Rory McIlroy has won The Players Championship in a playoff, J.J. Spaun came second, Tom Hoge, Akshay Bhatia and Lucas Glover finished third.
McIlroy stays at number 2, Spaun moves up to 25 from 57, Hoge up to 50 from 73, Bhatia up ten places to 21 and Glover up eleven to 33.

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The Players Championship Playoff
| This Week | Last Week | Country | Player | Avg. Points | Total Points | Points Lost (2025) | Points Won (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | United States | Scottie Scheffler | 13.86 | 568.36 | -132.11 | 45.28 |
| 2 | 2 | Northern Ireland | Rory McIlroy | 9.86 | 463.48 | -75.06 | 177.83 |
| 3 | 3 | United States | Xander Schauffele | 8.13 | 325.08 | -75.10 | 3.40 |
| 4 | 4 | United States | Collin Morikawa | 6.58 | 282.81 | -45.25 | 89.88 |
| 5 | 5 | Sweden | Ludvig Aberg | 6.10 | 256.08 | -38.94 | 82.33 |
| 6 | 6 | Japan | Hideki Matsuyama | 5.38 | 247.70 | -38.41 | 73.61 |
| 7 | 7 | United States | Russell Henley | 4.98 | 209.07 | -28.93 | 105.47 |
| 8 | 8 | United States | Wyndham Clark | 3.73 | 171.63 | -54.47 | 12.34 |
| 9 | 10 | England | Tommy Fleetwood | 3.71 | 185.54 | -41.95 | 30.29 |
| 10 | 9 | United States | Justin Thomas | 3.69 | 158.64 | -22.50 | 56.43 |
| 11 | 13 | Austria | Sepp Straka | 3.59 | 186.90 | -27.90 | 98.47 |
| 12 | 17 | United States | Patrick Cantlay | 3.58 | 143.39 | -36.17 | 38.79 |
| 13 | 11 | United States | Keegan Bradley | 3.57 | 160.53 | -32.90 | 35.45 |
| 14 | 18 | Scotland | Robert MacIntyre | 3.52 | 182.98 | -29.74 | 37.21 |
| 15 | 14 | Ireland | Shane Lowry | 3.48 | 170.44 | -24.53 | 63.52 |
| 16 | 12 | England | Tyrrell Hatton | 3.46 | 138.36 | -32.43 | 38.36 |
| 17 | 15 | United States | Maverick McNealy | 3.41 | 150.07 | -11.92 | 57.64 |
| 18 | 16 | United States | Bryson DeChambeau | 3.37 | 134.92 | -25.23 | 9.39 |
| 19 | 19 | Norway | Viktor Hovland | 3.17 | 126.82 | -50.50 | 3.60 |
| 20 | 20 | United States | Billy Horschel | 2.99 | 155.64 | -26.41 | 16.62 |
| 21 | 31 | United States | Akshay Bhatia | 2.97 | 154.39 | -24.33 | 45.51 |
| 22 | 21 | United States | Sahith Theegala | 2.95 | 153.21 | -36.31 | 10.83 |
| 23 | 22 | Korea; Republic of | Sungjae Im | 2.94 | 152.95 | -30.41 | 40.33 |
| 24 | 24 | England | Aaron Rai | 2.90 | 150.93 | -25.65 | 27.79 |
| 25 | 57 | United States | J.J. Spaun | 2.80 | 145.82 | -10.55 | 100.36 |
| 26 | 23 | Belgium | Thomas Detry | 2.80 | 145.38 | -16.66 | 74.85 |
| 27 | 30 | Canada | Corey Conners | 2.78 | 130.64 | -23.70 | 54.08 |
| 28 | 28 | Korea; Republic of | Tom Kim | 2.63 | 136.58 | -30.07 | 16.34 |
| 29 | 25 | Australia | Adam Scott | 2.62 | 128.55 | -26.26 | 9.60 |
| 30 | 27 | Canada | Nick Taylor | 2.61 | 130.55 | -21.18 | 73.27 |
| 31 | 26 | United States | Tony Finau | 2.57 | 115.44 | -25.83 | 22.25 |
| 32 | 29 | United States | Sam Burns | 2.56 | 115.01 | -30.73 | 15.59 |
| 33 | 44 | United States | Lucas Glover | 2.54 | 131.99 | -23.98 | 54.53 |
| 34 | 32 | Korea; Republic of | Byeong Hun An | 2.51 | 117.75 | -25.55 | 15.39 |
| 35 | 33 | Australia | Jason Day | 2.47 | 103.62 | -25.44 | 36.10 |
| 36 | 34 | England | Justin Rose | 2.38 | 104.93 | -20.74 | 32.80 |
| 37 | 38 | United States | Denny McCarthy | 2.35 | 107.99 | -24.14 | 34.22 |
| 38 | 35 | United States | Nick Dunlap | 2.34 | 93.60 | -15.13 | 12.68 |
| 39 | 36 | United States | Harris English | 2.32 | 108.80 | -19.39 | 56.08 |
| 40 | 37 | United States | Max Greyserman | 2.28 | 118.44 | -16.26 | 22.94 |
| 41 | 42 | United States | Daniel Berger | 2.21 | 88.51 | -4.07 | 51.28 |
| 42 | 40 | United States | J.T. Poston | 2.18 | 111.19 | -22.23 | 16.15 |
| 43 | 41 | Canada | Taylor Pendrith | 2.17 | 112.99 | -17.92 | 26.16 |
| 44 | 47 | Germany | Stephan Jaeger | 2.14 | 111.18 | -19.50 | 30.67 |
| 45 | 54 | United States | Davis Thompson | 2.13 | 111.00 | -17.81 | 20.85 |
| 46 | 39 | United States | Brian Harman | 2.13 | 110.63 | -34.49 | 12.93 |
| 47 | 43 | England | Laurie Canter | 2.10 | 83.81 | -6.67 | 49.10 |
| 48 | 46 | France | Matthieu Pavon | 2.08 | 107.94 | -24.66 | 5.28 |
| 49 | 45 | United States | Austin Eckroat | 2.07 | 107.78 | -20.06 | 11.58 |
| 50 | 73 | United States | Tom Hoge | 2.05 | 106.69 | -18.26 | 41.29 |
| 51 | 48 | Colombia | Nicolas Echavarria | 2.05 | 106.50 | -8.97 | 32.27 |
| 52 | 50 | United States | Ben Griffin | 2.01 | 104.70 | -15.03 | 34.97 |
| 53 | 49 | Denmark | Rasmus Hojgaard | 1.99 | 101.52 | -16.41 | 13.60 |
| 54 | 52 | United States | Michael Kim | 1.99 | 103.39 | -9.91 | 68.32 |
| 55 | 51 | South Africa | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 1.99 | 103.26 | -18.67 | 24.40 |
| 56 | 56 | Australia | Min Woo Lee | 1.94 | 99.07 | -22.16 | 23.78 |
| 57 | 53 | Australia | Cameron Davis | 1.93 | 100.30 | -22.54 | 22.61 |
| 58 | 55 | United States | Cameron Young | 1.91 | 91.52 | -26.13 | 13.86 |
| 59 | 58 | United States | Matt McCarty | 1.87 | 97.38 | -14.69 | 6.68 |
| 60 | 62 | United States | Joe Highsmith | 1.77 | 88.72 | -6.01 | 56.26 |
| 61 | 67 | United States | Will Zalatoris | 1.75 | 69.80 | -12.73 | 16.26 |
| 62 | 60 | Sweden | Alex Noren | 1.72 | 75.63 | -17.43 | - |
| 63 | 66 | Venezuela | Jhonattan Vegas | 1.70 | 68.13 | -8.17 | 19.01 |
| 64 | 68 | Korea; Republic of | Si Woo Kim | 1.70 | 88.48 | -20.35 | 22.17 |
| 65 | 59 | Spain | Jon Rahm | 1.69 | 67.64 | -41.14 | - |
| 66 | 65 | United States | Jordan Spieth | 1.69 | 69.16 | -24.67 | 24.40 |
| 67 | 64 | South Africa | Thriston Lawrence | 1.68 | 87.58 | -20.16 | 0.86 |
| 68 | 63 | United States | Eric Cole | 1.68 | 87.49 | -23.14 | 16.25 |
| 69 | 61 | England | Matt Fitzpatrick | 1.67 | 82.06 | -31.78 | 6.30 |
| 70 | 69 | Canada | Mackenzie Hughes | 1.64 | 85.39 | -16.93 | 7.21 |
| 71 | 71 | United States | Patrick Rodgers | 1.61 | 83.59 | -14.41 | 34.01 |
| 72 | 74 | United States | Chris Kirk | 1.58 | 75.76 | -21.56 | 8.74 |
| 73 | 72 | Denmark | Nicolai Hojgaard | 1.58 | 81.90 | -20.80 | 10.86 |
| 74 | 82 | United States | Max McGreevy | 1.56 | 81.30 | -9.24 | 20.33 |
| 75 | 70 | United States | Max Homa | 1.56 | 73.43 | -28.70 | 2.33 |
| 76 | 75 | Canada | Adam Hadwin | 1.55 | 74.42 | -18.37 | 11.73 |
| 77 | 77 | Denmark | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 1.54 | 72.15 | -7.37 | 28.51 |
| 78 | 83 | United States | Taylor Moore | 1.52 | 77.31 | -19.10 | 25.51 |
| 79 | 76 | Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) | Chun-an Yu | 1.50 | 71.86 | -11.30 | 10.42 |
| 80 | 78 | United States | Andrew Novak | 1.50 | 77.84 | -8.91 | 32.35 |
| 81 | 79 | United States | Samuel Stevens | 1.49 | 77.52 | -12.58 | 39.83 |
| 82 | 81 | Chile | Joaquin Niemann | 1.48 | 59.31 | -8.24 | 5.47 |
| 83 | 80 | England | Matt Wallace | 1.48 | 77.08 | -14.14 | 3.58 |
| 84 | 91 | United States | Jake Knapp | 1.46 | 76.07 | -12.50 | 28.52 |
| 85 | 86 | United States | Beau Hossler | 1.40 | 72.97 | -14.63 | 15.02 |
| 86 | 84 | Denmark | Thorbjorn Olesen | 1.40 | 72.91 | -15.00 | 3.20 |
| 87 | 85 | South Africa | Erik van Rooyen | 1.38 | 71.70 | -14.94 | 10.69 |
| 88 | 88 | United States | Justin Lower | 1.38 | 71.63 | -8.83 | 22.54 |
| 89 | 87 | Spain | David Puig | 1.33 | 53.09 | -8.14 | 14.17 |
| 90 | 89 | South Africa | Shaun Norris | 1.31 | 68.24 | -4.66 | 18.87 |
| 91 | 90 | Denmark | Niklas Norgaard | 1.30 | 67.68 | -9.69 | 13.57 |
| 92 | 93 | United States | Lee Hodges | 1.29 | 65.78 | -14.82 | 16.11 |
| 93 | 92 | United States | Luke Clanton(Am) | 1.29 | 51.45 | -5.26 | 6.82 |
| 94 | 94 | England | John Parry | 1.27 | 66.27 | -5.73 | 10.65 |
| 95 | 96 | United States | Kurt Kitayama | 1.27 | 54.63 | -19.26 | 7.00 |
| 96 | 95 | England | Harry Hall | 1.24 | 64.50 | -10.77 | 16.23 |
| 97 | 102 | United States | Jacob Bridgeman | 1.23 | 63.95 | -7.09 | 35.51 |
| 98 | 98 | France | Romain Langasque | 1.23 | 63.94 | -13.76 | 2.81 |
| 99 | 99 | France | Victor Perez | 1.22 | 63.24 | -13.73 | 5.44 |
| 100 | 103 | United States | Charley Hoffman | 1.21 | 56.91 | -9.29 | 18.12 |
| 101 | 100 | United States | Doug Ghim | 1.21 | 62.71 | -10.99 | 9.89 |
| 102 | 97 | United States | Rickie Fowler | 1.20 | 55.36 | -21.27 | 8.54 |
| 103 | 104 | United States | Brian Campbell | 1.18 | 61.57 | -5.60 | 33.89 |
| 104 | 105 | Japan | Kensei Hirata | 1.18 | 61.17 | -10.08 | 14.32 |
| 105 | 113 | New Zealand | Ryan Fox | 1.17 | 60.86 | -17.21 | 10.60 |
| 106 | 110 | Sweden | Jesper Svensson | 1.16 | 60.57 | -11.07 | 11.57 |
| 107 | 101 | United States | Keith Mitchell | 1.16 | 58.23 | -13.56 | 10.75 |
| 108 | 106 | Australia | Karl Vilips | 1.15 | 46.13 | -3.00 | 26.26 |
| 109 | 109 | Germany | Matti Schmid | 1.13 | 58.87 | -11.18 | 9.09 |
| 110 | 108 | Italy | Matteo Manassero | 1.13 | 58.84 | -10.50 | 4.69 |
| 111 | 107 | Australia | Cameron Smith | 1.13 | 45.14 | -10.79 | - |
| 112 | 111 | England | Jordan Smith | 1.11 | 57.95 | -12.72 | 3.15 |
| 113 | 133 | United States | Alex Smalley | 1.11 | 57.48 | -9.18 | 28.44 |
| 114 | 114 | United States | Patrick Fishburn | 1.09 | 56.76 | -8.78 | 10.02 |
| 115 | 112 | South Africa | Aldrich Potgieter | 1.09 | 44.67 | -2.84 | 22.58 |
| 116 | 115 | Japan | Ryo Hisatsune | 1.07 | 55.39 | -13.12 | 6.18 |
| 117 | 119 | Northern Ireland | Tom McKibbin | 1.06 | 54.15 | -10.52 | 6.53 |
| 118 | 116 | United States | Adam Schenk | 1.06 | 55.08 | -17.99 | 14.25 |
| 119 | 118 | Spain | Jorge Campillo | 1.05 | 54.80 | -9.75 | 3.57 |
| 120 | 121 | England | Paul Waring | 1.04 | 54.24 | -7.13 | - |
| 121 | 117 | United States | Mark Hubbard | 1.04 | 54.19 | -15.36 | 8.32 |
| 122 | 131 | United States | Davis Riley | 1.03 | 53.58 | -10.83 | 7.48 |
| 123 | 130 | Philippines | Richard Hoey | 1.02 | 53.29 | -11.64 | 8.00 |
| 124 | 124 | France | Julien Guerrier | 1.02 | 51.17 | -9.40 | 4.25 |
| 125 | 120 | Ireland | Seamus Power | 1.02 | 50.07 | -9.63 | 8.77 |
| 126 | 122 | England | Daniel Brown(Oct1994) | 1.01 | 52.73 | -7.94 | 15.53 |
| 127 | 128 | England | Matthew Jordan | 1.01 | 51.68 | -8.49 | 4.67 |
| 128 | 123 | United States | Patton Kizzire | 1.01 | 50.40 | -9.46 | 0.83 |
| 129 | 125 | United States | Patrick Reed | 1.00 | 39.99 | -9.05 | 7.86 |
| 130 | 127 | Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) | C.T. Pan | 0.99 | 41.71 | -8.67 | 4.89 |
| 131 | 129 | Sweden | Sebastian Soderberg | 0.99 | 47.59 | -9.90 | 7.27 |
| 132 | 134 | United States | Matt Kuchar | 0.99 | 47.39 | -12.50 | 7.31 |
| 133 | 126 | United States | Vincent Whaley | 0.98 | 49.12 | -7.17 | 6.45 |
| 134 | 135 | United States | John Catlin | 0.98 | 46.04 | -8.07 | 1.41 |
| 135 | 136 | United States | Johannes Veerman | 0.98 | 49.89 | -5.61 | 2.98 |
| 136 | 137 | France | Antoine Rozner | 0.95 | 49.51 | -8.29 | 8.86 |
| 137 | 132 | United States | Andrew Putnam | 0.95 | 49.32 | -12.03 | 12.72 |
| 138 | 139 | South Africa | Dean Burmester | 0.94 | 37.44 | -6.87 | 0.53 |
| 139 | 140 | New Zealand | Daniel Hillier | 0.93 | 48.32 | -7.56 | 23.40 |
| 140 | 138 | Argentina | Emiliano Grillo | 0.93 | 47.34 | -19.70 | 1.93 |
| 141 | 142 | England | Joe Dean | 0.93 | 37.08 | -4.65 | 7.90 |
| 142 | 141 | United States | Brendon Todd | 0.92 | 45.88 | -14.55 | - |
| 143 | 251 | United States | Bud Cauley | 0.91 | 36.48 | -2.30 | 20.85 |
| 144 | 143 | Italy | Guido Migliozzi | 0.91 | 47.32 | -8.05 | 5.33 |
| 145 | 150 | United States | Carson Young | 0.90 | 46.99 | -9.14 | 7.42 |
| 146 | 154 | United States | Hayden Springer | 0.89 | 38.40 | -4.76 | 13.78 |
| 147 | 144 | Japan | Keita Nakajima | 0.89 | 43.74 | -10.92 | 2.57 |
| 148 | 147 | Korea; Republic of | Seonghyeon Kim | 0.89 | 46.32 | -7.92 | 16.32 |
| 149 | 145 | United States | Ben Kohles | 0.89 | 46.29 | -12.26 | 6.08 |
| 150 | 146 | United States | Luke List | 0.88 | 45.96 | -12.33 | 3.39 |
| 151 | 148 | United States | Peter Uihlein | 0.88 | 35.30 | -3.80 | - |
| 152 | 152 | South Africa | Daniel van Tonder | 0.88 | 45.54 | -3.11 | 32.55 |
| 153 | 151 | Canada | Adam Svensson | 0.86 | 44.95 | -11.19 | 4.65 |
| 154 | 149 | United States | Frankie Capan | 0.86 | 44.84 | -7.62 | 7.75 |
| 155 | 157 | China | Haotong Li | 0.86 | 41.31 | -2.96 | 24.76 |
| 156 | 153 | New Zealand | Ben Campbell | 0.86 | 34.35 | -5.14 | 0.13 |
| 157 | 155 | Korea; Republic of | Yubin Jang | 0.85 | 34.18 | -5.91 | - |
| 158 | 156 | United States | Peter Malnati | 0.85 | 44.01 | -10.41 | 1.70 |
| 159 | 159 | United States | John Keefer | 0.84 | 33.73 | -3.28 | 11.91 |
| 160 | 158 | Scotland | Ewen Ferguson | 0.84 | 43.81 | -10.03 | 3.32 |
| 161 | 160 | Scotland | Calum Hill | 0.83 | 43.41 | -6.34 | 21.68 |
| 162 | 166 | United States | McClure Meissner | 0.83 | 42.45 | -7.61 | 6.68 |
| 163 | 161 | United States | Chan Kim | 0.83 | 43.02 | -9.72 | 7.98 |
| 163 | 163 | Spain | Alejandro del Rey | 0.83 | 43.01 | -4.70 | 23.94 |
| 165 | 162 | United States | Steven Fisk | 0.82 | 42.06 | -6.77 | 8.30 |
| 166 | 164 | Japan | Takumi Kanaya | 0.82 | 42.56 | -10.65 | 2.13 |
| 167 | 201 | United States | Sam Ryder | 0.81 | 42.12 | -8.71 | 17.21 |
| 168 | 165 | United States | Greyson Sigg | 0.81 | 41.95 | -6.72 | 11.93 |
| 169 | 167 | United States | Brice Garnett | 0.80 | 33.65 | -5.41 | 11.00 |
| 170 | 170 | United States | Chandler Phillips | 0.80 | 41.52 | -7.85 | 4.12 |
| 171 | 284 | United States | Danny Walker | 0.79 | 35.61 | -3.06 | 19.28 |
| 172 | 168 | United States | Pierceson Coody | 0.79 | 41.04 | -7.28 | 12.87 |
| 173 | 173 | Finland | Sami Valimaki | 0.79 | 40.95 | -9.63 | 6.78 |
| 174 | 169 | Korea; Republic of | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 0.78 | 40.56 | -10.90 | 6.81 |
| 175 | 171 | United States | David Lipsky | 0.78 | 40.36 | -7.49 | 1.75 |
| 176 | 178 | United States | Joel Dahmen | 0.78 | 40.31 | -5.45 | 15.58 |
| 177 | 184 | United States | Ryan Gerard | 0.77 | 40.28 | -6.77 | 13.24 |
| 178 | 172 | Japan | Rikuya Hoshino | 0.77 | 40.05 | -10.45 | 2.86 |
| 179 | 175 | England | Sam Bairstow | 0.77 | 39.95 | -5.90 | 9.19 |
| 180 | 177 | South Africa | Jacques Kruyswijk | 0.77 | 39.07 | -3.40 | 25.54 |
| 181 | 174 | Canada | Ben Silverman | 0.75 | 35.30 | -8.39 | 5.32 |
| 182 | 176 | United States | William Mouw | 0.75 | 30.78 | -5.08 | 4.10 |
| 183 | 182 | United States | Harry Higgs | 0.75 | 36.74 | -6.61 | 3.78 |
| 184 | 179 | United States | Isaiah Salinda | 0.75 | 38.79 | -4.95 | 17.73 |
| 185 | 180 | United States | Gary Woodland | 0.73 | 31.53 | -7.99 | 10.07 |
| 186 | 183 | France | Frederic LaCroix | 0.73 | 37.21 | -7.44 | 1.30 |
| 187 | 185 | United States | Justin Suh | 0.72 | 37.58 | -9.11 | 17.20 |
| 188 | 186 | Spain | Angel Ayora | 0.71 | 29.30 | -2.79 | 3.98 |
| 189 | 188 | France | David Ravetto | 0.71 | 36.98 | -6.18 | 4.43 |
| 190 | 189 | England | Dan Bradbury | 0.71 | 36.91 | -6.97 | 1.61 |
| 191 | 191 | United States | Michael Thorbjornsen | 0.70 | 28.11 | -3.88 | 2.27 |
| 192 | 190 | Puerto Rico | Rafael Campos | 0.70 | 36.51 | -6.06 | 1.14 |
| 193 | 192 | United States | Kevin Roy | 0.70 | 36.48 | -5.42 | 10.77 |
| 194 | 181 | United States | Brooks Koepka | 0.70 | 27.95 | -21.62 | - |
| 195 | 194 | England | Brandon Robinson-Thompson | 0.70 | 32.77 | -3.90 | 14.05 |
| 196 | 187 | Poland | Adrian Meronk | 0.70 | 27.80 | -12.48 | - |
| 197 | 193 | Sweden | Tim Widing | 0.69 | 35.26 | -8.07 | 0.53 |
| 198 | 202 | Australia | David Micheluzzi | 0.69 | 31.70 | -4.72 | 6.98 |
| 199 | 195 | Spain | Angel Hidalgo Portillo | 0.69 | 35.74 | -5.96 | 0.99 |
| 200 | 199 | United States | Zac Blair | 0.69 | 31.51 | -9.44 | 1.92 |
Simon Bale (Editor)
More postsUpdated: March 24, 2025
Related tags: golf rankings, Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR)
