Back-to-back PLAYERS Champion Scottie Scheffler will look to make it three straight titles at one of the most prestigious events of the PGA Tour season.
He's the clear +500 favorite but one of the year's strongest fields will look to dethrone the World No. 1 and crown a new champion at TPC Sawgrass.
THE PLAYERS Championship odds
THE PLAYERS Championship field
Scottie Scheffler has been solid if not impressive since returning from a hand injury this year. He's gone T9-T25-T3-T11 in four starts since the start of February and played four consistent rounds (71-72-71-70) at Bay Hill last time out.
Still, the back-to-back PLAYERS champ is in good enough form to justify his No. 1 betting favorite status, with books listing him as short as +500.
World No. 3 Rory McIlroy sits second on the board at 10/1 despite some so-so results at TPC Sawgrass in recent years. Since winning in 2019, Rory has missed two cuts and hasn't finished better than T19 (2024). He won at Pebble Beach just over a month ago and has finished T17 and T15 in his two starts since.
Collin Morikawa is third after a close-call runner-up finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last weekend, which came just two months after a runner-up at the Sentry. He finished T45 here a year ago but finished a career-best T13 in 2023.
Ludvig Aberg and Justin Thomas round out the Top 5 at 16/1 and 20/1 apiece. Aberg finished eighth in his TPC Sawgrass; JT won in 2021 and also finished T3 in 2016.
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THE PLAYERS Championship recent winners and odds history
Here are the recent PLAYERS Championship winners and their closing odds to win:
| Year | Winner | Closing Odds |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | +550 |
| 2023 | Scottie Scheffler | +1,000 |
| 2022 | Cameron Smith | +3,000 |
| 2021 | Justin Thomas | +1,800 |
| 2020 | No event: COVID-19 related. | |
| 2019 | Rory McIlroy | +1,200 |
| 2018 | Webb Simpson | +6,000 |
| 2017 | Si Woo Kim | OTB |
| 2016 | Jason Day | +1,000 |
| 2015 | Rickie Fowler | +5,000 |
Odds courtesy of GolfOdds.
