THE PLAYERS Championship 2026: final leaderboard

Cameron Young won the 2026 THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida), March 12, 2026 to March 15, 2026, finishing -13, 1 stroke ahead of Matt Fitzpatrick. 124 players; 49 missed the cut.

Final · Updated October 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM ET · StatsNext tournament records · Course profile: TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course)

What statistics matter most at THE PLAYERS Championship?

Off the tee carried the most weight at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) relative to the tour: 21% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 20% tour-wide (7 editions, 1,015 golfer-weeks, Mar 12, 2018 to Mar 11, 2026), a small difference, so read it as a lean.

Off the tee explains 21% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 20% tour-wide, a small difference (7 editions, 1,015 golfer-weeks).

Approach explains 37% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 35% tour-wide, a small difference (7 editions, 1,015 golfer-weeks).

No category clearly differs from the tour here, so treat the order as a lean, not a rule.

Category	Share of the spread here	Tour-wide	Stands out
Off the tee	21%	20%	No
Approach	37%	35%	No
Putting	29%	31%	No
Around the green	13%	15%	No

Par 3s (4 on the card) played 0.11 over par per hole here vs 0.08 over tour-wide (3 editions).

Par 4s (10 on the card) played 0.09 over par per hole here vs even tour-wide (3 editions).

Par 5s (4 on the card) played 0.32 under par per hole here vs 0.45 under tour-wide (3 editions).

Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through March 11, 2026. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.

What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.

Course

Course	Par	Yardage	Greens	Fairways	Rough	Architect	Established
TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course)	72	7,352	Tifsport Bermudagrass	Tifsport Bermudagrass	Tifsport Bermudagrass	Pete Dye	1980

The listed card: 4 par 3s (average 186 yards), 10 par 4s (average 434 yards), 4 par 5s (average 567 yards).

The three hardest holes this week by the field’s scoring average
Hardest holes	Par	Yards	Field average	Over par
Hole 18	4	462	4.349	+0.349
Hole 14	4	485	4.279	+0.279
Hole 8	3	236	3.164	+0.164

What it took to finish top 10 on this course

Strokes gained per round	Top 10s on this course	Top 10s at every tournament	Difference
Off the tee	+0.72	+0.45	+0.27
Approach	+1.11	+0.82	+0.29
Around the green	+0.38	+0.34	+0.04
Putting	+0.69	+0.82	-0.13

Rounds by top-10 finishers on this course in earlier editions (132 rounds, 3 editions, September 2022 on, finishes from the stored leaderboards) against top-10 finishers at every tournament in the same period (6547 rounds). A category with a positive difference separated contenders here more than usual.

Scoring by round

Round	Players	Field average	Average to par	Low round
1	122	73.13	+1.13	67
2	122	72.39	+0.39	63
3	73	71.47	-0.53	65
4	73	72.67	+0.67	67

Strokes-gained leaders (week totals)

Category	Leader	Strokes gained
Off the tee	Austin Smotherman	5.91
Approach	Xander Schauffele	7.48
Around the green	Viktor Hovland	7.51
Putting	Jacob Bridgeman	9.75

Final leaderboard

THE PLAYERS Championship 2026 final leaderboard
Pos	Player	To par	Rounds	Total	Earnings	SG total
1	Cameron Young	-13	68-67-72-68	275	$4,500,000	14.65
2	Matt Fitzpatrick	-12	70-69-69-68	276	$2,725,000	13.65
3	Xander Schauffele	-11	69-65-74-69	277	$1,725,000	12.65
4	Robert MacIntyre	-10	72-72-65-69	278	$1,225,000	11.65
T5	Jacob Bridgeman	-9	70-68-71-70	279	$925,000	10.65
T5	Ludvig Åberg	-9	69-63-71-76	279	$925,000	10.65
T5	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-9	73-72-66-68	279	$925,000	10.65
T8	Justin Thomas	-8	68-68-72-72	280	$731,250	9.65
T8	Sepp Straka	-8	67-70-72-71	280	$731,250	9.65
T8	Tommy Fleetwood	-8	69-70-73-68	280	$731,250	9.65
T11	Brian Harman	-7	75-64-69-73	281	$606,250	8.65
T11	Patrick Rodgers	-7	70-70-71-70	281	$606,250	8.65
T13	Akshay Bhatia	-6	71-71-70-70	282	$409,028	7.65
T13	Austin Smotherman	-6	67-72-70-73	282	$409,028	7.65
T13	Brooks Koepka	-6	72-70-69-71	282	$409,028	7.65
T13	Corey Conners	-6	69-67-72-74	282	$409,028	7.65
T13	Justin Rose	-6	72-68-70-72	282	$409,028	7.65
T13	Russell Henley	-6	68-71-71-72	282	$409,028	7.65
T13	Ryo Hisatsune	-6	71-69-70-72	282	$409,028	7.65
T13	Sam Burns	-6	76-68-69-69	282	$409,028	7.65
T13	Viktor Hovland	-6	69-70-69-74	282	$409,028	7.65
T22	Michael Thorbjornsen	-5	74-65-67-77	283	$271,250	6.65
T22	Scottie Scheffler	-5	72-73-67-71	283	$271,250	6.65
T24	Alex Smalley	-4	70-70-71-73	284	$221,250	5.65
T24	J.J. Spaun	-4	71-72-68-73	284	$221,250	5.65
T24	William Mouw	-4	69-72-69-74	284	$221,250	5.65
T27	Chad Ramey	-3	72-69-73-71	285	$178,750	4.65
T27	Chris Kirk	-3	71-74-71-69	285	$178,750	4.65
T27	Hideki Matsuyama	-3	70-72-76-67	285	$178,750	4.65
T27	Nicolai Højgaard	-3	71-74-71-69	285	$178,750	4.65
T27	Ryan Gerard	-3	73-68-73-71	285	$178,750	4.65
T32	Alex Noren	-2	71-71-73-71	286	$128,250	3.65
T32	Andrew Putnam	-2	70-72-73-71	286	$128,250	3.65
T32	Bud Cauley	-2	70-74-72-70	286	$128,250	3.65
T32	Eric Cole	-2	73-73-71-69	286	$128,250	3.65
T32	Jordan Spieth	-2	73-68-76-69	286	$128,250	3.65
T32	Maverick McNealy	-2	67-71-73-75	286	$128,250	3.65
T32	Max Homa	-2	71-72-70-73	286	$128,250	3.65
T32	Min Woo Lee	-2	72-70-70-74	286	$128,250	3.65
T32	Patrick Cantlay	-2	73-73-70-70	286	$128,250	3.65
T32	Sahith Theegala	-2	67-74-68-77	286	$128,250	3.65
T42	Joe Highsmith	-1	70-75-68-74	287	$91,250	2.65
T42	Nick Taylor	-1	74-70-70-73	287	$91,250	2.65
T42	Rickie Fowler	-1	70-72-75-70	287	$91,250	2.65
T42	Wyndham Clark	-1	73-70-71-73	287	$91,250	2.65
T46	Keith Mitchell	E	72-68-72-76	288	$72,125	1.65
T46	Matti Schmid	E	70-73-71-74	288	$72,125	1.65
T46	Rory McIlroy	E	74-71-72-71	288	$72,125	1.65
T46	Taylor Pendrith	E	74-69-72-73	288	$72,125	1.65
T50	J.T. Poston	+1	76-69-71-73	289	$61,083	0.65
T50	Keegan Bradley	+1	77-66-68-78	289	$61,083	0.65
T50	Max McGreevy	+1	72-72-70-75	289	$61,083	0.65
T50	Si Woo Kim	+1	73-72-68-76	289	$61,083	0.65
T50	Taylor Moore	+1	68-75-72-74	289	$61,083	0.65
T50	Zach Bauchou	+1	74-72-69-74	289	$61,083	0.65
T56	Adam Scott	+2	72-72-71-75	290	$58,000	-0.35
T56	Chris Gotterup	+2	71-73-68-78	290	$58,000	-0.35
58	Sam Stevens	+3	72-72-72-75	291	$57,250	-1.35
T59	Jason Day	+4	70-70-72-80	292	$56,250	-2.35
T59	Kevin Roy	+4	75-71-71-75	292	$56,250	-2.35
T59	Lee Hodges	+4	67-71-77-77	292	$56,250	-2.35
T62	Danny Walker	+5	71-75-78-69	293	$54,500	-3.35
T62	Rico Hoey	+5	77-69-75-72	293	$54,500	-3.35
T62	Stephan Jaeger	+5	75-71-69-78	293	$54,500	-3.35
T62	Steven Fisk	+5	75-71-75-72	293	$54,500	-3.35
T66	Daniel Berger	+6	72-74-75-73	294	$52,750	-4.35
T66	Kristoffer Reitan	+6	75-71-76-72	294	$52,750	-4.35
T66	Nico Echavarria	+6	74-71-72-77	294	$52,750	-4.35
69	Michael Brennan	+7	72-74-73-76	295	$51,750	-5.35
T70	Ricky Castillo	+8	71-74-77-74	296	$50,750	-6.35
T70	Seamus Power	+8	74-72-74-76	296	$50,750	-6.35
T70	Tony Finau	+8	69-75-75-77	296	$50,750	-6.35
73	Takumi Kanaya	+10	73-72-81-72	298	$49,750	-8.35
CUT	A.J. Ewart	+9	78-75	153	–	-7.48
CUT	Aaron Rai	+4	74-74	148	–	-2.48
CUT	Adam Schenk	+3	77-70	147	–	-1.48
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	+7	74-77	151	–	-5.48
CUT	Andrew Novak	+6	75-75	150	–	-4.48
CUT	Ben Griffin	+4	70-78	148	–	-2.48
CUT	Brian Campbell	+3	74-73	147	–	-1.48
CUT	Cam Davis	+6	77-73	150	–	-4.48
CUT	Chandler Phillips	+14	80-78	158	–	-12.48
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	+6	73-77	150	–	-4.48
WD	Collin Morikawa	–	–	–	–	–
CUT	David Ford	+3	75-72	147	–	-1.48
CUT	Davis Riley	+19	84-79	163	–	-17.48
CUT	Davis Thompson	+4	73-75	148	–	-2.48
CUT	Denny McCarthy	+7	76-75	151	–	-5.48
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	+17	84-77	161	–	-15.48
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	+4	77-71	148	–	-2.48
CUT	Garrick Higgo	+8	76-76	152	–	-6.48
CUT	Gary Woodland	+4	75-73	148	–	-2.48
CUT	Haotong Li	+4	74-74	148	–	-2.48
CUT	Harris English	+6	73-77	150	–	-4.48
CUT	Harry Hall	+4	76-72	148	–	-2.48
CUT	Jake Knapp	+3	75-72	147	–	-1.48
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	+3	75-72	147	–	-1.48
CUT	Joel Dahmen	+6	77-73	150	–	-4.48
CUT	Johnny Keefer	+4	76-72	148	–	-2.48
CUT	Jordan Smith	+8	79-73	152	–	-6.48
CUT	Karl Vilips	+8	73-79	152	–	-6.48
CUT	Kevin Yu	+14	80-78	158	–	-12.48
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	+5	74-75	149	–	-3.48
CUT	Lucas Glover	+3	70-77	147	–	-1.48
CUT	Mac Meissner	+3	73-74	147	–	-1.48
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	+7	74-77	151	–	-5.48
CUT	Marco Penge	+7	75-76	151	–	-5.48
CUT	Mark Hubbard	+6	74-76	150	–	-4.48
CUT	Matt McCarty	+3	75-72	147	–	-1.48
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	+5	75-74	149	–	-3.48
CUT	Max Greyserman	+9	73-80	153	–	-7.48
CUT	Michael Kim	+10	73-81	154	–	-8.48
CUT	Patton Kizzire	+8	80-72	152	–	-6.48
CUT	Pierceson Coody	+14	75-83	158	–	-12.48
CUT	Rasmus Højgaard	+3	75-72	147	–	-1.48
-	Ryan Fox	–	–	–	–	–
CUT	S.H. Kim	+5	75-74	149	–	-3.48
CUT	Sami Valimaki	+8	78-74	152	–	-6.48
CUT	Shane Lowry	+5	76-73	149	–	-3.48
CUT	Sungjae Im	+3	75-72	147	–	-1.48
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	+5	79-70	149	–	-3.48
CUT	Tom Hoge	+9	73-80	153	–	-7.48
CUT	Vince Whaley	+5	77-72	149	–	-3.48
CUT	Zecheng Dou	+6	76-74	150	–	-4.48

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