# 2025 Players Championship

The 2025 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from March 13–16. Officially, it was the 51st edition of The Players Championship tournament, but the 48th as a standalone tournament.
Rory McIlroy won his second career Players Championship in a three-hole playoff against J. J. Spaun after both players finished with a score of 276 (−12). The playoff was forced to be played on Monday morning after a four-hour weather delay during Sunday's final round. Two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler finished eight strokes back, tied for twentieth place.

## Venue

An overhanging limb on a tree at the tee box of the 6th hole was restored prior to the competition, with the tee box also moved back 20 feet. Five holes were lengthened by a total of 75 yards through a mix of tee box extensions and other adjustments: the 2nd, 6th, 11th, 14th, and 16th.

## Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting various criteria; they included 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 2025 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players are eligible is indicated in parentheses.
1. Winners of PGA Tour events since the 2024 Players Championship
* Ludvig Åberg (11,13,15,16)
* Akshay Bhatia (13,15)
* Keegan Bradley (13,15)
* Brian Campbell
* Rafael Campos (13)
* Cameron Davis (13,15)
* Thomas Detry (13,15,16)
* Nick Dunlap (13,15)
* Nico Echavarría (13,15)
* Austin Eckroat (13,15)
* Harris English (13,15,16)
* Chris Gotterup (13)
* Harry Hall (13)
* Russell Henley (9,13,15)
* Joe Highsmith (13,15,16)
* Billy Horschel (10,13,15)
* Stephan Jäger (13,15)
* Patton Kizzire (13)
* Shane Lowry (6,13,15)
* Robert MacIntyre (13,15)
* Peter Malnati (13)
* Hideki Matsuyama (2,11,13,15,16)
* Matt McCarty (13,19)
* Rory McIlroy (3,7,13,15,16)
* Maverick McNealy (13,15,16)
* Taylor Pendrith (13,15)
* J. T. Poston (13,15)
* Aaron Rai (13,15)
* Davis Riley (13)
* Xander Schauffele (5,6,13,15)
* Scottie Scheffler (2,3,7,8,9,10,12,13,15)
* Sepp Straka (13,15,16)
* Nick Taylor (13,15,16)
* Davis Thompson (13)
* Jhonattan Vegas (13)
* Karl Vilips
* Kevin Yu (13)
2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2019–2024)
* Tiger Woods did not play.
3. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2019–2024)
* Justin Thomas (5,13,15,16)
4. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2019–2024)
* Wyndham Clark (13,15)
* Matt Fitzpatrick (13)
* Gary Woodland
5. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2019–2024)
* Colin Morikawa (6,13,15)
6. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2019–2024)
* Brian Harman (13,15)
7. Recent winners of the FedEx Cup (2020–2024)
* Patrick Cantlay (13,15)
* Viktor Hovland (10,13,15)
8. Recent winners of the WGC Match Play (2022–2023)
* Sam Burns (13,15)
9. Recent winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (2023–2025)
* Kurt Kitayama (13)
10. Recent winners of the Memorial Tournament (2022–2024)
11. Recent winners of the Genesis Invitational (2023–2025)
12. Olympic gold medalist (2024)
13. Top 125 from the previous season's FedEx Cup points list
* An Byeong-hun (15)
* Daniel Berger
* Christiaan Bezuidenhout
* Jacob Bridgeman
* Eric Cole
* Corey Conners (15)
* Joel Dahmen
* Tony Finau (15)
* Patrick Fishburn
* Tommy Fleetwood (15)
* Rickie Fowler
* Ryan Fox
* Brice Garnett
* Doug Ghim
* Lucas Glover (15)
* Max Greyserman (15)
* Ben Griffin (15)
* Emiliano Grillo
* Adam Hadwin
* Ryo Hisatsune
* Rico Hoey
* Charley Hoffman
* Tom Hoge
* Nicolai Højgaard
* Max Homa
* Beau Hossler
* Mark Hubbard
* Mackenzie Hughes
* Im Sung-jae (15)
* Chan Kim
* Michael Kim
* Kim Si-woo
* Tom Kim (15)
* Chris Kirk
* Jake Knapp
* Ben Kohles
* Matt Kuchar
* Nate Lashley
* Lee Kyoung-hoon
* Min Woo Lee
* David Lipsky
* Luke List
* Justin Lower
* Denny McCarthy (15)
* Mac Meissner
* Keith Mitchell
* Taylor Moore
* Henrik Norlander
* Andrew Novak
* Pan Cheng-tsung
* Matthieu Pavon (15)
* Chandler Phillips
* Séamus Power
* Andrew Putnam
* Chad Ramey
* Patrick Rodgers
* Justin Rose (15)
* Sam Ryder
* Adam Schenk
* Matti Schmid
* Adam Scott (15)
* Greyson Sigg
* Ben Silverman
* David Skinns
* Alex Smalley
* J. J. Spaun
* Jordan Spieth
* Sam Stevens
* Adam Svensson
* Sahith Theegala (15)
* Sami Välimäki
* Erik van Rooyen
* Vince Whaley
* Cameron Young
* Carson Young
* Will Zalatoris
* Lee Hodges, Alex Norén, Brendon Todd, Victor Perez and Jason Day (15) did not play.
14. Top 125 (medical)
15. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following the Cognizant Classic
* Laurie Canter
* Rasmus Højgaard (18)
16. Top 10 in the current season's FedEx Cup points standings after the Cognizant Classic
17. Kaulig Companies Championship champion from previous year
* Ernie Els did not play.
18. Leading player who earned a PGA Tour card from the 2024 Race to Dubai
19. Leading points winner from the Korn Ferry Tour during the previous year
20. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings after the Cognizant Classic
* Frankie Capan III
* Bud Cauley
* Will Chandler
* Ryan Gerard
* Will Gordon
* Lanto Griffin
* Max McGreevy
* Trey Mullinax
* Aldrich Potgieter
* Kevin Roy
* Isaiah Salinda
* Hayden Springer
* Jackson Suber
* Jesper Svensson
* Alejandro Tosti
* Kristoffer Ventura
* Camilo Villegas
* Ricky Castillo
* Danny Walker

#### Ineligible players

The following players met criteria but, having been contracted with LIV Golf, were suspended by the PGA Tour and ineligible to compete:
* Bryson DeChambeau (4,15)
* Tyrrell Hatton (15)
* Dustin Johnson (2,7)
* Brooks Koepka (5)
* Phil Mickelson (5)
* Jon Rahm (2,4,11)
* Cameron Smith (3,6)

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 13, 2024 Friday, March 14, 2024
The overnight lead was shared by Lucas Glover, J. J. Spaun and Camilo Villegas, who recorded scores of 66 (6 under par). Chandler Phillips became the first player to record three eagles in one round at The Players Championship.
Play was suspended due to darkness at 7:34 p.m. EDT with 5 players yet to finish their round. Round 1 was completed on Friday morning.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Lucas Glover | 66 | −6 |
| T1 | J. J. Spaun | 66 | −6 |
| T1 | Camilo Villegas | 66 | −6 |
| T4 | Akshay Bhatia | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Billy Horschel | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Min Woo Lee | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | 67 | −5 |
| T8 | Laurie Canter | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Bud Cauley | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Rickie Fowler | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Emiliano Grillo | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Stephan Jäger | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Denny McCarthy | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Max McGreevy | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Trey Mullinax | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Chandler Phillips | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Aaron Rai | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Sam Ryder | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Alex Smalley | 68 | −4 |

### Second round

Friday, March 14, 2025
2021 winner Justin Thomas tied the TPC at Sawgrass course record of 62 set by Tom Hoge. Wyndham Clark withdrew due to a neck injury after playing the ninth hole.
The cut came at 143 (−1). Notables to miss the cut included Brian Harman, Matt Fitzpatrick, Hideki Matsuyama, Ludvig Åberg, Maverick McNealy, Max Homa, Viktor Hovland, Justin Rose and Adam Scott.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Akshay Bhatia | 67-66=133 | −11 |
| T1 | Min Woo Lee | 67-66=133 | −11 |
| 3 | J. J. Spaun | 66-68=134 | −10 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | 67-68=135 | −9 |
| T4 | Collin Morikawa | 70-65=135 | −9 |
| T4 | Alex Smalley | 68-67=135 | −9 |
| T7 | Lucas Glover | 66-70=136 | −8 |
| T7 | Will Zalatoris | 70-66=136 | −8 |
| T9 | Tommy Fleetwood | 71-66=137 | −7 |
| T9 | Jake Knapp | 69-68=137 | −7 |

### Third round

Saturday, March 15, 2025
On the fifth hole, Akshay Bhatia and Min Woo Lee found themselves in the bushes and decided to take a penalty stroke and drop their ball in the back of the driving range across a small lake.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | J. J. Spaun | 66-68-70=204 | −12 |
| 2 | Bud Cauley | 68-71-66=205 | −11 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | 66-70-71=207 | −9 |
| T3 | Alex Smalley | 68-67-72=207 | −9 |
| T5 | Akshay Bhatia | 67-66-75=208 | −8 |
| T5 | Corey Conners | 71-71-66=208 | −8 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | 67-68-73=208 | −8 |
| T8 | Patrick Cantlay | 69-70-70=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Stephan Jäger | 68-71-70=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Jake Knapp | 69-68-72=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Max McGreevy | 68-71-70=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Sepp Straka | 70-68-71=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Danny Walker | 73-70-66=209 | −7 |

### Final round

Sunday, March 16, 2025
Before play was scheduled to begin Sunday morning, tee times were moved up three hours and players were grouped in threes due to impending storms. Play was suspended at 1:15 p.m. EDT due to an expected line of thunderstorms. At the time of the weather delay, Rory McIlroy held the sole lead, with J. J. Spaun in second and Tom Hoge, Akshay Bhatia and Danny Walker tied for third. Play resumed at 5:15 p.m. EDT.
McIlroy began the final round four shots off the lead but moved within one after making eagle on the par-5 second hole. He moved into sole possession of the lead with another birdie on the 11th before play was suspended.
Overnight leader Spaun made two bogeys on the front nine and did not make a birdie until the ninth hole as he fell from atop the leaderboard. Once play resumed, he hit into a bunker on the par-5 11th and made another bogey to fall three shots back of McIlroy. He then hit his approach on the 14th hole to within a foot and tapped in for birdie. He got up-and-down on the par-5 16th for another birdie and moved back into a tie with McIlroy, who made bogey on the 14th after driving into the trees and being forced to chip out into the fairway. McIlroy parred his last four holes to finish at 12-under, while Spaun had a 30-foot putt for birdie on the 18th green to win the championship but came up just short, forcing a Monday three-hole playoff.
Akshay Bhatia birdied three of his first four holes and was tied for the lead until two bogeys on the eighth and tenth holes. He parred his last eight holes to finish at 10-under, two shots out of the playoff. Tom Hoge made four birdies on his front-nine and shot a six-under 66 to tie Bhatia for third place, along with Lucas Glover. Bud Cauley, who began the round a shot behind Spaun, was three-over through his first eight holes and ended up with a two-over 74 to fall back to sixth place.
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T1 | Rory McIlroy (c) | 67-68-73-68=276 | −12 | Playoff |
| T1 | J. J. Spaun | 66-68-70-72=276 | −12 | Playoff |
| T3 | Akshay Bhatia | 67-66-75-70=278 | −10 | 1,325,000 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | 66-70-71-71=278 | −10 | 1,325,000 |
| T3 | Tom Hoge | 71-70-71-66=278 | −10 | 1,325,000 |
| T6 | Bud Cauley | 68-71-66-74=279 | −9 | 843,750 |
| T6 | Corey Conners | 71-71-66-71=279 | −9 | 843,750 |
| T6 | Danny Walker | 73-70-66-70=279 | −9 | 843,750 |
| 9 | Robert MacIntyre | 69-70-72-69=280 | −8 | 731,250 |
| T10 | Collin Morikawa | 70-65-77-69=281 | −7 | 656,250 |
| T10 | Davis Thompson | 72-68-71-70=281 | −7 | 656,250 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T12 | Patrick Cantlay | 69-70-70-73=282 | −6 | 556,250 |
| T12 | Jake Knapp | 69-68-72-73=282 | −6 | 556,250 |
| T14 | Tommy Fleetwood | 71-66-75-71=283 | −5 | 418,750 |
| T14 | Denny McCarthy | 68-74-70-71=283 | −5 | 418,750 |
| T14 | Aaron Rai | 68-74-72-69=283 | −5 | 418,750 |
| T14 | Sam Ryder | 68-71-72-72=283 | −5 | 418,750 |
| T14 | Alex Smalley | 68-67-72-76=283 | −5 | 418,750 |
| T14 | Sepp Straka | 70-68-71-74=283 | −5 | 418,750 |
| T20 | Daniel Berger | 70-73-69-72=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T20 | Keegan Bradley | 70-72-72-70=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T20 | Ryan Fox | 72-70-72-70=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T20 | Joe Highsmith | 69-72-73-70=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T20 | Stephan Jäger | 68-71-70-75=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T20 | Min Woo Lee | 67-66-78-73=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T20 | Shane Lowry | 72-71-74-67=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T20 | Matt McCarty | 70-69-75-70=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T20 | Max McGreevy | 68-71-70-75=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T20 | Scottie Scheffler (c) | 69-70-72-73=284 | −4 | 240,250 |
| T30 | Harris English | 72-66-76-71=285 | −3 | 163,750 |
| T30 | Russell Henley | 72-70-74-69=285 | −3 | 163,750 |
| T30 | Will Zalatoris | 70-66-78-71=285 | −3 | 163,750 |
| T33 | Rico Hoey | 73-69-78-66=286 | −2 | 136,250 |
| T33 | Kurt Kitayama | 72-70-78-66=286 | −2 | 136,250 |
| T33 | Taylor Moore | 71-68-73-74=286 | −2 | 136,250 |
| T33 | J. T. Poston | 73-68-69-76=286 | −2 | 136,250 |
| T33 | Justin Thomas (c) | 78-62-73-73=286 | −2 | 136,250 |
| T38 | Kim Si-woo | 71-70-78-68=287 | −1 | 111,250 |
| T38 | Justin Lower | 72-71-71-73=287 | −1 | 111,250 |
| T38 | Taylor Pendrith | 69-70-73-75=287 | −1 | 111,250 |
| T38 | Davis Riley | 74-66-73-74=287 | −1 | 111,250 |
| T42 | Ryan Gerard | 72-69-69-78=288 | E | 81,688 |
| T42 | Billy Horschel | 67-71-77-73=288 | E | 81,688 |
| T42 | Tom Kim | 70-73-69-76=288 | E | 81,688 |
| T42 | Chris Kirk | 70-71-70-77=288 | E | 81,688 |
| T42 | Matt Kuchar (c) | 71-71-73-73=288 | E | 81,688 |
| T42 | Mac Meissner | 74-69-70-75=288 | E | 81,688 |
| T42 | Hayden Springer | 72-69-75-72=288 | E | 81,688 |
| T42 | Jesper Svensson | 72-70-72-74=288 | E | 81,688 |
| T50 | Jacob Bridgeman | 69-69-76-75=289 | +1 | 63,500 |
| T50 | Beau Hossler | 70-69-77-73=289 | +1 | 63,500 |
| T52 | An Byeong-hun | 73-69-76-72=290 | +2 | 60,750 |
| T52 | Sahith Theegala | 73-67-77-73=290 | +2 | 60,750 |
| T54 | Joel Dahmen | 76-66-74-75=291 | +3 | 58,250 |
| T54 | Charley Hoffman | 74-65-79-73=291 | +3 | 58,250 |
| T54 | Matthieu Pavon | 70-72-76-73=291 | +3 | 58,250 |
| T54 | Camilo Villegas | 66-76-75-74=291 | +3 | 58,250 |
| T54 | Carson Young | 73-67-78-73=291 | +3 | 58,250 |
| 59 | Jordan Spieth | 70-71-73-78=292 | +4 | 56,750 |
| 60 | Jhonattan Vegas | 73-68-79-73=293 | +5 | 56,250 |
| T61 | Will Chandler | 71-70-76-77=294 | +6 | 54,500 |
| T61 | Austin Eckroat | 69-73-74-78=294 | +6 | 54,500 |
| T61 | Im Sung-jae | 76-66-76-76=294 | +6 | 54,500 |
| T61 | Trey Mullinax | 68-73-80-73=294 | +6 | 54,500 |
| T61 | Chandler Phillips | 68-73-76-77=294 | +6 | 54,500 |
| T61 | Cameron Young | 70-70-81-73=294 | +6 | 54,500 |
| 67 | Emiliano Grillo | 68-70-85-72=295 | +7 | 52,750 |
| 68 | Isaiah Salinda | 69-71-78-78=296 | +8 | 52,250 |
| T69 | Pan Cheng-tsung | 71-72-77-77=297 | +9 | 51,500 |
| T69 | Sami Välimäki | 70-71-82-74=297 | +9 | 51,500 |
| 71 | Rickie Fowler (c) | 68-71-82-79=300 | +12 | 50,750 |
| 72 | Xander Schauffele | 72-71-77-81=301 | +13 | 50,250 |
| CUT | Laurie Canter | 68-76=144 | E | |
| CUT | Ricky Castillo | 70-74=144 | E | |
| CUT | Michael Kim | 75-69=144 | E | |
| CUT | Ben Kohles | 69-75=144 | E | |
| CUT | David Lipsky | 76-68=144 | E | |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | Hideki Matsuyama | 74-70=144 | E | |
| CUT | Henrik Norlander | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Justin Rose | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Sam Burns | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Brian Campbell | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Patrick Fishburn | 77-68=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ben Griffin | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Harry Hall | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Nate Lashley | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Keith Mitchell | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Aldrich Potgieter | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | David Skinns | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Alejandro Tosti | 70-75=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Erik van Rooyen | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Vince Whaley | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ludvig Åberg | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Chris Gotterup | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Adam Hadwin | 69-77=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Ryo Hisatsune | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Nicolai Højgaard | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Chan Kim | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Matti Schmid | 78-68=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Adam Scott (c) | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Sam Stevens | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Nick Taylor | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Thomas Detry | 79-68=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Nico Echavarría | 70-77=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Andrew Novak | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Séamus Power | 76-71=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Chad Ramey | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Kevin Roy | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Greyson Sigg | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jackson Suber | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Eric Cole | 77-71=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Doug Ghim | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Viktor Hovland | 80-68=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Lee Kyoung-hoon | 77-71=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Andrew Putnam | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Kevin Yu | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Luke List | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Matt Fitzpatrick | 78-72=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Lanto Griffin | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Brian Harman | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Max Homa | 79-71=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Kristoffer Ventura | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Karl Vilips | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Will Gordon | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Adam Svensson | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Tony Finau | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Max Greyserman | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Rasmus Højgaard | 72-80=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mark Hubbard | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Ben Silverman | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Frankie Capan III | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Maverick McNealy | 72-81=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Nick Dunlap | 80-74=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Rafael Campos | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Cameron Davis | 76-80=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Gary Woodland | 78-78=156 | +12 | |
| WD | Wyndham Clark | 72 | E | |

#### Scorecard

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| McIlroy | −9 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 |
| Spaun | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 |
| Bhatia | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
| Glover | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
| Hoge | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
| Cauley | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 |
| Conners | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 |
| Walker | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Eagle Birdie Bogey
    Source:

##### Playoff

The three-hole aggregate playoff began on the par-5 16th hole. McIlroy found the green on his second shot and two-putted from 33 feet for birdie, while Spaun couldn't get up-and-down from a greenside bunker and settled for par.
On the par-3 17th, Spaun hit his tee shot over the island green into the water hazard and ended up with a triple bogey, while McIlroy three-putted for bogey and took a three-shot lead into the final hole. Both players had to chip out into the fairway after hitting their tee shots into the trees on the right. McIlroy then hit his third shot to 17 feet and two-putted for a bogey to secure his second Players Championship title. This was the first playoff since 2015.
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Rory McIlroy (c) | 4-4-5=13 | +1 | 4,500,000 |
| 2 | J. J. Spaun | 5-6-x=x | x | 2,725,000 |

##### Scorecard

| Hole | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| McIlroy | −1 | E | +1 |
| Spaun | E | +3 | x |