GOLF GLANCE

PGA TOUR

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Course: TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium). Yardage: 7,275. Par: 72.

Prize money: $25 million. Winner’s $4.5 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 1-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 2-7 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler. FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler. Last week: Scottie Scheffler won the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Notes: The Players Championship has the biggest purse in golf at $25 million. ... The tournament has been referred to casually as the fifth major as the biggest event on the strongest tour. But it has lost the claim for having the strongest field because of all the defections to Saudi-funded LIV Golf. ... Tiger Woods has decided not to play. He would have been exempt from his 2019 Masters victory. ... This is the 50th edition of The Players. ... No one has ever won back to back at The Players, although Padraig Harrington was a runner-up in consecutive years. ... Victory comes with a three-year exemption into the four majors. ... Steve Stricker is in the field as the Senior Players Championship winner. ... This is the 30-year share: anniversary of Greg Norman setting the tournament record of 264. ... The Players has been held at the TPC Sawgrass since 1982. No one has won more than twice on the Stadium Course.

Next week: Valspar Championship.

LPGA TOUR

Last week: Bailey Tardy won the Blue Bay LPGA.

Next week: Se Ri Pak LA Open.

Race to CME Globe leader: Lydia Ko.

EUROPEAN TOUR

Last week: Matteo Manassero Jonsson Workwear Open.

Next week: Singapore Classic. Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

Last week: Abraham Ancer won Hong Kong.

Next tournament: LIV

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Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

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Last week: Joe Durant won the Cologuard Classic.

Next week: Hoag Classic.