THIS WEEK’S GOLF TOURNAMENTS

PGA TOUR

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Course: TPC Sawgrass

Purse: $10.5 million.

Winner’s share: $1,890,000.

Television: Today-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (NBC Sports).

Defending champion: Si Woo Kim.

Last week: Jason Day won the Wells Fargo Championship. Notes: Tiger Woods is back at the TPC Sawgrass for the first time in three years. He is the only player to have won The Players Championship when it was held in March (2001) and May (2013). … This is the final year The Players is held in May. It moves next season to March, a week after the Arnold Palmer Invitational and a week before the Valspar Championship. … The Players had all of the top 50 in the world ranking until Paul Casey (No. 12) withdrew Wednesday. … Among the first-time players is Xander Schauffele, who won the Tour Championship last year. … The winner receives a three-year exemption to the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open. … The winner receives $1,890,000, which is more than Arnold Palmer made in the 734 tournaments he played in his career. … Tim Clark (2010) and Craig Perks (2002) are the only players to make this their first PGA Tour victory. … Only 11 winners in the 44-year history of The Players have yet to win a major. Next week: AT&T Byron Nelson.

LPGA TOUR

Last week: Sung Hyun Park won the Volunteers of America Texas Classic.

Next week: Kingsmill Championship.

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

Last week: Bernhard Langer won the Insperity Invitational. Next week: Regions Tradition.