The Players Championship 2025: Final Round Tee Times, How To Watch, Prize Money

The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass is known as the flagship event of the PGA Tour season and the unofficial fifth major.

As it stands heading into the final round, JJ Spaun has a one-shot lead over Bud Cauley on 12-under par.

Rory McIlroy is lurking in the wings but he will need to put his foot on the gas at 8-under par.

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler will need another final-round charge like last year if he's to defend his title at 5-under par. 

Jason Day was forced to withdraw on the eve The Players Championship due to illness.

There was a moment of controversy in the practice round as Rory McIlroy snatched a golf fan's phone after being heckled during a practice round.

The tee times for the final round have been brought forward due to bad weather in the area. 

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What is The Players Championship purse and prize money?

The purse is $25 million with $4.5 million and 750 FedExCup points going to the winner.

How to watch the 2025 The Players Championship?

United Kingdom:

Sky Sports Golf: Broadcasts will begin at 11:30am UK time each day.

United States:

Golf Channel: Coverage starts from 9am Thursday-Saturday and 8am on Sunday ET.

NBC Sports app: Coverage from 1-7pm ET Thursday-Sunday.

Peacock: Streaming NBC’s coverage over the weekend.

ESPN: Broadcast on Saturday and Sunday time TBD.

U.S. viewers can typically live stream most PGA Tour events on ESPN+.

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The Players Championship Field

Åberg, Ludvig

An, Byeong Hun

Berger, Daniel

Bezuidenhout, Christiaan

Bhatia, Akshay

Bradley, Keegan

Bridgeman, Jacob

Burns, Sam

Campbell, Brian

Campos, Rafael

Canter, Laurie

Cantlay, Patrick

Capan III, Frankie

Cauley, Bud

Chandler, Will

Clark, Wyndham

Cole, Eric

Conners, Corey

Dahmen, Joel

Davis, Cam

Detry, Thomas

Dunlap, Nick

Echavarria, Nico

Eckroat, Austin

English, Harris

Finau, Tony

Fishburn, Patrick

Fitzpatrick, Matt

Fleetwood, Tommy

Fowler, Rickie

Fox, Ryan

Garnett, Brice

Gerard, Ryan

Ghim, Doug

Glover, Lucas

Gordon, Will

Gotterup, Chris

Greyserman, Max

Griffin, Ben

Griffin, Lanto

Grillo, Emiliano

Hadwin, Adam

Hall, Harry

Harman, Brian

Henley, Russell

Highsmith, Joe

Hisatsune, Ryo

Hodges, Lee

Hoey, Rico

Hoffman, Charley

Hoge, Tom

Højgaard, Nicolai

Højgaard, Rasmus

Homa, Max

Horschel, Billy

Hossler, Beau

Hovland, Viktor

Hubbard, Mark

Hughes, Mackenzie

Im, Sungjae

Jaeger, Stephan

Kim, Chan

Kim, Michael

Kim, Si Woo

Kim, Tom

Kirk, Chris

Kitayama, Kurt

Kizzire, Patton

Knapp, Jake

Kohles, Ben

Kuchar, Matt

Lashley, Nate

Lee, K.H.

Lee, Min Woo

Lipsky, David

List, Luke

Lower, Justin

Lowry, Shane

MacIntyre, Robert

Malnati, Peter

Matsuyama, Hideki

McCarthy, Denny

McCarty, Matt

McGreevy, Max

McIlroy, Rory

McNealy, Maverick

Meissner, Mac

Mitchell, Keith

Moore, Taylor

Morikawa, Collin

Mullinax, Trey

Norlander, Henrik

Novak, Andrew

Pan, C.T.

Pavon, Matthieu

Pendrith, Taylor

Perez, Victor

Phillips, Chandler

Poston, J.T.

Potgieter, Aldrich

Power, Seamus

Putnam, Andrew

Rai, Aaron

Ramey, Chad

Riley, Davis

Rodgers, Patrick

Rose, Justin

Roy, Kevin

Ryder, Sam

Salinda, Isaiah

Schauffele, Xander

Scheffler, Scottie

Schenk, Adam

Schmid, Matti

Scott, Adam

Sigg, Greyson

Silverman, Ben

Skinns, David

Smalley, Alex

Spaun, J.J.

Spieth, Jordan

Springer, Hayden

Stevens, Sam

Straka, Sepp

Suber, Jackson

Svensson, Adam

Svensson, Jesper

Taylor, Nick

Theegala, Sahith

Thomas, Justin

Thompson, Davis

Tosti, Alejandro

Valimaki, Sami

van Rooyen, Erik

Vegas, Jhonattan

Ventura, Kris

Villegas, Camilo

Danny Walker

Whaley, Vince

Woodland, Gary

Young, Cameron

Young, Carson

Yu, Kevin

Zalatoris, Will

What is the cut at The Players Championship?

The top 65 players and ties through 36 holes will qualify for the final two rounds.

2025 Players Championship tee times for Sunday: Round 4 (ET)

Tee No. 1

8:00 a.m. – Jesper Svensson, Aaron Rai, Keegan Bradley
8:11 a.m. – Davis Riley, Justin Thomas, Justin Lower
8:22 a.m. – Tommy Fleetwood, Collin Morikawa, Mac Meissner
8:33 a.m. – Tom Hoge, Taylor Moore, Taylor Pendrith
8:44 a.m. – Tom Kim, Daniel Berger, Denny McCarthy
8:55 a.m. – Sam Ryder, Scottie Scheffler, Min Woo Lee
9:06 a.m. – Chris Kirk, Davis Thompson, Robert MacIntyre
9:17 a.m. – Jake Knapp, J.T. Poston, Ryan Gerard
9:28 a.m. – Max McGreevy, Patrick Cantlay, Sepp Straka
9:39 a.m. – Akshay Bhatia. Danny Walker, Stephan Jaeger
9:50 a.m. – Alex Smalley, Corey Conners, Rory McIlroy
10:01 a.m. – J.J. Spaun, Bud Cauley, Lucas Glover

Tee No. 10

8:00 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Jordan Spieth, Joe Highsmith
8:11 a.m. – Matt McCarty, Harris English, Jacob Bridgeman
8:22 a.m. – Will Zalatoris, Matt Kuchar, Billy Horschel
8:33 a.m. – Russell Henley, Joel Dahmen, Austin Eckroat
8:44 a.m. – Hayden Springer, Beau Hossler, Shane Lowry
8:55 a.m. – Camilo Villegas, Will Chandler, Chandler Phillips
9:06 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, Sungjae Im, Matthieu Pavon
9:17 a.m. – Byeong Hun An, Isaiah Salinda, Carson Young
9:28 a.m. – Charley Hoffman, Si Woo Kim, C.T. Pan
9:39 a.m. – Xander Schauffele, Rico Hoey, Kurt Kitayama
9:50 a.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Trey Mullinax, Cameron Young
10:01 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Sami Valimaki, Emiliano Grillo