A 12-time winner on the PGA Tour, Stricker, now 58, has 18 wins on the PGA Tour Champions, including seven PGA Tour Champions majors

The PGA Tour's unofficial fifth major, The Players Championship, has announced its field and one of the most heavy hitting pairings of the year.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler became the first back-to-back Players champion last year and now will look to join Jack Nicklaus (1974, ’76, ’78) as the other three-time winner. The last player to win a Tour event three consecutive years was Steve Stricker at John Deere Classic from 2009-11.

Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele one of the Featured Groups at The Players; Ludvig Åberg, Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas also grouped together; Watch the opening round live on Thursday from 11.

Scottie Scheffler is trying to win three Players Championships in a row. How often has that happened in major championship history?

If form holds, Jake Knapp will probably shoot something around a 69 on Friday at PGA National in the second round of the Cognizant Classic. That’s the average score - ... The post What Happens After A PGA Tour Player Shoots A 59?

That was awesome.” LaCava previously looped a winning bag on PGA Tour Champions in 2023 for Steve Stricker at the Regions Tradition. He worked last season on the Korn Ferry Tour for Logan McCallister, who earned a spot at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

Five golfers have Jacksonville-area ties - Billy Horschel, who lives in Jacksonville Beach; Bud Cauley, who grew up in Jacksonville and now lives in Palm Beach; Swedish-born Ludvig Åberg who currently lives in Ponte Vedra Beach; longtime Jacksonville resident Fred Funk and well-known PGA Tour player Jim Furyk, who lives in Jacksonville.

Steve DiMeglio's cancer battle came to an end earlier this year but Stewart Cink is competing in his memory this week at the Cologuard Classic.

As the Galleri Classic prepares for its third year in the desert, the tournament director of the PGA Tour Champions event in Rancho Mirage believes there is still work to do to get more fans aware of the event.