Players Championship

This time last year, Scottie Scheffler was taking the PGA Tour by storm, winning four times in the spring to earn the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf ...

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Here's everything you need to follow along with the action at TPC Sawgrass, including how to stream the event.

10 1 [fuboTV](https://www.fubo.tv/lp/sports/?bgvideo=golfgen.mp4&title=Watch%20Golf%20Online&subinfo=Follow%20Your%20Favorite%20Players&priceline=Stream%20on%20your%20TV,%20Computer%20and%20more&irad=356374&irmp=1131770&sharedid=editorial) [fuboTV](https://www.fubo.tv/lp/sports/?bgvideo=golfgen.mp4&title=Watch%20Golf%20Online&subinfo=Follow%20Your%20Favorite%20Players&priceline=Stream%20on%20your%20TV,%20Computer%20and%20more&irad=356374&irmp=1131770&sharedid=editorial) [fuboTV](https://www.fubo.tv/lp/sports/?bgvideo=golfgen.mp4&title=Watch%20Golf%20Online&subinfo=Follow%20Your%20Favorite%20Players&priceline=Stream%20on%20your%20TV,%20Computer%20and%20more&irad=356374&irmp=1131770&sharedid=editorial) The action will be broadcast on NBC, meaning it will be simulcast on Peacock. He moved to LIV Golf last year and was summarily suspended from the PGA Tour. Top PGA Tour talent has descended upon TPC Sawgrass for the 2023 Players Championship. Fans hoping to stream the 2023 Players Championship will have many ways to do so. And he wasn't the only one: Lahiri, Paul Casey and Harold Varner III all switched allegiances, as did Dustin Johnson, who shot a course-record 63 in his swan song at Sawgrass.

Rory McIlroy looks to win his second Players Championship in the biggest PGA Tour tournament in 2023 so far. A winner in 2019, the Northern Irishman will be ...

(6.07pm) -- J.J. (12.56pm) -- K.H. (12.45pm) -- J.T. (5.56pm) -- K.H. (5.45pm) -- J.T. While a repeat winner is rare, with Tiger Woods (2013) the only player to win multiple times since 2013. (5.01pm) -- Adam Long, Hayden Buckley, Taylor Montgomery (1.07pm) -- J.J. (4.50pm) -- David Lipsky, S.H. So if we ignore the big hitters at the top of the list of odds, we like Jason Day, given his return to form and big win here in 2016, not to mention T6 in 2011, T5 in 2018 and T8 in 2019. Subscribers can stream the event via the Sky Go app or player. (12.01pm) -- Adam Long, Hayden Buckley, Taylor Montgomery

The Sporting News is tracking live scores and highlights from the Players Championship. Follow for results from the first day of the tournament.

10 1 ESPN+ will carry featured groups and select holes. The Sporting News will be tracking live scores and highlights from Thursday's Round 1 leaderboard. Golf Channel and NBC will be the television homes of the 2023 Players Championship. That doesn't mean the field will be missing all its previous winners. Cameron Smith joined LIV Golf last summer, and because of that, he and several other golfers who also left for LIV Last year's winner, will not, however. Thursday, March 10 For those looking to watch the main televised action, fuboTV will carry both Golf Channel and NBC coverage.

THE PLAYERS Championship tees off at 6:50 a.m. ET on Friday from TPC Sawgrass. We have a full list of tee times, including the featured groups.

Tee No. Golfer 3 Golfer 2 Golfer 1 The 70 best scores and ties will advance to the weekend. Round 2 of THE PLAYERS Championship begins on Friday, March 10 with tee times starting at 6:50 a.m. There will be a cut after Friday play ends. PGA TOUR Live via ESPN+ will also have extended streaming coverage of all 18 holes of the event and every player. Tee

World No. 1 golfer Jon Rahm was the favorite to win entering the tournament. It would be Rahm's first TPC title.

The Players Championship will be broadcast on NBC and Golf Channel. 1 Live stream Stream Rahm's fourth PGA Tour win of the season would be his best yet. His highest finish came in 2009, when he tied for ninth. Last year's event was especially unforgiving; he finished tied for 55th. 10 Rahm has yet to win the Players Championship in his career. 1 golfer Jon Rahm entered first-round play as the tournament favorite.

"The Island Green" -- three words that have struck fear into the hearts of even the most talented golfers.

The fairytale continued as Buckley birdied the subsequent par-four, making him the first player on record at The Players Championship to follow up a hole-in-one at the 17th with a birdie at the 18th, according to the PGA Tour. 107 and is chasing his first PGA Tour title, it marked the second hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career following his first at the Shriners Children’s Open in 2021 – coincidentally, also at the 17th hole. For Buckley, who arrived in Florida as world No.

Hayden Buckley made an ace on the island green 17th at TPC Sawgrass during the first round of the 2023 Players Championship on Thursday.

TPC Sawgrass' Stadium Course was rocking early on Day 1 at the 2023 Players Championship.

And if bet "YES" on that hole-in-one prop for the week, congrats as well. Even better for Buckley is that the ace vaulted him to three under par and into a tie for the (very) early lead at TPC Sawgrass. That's the 11th hole-in-one made on No.

Hayden Buckley, 27, is still searching for his first PGA Tour victory, but he did something only 10 golfers have done at TPC Sawgrass since 1991.

Since 1991, only 10 players have aced the par-3 No. 17 during the Players Championship. 17 Thursday, took off jogging in celebration and threw his cap into the air.

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Golf Channel and NBC will be the television homes of the 2023 Players Championship. It's a beautiful Thursday morning at TPC Sawgrass and the first wave of players is already well underway in their opening round. — Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of The Players Championship 2023! Rahm is at -2, Scheffler is at even and McIlroy is struggling a bit at +2 right now. — Another bogey for McIlroy drops him all the way down to +4 and close to the very bottom of the leaderboard. — What a round Morikawa has going! They'll be the marquee group as the first round winds down in Ponte Vedra. Rory McIlroy, on the other hand, drops yet another shot to finish the day with a 76 (+4). — Ramey makes a solid par on the last hole to finish with a round of -8 (64). The Sporting News will be tracking live scores and highlights from Thursday's Round 1 leaderboard. — Disaster for Thomas at the 4th hole as he pitches it into the water from just off the green. That doesn't mean the field will be missing all its previous winners.

Rory McIlroy endured a difficult start at the Players Championship as he carded a four-over 76 in his opening round at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday.

"I feel like this is as penal as I’ve seen it out of the rough for a long time. He arrived holding the lead at six under but he hit his tee shot into the lake surrounding the green and only managed to escape with a bogey courtesy of a brilliant pitch shot from the drop zone. It’s golf." "Last week I kind of lost it, I didn’t know where the ball was going and I think this score showed I knew where the ball was going and that gave me a lot of freedom to play golf," he told Sky Sports. Ramey, the 30-year-old from Mississippi whose only PGA Tour win came a year ago in his maiden season, had six birdies in his first 11 holes but turned on the style at the end as he birdied the par-five 16th and then hit it to a foot at the famous 17th to take the outright lead. "I hit a really good shot out of the pine straw there and didn’t capitalise on that and after making bogey on one and three sort of was tough to get it back from there."

As the 2023 Players Championship takes place, here's all the details you need to know. 2023 Players Championship: Know how to watch on TV, stream online and ...

3, 12, 16, 17): 7:15 am onwards However, [Thomas](/topic/thomas)needs to improve his recent inconsistent form if he hopes to win for the second time in three years. Although defending champion Cameron Smith will not be in attendance after joining [LIV Golf](/topic/liv-golf), the two prior champions, [Justin Thomas](/topic/justin-thomas)and Collin Morikawa, are among the top names in the field.

Rory McIlroy faces a massive uphill task to make the cut in The Players Championship after his driver let him down and he was gobbled up by the thick rough ...

"There's obviously a part of it that's the user, as well. It's quite a lot of user error in there, as well." Yeah, you don't hit it on the fairway here, you're going to struggle."

RORY MCILROY MADE a dismal start at the Players Championship as he fell to four over par in his opening round at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday.

England’s Danny Willett, who was hoping to make the cut in this tournament for the first time in six attempts, was among the early starters and recovered to post a level-par 72 after dropping a shot on his first hole. He followed up with successive birdies on the 18th and first to briefly move to five under par but he later fell away and signed for a one-over 73 after double bogeys on the sixth and eighth. Playing the back nine first, he regained a stroke with a birdie at the 11th but further bogeys on the 15th, first and third left him well behind the early leaders Collin Morikawa and Chad Ramey on six under.

The Northern Irishman was the odd man out in the marquee group of the first two rounds as Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler, the only two players ahead of him in ...

“I feel like this is as penal as I’ve seen it out of the rough for a long time. He arrived holding the lead at six under but he hit his tee shot into the lake surrounding the green and only managed to escape with a bogey courtesy of a brilliant pitch shot from the drop zone. “Last week I kind of lost it, I didn’t know where the ball was going and I think this score showed I knew where the ball was going and that gave me a lot of freedom to play golf,” he told Sky Sports. “I hit a lot of putts and just kept burning edges to go to one that looked like it was going in. Ramey, the 30-year-old from Mississippi whose only PGA Tour win came a year ago in his maiden season, had six birdies in his first 11 holes but turned on the style at the end as he birdied the par-five 16th and then hit it to a foot at the famous 17th to take the outright lead. It’s golf.”

Golf's elite has assembled at the PGA Tour's Florida headquarters for THE PLAYER Championship, an event sometimes referred to as “the fifth majo.

- Tony Finau 25/1 - Viktor Hovland 25/1 - Xander Schauffele 22/1 - Collin Morikawa 22/1 [https://twitter.com/MattCooperGolf](https://twitter.com/MattCooperGolf) - Justin Thomas 16/1 - Max Homa 20/1 - Patrick Cantlay 16/1 [Bet on Justin Thomas at 16/1 with Spreadex](https://talksport.gigmedia.com/goto/spreadex). - Scottie Scheffler 10/1 - Jon Rahm 8/1 - Rory McIlroy 8/1

McIlroy was playing in a high-profile three-ball along with Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm, all of whom have held the top spot in the world rankings this year.

England’s Danny Willett, who was hoping to make the cut in this tournament for the first time in six attempts, was among the early starters and recovered to post a level-par 72 after dropping a shot on his first hole. He followed up with successive birdies on the 18th and first to briefly move to five under par but he later fell away and signed for a one-over 73 after double bogeys on the sixth and eighth. Australian Min Woo Lee put himself among the early front-runners after six birdies in his opening 13 holes but he finished on four under after closing with back-to-back bogeys. Playing the back nine first, he regained a stroke with a birdie at the 11th but further bogeys on the 15th, first and third left him well behind the early leaders Collin Morikawa and Chad Ramey on six under. There was not much early spark from the current holder of the title, Rahm, or Scheffler either but both were at a steady two under par with six holes to play. Rory McIlroy made a dismal start at the Players Championship as he fell to four over par in his opening round at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday.

Following an interesting and industry-shaping press conference on Tuesday in which McIlroy discussed the future of the PGA Tour and professional golf, he was ...

McIlroy will play late on Friday alongside Rahm and Scottie Scheffler as he tries to shoot something silly to play his way inside the cut and perhaps back into the tournament a bit. This was not helped by the fact that he left a shot in the bunker on that same closing hole. That's why his number ballooned right past even par to 4 over, one of the worst scores in the morning wave. He bounced back with birdie at the par-5 11th, but even his biggest highlight on his first nine (the back nine on the course) wasn't actually a highlight. McIlroy made just one putt longer than 4 feet, and it came on the last hole for bogey to avoid shooting 77. (He played the par-5s at even par, a horrible number for him.)

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy hits a four-over-par 76 to finish 12 shots behind early clubhouse leader Chad Ramey in round one of the Players ...

"I hit a really good shot out of the pine straw and didn't capitalise on that. "I feel like this is as penal as I've seen it out of the rough for a long time. Another pushed drive on the par-five 16th left McIlroy with a tough 200-yard second shot from the pine straw, with water waiting for anything leaked further right. A run of seven pars followed before he dropped his solitary shot on the par-three eighth. His third bounced through the green into a bunker and McIlroy would take three more from there. His opening shot will be a 28-foot eagle putt on the par-five 16th.

World number three Rory McIlroy endured a disastrous start to the Players Championship, shooting a four-over 76 in his first round at TPC Sawgrass.

McIlroy said: “I feel like this is as penal as I’ve seen it out of the rough for a long time. Rahm, who has five wins in his last 10 starts, had a tough day with the putter but still managed a one-under 71. I think you’d have to go back to when the tournament was played in May, when we were in Bermuda rough, for it to be as penal as that. Both went bogey-free in the opening round, with world number 225 Ramey chasing just his second-ever PGA Tour win. He added that he was battling with a new driver in his bag, saying: “I wish I could use my driver from last year, but I can’t just because of -- you use a driver for so long, and...basically it just wouldn’t pass the test. [How LIV lost its ‘pulse’ in golf’s ugly civil war as Norman faces truth he can’t escape](https://www.foxsports.com.au/golf/tiger-woods-ex-accuses-him-of-shocking-act-claims-shes-due-30-million/news-story/d066bd3eedd153402de4baf17d2c64be) [Tiger Woods’ private life is ‘about to take another beating’. Of the other Australians, Cam Davis carded a three-under 69 to sit tied for ninth. It’s very few times you’re going to have a ball in the rough where you can confidently think you can put it on the green.” It’s thick. Even when you’re in the fairway, you have to hit a lot of quality shots to give yourself a birdie chance... Adam Scott is tied for 45th after an even-par 72. The highlight of the day’s play was Hayden Buckley on the iconic 17th hole – the famed Island Green – with a sensational ace leading to wild celebrations.

Chad Ramey didn't look like a PLAYERS Championship rookie on Thursday as he cruised around TPC Sawgrass in a flawless 8-under 64 to take the lead after the ...

Hardest hole: Two holes later, the par-4 18th hole was the most difficult hole of the first round, playing to a stroke average of 4.36. After a double bogey to start, he made birdie on his second hole and felt like he was able to get back into the round on the par-5 16th hole (his seventh of the day), but he three-putted for par. 9, the longest hit on any hole Thursday. 363: The distance of Cameron Young’s drive on No. Andre Stolz made 11 on 18 during the second round in 2005. and the second round will begin as scheduled. 10: The number of strokes it took Aaron Wise to complete the 18th hole after hitting three balls in the water off the tee. His putting held him back immensely as he lost nearly 2.5 strokes on the greens. [Rory Has Work to Do](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/03/09/rory-mcilroy-struggles-to-opening-round-76-at-the-players-championship-tpc-sawgrass__;!!EuSotcx3mN0!MPqVqvvzDFl8hAEierKFWTqX0tmxXr0ZtYFNj4IauxGqGBuodKgqpbsV19F087OF4k7urGxH0nZR51rlO22nGe0$): Not much went right for the world No. Ramey led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting, gaining more than five strokes on the greens. He then made birdie on the 18th hole, making him the only player in PLAYERS history to go 1-3 on 17 and 18. The 30-year-old from Mississippi, who won the 2022 Corales Puntacana Championship, birdied six of his first 11 holes to sprint out of the blocks, then birdied Nos.

A wayward Rory McIlroy endured a dreadful start at the Players Championship after an opening four-over-par round of 76 at TPC Sawgrass left him 12 shots off ...

“I feel like this is as penal as I’ve seen it out of the rough for a long time. He arrived holding the lead at six under but he hit his tee shot into the lake surrounding the green and only managed to escape with a bogey courtesy of a brilliant pitch shot from the drop zone. “Last week I kind of lost it, I didn’t know where the ball was going and I think this score showed I knew where the ball was going and that gave me a lot of freedom to play golf,” he told Sky Sports. It’s golf.” “I hit a lot of putts and just kept burning edges to go to one that looked like it was going in. “I hit a really good shot out of the pine straw there and didn’t capitalise on that and after making bogey on one and three sort of was tough to get it back from there.”

Rory McIlroy posted an opening 76 at the Players Championship due to some wayward driving, his worst competitive score in nearly two years.

I need to regroup and try to shoot a good one tomorrow and be here for the weekend.” Unsurprisingly, McIlroy was seen battering drives down the range long after his round had concluded. There’s obviously a part of it that’s the user, as well. “They were testing drivers at Riviera but I just didn’t even want to take the chance. “That’s the reason the score is what it is.” McIlroy said: “I went to that new driver in Riviera, and it’s just not … After all, a bounce is precisely what McIlroy needs during round two in order to survive for the weekend.

The 2023 Players Championship is officially underway with a relatively unknown on top. Chad Ramey fired a bogey free 8-under 64 on Thursday to command the ...

- 11:50 a.m. - 7:56 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. - 7:34 a.m. - 7:23 a.m. - 7:12 a.m. - 7:01 a.m. - 6:50 a.m. All times Eastern Both Scheffler and Rahm look to apply pressure on Ramey with strong Friday showings while McIlroy attempts to climb towards the cutline from 4 over at 12:56 p.m. Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa was terrific in the first round en route to a 7-under 65. Chad Ramey fired a bogey free 8-under 64 on Thursday to command the solo lead.

Chad Ramey, playing in his first Players Championship, had a one-shot lead over two-time major champ Collin Morikawa after the opening round Thursday.

[Kelly Kraft](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/6689/kelly-kraft) hit two into the water on his way to a quadruple-bogey 7. [Taylor Pendrith](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9658/taylor-pendrith) and [Ben Griffin](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/440499/ben-griffin) were at 67, while [Justin Suh](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10583/justin-suh) also was at 5 under with three holes to finish before darkness suspended play. [Scottie Scheffler](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9478/scottie-scheffler) led the group at 68. He was part of the marquee group that featured the top three players in the world -- [Jon Rahm](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9780/jon-rahm) at No. [Rory McIlroy](http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy) had his highest score in just over a year. The 17th hole had a front pin, typically not seen until Saturday's round, and delivered plenty of excitement, good and bad. But he followed with an eagle on the 11th and added three other birdies to get back to 72. I'm not even in the top 10.' That's just the way this tournament has been for me," he said. His signature shot was a 4-iron to 3 feet for eagle on the par-5 second hole, his 11th of the day, and it came during an eight-hole stretch he played in 6-under par. [Hayden Buckley](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/436475/hayden-buckley) made an ace on the famed island green at the 17th, a hole he had only seen on TV until he arrived this week for his Players Championship debut. [Aaron Wise](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/10577/aaron-wise) lost four balls in a span of two holes -- in the water on the 17th and then three straight tee shots in the drink left of the 18th fairway, where he closed with a 10, one short of the record for highest score on the closing hole. He believes he belongs and can beat anyone, even the strongest field of the year so far.

Rory McIlroy went straight from the final green to the driving range after slumping to an opening round of 76 at The Players Championship.

The intimidating sight of Collin Morikawa is looming large in Ramey’s mirrors. “I hit a really good shot out of the pine straw there and didn’t capitalise on that, and making bogey on one and bogey on three … - T6. - T3. - 2. - 1.

Chad Ramey's 64 was just one short of equalling the course record.

“I feel like this is as penal as I’ve seen it out of the rough for a long time. He arrived holding the lead at six under but he hit his tee shot into the lake surrounding the green and only managed to escape with a bogey courtesy of a brilliant pitch shot from the drop zone. “Last week I kind of lost it, I didn’t know where the ball was going and I think this score showed I knew where the ball was going and that gave me a lot of freedom to play golf,” he told Sky Sports. It’s golf.” “I hit a lot of putts and just kept burning edges to go to one that looked like it was going in. “I hit a really good shot out of the pine straw there and didn’t capitalise on that and after making bogey on one and three sort of was tough to get it back from there.”

Until this week, journeyman Chad Ramey had never before played the Stadium Course at the TPC Sawgrass but certainly found it to his liking, ...

"It's probably about like I thought it would be." "I believe I can beat them," said Ramey who welcomed his first child last week. "It kind of means you care. "Not easy. "I might have made it look that way but it wasn't easy at all. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Collin Morikawa roared out the gates Thursday morning at TPC Sawgrass, firing a bogey free 7-under 65 to sit one stroke off Chad Ramey's lead. Coming into this ...

Spieth got it going on the second nine with one of the filthiest shots of the day on No. got a taste of Spieth's manic way of life (on the course). But interesting to see him point to that when his work on the greens seems to be a more consistent concern in recent weeks. Driving the ball well is almost always a prerequisite to playing good golf at this championship, but that's going to be especially true this time around, it seems. "I feel like this is as penal as I've seen it out of the rough for a long time," said McIlroy. Data Golf noted that Morikawa is one of the best in the world at pairing a great putting week with a great ball-striking week, which is what it looks like he's going to do this week. Lee, who owns the most scintillating mustache in all of sports, shared the lead for a bit before kicking it away with bogeys at the last two holes. This is a microcosm of his wisdom, but add it up over 18 or 72 holes -- and combine it with his ball-striking talent -- and you start to see why he wins so many golf tournaments. On Thursday, Morikawa gained right at a stroke on the greens, but he led the field in iron play and tee-to-green play overall. "I would say, for the most part, I'm back to playing how I used to." The stat that gets cited (that I've cited) during runs of good play like this is his putting prowess. Yet he is not the only young major champion to play himself into the mix at the PGA Tour's flagship event as the reigning Player of the Year has as well.

Irishman's frustration with his game came to a head on the 15th hole as he carded an opening 77.

After swearing and hitting his club against a tree in anger, he snapped the club off his knees, breaking it in two. American Chad Ramey leads on eight under, one shot ahead of Collin Morikawa on seven under. The Irishman’s frustration with his game came to a head on the 15th hole when he took on a risky shot from the trees at the par 4 and failed to escape.

On a fiery TPC Sawgrass course with treacherous greens, Morikawa went out and shot a bogey-free opening-round 65. His seven-under total left him one shot behind ...

As managing producer for GOLF.com, Cunningham edits, writes and publishes stories on GOLF.com, and manages the brand’s e-newsletters, which reach more than 1.4 million subscribers each month. 8:51 a.m. 8:40 a.m. [PGA Tour Live on ESPN+](https://go.web.plus.espn.com/c/3208296/931309/9070), which will have exclusive coverage beginning at 6:45 a.m. 7:12 a.m. 7:01 a.m. 6:50 a.m. You can stream the second round of the Players Championship via [PGA Tour Live on ESPN+](https://go.web.plus.espn.com/c/3208296/931309/9070) beginning at 6:45 a.m. ET on Friday. Pricing may vary. His seven-under total left him one shot behind first-round leader Chad Ramey. [Rickie Fowler](https://golf.com/news/rickie-fowler-tpc-scottsdales-16th-crowd/) and [Adam Scott](https://golf.com/gear/irons/adam-scott-miura-irons-players-championship/).

The Offaly man finished the first round in Sawgrass five over par, with bogeys on the six, eight, 10 and a double bogey on the 15th.

It was at the 15th hole where his frustrations were shown, as Lowry showed his anger, as he snapped his golf club in half after hitting a tree. The Offaly man finished the first round in Sawgrass five over par, with bogeys on the six, eight, 10 and a double bogey on the 15th after a penalty drop left Lowry well off the pace. In the opening round of the Players Championship, Shane Lowry let his frustrations get the better of him in a frustrating opening round.

Jon Rahm, who shot a 1-under 71 in the first round at the Players Championship, withdrew from the event Saturday because of a stomach illness.

McIlroy was 4 over after the first round and was in danger of missing the cut. 1 ranking if he finishes in the top five, according to the OWGR. According to the OWGR, McIlroy or Scheffler would move to No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking if he plays well this weekend. [Rory McIlroy](https://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/3470/rory-mcilroy) and [Scottie Scheffler](http://www.espn.com/golf/player/_/id/9478/scottie-scheffler) for the second straight day. It ended his streak of 10 straight top-10 finishes in worldwide starts and was his worst finish since tying for 55th at the Genesis Scottish Open in July.

Jon Rahm was announced as a late WD ahead of his second round tee time Friday at TPC Sawgrass.

A victory this week would have given Rahm the most wins this early in a tour year since Jack Burke, Jr. Rahm had entered TPC Sawgrass on a heater, winning three times and finishing T-7 or better in six of seven starts this season. 1 player in the world was announced as a late WD ahead of his second round tee time Friday at TPC Sawgrass.

Rahm, the No. 1 golfer in the world, left the field before the start of Round 2 at TPC Sawgrass.

It is still unknown where Rahm will tee it up next, but conventional wisdom would suggest the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club in two weeks. Rahm entered the week having won three times already in 2023. The Spaniard opened his Players Championship with a 71 and sat only seven strokes off pace of first-round leader Chad Ramey.

The Spaniard, ranked world number one, had recorded a one-under-par 71 in his first round on Thursday at TPC Sawgrass.

With the second round well under way, lowly-ranked American Chad Ramey maintained his one-shot advantage prior to taking to the course again. Jon Rahm has withdrawn from the Players Championship ahead of his second round because of illness. The Spaniard, ranked world number one, had recorded a one-under-par 71 in his first round on Thursday at TPC Sawgrass.