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Monday 17 March 2025PGA TourYear in Review
McIlroy wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 13 to Monday 17 March 2025 · Rory McIlroy’s win no. 28 on the PGA Tour · purse $25,000,000 USD · Regulation ended tied on Sunday March 16; the three-hole aggregate playoff was played Monday March 17
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/10°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/13°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 28 km/h SE, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/19°C · wind 30 km/h S, gusts 57 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R519°/13°C · wind 29 km/h WNW, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- J.J. Spaun USA · 276Lost the Monday three-hole aggregate playoff after his 8-iron at the 17th flew through the wind into the water ASAP Sports transcript: J.J. Spaun, March 17 2025
144 started · cut -1, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course), TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rory McIlroy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 March 2025
Unbelievably proud and happy to win my second PLAYERS Championship. This is the third time I've won on St. Patrick's day, so it's been a good luck charm for me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 March 2025
I feel bad for J.J.; he hit a really good shot on 17 and it just went straight through the wind. I was lucky to do enough to get it done.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 March 2025
It was a perfect club. I hit it, I guess, just too good. Kind of went right through the wind.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 67 · 68 · 73 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | J.J. Spaun | 66 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Tom Hoge | 71 · 70 · 71 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Akshay Bhatia | 67 · 66 · 75 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | 66 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Danny Walker | 73 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Corey Conners | 71 · 71 · 66 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Bud Cauley | 68 · 71 · 66 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| 9 | Robert MacIntyre | 69 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Collin Morikawa | 70 · 65 · 77 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Davis Thompson | 72 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1989-05-04, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2007; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 28; majors to date: 4; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore for The Players Championship week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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