Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun have had contrasting careers. But they both know the sting of defeat, the joy of victory, and how both mold a player.
Rory McIlroy may have faced pressure on the 17th tee in Monday’s playoff — but it was nothing like the pressure Johnson Wagner faced with the 2025 Players Championship winner watching over him. Sadly, he did not deliver.
Hear from J.J. Spaun after coming up short in a playoff to Rory McIlroy in The Players Championship, discussing the sting of the defeat, his commitment to his shots and the positives he’s taking from TPC Sawgrass.
Rory McIlroy joins the set of Live From The Players, sharing how vulnerability has shaped his career in the last few years, walking through the weekend at TPC Sawgrass, reflecting on his nerves and more.
Live From The Players reacts to Rory McIlroy’s win in The Players Championship playoff against J.J. Spaun, highlighting his ability to fight demons from tournaments past and his fortitude in getting it done on Monday.
Rory McIlroy and J. J. Spaun are heading to a three-hole aggregate playoff at The Players Championship, where McIlroy will attempt to change the narrative and Spaun will look to secure a career-defining win over a great.
J.J. Spaun didn’t do it with flash or pizzazz — he just got the job done, refusing to blink and buckling down to force a Players Championship Monday morning playoff against Rory McIlroy. Live From praises his resolve.
A couple of chips on TPC Sawgrass’s 16th hole by Rory McIlroy and J. J. Spaun went a long way toward sending both to a playoff. Johnson Wagner gives his attempt at both — and his attempts are spectacular.
Rory McIlroy has found himself in trouble time and time again at The Players Championship, but he’s seemingly always managed to escape. Brandel Chamblee breaks down his scrambling at TPC Sawgrass.
Hal Sutton reminisces on his win at The Players Championship in 2000, a victory that saw him knock off Tiger Woods in impressive fashion.
Rex Hoggard and Todd Lewis report on the horrifying 2018 car crash that almost cost The Players Championship contender Bud Cauley his life -- but, he says, toughened him, too.
Rory McIlroy didn’t find many fairways on Saturday -- then again, who did? -- and struggled putting. But four strokes off the lead at The Players Championship, he’s hanging around, and has the upper hand in experience.
Johnson Wagner tried the chip shot that derailed Scottie Scheffler’s 12th hole during the third round of The Players Championship, doing exactly what the world No. 1 did, sending his golf ball right into the water.
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J.J. Spaun and Rory McIlroy both played their way into a Monday playoff at The Players. That was good for one, not as much for the other.
The Players champion gets far more than just a shiny, gold trophy.
Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will square off in a three-hole aggregate playoff on Monday morning at TPC Sawgrass.
Final-round play at The Players Championship was suspended at 1:15 p.m. ET Sunday as a line of thunderstorms – as expected – moved through the area.
With gusts up to 30 mph, Spaun shot 2-under 70 to take a one-shot lead into the final round, where TV and tee times have been moved up.
Tee times and groupings for the final round of The Players Championship with inclement weather looming.
From his skating dreams to his struggle with diabetes to now leading through three days at TPC Sawgrass, here’s a look at Spaun’s journey.
Bud Cauley was 5 years old when he attended his first Players Championship and as a professional he’s played the PGA Tour’s flagship event four times.
With inclement weather in the afternoon forecast Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, PGA Tour and NBC officials have adjusted TV times.
TV times and more for The Players Championship, March 13-16 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.