When the inaugural Players Championship was held in 1974, Jack Nicklaus was the winner, earning a $50,000 prize money payout for his victory from an overall purse of $250,000. It was the 54th of 73 PGA Tour titles that Nicklaus won in his career,

Seventy-two holes down but more to play as Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will determine The Players Championship winner in a Monday playoff. The winner will take home $4.5 million and a bevy of other perks.

Weather will impact the final round of the 2025 Players Championship, which has moved up tee times Sunday while having golfers play in threesomes off the front and back nine simul