The Players Championship has been an official PGA Tour event since 1974, though it has only been played at TPC Sawgrass’s Stadium Course since 1982.
This year is the 52nd playing of The Players and the 123-player field includes 47 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings. We will also see seven past champions and 14 players making their debut in a tournament that features the PGA Tour’s best golfers. The last six winners of this event all entered the week inside the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
In the 2025 Players Championship Rory McIlroy captured his second Players Championship by defeating J.J. Spaun in a playoff. McIlroy is ready to defend his title after withdrawing due to a back injury last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
About TPC Sawgrass: The Stadium Course
The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass plays at 7,352 yards as a par 72. The iconic hole is the par-3 17th hole with an island green that can cause drama towards the end of the round. The course record was set by Tom Hoge when he shot 62 in round three of the 2023 Players Championship.
Who to Watch at the 2026 Players Championship
McIlroy will look to win his third Players Championship title against a field that includes past champions Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas and Si Woo Kim. Both Scheffler and McIlroy are looking to join Jack Nicklaus as the only three-time winners of The Players; they would be the first to do so at TPC Sawgrass for all three wins.
We predict Kim will pick up his second career win at The Players. In seven starts on the PGA Tour this season, he has five top-13 finishes and is second in strokes gained tee-to-green for the season.
How to Watch the 2026 Players Championship presented by Mastercard
You can watch coverage of the 2026 Players Championship on the Golf Channel and the NBC Sports App during the following windows. All times below are ET.
Thursday, March 12: 1:00pm-7:00pm ET on Golf Channel
Friday, March 13: 1:00pm-7:00pm ET on Golf Channel
Saturday, March 14: 2:00pm-7:00pm ET on NBC and the NBC Sports App
Sunday, March 15: 1:00pm-6:00pm ET on NBC and the NBC Sports App
2026 Players Championship Field
As of March 9, 2026, at 12pm ET, the Players Champion Field is the following:
Åberg, Ludvig
Bauchou, Zach
Berger, Daniel
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Bhatia, Akshay
Bradley, Keegan
Brennan, Michael
Bridgeman, Jacob
Burns, Sam
Campbell, Brian
Cantlay, Patrick
Castillo, Ricky
Cauley, Bud
Clark, Wyndham
Cole, Eric
Conners, Corey
Coody, Pierceson
Dahmen, Joel
Davis, Cam
Day, Jason
Dou, Zecheng
Echavarria, Nico
English, Harris
Ewart, A.J.
Finau, Tony
Fisk, Steven
Fitzpatrick, Matt
Fleetwood, Tommy
Fowler, Rickie
Fox, Ryan
Gerard, Ryan
Glover, Lucas
Gotterup, Chris
Greyserman, Max
Griffin, Ben
Grillo, Emiliano
Hall, Harry
Harman, Brian
Henley, Russell
Higgo, Garrick
Highsmith, Joe
Hisatsune, Ryo
Hodges, Lee
Hoey, Rico
Hoge, Tom
Højgaard, Nicolai
Højgaard, Rasmus
Homa, Max
Hovland, Viktor
Hubbard, Mark
Hughes, Mackenzie
Im, Sungjae
Jaeger, Stephan
Kanaya, Takumi
Keefer, Johnny
Kim, Michael
Kim, S.H.
Kim, Si Woo
Kirk, Chris
Kitayama, Kurt
Kizzire, Patton
Knapp, Jake
Koepka, Brooks
Lee, Min Woo
Li, Haotong
Lowry, Shane
MacIntyre, Robert
Matsuyama, Hideki
McCarthy, Denny
McCarty, Matt
McGreevy, Max
McIlroy, Rory
McNealy, Maverick
Meissner, Mac
Mitchell, Keith
Moore, Taylor
Morikawa, Collin
Mouw, William
Noren, Alex
Novak, Andrew
Olesen, Thorbjørn
Pavon, Matthieu
Pendrith, Taylor
Penge, Marco
Phillips, Chandler
Poston, J.T.
Potgieter, Aldrich
Power, Seamus
Putnam, Andrew
Rai, Aaron
Ramey, Chad
Reitan, Kristoffer
Riley, Davis
Rodgers, Patrick
Rose, Justin
Roy, Kevin
Schauffele, Xander
Scheffler, Scottie
Schenk, Adam
Schmid, Matti
Scott, Adam
Smalley, Alex
Smith, Jordan
Smotherman, Austin
Spaun, J.J.
Spieth, Jordan
Stevens, Sam
Straka, Sepp
Taylor, Nick
Theegala, Sahith
Thomas, Justin
Thompson, Davis
Thorbjornsen, Michael
Valimaki, Sami
van Rooyen, Erik
Vegas, Jhonattan
Vilips, Karl
Walker, Danny
Whaley, Vince
Woodland, Gary
Yellamaraju, Sudarshan
Young, Cameron
Yu, Kevin
