This is the reason why The Players Championship is known as golf’s fifth major
As all eyes in the golfing world turn to TPC Sawgrass this week, we look at the history and future of the Players Championship.
Suburban Jacksonville, Florida is a beautiful part of the world, and just behind the dunes of Ponte Vedra Beach lies a stadium course that has become legendary over the last half century.
Begun in 1974, the Tournament Players Championship quickly became a mainstay of the PGA calendar. Despite not being a major, the event attracted all of the great and the good in professional golf, leading to it being dubbed “the fifth major.”
The total prize money of $25 million is more than any of the four majors, with the winner collecting $4.5 million and 750 FedEx Cup points. But it is about more than just money. The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass becomes a battleground where skill, nerve, and luck intertwine, shaping destinies in the shifting winds of fate. One cannot deny the tournament’s magnetic pull, drawing players and spectators alike to its hallowed grounds. Its significance transcends labels, embodying the essence of competition at its most primal.
Star power: The celebrities are at TPC Sawgrass
On Tuesday the stars were out and about at The Players Championship 2025. Kay Adams was running her podcast on the course and interviewed Rickie Fowler and Gronk. The Creator Classic will take place on Wednesday with these YouTube golfers playing 8 holes:
- Fat Perez
- George Bryan
- Wesley Bryan
- Gabby Golf Girl
- Roger Steele
- Grant Horvat
- Kyle Berkshire
- Tisha Alyn
- Chris "Soly" Solomon
- Trent Ryan
More well known sports stars and celebrities will be hanging out at TPC Sawgrass this week and we might even see golf fanatic Michael Jordan. Here’s a clip of a younger Jordan hitting a dart on the No. 17:
The course and golf’s top players
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Speaking of the infamous 17th hole, known for its treacherous island green, it will once again test the nerves of golf’s best players as they try to keep the ball dry. Watching the best compete with their peers is the height of sporting excitement and here at the 17th, we can watch masters of their craft dare to conquer, while others succumb to its watery depths, their hopes sinking with each errant shot.
Despite the absence of LIV golfers once again this year at the Players, the field is still very strong with Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffelle and other PGA stars looking to win on of the players' favorite tournaments of the season. The Masters at Augusta is only a month away and players are looking to find their game before golf’s first major of the season.