THE PLAYERS Championship announces field for 2024

THE PLAYERS Championship announced the field Friday for the 2024 event, which returns to THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on March 12-17.

The 144-player field features representation from 23 countries. Other notes on the field include:

• 9 PLAYERS Champions: Scottie Scheffler (2023), Justin Thomas (2021), Rory McIlroy (2019), Webb Simpson (2018), Si Woo Kim (2017), Jason Day (2016), Rickie Fowler (2015), Matt Kuchar (2012), Adam Scott (2004)
• Defending champion Scottie Scheffler enters the week as World No. 1, the first player to do so since Rory McIlroy in 2020. (That event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
• The last man in the field as of 5 p.m. Friday is Alexander Björk (No. 101 in the FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List through the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches) and the first alternate is Parker Coody (No. 102)
• 23 players in the field are making their tournament debut, highlighted by seven PGA TOUR winners (in bold): Ludvig Åberg, Akshay Bhatia, Alexander Björk, Nick Dunlap, Austin Eckroat, Harry Hall, Ryo Hisatsune, Nicolai Højgaard, Chan Kim, Jake Knapp, Ben Kohles, Vincent Norrman, Matthieu Pavon, Matti Schmid, David Skinns, Jimmy Stanger, Sam Stevens, Ben Silverman, Ben Taylor, Sami Valimaki, Carson Young, Kevin Yu, Carl Yuan
• There are four eligible players not committed: Will Gordon, David Lingmerth, Danny Willett, Tiger Woods

If not otherwise exempt, the winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and the Puerto Rico Open will qualify for THE PLAYERS.

THE PLAYERS Championship field list as of 5 p.m. Friday, March 8:

Ludvig Åberg, Tyson Alexander, Byeong Hun An, Aaron Baddeley, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Akshay Bhatia, Alexander Björk, Zac Blair, Keegan Bradley, Joseph Bramlett, Hayden Buckley, Sam Burns,

Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, Eric Cole, Corey Conners, Joel Dahmen, Cam Davis, Jason Day, Thomas Detry, Tyler Duncan, Nick Dunlap, Nico Echavarria, Austin Eckroat, Harris English, Tony Finau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler, Ryan Fox, Doug Ghim, Lucas Glover, Ben Griffin, Emiliano Grillo,

Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Harry Hall, Nick Hardy, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Garrick Higgo, Ryo Hisatsune, Lee Hodges, Charley Hoffman, Tom Hoge, Nicolai Højgaard, Max Homa, Billy Horschel, Beau Hossler, Viktor Hovland, Mark Hubbard, Mackenzie Hughes, Sungjae Im,

Stephan Jaeger, Chan Kim, Michael Kim, S.H. Kim, Si Woo Kim, Tom Kim, Chris Kirk, Kurt Kitayama, Jake Knapp, Ben Kohles, Matt Kuchar, Martin Laird, Nate Lashley, K.H. Lee, Min Woo Lee, David Lipsky, Luke List, Justin Lower, Shane Lowry,

Robert MacIntyre, Peter Malnati, Ben Martin, Hideki Matsuyama, Denny McCarthy, Rory McIlroy, Maverick McNealy, Troy Merritt, Keith Mitchell, Francesco Molinari, Taylor Montgomery, Ryan Moore, Taylor Moore, Collin Morikawa, Grayson Murray,

Matt NeSmith, Alex Noren, Vincent Norrman, Andrew Novak, C.T. Pan, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith, J.T. Poston, Seamus Power, Andrew Putnam, Aaron Rai, Chad Ramey, Chez Reavie, Davis Riley, Patrick Rodgers, Justin Rose, Sam Ryder,

Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Adam Schenk, Matti Schmid, Adam Scott, Robby Shelton, Greyson Sigg, Ben Silverman, Webb Simpson, David Skinns, Alex Smalley, J.J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth, Scott Stallings, Jimmy Stanger, Sam Stevens, Sepp Straka, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Justin Suh, Adam Svensson,

Callum Tarren, Ben Taylor, Nick Taylor, Sahith Theegala, Justin Thomas, Davis Thompson, Brendon Todd, Sami Valimaki, Erik van Rooyen, Camilo Villegas, Matt Wallace, Gary Woodland, Brandon Wu, Dylan Wu, Cameron Young, Carson Young, Kevin Yu, Carl Yuan and Will Zalatoris.