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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Chances to three-peat don’t come around often in sports, let alone professional golf. In fact, the opportunity has never presented itself at The Players Championship before this year. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler enters as two-time reigning champion seeks a third straight win at TPC Sawgrass.

Scheffler became the first golfer to successfully defend his Players title last year when he miraculously caught Wyndham Clark and Xander Schauffele in the final round. Now, he seeks to add another chapter to his historic three-year stretch.

One of just seven players to win more than once at the PGA Tour’s flagship event, Scheffler has set his sights on the record. If achieved, he would sit alongside the most decorated major champion of all time, Jack Nicklaus.

“I would say, last year, this whole tournament was one of the best performances I’ve had in my career, for sure,” Scheffler recalled. “I think the way I played injured Friday and Saturday to just keep myself in the tournament took a lot of fight, a lot of heart. Definitely did not play golf the way I normally would, but I was so comfortable with my swing at the time that I was able to chip it around and play weird shots and somehow make pars and make some key birdies when I needed to.

“I think about late on Saturday birdieing the last three holes to give myself just an outside chance and getting off to a good start the front nine the next day to put myself up near the lead. I fought really hard all week to have a chance and was fortunate at the end of the week to get it done.”

Multiple-time winners at Players Championship
PLAYER NO. OF WINS
Jack Nicklaus

3

Fred Couples

2

Steve Elkington

2

Hal Sutton

2

Davis Love III

2

Tiger Woods

2

Scottie Scheffler

2

Scheffler arrived at the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament this week in a decidedly different spot compared to the last two years: winless. He’s gone through the first two and a half months of the season without a victory — largely due to a Christmas Day dinner accident that delayed the start of his season. Not only has Scheffler been shut out of the winner’s circle, even his tee-to-green greatness has been caught by his peers.

In 2023 and 2024, Scheffler entered The Players roughly one stroke better per round from tee to green than the second-best respective players, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. It is not as if the falloff is that noticeable — Scheffler still comes in ranked No. 2 on the year behind Collin Morikawa — but that separator isn’t separating himself from the field … at least not yet.

“Last year is last year,” Scheffler said. “I’m not trying to replicate it. I’m not trying to look back on it. At the end of the day, it’s in the past. It was a great year. I’m tremendously thankful. I lived a full lifetime in a year. A lot of great things happened, and I’m very thankful for that.

“But when it comes to this year, I’ve never been a guy that sets long-term goals. Like in terms of a season, I have what I would think of as dreams and aspirations, but my goal is to be as prepared as possible when I step up on the first tee and then I want to have a good attitude when I go out and play over each shot. And that’s how I view success.”

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As each week passes, Scheffler shows more signs of breaking out. He led the field in strokes gained off the tee at the Arnold Palmer Invitational following a relatively middling performance with the big stick across the PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing. His iron play remains solid, and his short game has shined the last two tournaments. While the greens at Bay Hill may have frustrated the world No. 1, the putter had been in perfect sync before a poor showing at Arnie’s Place.

Some numbers are trending; others are working against him. Not only has no one gone back-to-back-to-back at TPC Sawgrass, but no one has done it at any tournament on the PGA Tour since Steve Stricker completed a three-peat at the 2011 John Deere Classic. There have only been six three-peats since 2000, and four of those belong to one man. You guessed it: Tiger Woods.

Three-peats on the PGA Tour since 2000
PLAYER TOURNAMENT YEARS
Steve Stricker

John Deere Classic

2009-11

Tiger Woods

WGC-Cadillac Championship

2005-07

Tiger Woods

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2005-07

Stuart Appleby

Sentry Tournament of Champions

2004-06

Tiger Woods

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

1999-2001

Tiger Woods

Memorial Tournament

1999-2001

Opportunities like this are rare, conversions even more so. Then again, Scheffler has proven to be the exception to most rules during this run. He was able to win while injured at this event last season. He has been able to come back from astronomical deficits like at the Olympics. And maybe, he’ll be the first to pull off a three-peat at The Players much like he was the first to pull off the two-peat.

“It doesn’t suit one type of player,” Scheffler said of TPC Sawgrass. “I think some of the results you see here over time for guys where it’s not a horses-for-courses-type place, it’s just the guys that are playing the best are going to be on the leaderboard on Sunday. That’s plain and simple.”

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The 2025 PGA Tour continues to ramp up as the 2025 Players Championship is set for Thursday at TPC Sawgrass with the first tee times coming at 7:40 a.m. ET. Known for its iconic 17th hole “Island Green,” this course will host a vast majority of the top players on tour this week, including 48 of the top 50 players in the OWGR. The latest 2025 Players Championship odds list Scottie Scheffler, the defending champion, as the +360 favorite.

Rory McIlroy (+800), Collin Morikawa (+1600) and Xander Schauffele (+1600) are some of the other top Players Championship contenders teeing it up. In addition to picking the outright winner, there also PGA odds for top-five, top-10, head-to-head and more to consider this week. Before making any 2025 Players Championship picks, check out the PGA picks from SportsLine’s proven golf model.

Built by DFS and betting pro Mike McClure, this model is up nearly $9,000 on its best bets since June of 2020 and has called 13 majors winners heading into the weekend.

Now that the 2025 Players Championship field is locked in, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times. Here are the three best bets, according to the model:

Tommy Fleetwood to win (30-1 at FanDuel Sportsbook)
Fleetwood has been efficient this season, finishing T22 or better in all three events he’s played, all against strong fields. His best finish was a T5 at the Genesis Invitational. Slow starts have held him back as he’s shot 71 or higher in the first round in all three events. Otherwise, he has just one round over 70 in Rounds 2-4 all season. He has elite strokes gained metrics this season, including ranking fourth in in both tee-to-green and approach-the-green, and the model has identified him as a top-five contender this week, making him a value at 30-1 at FanDuel Sportsbook:

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Justin Thomas to finish top 5 (+500 at Caesars)
The 15-time PGA Tour winner has been in a win drought since 2022, but he’s getting close to a return to the top of a leaderboard. Though he took a slight step back with a T36 last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, he’s also finished T9 or better three times already this season. If you’re not ready to back him as an outright winner (+2000) yet, the top-five market still brings a big return for Thomas this week at +500, which you can get at Caesars Sportsbook.

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Hideki Matsuyama to finish top 20 (+110 at FanDuel)
The top-20 market has some more wiggle room and is a good fit if you’re looking to go more conservative than winner or top-five. Here, the model is very comfortable with Matsuyama, who returns +110 and finishes ninth on the projected leaderboard. Matsuyama won the The Sentry to open the season and also recorded top-20s at the Sony Open and the Genesis Invitational. He ranks sixth on tour in strokes gained, making him a strong choice for the plus-money return.

Full Players Championship 2025 picks
You’ve seen the latest best bets from the model. Now, see the full Players Championship leaderboard, including forecasted finishes for Scheffler, McIlroy and more. Visit SportsLine to see the projected leaderboard, all from the model that’s nailed 13 golf majors, including the last three Masters and three majors in 2024.

2025 Players Championship odds, field, golfers
Scottie Scheffler +360
Rory McIlroy +800
Collin Morikawa +1600
Xander Schauffele +1600
Ludvig Aberg +2000
Justin Thomas +2000
Hideki Matsuyama +3000
Patrick Cantlay +3500
Tommy Fleetwood +3500
Shane Lowry +4000
Russell Henley +4500
Sungjae Im +5500
Sepp Straka +5500
Keegan Bradley +5500
Sam Burns +6000
Wyndham Clark +6000
Corey Conners +6500
Jason Day +6500
Maverick McNealy +6500
Tony Finau +7000
Viktor Hovland +7000
Si Woo Kim +7000
Daniel Berger +7000
Min Woo Lee +7500
Robert MacIntyre +7500
Jordan Spieth +8000
Tom Kim +8000
Will Zalatoris +8000
Brian Harman +9000
Taylor Pendrith +9000
Adam Scott +9000
J.T. Poston +10000
Sahith Theegala +10000
Denny Mccarthy +10000
Aaron Rai +10000
Kurt Kitayama +11000
Davis Thompson +11000
Doug Ghim +11000
Rickie Fowler +11000
J.J. Spaun +11000
Michael Kim +11000
Matt Fitzpatrick +11000
Akshay Bhatia +11000
Ben Griffin +11000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +11000
Keith Mitchell +11000
Rasmus Hojgaard +12000
Max Greyserman +12000
Thomas Detry +12000
Byeong Hun An +12000
Samuel Stevens +15000
Stephan Jaeger +15000
Cameron Young +15000
Justin Rose +15000
Joe Highsmith +15000
Alex Smalley +15000
Seamus Power +15000
Billy Horschel +15000

The PGA Tour Florida swing continues this week with the 2025 Players Championship set to begin on Thursday, March 13 at 7:40 a.m. ET at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. The 2025 Players Championship field features 48 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, with No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 2 Rory McIlroy leading the way. Eight past champions are in the field for ‘golf’s fifth major,’ including Scheffler (2023, 2024), Justin Thomas (2021), McIlroy (2019), Si Woo Kim (2017), Jason Day (2016), Rickie Fowler (2015), Matt Kuchar (2012) and Adam Scott (2004).

Scheffler is listed as the +360 (risk $100 to win $360) betting favorite in the latest 2025 Players championship odds. Other top contenders include McIlroy (8-1), Collin Morikawa (16-1), Xander Schauffele (16-1), Ludvig Aberg (20-1), Justin Thomas (20-1), Hideki Matsuyama (30-1), Patrick Cantlay (35-1) and Tommy Fleetwood (35-1). The total 2025 Players Championship purse is $25 million, with the winner’s share coming in at $4.5 million. The winner will also earn 750 FedEx Cup points.

With this week’s tournament having a massive purse, it is imperative to nail your 2025 Players Championship one and done picks. Should you use this event to target a favorite like Scheffler, McIlroy, or Aberg? Would it make sense to take a long shot like Jason Day (65-1), Tony Finau (70-1), or Jordan Spieth (80-1)? Before locking in your 2025 Players Championship one and done picks, you need to see what SportsLine DFS pro and PGA expert Mike McClure has to say.

The One and Done format is growing in popularity. It has several noticeable similarities to NFL Survivor pools, with the main difference being entries are not eliminated with a bad week. Players pick one golfer per week and earn points based on their selected golfer’s prize money for that tournament. Golfers can only be used once per season, and the point format makes nailing majors and big money tournaments critical.

McClure is a DFS legend with over $2 million in career winnings, and he’s been red-hot on his PGA picks dating back to the PGA Tour restart in June of 2020. McClure uses his proprietary simulation model to analyze the field and crush his golf picks. In fact, the model is up more than $9,500 on its best bets since June 2020, nailing tournament after tournament.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 13 majors entering the weekend, including the 2024 Masters — its third Masters in a row — and last year’s PGA Championship and U.S. Open. Anyone who has followed its sports betting picks could have seen massive returns on betting apps like FanDuel, DraftKings and Fanatics.

McClure has been nailing his One and Done picks for the last two years, correctly calling Nick Taylor’s epic win at the RBC Canadian Open, as well as Scottie Scheffler’s and Jon Rahm’s victories as the Masters.

More recently, at last week’s Genesis Invitational, a Signature PGA Tour event, McClure’ top One and Done pick, Ludvig Aberg, outlasted the field for an outright win. The 26-year-old took home a massive $3.6 million payday for himself and gave his OAD backers a huge bump in their pool’s standings.

Now, McClure has dialed in on the 2025 Players Championship golf tournament and just locked in his one and done picks and PGA predictions. They are a must-see for any player looking for an edge in their One and Done pool. You can only see McClure’s Players Championship one and done picks at SportsLine.

Top 2025 Players Championship One and Done picks
One of McClure’s top One and Done picks for the 2025 Players Championship is Collin Morikawa. The 28-year-old has two major championships and a total of six career PGA Tour victories on his professional resume. Morikawa has been red-hot in 2025, posting two second place finishes and another pair of top-20 finishes in four total starts.

Morikawa has been one of the most talented golfers on the PGA Tour since turning professional, and is widely considered to be one of the best irons players in the world. He currently ranks second on the PGA Tour in both total strokes gained (1.856) and strokes gained tee-to-green (1.341). He also ranks 10th in strokes gained on approach (0.908) and 37th in strokes gained off-the-tee (0.341). With his recent form and his status as one of the most accomplished players in the field, McClure is expecting Morikawa to be in contention until the end this weekend. You can see who else to back at SportsLine.

How to make Players Championship 2025 One and Done picks
McClure is also targeting another golfer for his 2025 Players Championship one and done picks who was outstanding throughout the 2024 season and is a 90-1 longshot. This player has championship pedigree and has the ability to win any tournament he enters. You can find out who it is, and check out all of McClure’s Players Championship one and done picks at SportsLine.

Who wins the the Players Championship 2025, and which golfers should you target for your PGA one and done picks this week? Visit SportsLine now to get Mike McClure’s Players Championship 2025 one and done picks, all from the DFS pro who nailed Ludvig Aberg’s outright win at the Genesis Invitational, and find out.

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