THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCES FIELD FOR 2024

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – THE PLAYERS Championship announced today the field for the 2024 event, which returns to THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass from March 12-17.

The 144-player field features representation from 23 countries. Other notes on the field include:

• 9 PLAYERS Champions: Scottie Scheffler (2023), Justin Thomas (2021), Rory McIlroy (2019), Webb Simpson (2018), Si Woo Kim (2017), Jason Day (2016), Rickie Fowler (2015), Matt Kuchar (2012), Adam Scott (2004)
• Defending champion Scottie Scheffler enters the week as World No. 1, the first player to do so since Rory McIlroy in 2020 (event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
• The last man in the field as of Friday at 5 p.m. E.T. is Alexander Björk (No. 101 in the FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List through the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches) and the first alternate is Parker Coody (No. 102)
• 23 players in the field are making their tournament debut, highlighted by seven PGA TOUR winners (in bold): Ludvig Åberg, Akshay Bhatia, Alexander Björk, Nick Dunlap, Austin Eckroat, Harry Hall, Ryo Hisatsune, Nicolai Højgaard, Chan Kim, Jake Knapp, Ben Kohles, Vincent Norrman, Matthieu Pavon, Matti Schmid, David Skinns, Jimmy Stanger, Sam Stevens, Ben Silverman, Ben Taylor, Sami Valimaki, Carson Young, Kevin Yu, Carl Yuan
• There are four eligible players not committed: Will Gordon, David Lingmerth, Danny Willett, Tiger Woods

If not otherwise exempt, the winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and the Puerto Rico Open will qualify for THE PLAYERS.

THE PLAYERS Championship field list as of Friday, March 8 at 5 p.m. ET: