Who’s In and Who’s Out at The Players

Certainly, winning the Masters is the most valuable victory in golf, but of all the disclosed purses, a win at The Players is the richest. The 154-player field competes for a $2.7 million first place check. Largely because of injury, Zac Blair, Bud Cauley, Brooks Koepka, Matthew Wolff and Tiger Woods will not compete. Late additions are Doug Ghim, Patton Kizzire, Andrew Putnam, Cameron Percy, Jhonattan Vegas and Anirban Lahiri.

The Field and How they Landed a Tee Time at TPC Sawgrass:

• Winners of PGA Tour events since the last Players
• Top 125 from previous season’s FedEx Cup points list
• Current top 125 FedEx Cup points list
• Major champions from the past five years
• Players Championship winners from the past five years: Rory McIlroy, Webb Simpson, Kim Si-Woo, Jason Day and Rickie Fowler
• The Tour Championship winners from the past three years: Dustin Johnson, Rory, McIlroy and Tiger Woods (out)
• World Golf Championship winners from the past three years: Patrick Reed, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson
• Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners from the past three years: Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrrell Hatton, Francesco Molinari and Rory McIlroy
• Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking
• Senior Players champion from prior year: Jerry Kelly
• Korn Ferry Tour money leader from prior season: Will Zalatoris
• Money leader during the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, if not the regular-season money leader: Will Zalatoris
• Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders: Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Cantlay, Vivtor Hovland, Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson, Harris English, Tony Finau, Brooks Koepka (out), Max Homa and Justin Thomas
• Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

The Field in Alphabetical Order:

1. Byeong Hun An
2. Abraham Ancer
3. Ryan Armour
4. Daniel Berger
5. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
6. Keegan Bradley
7. Scott Brown
8. Sam Burns
9. Patrick Cantlay
10. Paul Casey
11. Cameron Champ
12. Stewart Cink
13. Wyndham Clark
14. Corey Conners
15. Austin Cook
16. Joel Dahmen
17. Cameron Davis
18. Jason Day
19. Bryson DeChambeau
20. Jason Dufner
21. Tyler Duncan
22. Harris English
23. Tony Finau
24. Matthew Fitzpatrick
25. Tommy Fleetwood, finished No. 92 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
26. Rickie Fowler
27. Dylan Frittelli, finished No. 105 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
28. Sergio Garcia
29. Brice Garnett, finished No. 118 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
30. Brian Gay
31. Doug Ghim
32. Lucas Glover
33. Talor Gooch
34. Branden Grace
35. Lanto Griffin
36. Emiliano Grillo
37. Adam Hadwin
38. James Hahn
39. Brian Harman
40. Scott Harrington
41. Tyrrell Hatton
42. Russell Henley
43. Jim Herman
44. Harry Higgs
45. Bo Hoag, finished No. 125 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
46. Charley Hoffman
47. Tom Hoge, finished No. 50 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
48. Max Homa
49. Billy Horschel
50. Beau Hossler
51. Viktor Hovland
52. Charles Howell III
53. Mark Hubbard
54. Mackenzie Hughes
55. Sungjae Im
56. Dustin Johnson
57. Zach Johnson
58. Matt Jones
59. Sung Kang
60. Jerry Kelly
61. Si Woo Kim
62. Chris Kirk
63. Kevin Kisner
64. Patton Kizzire
65. Russell Knox
66. Jason Kokrak
67. Matt Kuchar
68. Anirban Lahiri
69. Martin Laird
70. Andrew Landry
71. Nate Lashley
72. Danny Lee
73. Kyoung-Hoon Lee
74. Marc Leishman
75. Tom Lewis, finished No. 124 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
76. Luke List
77. Adam Long
78. Shane Lowry
79. Robert MacIntyre
80. Peter Malnati
81. Hideki Matsuyama
82. Denny McCarthy
83. Tyler McCumber
84. Graeme McDowell
85. Rory McIlroy
86. Maverick McNealy
87. Troy Merritt
88. Phil Mickelson
89. Keith Mitchell
90. Francesco Molinari
91. Ryan Moore
92. Collin Morikawa
93. Sebastián Muñoz
94. Kevin Na
95. Matthew NeSmith
96. Joaquin Niemann
97. Alex Noren
98. Henrik Norlander
99. Louis Oosthuizen
100. Carlos Ortiz
101. Ryan Palmer
102. C.T. Pan
103. Cameron Percy
104. Pat Perez
105. Victor Perez
106. Scott Piercy
107. J.T. Poston
108. Ian Poulter
109. Andrew Putnam
110. Jon Rahm
111. Chez Reavie
112. Doc Redman
113. Patrick Reed
114. Patrick Rodgers
115. Justin Rose
116. Sam Ryder, finished No. 108 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
117. Rory Sabbatini
118. Xander Schauffele
119. Scottie Scheffler
120. Adam Schenk
121. Charl Schwartzel
122. Adam Scott
123. Robby Shelton
124. Webb Simpson
125. Cameron Smith
126. Brandt Snedeker
127. Jordan Spieth
128. Scott Stallings
129. Kyle Stanley, current No. 92 FedEx Cup rankings
130. Brendan Steele
131. Henrik Stenson
132. Sepp Straka, finished No. 79 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
133. Robert Streb
134. Kevin Streelman
135. Brian Stuard
136. Hudson Swafford
137. Nick Taylor
138. Vaughn Taylor
139. Justin Thomas
140. Michael Thompson
141. Brendon Todd
142. Cameron Tringale
143. Harold Varner III
144. Jhonattan Vegas, current No. 98 FedEx Cup rankings
145. Jimmy Walker
146. Bubba Watson
147. Richy Werenski, finished No. 39 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
148. Lee Westwood
149. Bernd Wiesberger
150. Danny Willett, 2016 Masters Champion
151. Aaron Wise, current No. 48 FedEx Cup rankings
152. Gary Woodland, finished No. 43 2020 FedEx Cup rankings
153. Will Zalatoris
154. Xinjun Zhang, finished No. 78 2020 FedEx Cup rankings

The Players 2021 Odds:

Dustin Johnson: 12-1
Bryson DeChambeau: 14-1
Rory McIlroy: 16-1
Jon Rahm: 16-1
Xander Schauffele: 20-1
Justin Thomas: 20-1
Webb Simpson: 22-1
Collin Morikawa: 22-1
Patrick Cantlay: 22-1
Tony Finau: 25-1
Jordan Spieth: 25-1

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