As the PGA Tour's flagship event, The Players Championship offers the largest purse with the largest first-place payout on the season schedule. The field of 144 will compete for $25 million, with $4.5 million going to the champion on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.

As a player invitational, the API awards the winner $4 million, matching the total from last month's Genesis Invitational. There it was Ludvig Åberg who reigned supreme and cashed the top prize at Torrey Pines to become the third different winner in as many signature events to start the season.

The PGA Tour’s Florida Swing moved north to Orlando for another signature event, the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club. Nine of the top 10 players in the world were in action, including 2024 Arnold Palmer champion Scottie Scheffler and World No.