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It had been played in May from 2007-18, after taking place in March for its first 33 years, beginning with Jack Nicklaus capturing the inaugural edition in 1974.

Remember, the 2020 PLAYERS was canceled after just one round at the onset of the global pandemic. This will be the fourth time THE PLAYERS has been contested in March since being repositioned in 2019. It's now almost certain we won't see Woods till the Masters next month. But as we learned late Friday afternoon, that doesn't include Tiger Woods, who apparently wasn't where he wanted to be nearly a month after playing the Genesis.

This week features nine of the top-10 in the world rankings, 23 of the top-25 and 44 of the top-50 in a 144-man field. Scottie Scheffler won the WM Phoenix Open, Jon Rahm won the Genesis Invitational and, while top-50 golfer Kurt Kitayama won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, he was surrounded by some of the game's very best and is now No. And the winner will get an astounding $4.5M, nearly a million more than the other designated-event winners.Īs we have seen in the first three full-field designated events, that winner is likely to come from one of the game's elite. Last year, THE PLAYERS was the first to ever pay out $20 million. What's inarguable is that this tournament features the largest purse in PGA Tour history - and that's really saying something with all the $20 million tournaments this season. Does that in any way detract from THE PLAYERS? You'll have to decide for yourself. Now, it'll be the fourth time in five weeks. What it always had been was the first time in about 10 months that all the top golfers showed up in one place. We can debate whether it is a major, the so-called fifth major.

THE PLAYERS Championship has always been the crown jewel of the PGA Tour's domain, just a notch below the majors in terms of prestige and importance. THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPĢ022 champion: Cameron Smith Tournament Preview This article is part of our DraftKings PGA DFS Picks series.

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