{"id":14186,"date":"2022-03-07T21:11:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T02:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gambyl.com\/?p=14186"},"modified":"2022-03-07T21:22:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T02:22:07","slug":"the-players-championship-event-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gambyl.com\/en\/golf\/the-players-championship-event-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PLAYERS Championship \u2013 Event Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Players Championship 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The third tournament on the Florida swing is THE PLAYERS Championship<\/strong> at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tournament will play as a par 72, measuring 7,256 yards, and be put on TifEagle Bermuda overseeded with Poa trivialis\/velvet bentgrass greens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This tournament is usually in May; but with the move to March (in 2019), the playing surface is overseeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year the event takes place from March 8th to March 13th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event Overview \u2013 The Players Championship \u2013 2022 \u2013 PGA Golf Tour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Players Championship<\/strong>\u00a0is an annual golf tournament on the\u00a0PGA Tour<\/a><\/strong>. It currently offers the highest prize fund of any tournament in golf ($20 million), overtaking the\u00a0U.S. Open<\/strong>, which offers a $12.5 million purse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The field usually includes the top 50 players in the world rankings; but unlike the major championships and World Golf Championships events, it is property of the\u00a0PGA Tour<\/strong>\u00a0and not an official event on other tours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite not being a major, it has been taken as such by the tour. Taken as\u00a0the fifth major<\/em>,\u00a0is often in contention as the next most prestigious tournament in golf. This is because of the characteristics it shares with the majors, such as the high-class field and its large purse.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is a Pete Dye design and probably his most notable, with 88 bunkers and 17 water hazards that come into play on 17 holes, it\u2019s easy to make big numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, the tournament recorded the ninth-most bogeys and fourth-most double-bogeys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The layout doesn\u2019t have back-to-back holes featuring similarities of any kind, as they\u2019ll dogleg in opposite directions, either into or against the wind, and vary substantially in distance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the strongest field of the season, and it includes world No. 1 Jon Rahm, 2019 PLAYERS champion Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama, and reigning FedExCup Champion Patrick Cantlay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that’s just to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule and Broadcast:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Where can I Watch<\/strong>: The Golf Channel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW TO FOLLOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Television: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 10th – Friday 11th, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PGA TOUR LIVE on<\/u><\/strong> Radio<\/u><\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 10th – Friday 11th, 11\u20136 p.m. ET. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th, 12\u20136 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com\/liveaudio)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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