Day: March 11, 2020

Wyndham Rewards Top 10 preview: THE PLAYERS ChampionshipWyndham Rewards Top 10 preview: THE PLAYERS Championship

The Wyndham Rewards Top 10 is a season-long competition that offers a $10 million bonus for the 10 golfers who end the regular season at the Wyndham Championship inside the top 10 in FedExCup points. The player atop the standings will earn $2 million, with varying payoffs for the others through $500,000 for the 10th place finisher. THIS WEEK: THE PLAYERS Championship Current Top 10 FedExCup players in the field 1. Sungjae Im 2. Justin Thomas 3. Rory McIlroy 4. Brendon Todd 5. Webb Simpson 6. Patrick Reed 7. Marc Leishman 8. Lanto Griffin 9. Sebastian Munoz 10. Hideki Matsuyama No. 1 watch: Sungjae Im ended Justin Thomas’ streak of nine consecutive weeks atop the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 standings, moving to No. 1 thanks to a third-place finish Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Im, who won The Honda Classic the week before, is the second player this season under the age of 22 to be ranked No. 1 (Joaquin Niemann after 2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier). Top 10 moves: Marc Leishman finished second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and, as a result, moved from 13th to seventh in the standings. That knocked Kevin Na from 10th to 11th. Scenarios notes • The next nine players in the standings below Sungjae Im can overtake him at No. 1 with a win this week. In addition, Justin Thomas could move back to No. 1 with a top-10 finish (depending on Im’s result) and Rory McIlroy, defending PLAYERS champ, could move to No. 1 with a second-place finish. • There are 59 players outside the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 who could move inside the top 10 with a win at TPC Sawgrass (all the way down to No. 78 K.H. Lee). • Of the previous four PLAYERS champions prior to McIlroy’s win last season, only Webb Simpson (currently No. 5) is projected to be inside the top 10 after this week. The others are No. 170 Si Woo Kim (could move to 21st with a win); No. 91 Jason Day (could move to 11th with a win); and No. 94 Rickie Fowler (could also move to 11th with a win).

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THE PLAYERS Championship, Round 1: Leaderboard, tee times, TV timesTHE PLAYERS Championship, Round 1: Leaderboard, tee times, TV times

Round 1 of THE PLAYERS Championship begins Thursday. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action from TPC Sawgrass. Round 1 leaderboard Round 1 tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC) PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups and Featured Holes). Thursday-Friday, 7:40 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 8:10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, 7:55 a.m.-7 p.m. EVERY SHOT LIVE: For the first time in golf history, fans can watch every shot from their favorite players in real time this week at THE PLAYERS. Click here for more info. Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGA). FEATURED GROUPS Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka Thursday: 1:51 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee); Friday: 8:46 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee) Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Matthew Wolff Thursday: 1:18 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee); Friday: 8:13 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee) Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Xander Schauffele Thursday: 1:40 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee); Friday: 8:35 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee) Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Webb Simpson Thursday: 8:35 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee); Friday: 1:40 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee) Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth Thursday: 8:46 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee); Friday: 1:51 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee) Patrick Reed, Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Cantlay Thursday: 8:24 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee); Friday: 1:29 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee) Matt Kuchar, Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia Thursday: 1:29 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee); Friday: 8:24 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee) Bryson DeChambeau, Sungjae Im, Gary Woodland Thursday: 8:13 a.m. ET (No. 10 tee); Friday: 1:18 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee) MUST READS Power Rankings for TPC Sawgrass Who do the experts like at THE PLAYERS? Where is Hal Sutton’s right club today? Rory gets a good read Pete Dye: The genius who loathed plans Evolution of Every Shot Live Inside story of Brooks Koepka’s GQ profile Nine things to know about TPC Sawgrass TOUR announces landmark domestic media rights portfolio

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