When the inaugural Players Championship was held in 1974, Jack Nicklaus was the winner, earning a $50,000 prize money payout for his victory from an overall purse of $250,000. It was the 54th of 73 PGA Tour titles that Nicklaus won in his career,

Seventy-two holes down but more to play as Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will determine The Players Championship winner in a Monday playoff. The winner will take home $4.5 million and a bevy of other perks.

The Players Championship started in 1974 and through 50 stagings of the event, there has only been a Monday finish eight times.

We will have a Monday playoff at the Players Championship between one of the game’s biggest stars and a career journeyman.

Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will head back out for a three-hole playoff on Monday morning to decide The Players Championship. The two ended the final round locked up at 12-under on the week after a long battle on Sunday, which was made even longer by a four-hour weather delay.

Moving Day at the 2025 Players Championship has arrived, and with it comes a number of star-studded pairings. Golfers will need to keep their games in order around TPC Sawgrass as an uptick in wind and a spicy golf course will give them everything they can handle as they aim to position themselves for final-round contention.

There were nine players tied for the course record prior to the 2023 playing of the Players. Now there's two guys tied for the mark.