In a performance that was alternately confident and cautious, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan spoke in front of the gathered media for the first time since last August at the Tour Championship.
Twenty years ago, Adam Scott announced his arrival on golf’s biggest stage by winning the Players Championship at the Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the PGA Tour’s flagship, US$25 million tournament this week, Scott reflects on his famous victory and what it means in his illustrious career which includes 14 PGA Tour titles.
In an attempt to help define the Players Championship, we combed through the tournament’s media guide and found these 50 fun and fascinating stats that help, in part, tell the story of the event.
Of the many damages caused by the ongoing rift in the men’s professional game, the biggest victim might be the campaign of the Players Championship and the PGA Tour’s long-held desire to have its flagship event be considered the fifth major championship.
The decision was made to wait a day partially out of fairness to the competitors who are playing for their livelihoods in 2024 and partially because of the work needed to get the two host courses back into playing shape.
Australian Jeffrey Guan has had a tough start to the Junior Players Championship with the defending champion shooting a four-over-par 76 on day one at TPC Sawgrass.
Windy conditions made TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course play even trickier than usual on Friday with water hazards becoming more difficult to avoid and crusty greens being more difficult to hold. And in one stunning case, those two elements combined to bite one of the best golfers in the world.
He made the hard course look easy for much of the day, in conditions that shouldn’t have allowed for such a thing thanks to an array of shots as beautiful as they were bold as they were ridiculous, a reminder that the man when he’s at his best is capable of stick-and-ball genius.
Min Woo Lee leads a seven-strong Australian contingent at the Players Championship having opened the tournament with a four-under-par 68 at TPC Sawgrass.
Australian Golf Digest
