The Players Championship field: No Tiger Woods, no Phil Mickelson, but lots of other big names

The final field for The Players Championship may not have past champions Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson for the first time in a quarter-century but almost every other worldwide star will be at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass next week.

The field, which was finalized after 5 p.m. Friday with the release of the final commitments, has the top 17 players on the Official World Golf Rankings, 40 of the top 42 and 51 of the top 53 when the tournament begins on March 10.

World No. 1-ranked and defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm leads the top players through No. 18 Harris English, who opted out because of a back injury. The next player on the world rankings who did not commit was Mickelson at No. 42, and the tournament will have everyone else through No. 53 Mackenzie Hughes.

Also committed are defending champion Justin Thomas, past champions Rory McIlroy, Webb Simpson, Si Woo Kim, Jason Day, Matt Kuchar, Sergio Garcia and Adam Scott; defending FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay; defending Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, defending British Open champion Collin Morikawa and other past major champions such as Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry and Francesco Molinari.

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The field has 109 players who have combined for 423 PGA Tour titles, eight past Players champions, eight past FedEx Cup champions, 123 of the top 125 on last year’s FedEx Cup points list and the top 30 on the current list (through last week’s Honda Classic and the first Tour event his season with all of the top 30).

The Players has had either Woods, who is still recovering from a horrific car accident a year ago, or Mickelson, who announced last week that he was taking time off after his controversial statements involving the PGA Tour and the proposed Saudi Golf League, in the field every year since Woods turned pro in 1997.

Woods has missed the 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2021 tournaments because of various injuries or personal issues and Mickelson has missed only the 2003 tournament since Woods’ first pro season, because of the birth of his second daughter.

Mickelson has missed only one other Players since turning pro in 1992, after a skiing injury in 1994.

Woods won The Players in 2001 and 2013 and Mickelson won in 2007.

The only other eligible player not in the field other than Woods, Mickelson and English is U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker, who earned a spot by winning last year’s Senior Players Championship. He is battling an illness.

Rickie Fowler, the 2015 champion, is still fighting his way out of a slump and is the sixth alternate.

First Coast players in the field include Billy Horschel, Tyler McCumber, Cameron Smith, Doc Redman, Sam Ryder, Lanto Griffin and Russell Knox. Residents of St. Simons Island, Ga., playing are Brian Harmon, Zach Johnson, Patton Kizzire, Keith Mitchell, J.T. Post on and Hudson Swafford.

Players ticket information can be found at theplayers.com.

Players Championship field

Players committed to next week’s Players Championship at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass:

Abraham Ancer

Daniel Berger

Keegan Bradley

Joseph Bramlett

Hayden Buckley

Sam Burns

Patrick Cantlay

Paul Casey

Cameron Champ

Stewart Cink

Wyndham Clark

Corey Conners

Joel Dahmen

Cam Davis

Jason Day

Bryson DeChambeau

Tony Finau

Matt Fitzpatrick

Tommy Fleetwood

Dylan Frittelli

Sergio Garcia

Brice Garnett

Brian Gay

Doug Ghim

Lucas Glover

Talor Gooch

Branden Grace

Lanto Griffin

Emiliano Grillo

Chesson Hadley

Adam Hadwin

Brandon Hagy

James Hahn

Brian Harman

Tyrrell Hatton

Russell Henley

Lucas Herbert

Kramer Hickok

Garrick Higgo

Harry Higgs

Lee Hodges

Charley Hoffman

Tom Hoge

Max Homa

Billy Horschel

Viktor Hovland

Mackenzie Hughes

Sungjae Im

Stephan Jaeger

Dustin Johnson

Zach Johnson

Matt Jones

Si Woo Kim

Chris Kirk

Kevin Kisner

Patton Kizzire

Russell Knox

Brooks Koepka

Jason Kokrak

Matt Kuchar

Anirban Lahiri

Martin Laird

Hank Lebioda

Danny Lee

K.H. Lee

Marc Leishman

Luke List

Adam Long

Shane Lowry

Peter Malnati

Hideki Matsuyama

Denny McCarthy

Tyler McCumber

Rory McIlroy

Maverick McNealy

Troy Merritt

Keith Mitchell

Francesco Molinari

Taylor Moore

Collin Morikawa

Sebastian Munoz

Kevin Na

Matthew NeSmith

Joaquin Niemann

Alex Noren

Henrik Norlander

Louis Oosthuizen

Carlos Ortiz

Ryan Palmer

C.T. Pan

Taylor Pendrith

Mito Pereira

Pat Perez

Scott Piercy

Thomas Pieters

J.T. Poston

Ian Poulter

Seamus Power

Andrew Putnam

Jon Rahm

Chez Reavie

Doc Redman

Patrick Reed

Justin Rose

Sam Ryder

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Charl Schwartzel

Adam Scott

Webb Simpson

Roger Sloan

Cameron Smith

Brandt Snedeker

J.J. Spaul

Jordan Spieth

Scott Stallings

Kyle Stanley

Brendan Steele

Sepp Straka

Robert Streb

Kevin Streelman

Brian Stuard

Hudson Swafford

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Brendon Todd

Cameron Tringale

Kevin Tway

Erik van Rooyen

Harold Varner III

Jhonattan Vegas

Jimmy Walker

Matt Wallace

Nick Watney

Bubba Watson

Richy Werenski

Lee Westwood

Aaron Wise

Matthew Wolff

Gary Woodland

Cameron Young

Will Zalatoris

Alternates (based on current FedEx Cup points list)

Patrick Rodgers

Aaron Rai

Michael Thompson

Adam Svensson

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Rickie Fowler

Vince Whaley

Kurt Kitayama

Nick Taylor

Andrew Landry

Alex Smalley

John Huh

Rory Sabbatini

Davis Riley

Greyson Sigg