PGA Tour: Who are the First Coast, South Georgia players in the fields this week?
It's also the first week for doubling up on the schedule.
While 47 of the top-50 players on the World Golf Rankings will be at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando vying for a $20 million purse, there are opportunities for players who didn't qualify for the tournament to cash in, albeit for a bit less, at the Puerto Rico Open — where the total purse of $4 million matches what the winner at Bay Hill will earn.
Both tournaments begin Thursday.
The winner in Puerto Rico will also get a bonus. If he's not already eligible, he will get a spot in The Players Championship next week at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.
Every player in the field at Bay Hill is already eligible for The Players next week or is likely to qualify off the 2025 FedEx Cup points list, except amateur Jackson Koivun.
First Coast: Ludvig Aberg, Nico Echavarria, Billy Horschel.
Golden Isles: Harris English, Ben Griffin, Brian Harman, Andrew Novak, J.T. Poston, Davis Thompson.
Purse: $20 million ($4 million and 700 FedEx Cup points to the winner).
Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler.
TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 12:30-2:30 p.m.). NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 2:30-6:30 p.m.).
First Coast: Bud Cauley, Vince Covello, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Lanto Griffin, Philip Knowles, Russell Knox, Ben Kohles, Carl Yuan.
Golden Isles: Jonathan Byrd, Paul Peterson, Greyson Sigg.
Purse: $4 million ($720,000 and 300 FedEx Cup points to the winner).
Defending champion: Brice Garnett.
TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2:30-5 p.m.).
LIV Golf
Event: LIV Golf Hong Kong, Thursday/Friday-Saturday/Sunday, Honk Kong Golf Club.
Purse: $25 million ($4 million to the winner).
Defending champion: Abraham Ancer.
Area player: Cameron Smith.
TV: FS1 (Thursday/Friday, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.); FS2 (Friday/Saturday, 11 p.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday/Sunday, 11:30 p.m.-3 a.m.).
LPGA
Event: Blue Bay LPGA, Wednesday/Thursday-Saturday/Sunday, Lake Blue Bay Golf Course, Hainan Island, China.
Purse: $2.5 million ($330,000 to the winner).
Defending champion: Bailey Tarde.
Area players: Auston Kim, Jessica Porvasnik.
TV: Golf Channel (Wednesday/Thursday-Saturday/Sunday, 11 p.m.-4 a.m.).
PGA Tour Champions
Event: Cologuard Classic, Friday-Sunday, La Paloma Country Club, Tucson, Ariz.
Purse: $2.2 million ($330,000 to the winner).
Defending champion: Joe Durant.
Area players: David Duval, Fred Funk.
TV: Golf Channel (Friday-Saturday, 5-7 p.m.; Sunday, 5-8 p.m.).
Korn Ferry Tour
Event: Astara Chile Classic, Thursday-Sunday, Prince of Wales Golf Club, Santiago, Chile.
Purse: $1 million ($180,000 to the winner).
Defending champion: Taylor Dickson.
Area players: Tyson Alexander, Samuel Anderson, Chris Baker, Chandler Blanchet, Cody Blick, Sebastian Cappelen, Tano Goya, Luke Guthrie, Rick Lamb, Raul Pereda, Marcus Plunkett, Julian Suri, Thomas Walsh.
TV: None.
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