The 2025 Players Championship LIVE: Dates, field, schedule and how to follow as Scheffler eyes three-peat
Scottie Scheffler will be aiming to make more history in Florida this week as he eyes glory again at The Players. The World No.1 took home the title during his incredible 2024 run, becoming the first golfer ever to win the PGA Tour’s Flagship event in back-to-back seasons. Scheffler has won the last two Players ChampionshipsGetty Now, he’s eyeing a third straight crown to equal Jack Nicklaus’ all-time tally in this illustrious tournament. There will be plenty of challengers for Scheffler though, with Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa among the stars looking for victory. The field will do battle at TPC Sawgrass which boasts the iconic island par-3 17th, one of the most famous holes in world golf. The Players 2025: Date and how to follow The 2025 Players Championship will get started on Thursday, March 13. It will take place at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and will be played over four days until Sunday, March 16. The Stadium Course is a par 72 and will measure 7,245 yards in length. Details on tee times for each day will be confirmed in due course but last year, things got started at 11:30am UK time. talkSPORT 2 will have live coverage of all the action from Florida. To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. The event will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK too. talkSPORT BET: Latest Cheltenham Festival odds and free bet offers McIlroy is sure to challenge for his first win of the yearGetty Recent Players champions 2024: Scottie Scheffler −20 2023: Scottie Scheffler −17 2022: Cameron Smith −13 2021: Justin Thomas −14 2019: Rory McIlroy −16 2018: Webb Simpson −18 2017: Kim Si-woo −10 2016: Jason Day −15 2015: Rickie Fowler −12 2014: Martin Kaymer −13 The Players 2025: Field and tee times The field for this year’s Players Championship will be 120 players before the cut after Friday’s second round. This has been reduced from 144 after changes were made to some events on the PGA Tour to promote a better flow of play. Scheffler will be the star of the field but McIlroy, who won The Players in 2019, will look to challenge again following his brilliant victory at Pebble Beach in early February. World No.5 Hideki Matsuyama also already has one tournament win under his belt in 2025 and he’ll be keen to add another. The groups have been announced for the first two rounds, and there is one standout trio. Scheffler, McIlroy and Schauffele are all together, while in another, Ludvig Aberg joins Matsuyama and Justin Thomas. The full field can be found here while tee times will follow in due course. The latest leaderboard from Florida can be found here once play is up and running. The Players 2025: What has been said? Players Executive Director, Lee Smith, is excited to see the best in the game tackle the famous par-3 17th hole again this year. He told talkSPORT.com: “There are so many great holes in golf that I feel it does the game a disservice to call one the greatest. “When I look at No. 17, it’s the most iconic hole in golf, and I define that as one that any person in a bar, at home, on their phone, could look up and see and instantly know that’s TPC Sawgrass. “The defining moment that hole provides – not just on Sunday but all week – speaks to the excitement of the moment, our fans holding their breath, and each player being terrified over a 140-yard shot they could hit in their sleep – if it wasn’t for the 10,000 fans and full body of water around the green. “I love the fact that it’s the 71st hole in The Players and if you want to win this championship, it’s time to hit a great shot.” Back-to-back Players Championships Scheffler knows how to do just that and will be looking for his third title this year. Following his victory last March, he said: “It’s good to be sitting back here again. “It was another battle, it was a hard-fought week. A lot of guys played some really good golf this week. A few of them finished at -19, some at -20. “That’s some really good golf on this course.” He made history by becoming the first player to win two of these titles in a row and on that, he continued: “It’s pretty special. “It’s something you don’t get the opportunity to do very often. It’s tough enough to win one.”

Scottie Scheffler will be aiming to make more history in Florida this week as he eyes glory again at The Players.
The World No.1 took home the title during his incredible 2024 run, becoming the first golfer ever to win the PGA Tour’s Flagship event in back-to-back seasons.
Now, he’s eyeing a third straight crown to equal Jack Nicklaus’ all-time tally in this illustrious tournament.
There will be plenty of challengers for Scheffler though, with Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa among the stars looking for victory.
The field will do battle at TPC Sawgrass which boasts the iconic island par-3 17th, one of the most famous holes in world golf.
The Players 2025: Date and how to follow
The 2025 Players Championship will get started on Thursday, March 13.
It will take place at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and will be played over four days until Sunday, March 16.
The Stadium Course is a par 72 and will measure 7,245 yards in length.
Details on tee times for each day will be confirmed in due course but last year, things got started at 11:30am UK time.
talkSPORT 2 will have live coverage of all the action from Florida.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
The event will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK too.
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Recent Players champions
2024: Scottie Scheffler −20
2023: Scottie Scheffler −17
2022: Cameron Smith −13
2021: Justin Thomas −14
2019: Rory McIlroy −16
2018: Webb Simpson −18
2017: Kim Si-woo −10
2016: Jason Day −15
2015: Rickie Fowler −12
2014: Martin Kaymer −13
The Players 2025: Field and tee times
The field for this year’s Players Championship will be 120 players before the cut after Friday’s second round.
This has been reduced from 144 after changes were made to some events on the PGA Tour to promote a better flow of play.
Scheffler will be the star of the field but McIlroy, who won The Players in 2019, will look to challenge again following his brilliant victory at Pebble Beach in early February.
World No.5 Hideki Matsuyama also already has one tournament win under his belt in 2025 and he’ll be keen to add another.
The groups have been announced for the first two rounds, and there is one standout trio.
Scheffler, McIlroy and Schauffele are all together, while in another, Ludvig Aberg joins Matsuyama and Justin Thomas.
The full field can be found here while tee times will follow in due course.
The latest leaderboard from Florida can be found here once play is up and running.
The Players 2025: What has been said?
Players Executive Director, Lee Smith, is excited to see the best in the game tackle the famous par-3 17th hole again this year.
He told talkSPORT.com: “There are so many great holes in golf that I feel it does the game a disservice to call one the greatest.
“When I look at No. 17, it’s the most iconic hole in golf, and I define that as one that any person in a bar, at home, on their phone, could look up and see and instantly know that’s TPC Sawgrass.
“The defining moment that hole provides – not just on Sunday but all week – speaks to the excitement of the moment, our fans holding their breath, and each player being terrified over a 140-yard shot they could hit in their sleep – if it wasn’t for the 10,000 fans and full body of water around the green.
“I love the fact that it’s the 71st hole in The Players and if you want to win this championship, it’s time to hit a great shot.”
Back-to-back Players Championships Scheffler knows how to do just that and will be looking for his third title this year.
Following his victory last March, he said: “It’s good to be sitting back here again.
“It was another battle, it was a hard-fought week. A lot of guys played some really good golf this week. A few of them finished at -19, some at -20.
“That’s some really good golf on this course.”
He made history by becoming the first player to win two of these titles in a row and on that, he continued: “It’s pretty special.
“It’s something you don’t get the opportunity to do very often. It’s tough enough to win one.”