The Players Championship has four decades of history at TPC Sawgrass suggesting it doesn't favor a particular style of golf — power player or pea shooter, great short game or consummate iron player. And then Scottie Scheffler came along.

THE PLAYERS and it's season-high $25 million purse is really the kickoff to golf's majors — even if it doesn't technically qualify as one. The tournament has all the hallmarks of the biggest events of the season: An elite course in TPC Sawgrass with arguably the most iconic hole in golf (the island green No.

Scheffler became the first back-to-back winner at TPC Sawgrass in 2024, but isn’t worried about the past as he heads into this year’s tournament.