2023 Players Championship
The 2023 Players Championship was the 50th playing of the Players Championship, having been played at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from March 9–12. The winner was Scottie Scheffler, who shot a 69 in the final round to finish at 271 (−17) to win his first Players Championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Tyrrell Hatton. Defending champion Cameron Smith became the first player since 2014 not to defend the title, being one of many players ineligible to compete having been suspended by the PGA Tour after joining LIV Golf. Other ineligible players included both the runner-up and third place finishers from 2022, Anirban Lahiri and Paul Casey. Venue Field The field consists of 144 players meeting various criteria; they include tournament winners on the PGA Tour since the previous Players Championship, recent winners of major championships, The Players and World Golf Championships, and leading players in the FedEx Cup standings from the current and preceding seasons. Eligibility criteria This list details the eligibility criteria for the 2023 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were eligible is indicated in parentheses. 1. Winners of PGA Tour events since the 2022 Players Championship Keegan Bradley (2,16,17) Sam Burns (2,16) Patrick Cantlay (2,8,14,16) Nico Echavarría Tony Finau (2,16,17) Matt Fitzpatrick (2,5,16) Russell Henley (2,16) Max Homa (2,15,16,17) Billy Horschel (2,10,14,16) Mackenzie Hughes (2) Kim Si-woo (2,4,16,17) Tom Kim (2,16,17) Chris Kirk (2,16,17) Kurt Kitayama (2,13,16) Lee Kyoung-hoon (2,16) Rory McIlroy (2,4,8,12,16) Trey Mullinax (2) J. T. Poston (2) Séamus Power (2,16,17) Jon Rahm (2,5,14,15,16,17) Chad Ramey (2) Chez Reavie (2) Justin Rose (2,16) Xander Schauffele (2,16) Scottie Scheffler (2,3,10,13,16,17) J. J. Spaun (2) Jordan Spieth (2,7,16) Adam Svensson (2) Justin Thomas (2,4,6,11,16) Will Zalatoris (2,16) 2. Top 125 from the previous season's FedEx Cup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List Christiaan Bezuidenhout Ryan Brehm Hayden Buckley Stewart Cink Wyndham Clark Corey Conners (16) Joel Dahmen Cameron Davis Jason Day (16) Tyler Duncan Tommy Fleetwood (16) Rickie Fowler Dylan Frittelli Doug Ghim Lucas Glover Emiliano Grillo Chesson Hadley Adam Hadwin James Hahn Brian Harman (16) Tyrrell Hatton (13,16) Lucas Herbert Kramer Hickok Lee Hodges Tom Hoge (16) Beau Hossler Viktor Hovland (16) Mark Hubbard Im Sung-jae (16) Stephan Jäger Kevin Kisner (10,16) Patton Kizzire Russell Knox Kelly Kraft Matt Kuchar Martin Laird Nate Lashley David Lipsky Luke List Adam Long Justin Lower Shane Lowry (7,16) Peter Malnati Hideki Matsuyama (3) Denny McCarthy Max McGreevy Maverick McNealy Troy Merritt Keith Mitchell (16) Taylor Moore Collin Morikawa (6,7,9,16) Matthew NeSmith Alex Norén (16) Ryan Palmer Taylor Pendrith Scott Piercy Andrew Putnam Aaron Rai Doc Redman Davis Riley Patrick Rodgers Sam Ryder Adam Schenk Matthias Schwab Adam Scott (15,16) Greyson Sigg Webb Simpson (4) Alex Smalley Austin Smotherman Scott Stallings Sepp Straka (16) Robert Streb Kevin Streelman Callum Tarren Nick Taylor Sahith Theegala (16,17) Michael Thompson Brendon Todd Kevin Tway Jhonattan Vegas Matt Wallace Nick Watney Danny Willett Aaron Wise (16) Gary Woodland (5) Brandon Wu Cameron Young