250

18. $381,250

19. $356,250

20. $331,250

21. $306,250

22. $281,250

23. $261,250

24. $241,250

25. $221,250

26. $201,250

27. $193,750

28. $186,250

29. $178,750

30. $171,250

31. $163,750

32. $156,250

33. $148,750

34. $142,500

35. $136,250

36. $130,000

37. $123,750

38. $118,750

39. $113,750

40. $108,750

41. $103,750

42. $98,750

43. $93,750

44. $88,750

45. $83,750

46. $78,750

47. $73,750

48. $69,750

49. $66,250

50. $64,250

51. $62,750

52. $61,250

53. $60,250

54. $59,250

55. $58,750

56. $58,250

57. $57,750

58. $57,250

59. $56,750

60. $56,250

61. $55,750

62. $55,250

63. $54,750

64. $54,250

65. $53,750

The Players 2023 FAQ

How can I watch?

NBC, 1-6 p.m. ET

How can I stream it?

PGA Tour LIVE/ESPN+, 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m.

PGA Tour LIVE/ESPN+, 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m.

Stream 1: Main feed, 7:45 a.m.-1 p.m.; Featured group: 1-6 p.m.

Stream 2: Marquee group, 8:45 a.m.-1 p.m.; Featured group: 1-6 p.m.

Stream 3: Featured Groups, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; Featured hole, 1-6 p.m.

Stream 4: Featured holes, 8:15 a.m.-1 p.m.; Featured hole, 1-6 p.m.

Sky Sports (All times GMT)

Sunday - 1400-2200 - The Players LIVE! (pre-1400 available via the red button)

Is there a cut?

Yes, after 36-holes. 

The top 65 players and ties will made it through to the weekend

Top storylines?

The Players Championship is the first of five events during the 2022-23 season offering 600 FedExCup points to the winner, along with the four major championships.

The field includes 44 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking and 29 of the top 30 players in the FedExCup standings.

This is the 49th playing of The Players Championship and 41st since the tournament moved to TPC Sawgrass in 1982.

This is the richest tournament in PGA Tour history. 

What is the playoff format?

It is played over an aggregate of three holes. Competitors in a playoff will play holes 16, 17 and 18. 

If tied, they will be sudden death in the order of 17-18-16. 

Next page: PGA Tour schedule 2023

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Players Championship picks 2023: This star is ready for his biggest win

If you’ve been paying attention, 2023 has already delivered one thrilling finish after the next. We’ve barely caught our breath, and now (another) one of the biggest events of the year is here. If you’re one of those casual golf fans, don’t worry: You’re in the right place.

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Our betting panel has hit three of the past four outright winners correctly —and more impressively, we’re up a collective 42 units on top-10 and matchup bets on the season. As any golf bettor knows, that’s where you can make a living. We’re doing just fine.

Now we’re eyeing up a winner at one of the most volatile weeks of the year. We wish you luck. To help your best bets, we’ve assembled the best collection of experts in the industry—which consists of a caddie reporting anonymously from TPC Sawgrass; Pat Mayo of DraftKings and FantasyNational.com; Brandon Gdula of numberFire/FanDuel; Rick Gehman of RickRunGood.com; Andy Lack of RRG and his Inside Golf Podcast; and your two authors. Scroll down to read our best bets for the 2023 Players Championship.

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Scroll down for our full analysis and best bets for this week at the 2023 Players Championship.

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Players Championship picks 2023: Our Experts’ Outright Predictions

Anonymous Caddie Picker of the week : Justin Thomas (20-1, DraftKings) — Some windy conditions throughout the event play right into the hands of the 2021 winner. You need to be incredibly well-rounded in all facets of the game—and he’s that player.

Pat Mayo, DraftKings/Fantasy National,  Mayo Media Network analyst : Max Homa (22-1, DraftKings) — One poor week on the greens has led to Homa being vaulted by a few on the betting board. No player gained more strokes between driving and approach at Bay Hill than Max Homa, but he just happened to lose more strokes on the greens than in any start in 18 months. If Homa just has his average putting week he actually wins the API, and we’re talking about him in the 12- to 14-1 range right now.

Brandon Gdula, FanDuel/numberFire managing editor : Collin Morikawa (24-1, FanDuel) — Morikawa has one of the best overall course fits for TPC Sawgrass, so I’m willing to look past his MC last week. He’s super accurate off the tee (usually), and we know how good the irons are. He’s in pretty elite form despite two missed cuts in his past three starts, as he has three top-sixes in his other three 2023 events.

Rick Gehman, data scientist and RickRunGood.com founder : Viktor Hovland (27-1, FanDuel) — Hovland’s game is getting dialed, showing ball-striking improvements nearly every single week. He gained 5.24 strokes in Phoenix, 6.01 at Riviera then 9.60 last week in Orlando. Hovland dismantled TPC Sawgrass in that category last year, gaining 14.17 strokes, per the RickRunGood.com golf database, by far the most in the field. His game is trending in the right direction and is headed to a course that will amplify his strengths.

Stephen Hennessey, Golf Digest dep. managing editor : Patrick Cantlay (16-1, DraftKings) — Cantlay was always an “avoid in Florida” kind of guy, but that hot Sunday and a T-4 at the API really impressed me. More than anything, as our guy Rick has pointed out on his show, Cantlay is a master at shaping the ball both ways off the tee and on approach. That is a huge asset here, where Pete Dye routinely asks you to shape the ball around trouble. He’s too good of a golfer to not contend in the biggest events of the year, so I think he finally does this week.

Christopher Powers, Golf Digest staff writer : Patrick Cantlay (16-1, DraftKings) — Not to be “I caught Cantlay at 20-1 on Sunday night” guy, but I caught Cantlay at 20-1 Sunday night—so I got some sick closing-line value, which makes you seem smart in the gambling community even when you lose. All jokes aside, it’s hard not to back Cantlay off that insane final-round 68 on an impossibly tough golf course. The only thing that should scare you this week is he hasn’t had success in this tournament since the move to March, but we can chalk that up to the volatility of this course. He’s an elite ball-striker and elite ball-striking usually gets the job done at this place.

Andy Lack, RickRunGood.com and Inside Golf podcast : Viktor Hovland (27-1, FanDuel) — Viktor Hovland was frustratingly close last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, sitting in the middle of the fairway just one stroke off the lead with a 9-iron in his hands on the par-5 16th hole. The bogey-bogey finish led to a deceiving 10th-place finish. Operating with a glass-half-full approach, Hovland had his best ball-striking week since last year’s Players, gaining a whopping 6.3 strokes off the tee and 3.7 strokes on approach. The uber-talented Norwegian now returns to the site of the best ball-striking performance of his career, as Hovland gained over 14 strokes ball-striking last year at the iconic Pete Dye venue. Everyone is already aware of the talent, and this is the perfect spot for him to pick up that elusive first breakthrough victory.

Past results: Ladies and gentlemen, we are officially heating up. We cashed our third straight winner at the Honda Classic with Christopher Powers backing Chris Kirk at 30-1 to win the Honda Classic. That continues a streak that started with Brandon Gdula correctly predicting Scottie Scheffler’s win at the WM Phoenix Open (13-1) and Rick Gehman hitting Jon Rahm at the Genesis Invitational (+750). Add in Gdula and Stephen Hennessey’s Tony Finau (16-1) winner at the Houston Open in the Fall and that gives the panel four outright hits on the 2022-’23 season. Let’s keep it rolling at The Players!

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Players Championship picks 2023: Sleepers/Dark Horses Who Could Win

Caddie: Keith Mitchell (55-1, FanDuel) — He’s gone toe to toe with top-five players in the world and proven he can hang. That’s two top-fives in his past five starts, plus he’s won in the state of Florida. It wouldn’t surprise anybody if Cashmere Keith contends.

Mayo: Tom Kim (40-1, DraftKings) — It’s crucial to hit fairways this week, and Kim sits 15th in the field in fairways gained in the 2023 season. He’s great with his wedges and can scramble, so it’s likely to hinge all on his putter. His putting stroke seems like a legit coin flip each week. He’s lost as many as 6.7 strokes/putting over two rounds at one point. He also gained 12.5 over four en route to a victory in the same stretch. There really seems to be no in-between.

Gdula: Keith Mitchell (55-1, FanDuel) — Mitchell is one of the absolute best drivers on Tour, and he pairs distance with accuracy, which is very helpful at TPC Sawgrass. Mitchell’s got pop potential when other aspects of his game click along with the driver, as evidenced by a T-13 here last year, a T-5 at the Genesis, plus a T-4 at Pebble Beach recently when the short game was on point.

Gehman: Adam Scott (100-1, BetMGM) — Scott missed the cut here last year, ending a stretch of nine straight weekends at TPC Sawgrass with six top 20s during that run. His game is quietly rounding into form, earning a T-31 finish last week in very difficult conditions. He’ll be able to tap into his experience around a golf course that requires it.

Hennessey, Golf Digest: Tommy Fleetwood (85-1, FanDuel) — Tommy Lad led here after Round 1 last year and had a fifth-place finish in 2019 and a seventh-place in 2018. TPC Sawgrass clearly brings out the artist in Tommy. He can shape his shots off the tee and into these greens, and he’s got one of the best short games in the world. Fleetwood should be live here.

Powers, Golf Digest: Hideki Matsuyama (85-1, FanDuel) — Yes, Matsuyama seems broken if you just look at his recent results, but he’s actually still gained on approach in four of his last five starts, and he’s not that far removed from a top 10 at Torrey Pines. Also, it’s impossible to not think about his scorching hot start here in 2020 before the world shut down. 85-1 for a Masters champion who tied the course record here in 2020? It’s too tempting to pass up.

Lack: Keegan Bradley (50-1, BetMGM) — Keegan Bradley is the exact type of player further down the odds board who I know is capable of winning an event of this caliber. A major champ, in addition to a FedEx Cup playoff and WGCevent winner, Bradley is coming off a strong performance at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, gaining 6.6 strokes ball-striking. Now he returns to a track where he has experienced a fair amount of success at, including a fifth-place finish last year. I would be far from surprised to see Bradley raise the trophy come Sunday afternoon at a venue that has been kind to him over the last decade.

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Caddie: Sam Burns (66-1, BetMGM) — Ranking 193rd in SG/approach with these small greens and some wind is the recipe for disaster here. Something looks off with Burns … I would take a wait-and-see approach.

Mayo: Patrick Cantlay (16-1, DraftKings) — I just can’t stomach these odds. It’s not about him missing his past three cuts at Sawgrass, it’s that Cantlay’s priced closer to the top 3 (Rory, Scheffler and Rahm) than the group behind (Thomas, Homa, Morikawa, Schauffele, Finau). That’s simply not right.

Gdula: Viktor Hovland (27-1, FanDuel) — Hovland wouldn’t be priced here if not for the T-10 last week. I know he led The Players in SG/tee to green last year, however, he consistently loses strokes around the green (including last year at this event), and his wins are historically at events when the winning score is closer to 20-under than 10-under. It’s more to do with believing that there are better plays at better numbers than not believing in Hovland, but I just don’t like the number enough.

Gehman: Hideki Matsuyama (85-1, FanDuel) — This isn’t a favorite, but allow me to present reasons for fading Hideki in matchups and DFS. The driver is a huge problem right now for the 2021 Masters champ, who lost 2.6 strokes off-the-tee last week at Bay Hill. That’s his worst driving week since the 2021 Valero Texas Open, per the RickRunGood.com golf database. He’s lost strokes off-the-tee in 12 of his past 16 measured events, and the rest of his game hasn’t been good enough to make up for those woes.

Hennessey, Golf Digest: Justin Thomas (20-1, DraftKings) — It’s scary to fade JT at TPC Sawgrass, but he leaves me no choice. He has been pedestrian with his approach play, ranking 74th in this field over his past 36 rounds, per RickRunGood.com. That’s not peak JT. We’ve seen flashes, like in Phoenix, which prompted me to bet him at Riv … then he disappointed. You can make a case for so many of these top guys, but for me JT ain’t it.

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Powers, Golf Digest: Collin Morikawa (22-1, DraftKings) — Morikawa has been boom-or-bust this year, with three top-sixes and two missed cuts in five events. Coming off a MC at Bay Hill, it’s risky to fade a potential boom week, but Morikawa has somewhat shockingly gone backwards with his irons over the last few weeks. Also, he struggles on Bermuda greens, and he’s already a shaky putter.

Lack: Jon Rahm (+900, BetRivers) — This is a pure heat-check fade for me. After firing a flawless 65 on Thursday last week, Jon Rahm looked absolutely gassed over the weekend. With wins in five of his past 10 starts, fading the World No. 1 is always a scary proposition, but something appears to be shaky right now with his biggest weapon, his driver. TPC Sawgrass is the wrong golf course to enter with off-the-tee concerns, and it has notoriously been more of a challenge for faders of the golf ball. This is simply too steep of a price to pay right now for a player with question marks surrounding the strongest aspect of his game.

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Players Championship picks 2023: Matchups

Caddie: Taylor Montgomery (-110) over Brian Harman (DraftKings) — The rookie has cooled off since the hot start to his season, but there’s reason to like him over Harman. The former Georgia Bulldog ranks worse than 130th in SG/approach and SG/short game, which is not a good formula. Montgomery being a top-five putter here can mitigate some of the struggles elsewhere.

Mayo: Jon Rahm (+105) over Rory McIlroy (DraftKings) — The guy who wins every other event is available at plus-money against one other player. It doesn’t matter if that other player is Rory. Seems like a good deal for a coin flip at worst.

Gdula: Justin Rose (-136) over Harris English (FanDuel) — English has putted his way to two top-12s in his past three starts but has been very mediocre tee-to-green lately. Rose is coming off two MCs yet holds a big edge in ball-striking over English.

Gehman: Jason Day (-125) over Tom Kim (DraftKings) — Over the past 36 rounds, there are only four golfers in this field who have gained two-plus strokes per round. They are Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and … Jason Day. He’s been electric with the putter and pristine with his ball-striking. Now he goes back to TPC Sawgrass, where he won in 2016 and has three more top-10 finishes.

Hennessey, Golf Digest: Davis Riley (-110) over Aaron Wise (PointsBet) — These are two players trending in the opposite directions. Look at the longer-term data, and Aaron Wise will outperform Davis Riley in most metrics—but Riley’s coming off an eighth-place finish in a stacked field at Bay Hill, whereas Wise missed the cut badly, losing more than five strokes on approach in his two rounds. The data guys might not like this one, but I’m riding the hot hand on a Southern boy who should like this Bermuda-filled course more than a kid from Cali.

Powers, Golf Digest: Xander Schauffele (+105) over Max Homa (DraftKings) — Well aware of how good Homa has been this season, and even more aware of Schauffele’s disastrous weekend at Bay Hill. However, I think Schauffele bounces back and contends here and getting him at plus money over anybody is extremely attractive.

Lack: Rory McIlroy (-120) over Jon Rahm (DraftKings) — I’m going right back to well with the same matchup for the second week in a row. Quite simply, I trust Rory McIlroy’s ability to drive the ball in play here more than Rahm’s right now, and while Rahm has shown flashes at TPC Sawgrass, his course history pales in comparison to the 2019 champion. I’ll take my chances with McIlroy for one more week, as this will be a fun showdown between the world’s two best players.

Matchup Results from the Arnold Palmer Invitational: Hennessey and Lack: 1 for 1 (McIlroy (+110) over Rahm; Gehman: 1 for 1 (Theegala +100 over Lowry); Powers: 1 for 1 (Bradley (-120) over Conners); Caddie, Mayo, Gdula: 0 for 1.

Matchup Results from this season (Wins-Losses-Pushes): Hennessey: 12-6-0 (up 5.2 units); Gehman: 11-5-2 (up 4.92 units); Powers: 10-8-0 (up 1.46 units); Lack: 5-4-0 (up 0.80 units); Mayo: 8-9-0 (down 1.51 units); Caddie: 8-10-0 (down 2.16 units); Gdula: 5-12-1 (down 7.42 units)

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Players Championship picks 2023: Top 10s

Caddie: Tyrrell Hatton (+360, DraftKings) — The Englishman has two top-sixes in his past three starts and hasn’t missed a cut on the PGA Tour since early June. And if the conditions get tough, Hatton’s piercing ball flight can hang.

Mayo: Ben Griffin (+1600, DraftKings) — Griffin has become a short-course superstar. In his past five starts on courses under 7,200 yards, like TPC Sawgrass, he’s found the weekend four times with results of T-4, T-3, T-12 and T-21 along with a missed cut at Pebble Beach. Yes, it’s worrisome he’s never played in The Players previously, but that’s baked into this price.

Gdula: Tom Kim (+470, FanDuel) — Whenever I like Morikawa, I like Tom Kim because of the overlap in their games in terms of accuracy off the tee and iron play. Kim isn’t as good of an overall driver, but I’m also not asking for a win—just a top-10.

Gehman: Rickie Fowler (+550) — Fowler’s comeback tour continues to impress! Fowler faded to a T-31 last week but can still boast three top 25s in his past five starts, which also happen to be the biggest events this calendar year. He’s gained strokes on approach in seven of his past eight events, and the putter is heating up again. The 2015 Players champion is playing his best golf in the past three years and will look to continue it again this week.

Hennessey, Golf Digest: Chris Kirk (+650, PointsBet) — Kirk’s great at positional golf—like we saw in his win at the Honda, which we’ve seen at the Sony Open at Waialae, and him contending in the past at places like TPC Sawgrass and Harbour Town. We always dial up Kirk here, and now he’s back to peak Kirk.

Powers, Golf Digest: Davis Riley (+1200, DraftKings) — Riley was completely lost between September and mid-February but has now seemingly been found on the Florida Swing. He backed up a top 30 at Honda with a T-8 at Bay Hill that featured a six-under 66 on Sunday, matching Webb Simpson for the low round of the day. This is his first Players, but that can actually work in your favor at a course like TPC Sawgrass. The less he knows, the better.

Lack: Will Zalatoris (+320, DraftKings) — I certainly believe that he’s capable of winning here, but I’ll shift my attention to the top-10 market for Zalatoris. He’s coming off a ho-hum 53rd at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but he gained 4.7 strokes off the tee, which is incredibly encouraging as he now heads to a venue where off-the-tee performance is crucial. I think there is tremendous value in all markets on Zalatoris, and I expect him to be firmly in the mix.

Top-10 results from the Arnold Palmer Invitational: Hennessey: 1 for 1 (Keegan Bradley (+650); C addie, Lack: 1 for 1 (Cameron Young (+360); Gehman: 1 for 1 (Jason Day (+335); Mayo, Gdula, Powers: 0 for 1.

Top-10 results from this season: Gdula: 7 for 18 (up 16.6 units); Gehman: 6 for 18 (up 12.9 units); Mayo: 6 for 17 (up 11.1 units); Hennessey: 5 for 18 (up 9.35 units); Lack: 4 for 9 (up 6.5 units); Powers: 2 for 18 (down 9.9 units); Caddie: 3 for 18 (down 5.35 units)

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The Players Championship 2023: One and Done

Gehman: Jon Rahm — This is the biggest purse of the year, so we’re going with the biggest dog. I don’t need to describe how good Rahm is, so let me attack this from a strategic angle. Rahm has already been used by about 30 percent of users in most pools, compared to only 18 percent for Scottie Scheffler. There are only four golfers who have been used more frequently than Rahm to this point in the season. This is your chance to get the best player, at somewhat low ownership, in the biggest event of the season.

Previous weeks: Fortinet Championship: Emiliano Grillo. Sanderson Farms Championship: Sam Burns. Shriners: Taylor Montgomery. Zozo: Sungjae Im. CJ Cup: Matt Fitzpatrick. Bermuda: Denny McCarthy. Mayakoba: Viktor Hovland. Houston Open: Aaron Wise. RSM Classic: Brian Harman. Sentry TOC: Cameron Young. Sony Open: Hideki Matsuyama. American Express: Brian Harman. Farmers: Jason Day. AT&T Pebble Beach: Maverick McNealy. WMPO: Scottie Scheffler. Genesis: Justin Thomas. Honda: Sungjae Im. API: Rory McIlroy.

Hennessey: Rory McIlroy — I could save him for The Open, but this is a bigger payday—and I saw enough last week to where I’m confident that he’ll be lurking again come Sunday.

Previous weeks: Fortinet Championship: Cam Davis. Sanderson Farms Championship: Denny McCarthy. Shriners: Emiliano Grillo. Zozo: Hideki Matsuyama. CJ Cup: Sungjae Im. Bermuda: Mark Hubbard. Mayakoba: Viktor Hovland. Houston Open: Jason Day. RSM Classic: Brendon Todd. Sentry TOC: Patrick Cantlay. Sony Open: Matt Kuchar. American Express: Brian Harman. Farmers: Will Zalatoris. AT&T Pebble Beach: Seamus Power. WMPO: Collin Morikawa. Genesis: Justin Thomas. Honda: Chris Kirk. API: Keith Mitchell.

Powers: Patrick Cantlay — Coming off consecutive top-five finishes, Cantlay appears to be building toward a ninth PGA Tour win.

Previous weeks: Fortinet Championship: Sahith Theegala. Sanderson Farms Championship: J.T. Poston. Shriners: Sungjae Im. Zozo: Hideki Matsuyama. CJ Cup: Tyrrell Hatton. Bermuda: Russell Knox. Mayakoba: Thomas Detry. Houston Open: Sepp Straka. RSM Classic: Davis Riley. Sentry TOC: Xander Schauffele. Sony Open: Gary Woodland. American Express: Cameron Young. Farmers: Taylor Montgomery. AT&T Pebble Beach: Maverick McNealy. WMPO: Sungjae Im. Genesis: Collin Morikawa. Honda: Chris Kirk. API: Will Zalatoris.

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About our experts

Pat Mayo is an award-winning video host and producer of long and short-form content, and the host of The Pat Mayo Experience daily talk show. Mayo helped create the golf stats and research website Fantasy National along with the Race for the Mayo Cup One and Done contest. Mayo won the 2022 Fantasy Sports Writing Association Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year and is a finalist for three FSWA Awards in 2023 (Best Podcast, Daily Fantasy Writer of the Year, Golf Writer of the Year). His 27 FSWA nominations lead all writers this decade and are second-most all-time. Follow him on Twitter: @ThePME .

Brandon Gdula , managing editor and analyst for NumberFire, a FanDuel daily-fantasy analysis company, recently won the 2018 FSWA Golf Writer of the Year. Gdula also co-hosts the DFS Heat Check podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @gdula13 .

Rick Gehman is the founder of RickRunGood.com and the RickRunGood YouTube Channel, is one of the industry’s leading experts on golf DFS and gambling. Gehman is co-host of the First Cut Podcast and appears regularly on the Pat Mayo Experience golf podcasts. Follow him on Twitter: @RickRunGood .

Andy Lack is a PGA Tour writer and podcaster from New York City who now resides in Los Angeles. He hosts Inside Golf, a twice weekly podcast focused on the PGA Tour, betting, daily fantasy, golf course architecture, and interviews, as part of the BlueWire podcast network. As well as contributing to Golf Digest, Andy is also a data analyst and writer for RickRunGood.com, where he covers PGA Tour betting and daily fantasy. He came to Golf Digest’s betting panel after previously writing for Golf.com, the Score and GolfWRX. In his free time, Andy can likely be found on a golf course. Follow him on Twitter: @adplacksports

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2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship Full Field: 70 Players Begin PGA Tour Playoffs

John schwarb | aug 12, 2024.

Last week’s Wyndham Championship didn’t deliver any craziness in relation to the FedEx Cup Playoffs, as upon its official conclusion Monday ( thanks, Kuch ) the same 70 players remained inside the cutoff for the postseason that were there at the start of the tournament.

So now the chase for serious cash begins, with a pair of $20 million playoff preliminaries followed by the Tour Championship, which will determine $100 million in bonuses including $25 million for the winner. The first stop is the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tenn.

Everyone is chasing Scottie Scheffler to start, and if you need another measuring stick of how dominant his year has been, consider this: FedEx Cup points are quadrupled for playoff events, yet Scheffler can only lose his lead this week if he basically finishes last and Xander Schauffele wins. The two-time major champion trails the world No. 1 by 1,936 points and wins now earn 2,000 points.

Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark round out the current top 5 in points.

The key battle is around No. 50, as that’s the cutoff for next week’s BMW Championship as well as entry into all the signature events next season. Going into this week, Jake Knapp is 50th with Harris English and Nick Taylor just one point behind. 

Victor Perez has the longest trip to get inside the top 50, sitting at No. 70 and 347 points behind the cutoff. 

TPC Southwind hosts this week, a 7,243-yard par-70 course. There will be a new champion this year as 2023 champ Lucas Glover failed to make the playoffs. The winner from 2022, Will Zalatoris, is in the field at No. 49 in points. 

Here’s the full field for the FedEx St. Jude Championship: 

70 players Åberg, Ludvig An, Byeong Hun Bezuidenhout, Christiaan Bhatia, Akshay Bradley, Keegan Burns, Sam Cantlay, Patrick Clark, Wyndham Cole, Eric Conners, Corey Davis, Cam Day, Jason Detry, Thomas Dunlap, Nick Eckroat, Austin English, Harris Finau, Tony Fitzpatrick, Matt Fleetwood, Tommy Greyserman, Max Griffin, Ben Grillo, Emiliano Hadwin, Adam Harman, Brian Henley, Russell Hoge, Tom Homa, Max Horschel, Billy Hovland, Viktor Hubbard, Mark Hughes, Mackenzie Im, Sungjae Jaeger, Stephan Kim, Si Woo Kim, Tom Kirk, Chris Knapp, Jake Lee, Min Woo Lowry, Shane MacIntyre, Robert Malnati, Peter Matsuyama, Hideki McCarthy, Denny McIlroy, Rory McNealy, Maverick Moore, Taylor Morikawa, Collin Noren, Alex Pavon, Matthieu Pendrith, Taylor Perez, Victor Poston, J.T. Power, Seamus Rai, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Rose, Justin Schauffele, Xander Scheffler, Scottie Scott, Adam Spieth, Jordan Straka, Sepp Taylor, Nick Theegala, Sahith Thomas, Justin Thompson, Davis Todd, Brendon van Rooyen, Erik Vegas, Jhonattan Young, Cameron Zalatoris, Will

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PGA Tour leaderboard today: FedEx St. Jude Championship Round 3 scores

The third round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship will begin a little later than usual on Saturday.

Co-leaders Denny McCarthy and Hideki Matsuyama will tee off at 11:46 a.m., sitting at 11-under-par. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is two shots back after a strong finish to the second round on Friday.

Players are grouped into three and will be teeing off holes Nos. 1 and 10 on Saturday morning.

Follow along with the updated scores from Round 3 at TPC Southwind with Friday's leaderboard, with play scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m.

THIRD ROUND TEE TIMES:  PGA Tour tee times, schedule for FedEx St. Jude Championship: Round 3 groupings

PGA Tour golf leaderboard today for Round 3 FedEx St. Jude Championship

UPDATED 3 p.m. CT Saturday

• 1: Hideki Matsuyama -15 (11)
• 2: Nick Dunlap -12 (12)
• 3:  Sam Burns -11 (11)
• 4: Scottie Scheffler -10 (12)
• T5: Will Zalatoris -9 (13)
• Viktor Hovland -9 (13)
• T7: Xander Schauffele -8 (15)
• Chris Kirk -8 (13)
• Justin Rose -8 (12)

For full scores,  click here .

FedEx St. Jude Championship PGA Tour Round 3 pairings, tee times

• 9:45 a.m. — Adam Scott, Sepp Straka, Maverick McNealy
• 9:56 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Seamus Power, Eric Cole
• 10:07 a.m. — Austin Eckroat, Justin Thomas, Akshay Bhatia
• 10:18 a.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Taylor Pendrith, Emiliano Grillo
• 10:29 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Russell Henley, Ben Griffin
• 10:40 a.m. — Brendon Todd, Harris English, Nick Taylor
• 10:51 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Tom Kim, Brian Harman
• 11:02 a.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Aaron Rai, Tony Finau
• 11:13 a.m. — Erik van Rooyen, Will Zalatoris, Chris Kirk
• 11:24 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel
• 11:35 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose, Nick Dunlap
• 11:46 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Hideki Matsuyama, Sam Burns
• 9:45 a.m. — Alex Noren, Davis Thompson, Matthieu Pavon
• 9:56 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Min Woo Lee, Keegan Bradley
• 10:07 a.m. — J.T. Poston, Corey Conners, Jason Day
• 10:18 a.m. — Tom Hoge, Patrick Cantlay, Byeong Hun An
• 10:29 a.m. — Sahith Theegala, Victor Perez, Cam Davis
• 10:40 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Ludvig Aberg, Collin Morikawa
• 10:51 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Patrick Rodgers, Stephan Jaeger
• 11:02 a.m. — Taylor Moore, Mackenzie Hughes, Cameron Young
• 11:13 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Adam Hadwin, Thomas Detry
• 11:24 a.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Jordan Spieth, Max Greyserman
• 11:35 a.m. — Mark Hubbard, Si Woo Kim
• 11:46 a.m. — Jake Knapp, Max Homa

What channel is the FedEx St. Jude Championship PGA Tour tournament on today?

All times Central

TV:   Noon — 2 p.m. on Golf Channel; 2 p.m. — 5 p.m. on NBC

Streaming:    FUBO   (free trial available) ; Peacock;  PGA Tour Live on ESPN+'s  third round coverage includes a main feed from 9:45 a.m. until Noon, marquee/featured group coverage starting at 10 a.m. through the end of the day's play, and featured holes coverage beginning at 10 a.m. through the end of the day.

FedEx St. Jude Championship PGA Tour betting odds

Odds courtesy of BetMGM  as of Saturday, Aug. 17

• Scottie Scheffler +180
• Hideki Matsuyama +300
• Sam Burns +700
• Denny McCarthy +800
• Viktor Hovland +2000
• Xander Schauffele +2200
• Billy Horschel +2800
• Justin Rose +2800

PGA Tour Memphis recent winners at TPC Southwind

2023:  Lucas Glover

2022:  Will Zalatoris

2021:  Abraham Ancer

2020:  Justin Thomas

2019:  Brooks Koepka

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2023 Tour Championship money: Here’s how much every player made 

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Our apologies in advance for this story, Jon Rahm. 

We joke, of course. Still, it was the world No. 3 who eloquently put on Friday that the money involved in this week’s Tour Championship was not on players’ radars, and that the attention given to the purse was a nuisance. 

For clarity, here is the complete exchange:

“Early in your career when you’re first starting out, did you ever think about the money …”

No, Rahm said.

“… in terms of if I miss this or make …”

No, Rahm said again. 

“Do you think …”

Here, he had more than one word.

“It’s one of the things that frustrates me about watching this broadcast. Like, we’re not thinking if we miss a putt how much it’s going to cost us money-wise. No chance. Like, none whatsoever. You’re trying to finish as high as possible. You’re trying to win a tournament. It’s one of my pet peeves when they make this tournament all about money because I think it takes away from it.

“When you win a green jacket, I can tell you right now that any major champion this year might not remember how much money they made. And that’s the beauty about this game and I think that’s kind of how it should be. Obviously I’m saying that being in an extremely privileged position financially. I mean, at that point, from first to second, you’re making a ton of money, so it’s more about winning than the prize itself.”

All good points. But with that … 

Below is a complete list of the 2023 Tour Championship payouts for all 30 players. We’ve also listed players 31 to 150, as they are also paid under the purse, also known as the FedEx Cup bonus pool. The total purse is $75 million. 

How much every player made at the 2023 Tour Championship

1. Viktor Hovland $18 million

2. Xander Schauffele $6.5 million

3. Wyndham Clark $5 million

4. Rory McIlroy $4 million

5. Patrick Cantlay $3 million

T6. Tommy Fleetwood $2 million Scottie Scheffler $2 million Collin Morikawa $2 million

T9. Sam Burns $990,000 Matt Fitzpatrick $990,000 Max Homa $990,000 Adam Schenk $990,000 Keegan Bradley $990,000

T14. Russell Henley $780,000 Sepp Straka $780,000

T16. Rickie Fowler $710,000 Tyrrell Hatton $710,000

T18. Lucas Glover $670,000 Jon Rahm $670,000

T20. Si Woo Kim $620,000 Tony Finau $620,000 Tom Kim $620,000

23. Brian Harman $580,000

24. Sungjae Im $565,000

25. Nick Taylor $550,000

26. Corey Conners $540,000

27. Jordan Spieth $530,000

28. Jason Day $520,000

29. Emiliano Grillo $505,000

30. Taylor Moore $505,000

31. Sahith Theegala $250,000

32. Chris Kirk $236,000

33. Denny McCarthy $228,000

34. Justin Rose $221,000

35. Andrew Putnam $214,000

36. Kurt Kitayama $211,000

37. Adam Svensson $209,000

38. Harris English $208,000

39. J.T. Poston $207,000

40. Lee Hodges $206,000

41. Seamus Power $205,000

42. Cameron Young $204,000

43. Eric Cole $203,000

44. Byeong Hun An $202,000

45. Adam Hadwin $201,000

46. Tom Hoge $200,000

47. Brendon Todd $199,000

48. Cam Davis $198,000

49. Patrick Rodgers $197,000

50. Hideki Matsuyama $196,000

51. Mackenzie Hughes $195,000

52. Nick Hardy $194,000

53. Taylor Montgomery $193,000

54. Alex Smalley $192,000

55. Thomas Detry $191,000

56. Stephan Jaeger $190,000

57. Brandon Wu $189,000

58. Beau Hossler $188,000

59. Davis Riley $187,000

60. Hayden Buckley $186,000

61. Sam Ryder $185,000

62. J.J. Spaun $185,000

63. Ben Griffin $185,000

64. Keith Mitchell $185,000

65. Sam Stevens $185,000

66. Matt Kuchar $175,000

67. Mark Hubbard $175,000

68. Aaron Rai $175,000

69. Vincent Norrman $175,000

70. Matt NeSmith $175,000

71. Justin Thomas $140,000

72. Adam Scott $140,000

73. Davis Thompson $140,000

74. Austin Eckroat $140,000

75. Ben Taylor $140,000

76. Garrick Higgo $140,000

77. K.H. Lee $140,000

78. Shane Lowry $140,000

79. Michael Kim $140,000

80. David Lingmerth $140,000

81. Justin Suh $140,000

82. Matt Wallace $140,000

83. S.H. Kim $140,000

84. Joel Dahmen $140,000

85. Danny Willett $140,000

86. Dylan Wu $130,000

87. Kevin Streelman $130,000

88. Harry Hall $130,000

89. Joseph Bramlett $130,000

90. Billy Horschel $130,000

91. Callum Tarren $130,000

92. Robby Shelton $130,000

93. Zac Blair $130,000

94. Gary Woodland $130,000

95. Chez Reavie $130,000

96. Aaron Baddeley $130,000

97. Nate Lashley $130,000

98. David Lipsky $130,000

99. Kevin Yu $130,000

100. Will Gordon $130,000

101. Alex Noren $120,000

102. Akshay Bhatia $120,000

103. Justin Lower $120,000

104. Tyson Alexander $120,000

105. Andrew Novak $120,000

106. Greyson Sigg $120,000

107. Nico Echavarria $120,000

108. Maverick McNealy $120,000

109. Christiaan Bezuidenhout $120,000

110. Tyler Duncan $120,000

111. Carson Young $120,000

112. Martin Laird $120,000

113. Ben Martin $120,000

114. Taylor Pendrith $120,000

115. Chad Ramey $120,000

116. Peter Malnati $120,000

117. Doug Ghim $120,000

118. MJ Daffue $120,000

119. Luke List $120,000

120. C.T. Pan $120,000

121. Chesson Hadley $120,000

122. Patton Kizzire $120,000

123. Zecheng Dou $120,000

124. Jimmy Walker $120,000

125. Austin Smotherman $120,000

126. Trey Mullinax $85,000

127. Aaron Wise $85,000

128. Scott Stallings $85,000

129. Harrison Endycott $85,000

130. Scott Piercy $85,000

131. Erik van Rooyen $85,000

132. Harry Higgs $85,000

133. Troy Merritt $85,000

134. Paul Haley II $85,000

135. Ludvig Aberg $85,000

136. Webb Simpson $85,000

137. Charley Hoffman $85,000

138. Will Zalatoris $85,000

139. Kramer Hickok $85,000

140. Henrik Norlander $85,000

141. Adam Long $85,000

142. Cameron Champ $85,000

143. Russell Knox $85,000

144. Richy Werenski $85,000

145. Cody Gribble $85,000

146. Kevin Tway $85,000

147. Matti Schmid $85,000

148. Matthias Schwab $85,000

149. Ryan Moore $85,000

150. Carl Yuan $85,000

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How do the 2024 FedEx Cup playoffs work on the PGA Tour?

• Keith Jenkins

In sports, postseason events offer top prizes. For golfers on the PGA Tour , the postseason starts with the FedEx Cup playoffs , a three-week march toward the FedEx Cup championship trophy.

As golf's biggest names look to capture the PGA Tour's biggest prize, here's what to know about the 2024 FedEx Cup playoffs.

What is the FedEx Cup?

The FedEx Cup is a season-long points competition that culminates with a playoff consisting of three events to determine the FedEx Cup champion. The PGA Tour first introduced the FedEx Cup in 2007.

How many players qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs?

Players on the PGA Tour earn points that make up the FedEx Cup standings . The top 70 in the standings qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs.

The field shrinks to 50 after the first playoff event, and to 30 after the second. The remaining 30 players compete for the FedEx Cup at the third and final playoff event.

What are the three events in the FedEx Cup playoffs?

The FedEx St. Jude Championship , BMW Championship and Tour Championship make up the FedEx Cup playoffs.

What is the 2024 FedEx Cup playoffs schedule?

Aug. 15-18: FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee

Aug. 22-25: BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado

Aug.29-Sept.1: Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta

Who won the 2023 FedEx Cup?

Viktor Hovland won last year's FedEx Cup after shooting 27-under at the 2023 Tour Championship. The victory marked Hovland's first FedEx Cup title.

Who has won the most FedEx Cup championships?

Rory McIlroy has won a PGA Tour-leading three FedEx Cup championships (2016, 2019, 2022).

What does the 2024 FedEx Cup champion receive in prize money?

The total bonus pool for the FedEx Cup Playoffs is $100 million, with the winner earning $25 million.

Who are the all-time winners of the FedEx Cup?

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2022 - Rory McIlroy

2021 - Patrick Cantlay

2020 - Dustin Johnson

2019 - Rory McIlroy

2018 - Justin Rose

2017 - Justin Thomas

2016 - Rory McIlroy

2015 - Jordan Spieth

2014 - Billy Horschel

2013 - Henrik Stenson

2012 - Brandt Snedeker

2011 - Bill Haas

2010 - Jim Furyk

2009 - Tiger Woods

2008 - Vijay Singh

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Will Chandler claims first 18-hole lead of career with 64 at Magnit Championship

Daily Wrap Up

Will Chandler, who is making his seventh career start on the Korn Ferry Tour this week, claims the first-round solo lead of his career. (Brennan Asplen/Getty Images)

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Things to Know

• Will Chandler, who is making his seventh career start on the Korn Ferry Tour this week, claims the first-round solo lead at the Magnit Championship; the first 18-hole lead/co-lead of his career
• Four players stand at T2 and trail by one stroke, including two-time Korn Ferry Tour winners Tim Widing and Max McGreevy, as well as Frankie Capan III and Chandler Blanchet
• Following the conclusion of the Magnit Championship, the top 156 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List will qualify for the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, the first of four Korn Ferry Tour Finals events
• Second playing of the Magnit Championship at Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson Township, New Jersey

First-Round Lead Notes

0 - First-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Magnit Championship

0 - First-round leaders/co-leaders to win on Tour in 2024

Charting the Leader

Will chandler (leader/-8).

• Cards the lowest round of his career with an 8-under 64, rolling in nine birdies (Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16) against one bogey (No. 17)
• Making his seventh career start on the Korn Ferry Tour
• Owns five made cuts in six previous starts this season, including a T10 at The Ascendant presented by Blue for the best finish of his career
• Began the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season with no status, open qualified into five of the six events he has competed in this season, made his first career start at the 2024 Veritex Bank Championship (T42)
• Entered the week No. 134 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, earning a spot in this week’s field
• In 2023, he made nine starts on PGA TOUR Canada (now PGA TOUR Americas) with four made cuts, including two top-25 finishes (best finish; T17/Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos CBM Aggregates)
• Earned membership on Tour via a T3 finish at PGA TOUR Canada Qualifying Tournament USA East 3 at RTJ Golf Trail at Highland Oaks in Opelika, Alabama
• Played five seasons at the University of Georgia (2016-21) before turning professional in 2021
• Named the 2014 Georgia State Golf Association Junior Player of the Year
• Atlanta native and currently resides in St. Simons Island, Georgia

Will Chandler on his 8-under 64 … “I hit a lot of good shots. I wedged it good, drove it pretty good and some putts fell. It was solid.”

Chandler on what he learned playing on PGA TOUR Canada … “These events are marathons. They're four day events, 72 holes, so you've got to play smart, play the percentages, and over the course of four days it's going to probably leave you in a better position than just attacking flags. You know, you really got to think through things and that starts with the practice rounds.”

Max McGreevy on his bogey-free 7-under 65 … “Just a super solid round. I didn't really have any long par putts or anything that needed to be made. Kind of got off to a good start, gave myself a couple looks, made about a 25 footer on 14 for eagle. That just kind of put me at ease. I just kind of kept trying to hit it to the right parts of the green and give myself opportunities, which I felt like I did. Yeah, was happy to cap it off at the end.”

McGreevy on his mindset since securing his PGA TOUR card for next season … “Yeah, for sure. I've been -- especially missing the cut last week in Omaha -- pretty frustrated honestly the last month or so. I wouldn't say I've gotten lazier since locking up the card and stuff like that. Maybe I expected it to be just as easy as it's been the rest of the season. Five left here, I'm going to gear back in and make a push as much as I can for that No. 1 spot. Everybody's playing really good golf. I want to be up there these last couple weeks and fight for it. Yeah, just put it all on the line so then I can take my two months off after and enjoy it.”

• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winners Tim Widing (T2/-7) and Max McGreevy (T2/-7) card bogey-free 7-under 65s and trail by one stroke.
• Frankie Capan III (T2/-7), who is making his second career start at the Magnit Championship, turned in a 7-under 65 with six birdies (Nos. 5, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18) and an eagle (No. 6) against one bogey (No. 15).
• Chandler Blanchet (T2/-7), who won the 2023 Totalplay Cup on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica (now PGA TOUR Americas) to secure fully exempt status for the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season, stands at T2 for his best 18-hole position since holding the 18-hole co-lead at The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay.
• Korn Ferry Tour rookie Sudarshan Yellamaraju (T6/-6), who entered the week No. 91 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, stands at T4 after a 6-under 66 for the best 18-hole position of his career.
• PGA TOUR winner Ryan Armour (T6/-6), who is making his fifth start of the season this week, turned in his lowest opening round of the year with a 6-under 66, rolling in seven birdies (Nos. 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15) against one bogey (No. 1).
• Mexico’s Emilio Gonzalez (T6/-6), who began the week No. 71 on the 2024 points list, posts a bogey-free round of the season with a 6-under 66 and stands inside the top 10 after the first round for the fourth time this season.
• Second-year member Ricky Castillo (T6/-6), who enters the week No. 34 on the 2024 points list, posts a 6-under 66 and stands inside the top 10 after 18 holes for the first time in his Korn Ferry Tour career.
• Former Oklahoma Sooner Patrick Welch (T11/-5), who finished T3 at the 2023 Magnit Championship, cards an opening round 5-under 67, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 14th.
• Fifteen professionals played the first-round bogey-free.