Weather: Cloudy and windy. High of 78. Wind S at 15-25 mph with gusts to 26 mph in the afternoon. Play was suspended for four hours due to inclement weather from 1:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. ET.

PARTIAL Final Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                    R1           R2           R3           R4           Total

T1            Rory McIlroy         67            68            73            68            276 (-12)

T1            J.J. Spaun               66            68            70            72         276 (-12) 

T3            Tom Hoge             71            70            71            66            278 (-10)

T3            Akshay Bhatia       67            66            75            70            278 (-10)

T3            Lucas Glover         66            70            71            71            278 (-10)

Leading APAC Scores

T20         Ryan Fox                72            70            72            70            284 (-4)

T20         Min Woo Lee        67            66            78            73            284 (-4)

T33         Rico Hoey              73            69            78            66            286 (-2)

T38         Si Woo Kim           71            70            78            68            287 (-1)

Playoff Notes

• Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun will play a three-hole aggregate playoff (Nos. 16, 17, 18) starting on Monday at 9 a.m. ET on Golf Channel and Peacock
• If the two players remain tied after three holes, the playoff will go back to No. 17 in sudden-death format, with the rotation being 17, 18, 16, 17, 18 until a champion is determined
• This is the sixth playoff in PLAYERS Championship history
• This is the second three-hole aggregate playoff in PLAYERS Championship history (2015); was sudden-death until 2013
• Previous playoffs at THE PLAYERS Championship:

• • 1981: Raymond Floyd def. Barry Jaeckel and Curtis Strange
  • 1987: Sandy Lyle def. Jeff Sluman
  • 2008: Sergio Garcia def. Paul Goydos
  • 2011: K.J. Choi def. David Toms
  • 2015: Rickie Fowler def. Kevin Kisner and Sergio Garcia

• Playoff Records:

• • Rory McIlroy: 3-2
  • J.J. Spaun: 0-0

• This is the ninth Monday finish in PLAYERS Championship history (1974, 1976, 1981, 1983, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2022, 2025)
• This is the first three-hole aggregate playoff on TOUR since the 2022 PGA Championship (Justin Thomas def. Will Zalatoris)
• This is the first Monday finish on TOUR (unscheduled) since the 2024 Wyndham Championship

Scores to Par on Nos. 16, 17 and 18 This Week

Rory McIlroy (T1/-12)

• Seeks his 28th PGA TOUR win in his 261st start; would move to T20 on the PGA TOUR all-time wins list (Leo Diegel, Paul Runyan)
• Seeks his second win of the 2025 season in his fourth start (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am); would become the first multiple winner of the 2025 season on TOUR
• Looks to become the eighth multiple winner of THE PLAYERS in his 15th appearance (previous win: 2019); would join Jack Nicklaus (3), Steve Elkington (2), Hal Sutton (2), Fred Couples (2), Davis Love III (2), Tiger Woods (2), Scottie Scheffler (2)
• At 35 years old, would be the oldest winner of THE PLAYERS since 2013 (Tiger Woods/37 years, 4 months, 12 days)
• World No. 2 would be the sixth consecutive winner of THE PLAYERS Championship to enter the week in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking (previous: Scottie Scheffler/2024/No. 1; Scottie Scheffler/2023/No. 2; Cameron Smith/2022/No. 10; Justin Thomas/2021/No. 3; Rory McIlroy/2019/No. 6)

J.J. Spaun (T1/-12)

• Seeks his second PGA TOUR win in his 228th career start (2022 Valero Texas Open)
• World No. 57 would become the lowest-ranked player to win THE PLAYERS Championship since Si Woo Kim (No. 75/2017)
• Third top-three finish in nine starts this season (T3/Sony Open in Hawaii; T2/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches)
• Sixth appearance at THE PLAYERS (previous best: T64/2024); missed the cut or withdrew in his first four appearances
• Would become 23rd player to hold at least a share of the 54-hole lead at THE PLAYERS and go on to win

Miscellaneous Notes

• Tom Hoge (T3), who owns the longest active consecutive cuts made streak at THE PLAYERS (7), matches the low round of the day (66) and matches his best finish at THE PLAYERS (T3/2023)
• 23-year-old Akshay Bhatia (T3) earns third top-10 finish of the season in his seventh start  (T9/The Genesis Invitational; 9th/Mexico Open at VidantaWorld)
• 45-year-old Lucas Glover (T3) matches his best finish at THE PLAYERS in his 17th appearance (3rd/2010)
• Rookie Danny Walker (T6), who began the week as second alternate, matches the fourth-best finish by a rookie at THE PLAYERS (best finish: T2/David Lingmerth/2013); earns his first top-10 finish on TOUR in his seventh start
• On his 35th birthday, Bud Cauley (T6) earns an exemption on the PGA TOUR for the remainder of the 2025 season by reaching the top 125 threshold via the Major Medical category
• Keegan Bradley (T20) made a hole-in-one on No. 13 with a 7-iron from 153 yards; his second ace this season (The Genesis Invitational/No. 3/R4); his fourth ace on TOUR; the 13th ace on the 13th hole at TPC Sawgrass in PLAYERS history; the 44th ace in PLAYERS history (40th at TPC Sawgrass).