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The biggest purse and winner’s share of the 2025 PGA Tour season is up for grabs on Sunday at the Players Championship. The Players purse is a whopping $25 million, the third straight year it ...

Starting early this month, he played the Cognizant Classic, followed by the Arnold Palmer Invitational, followed by this week’s Players Championship. “My wife is upset that I’ve only been ...

Rory McIlroy won the 2025 Players Championship after a playoff against J.J. Spaun. The tournament concluded on Monday following a weather delay on Sunday. McIlroy took home $4.5 million of the $25 ...

On Sunday, Rory McIlroy had to come from behind to get himself into a playoff at The Players Championship. On Monday, he won the playoff with relative ease over J.J. Spaun to win golf's so-called ...

Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will face off in a three-hole playoff for The Players Championship title after finishing tied at 12-under. PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Rory McIlroy feels like he should have ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. WHAT A TRIP: Rory McIlroy's $995 Uber ride may be the ticket to a $4.5 million payday at Players McIlroy: 9-iron onto the green, 29 feet from the hole.

An enthralling final round of The Players Championship was suspended Sunday due to lightning in the area at the Florida venue. Tee times had been pushed forward in a bid to finish the PGA Tour’s ...

The tennis players’ association that was co-founded by Novak Djokovic has filed multiple lawsuits around the world against the sport’s tours and governing bodies. The suit filed in the United ...

It may have taken three extra holes on Monday morning, but Rory McIlroy is officially The Players Champion after defeating J.J. Spaun. The victory in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, marks McIlroy’s ...

Lamine Yamal (left) and Dani Olmo (right) were key players in Spain's 2024 European Cup title run. / IMAGO/Jan Huebner The FIFA international break offers little to no recovery time for the most ...

This is shaping up to be another memorable edition of The Players Championship. Thursday's first round yielded a leaderboard that features Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa and ...