The Players Championship is among the hardest events in golf to predict, so instead of trying to just pick one winner, let’s attempt to thin the pool from the rest of this monster field. TPC Sawgrass has seen plenty of success producing major-caliber champions, and it sure seems like that will again be the case in 2024.
The last several winners have all been names — Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Webb Simpson — but other players in the top 10? Well, good luck trying to identify them before the tournament starts. In just the last three editions of this event, the following golfers have finished high up on the leaderboard:
- Tom Hoge
- Anirban Lahiri
- Kevin Kisner
- Charles Howell III
- Jason Kokrak
- Russell Knox
- Harold Varner III
- Doug Ghim
- David Lingmerth
What a collection! Obviously, it’s impossible to narrow down a field this size including these types of players. The goal here is trying to pick the winner, which has been a bit easier (at least when it comes to putting them in a nine-player pool).
Let’s take a closer look at the nine golfers with the best chance to win this year’s edition of The Players. Be sure to check out the Players Championship purse and prize money breakdown, along with CBS Sports’ complete Players Championship TV schedule and viewer’s guide.
2024 Players Championship predictions, favorites
Odds via SportsLine consensus
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