Rory McIlroy made history Monday at The PLAYERS Championship in multiple ways.He earned his 28th PGA Tour victory and his second PLAYERS title, becoming the eighth player to do so. Interestingly, of the eight,

Led by two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler, 2019 Players champion Rory McIlroy, two-time 2024 major champion Xander Schauffele and current FedEx Cup points leader Ludvig Aberg, the Players field includes 48 of the top-50 players on the world rankings and 86 of the top 100.

Tiger Woods won't be at The Players Championship next week. That wasn't a big surprise. Woods has not played in the PGA Tour's flagship event since 2019 and it would have been big news if had decided to play.