SUMMARY

THE PLAYERS Championship
TOURNAMENT DATES: 03/11/2021-03/14/2021
COURSE: TPC Sawgrass
LOCATION: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA
YARDAGE: 7,189
PAR VALUE: 72
ARCHITECT: Pete Dye
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Rory McIlroy (2019)
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Stewart Moore
Vice President, Championship Management
stewartmoore@pgatourhq.com
904-543-5227

Michael Baliker
Director, PGA TOUR
michaelbaliker@pgatourhq.com
864-430-9801

Amanda Herrington
Sr. Director, PGA TOUR
AmandaHerrington@pgatourhq.com
770-616-4412

John Bush
Sr. Manager, PGA TOUR
johnbush@pgatourhq.com
904-923-7419

Rachel Noble
Manager, Championship Management
rachelnoble@pgatourhq.com
860-841-2424

Jack Ryan
Manager, PGA TOUR
jackryan@pgatourhq.com
973-738-6092

FEDEXCUP POINTS/1ST: 3,375 / 600
PRIZE MONEY/1ST: $15,000,000 /$2,700,000
PLAYOFF HOLES: 3-hole agg. (16-17-18), then sudden death 17-18-17
TOURNAMENT DETAILS

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, March 9

9 a.m. - Rory McIlroy

9:30 a.m. - Justin Thomas

10 a.m. - Bryson DeChambeau

10:30 a.m. - Jon Rahm

11 a.m. - PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan (Media Center arena)

12 p.m. - Webb Simpson

3 p.m. - Collin Morikawa

3:30 p.m. - Dustin Johnson

4 p.m. - Xander Schauffele

 

WEDNESDAY, March 10

8:30 a.m. - First-Timers (Flash Interview Area): Scott Harrington, Bo Hoag, Matthew NeSmith, Henrik Norlander, Will Zalatoris

9 a.m. - First-Timers (Flash Interview Area): Cameron Davis, Doug Ghim, Harry Higgs, Tyler McCumber, Robby Shelton

9:30 a.m. - First-Timers (Flash Interview Area): Tom Lewis, Robert MacIntyre, Maverick McNealy, Cameron Percy, Doc Redman, Xinjun Zhang

2:30 p.m. - Patrick Cantlay


*All times ET and subject to change. All pre-tournament press conferences will take place inside the Virtual Interview Room unless otherwise noted.

EDITORIAL CONTENT

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Press Conference Live Stream

Transcripts

Audio/Video

Photos

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FIELD UPDATES

Brooks Koepka (out) / Anirban Lahiri (in)

Danny Willett (out) / Kramer Hickok (in)

John Huh (out of alternate list)

Harris English (out) / Kristoffer Ventura (in)

Justin Rose (out) / Steve Stricker (in)

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