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FILE -Golfers play the 17th hole during the second round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, May 9, 2014, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

The Players Championship as a major is an old topic at a time when the PGA Tour is looking ahead

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Brian Campbell, of the United States, embraces his girlfriend Kelsi McKee after winning the Mexico Open golf tournament in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Campbell cashes in on a big break, wins Mexico Open for first PGA Tour title

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Tiger Woods, left, talks to PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan on the 15th hole during the pro-am of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang) **FILE**

PGA Tour moves toward elite field with no cuts for 2024

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Tiger Woods of the US gestures to the crowd at the end of his second round of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Friday July 15, 2022. The Open Championship returns to the home of golf on July 14-17, 2022, to celebrate the 150th edition of the sport's oldest championship, which dates to 1860 and was first played at St. Andrews in 1873. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Emotional exit for Woods, big chance for Smith at St Andrews

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Gary Woodland watches his tee shot on the sixth hole during the first round of the The Players Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Match Play field set with possibilities that remain for more

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Justin Thomas holds the trophy after winning The Players Championship golf tournament Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Thomas wins Players Championship; Rozner takes Masters,

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Chris Kirk chips to the green on the ninth hole during the second round of the The Players Championship golf tournament Friday, March 12, 2021, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Better with age? Westwood takes lead at Players Championship

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Viktor Hovland, of Norway, hits a shot from the cart path off the 16th fairway during the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Hovland has an even-par score, uneven day with rulings

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Bryson DeChambeau celebrates after sinking a putt to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Better than most? One putt on the 17th that actually was

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 file photo, Kevin Kisner tees off on the 13th hole during the final round of the Workday Championship golf tournament, in Bradenton, Fla. Kisner is among four players on the PGA Tour board who had to work through a plan to return to golf from the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

A pandemic, a plan and a return to golf with no interruption

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan, follows his shot from the 13th tee, during the first round of The Players Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

No fans, now no players: PGA Tour shuts down for a month

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2014, file photo, golfers play the 17th hole during the second round of The Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. In a first for golf, The Players Championship will make available live streaming coverage of every shot from every player.(AP Photo/John Raoux, FIle)

Wall-to-wall golf: Players Championship to stream every shot

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Stenson’s Players victory ends with wrong kind of surprise

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2019, file photo, Tiger Woods prepares to catch a ball tossed by his caddied on the second day of competition of the WGC-Mexico Championship golf tournament at the Chapultepec Golf Club in Mexico City. Woods says a sore neck that kept him out of Bay Hill last week is no longer painful. Woods says his job is to make sure to stay fit and flexible. He used the word &quot;pliable&quot; three times during his news conference at The Players Championship. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File) **FILE**

Woods no longer feeling pain in the neck at Players Championship

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Charles Howell III follows his shot from the 16th tee, during the second round of The Players Championship golf tournament Friday, May 11, 2018, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

New PGA Tour schedule still has a few moving parts

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Webb Simpson celebrates winning The Players Championship golf tournament Sunday, May 13, 2018, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Belly-putter ban lifts game for Players winner Webb Simpson

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Webb Simpson and his caddie Paul Tesori congratulate each other after winning The Players Championship golf tournament Sunday, May 13, 2018, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Players ‘means about as much as anything could’ to Tesori

By MARK LONG - Associated Press

Webb Simpson hits from an eighth hole sand trap, during the final round of the The Players Championship golf tournament Sunday, May 13, 2018, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Webb Simpson wins The Players in TPC Sawgrass runaway

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, reacts to missing a putt on the second hole during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, May 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

The wild ride of Justin Thomas at The Players Championship

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Sergio Garcia tees off from the first tee box to start the second round at the Dean &amp; DeLuca Invitational golf tournament Friday, May 26, 2017. (Richard W. Rodriguez/Star-Telegram via AP)

Spieth avoids Colonial cut scare, has shot to defend title

By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press