The latest showdown on the PGA Tour is THE PLAYERS Championship, unfolding at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. While the players are preparing for round 2 of the tournament, a lot has already happened on the leaderboard on the first day.
Currently sharing the first position with a total score of -7 each are Xander Schauffele from the USA, Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland, and Wyndham Clark from the USA. Sitting on the fourth spot is Nick Taylor from Canada with a total score of -6 and sharing it with Matt Fitzpatrick from England.
In terms of the best daily scores of the day, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, and Wyndham Clark hold the top three spots, with each of them finishing their rounds with a -7.
The players are vying for a piece of the $25,000,000 tournament prize money, one of the largest purses in the golf world. The described highlights of the tournament are provided in the accompanying video for the PGA Tour Highlights segment.
As the final shots are taken and the last putts sink into the hole, the identity of the champion will soon be revealed. The culmination of THE PLAYERS Championship will bring another exciting golf event to a close. For more details and comprehensive coverage, refer to the dedicated section, THE PLAYERS Championship Highlights.
THE PLAYERS Championship: The PGA Tour round 1 highlights
About the PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the largest American professional golf tour. There are 36 tournaments on the tour’s schedule this season. The tournaments mainly take place in the USA, but there are also some international venues over the course of the season. The signature events introduced in 2023 offer higher prize money and a smaller field of participants. There will be a total of eight of these events in the 2024 season. The four Majors and the Players Championship are also part of the PGA Tour. At the end of the tours season, the 70 best players in the FedEx Cup season rankings will play in a three-tournament play-off for overall tour victory and an extra 18 million dollars in prize money.