The Players Championship is predictably deep. This week, every player in the top 10 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings will tee it up at TPC Sawgrass.
Reigning champion Rory McIlroy, No. 1 in Golfweek’s ranking and in the Official World Golf Ranking, returns to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a year after defeating Jim Furyk by one shot at 16 under.
McIlroy, grouped with No. 3 Brooks Koepka and No. 2 Jon Rahm, is part of the featured groups for the first two rounds. McIlroy’s group tees off Thursday at 1:51 p.m. from the first tee.
For the 2019-20 season, the average ranking of the winner heading into the week in which they won PGA Tour event has been 83.41 in Golfweek/Sagarins and 111.78 in the OWGR.
| Player | GW/Sagarin | OWGR |
| Rory McIlroy | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Rahm | 2 | 2 |
| Webb Simpson | 3 | 7 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 4 | 6 |
| Collin Morikawa | 5 | 44 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 6 | 10 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 7 | 21 |
| Justin Thomas | 8 | 4 |
| Dustin Johnson | 9 | 5 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 10 | 19 |
| Brooks Koepka | 12 | 3 |
| Xander Schauffele | 13 | 12 |
| Patrick Reed | 14 | 8 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 15 | 25 |
| Sungjae Im | 16 | 23 |
| Adam Scott | 17 | 9 |
| Paul Casey | 18 | 24 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 19 | 46 |
| Matt Kuchar | 20 | 17 |
| Daniel Berger | 21 | 107 |
| Billy Horschel | 22 | 34 |
| Rickie Fowler | 23 | 27 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 24 | 13 |
| Marc Leishman | 25 | 15 |
| Gary Woodland | 26 | 18 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 27 | 47 |
| Justin Rose | 28 | 14 |
| Henrik Stenson | 29 | 32 |
| Shane Lowry | 30 | 20 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 31 | 102 |
| Abraham Ancer | 32 | 29 |
| Tony Finau | 33 | 16 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 34 | 22 |
| Vaughn Taylor | 35 | 100 |
| Viktor Hovland | 36 | 58 |
| Byeong Hun An | 37 | 49 |
| Cameron Tringale | 38 | 198 |
| Harris English | 39 | 158 |
| Adam Hadwin | 40 | 55 |
| Scott Piercy | 41 | 101 |
| Talor Gooch | 42 | 147 |
| Joel Dahmen | 43 | 69 |
| Max Homa | 45 | 71 |
| Jordan Spieth | 46 | 56 |
| Brian Harman | 48 | 137 |
| Jason Kokrak | 50 | 77 |
| Bud Cauley | 51 | 133 |
| Jim Furyk | 53 | 85 |
| Lanto Griffin | 54 | 88 |
| Kevin Na | 55 | 31 |
| Nick Taylor | 57 | 104 |
| Ryan Palmer | 58 | 79 |
| Andrew Putnam | 59 | 62 |
| Kevin Kisner | 60 | 35 |
| Dylan Frittelli | 61 | 117 |
| Victor Perez | 62 | 41 |
| Ryan Moore | 63 | 111 |
| J.T. Poston | 64 | 76 |
| Sergio Garcia | 66 | 38 |
| Ian Poulter | 67 | 57 |
| Brendon Todd | 70 | 54 |
| Denny McCarthy | 71 | 175 |
| Matt Jones | 72 | 92 |
| Erik van Rooyen | 74 | 42 |
| Mark Hubbard | 75 | 168 |
| Bernd Wiesberger | 76 | 26 |
| Russell Knox | 77 | 121 |
| Rafa Cabrera Bello | 78 | 45 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 80 | 48 |
| Jason Day | 81 | 50 |
| Sebastián Muñoz | 82 | 94 |
| Joaquin Niemann | 83 | 78 |
| Matthew Wolff | 85 | 110 |
| Graeme McDowell | 86 | 51 |
| Charles Howell III | 87 | 75 |
| Sam Burns | 88 | 190 |
| Carlos Ortiz | 90 | 129 |
| Harold Varner III | 92 | 124 |
| Chez Reavie | 94 | 36 |
| Matt Wallace | 95 | 43 |
| Corey Conners | 96 | 66 |
| Danny Willett | 98 | 33 |
| Pat Perez | 100 | 141 |
| Cameron Smith | 101 | 37 |
| Brian Stuard | 102 | 150 |
| Bronson Burgoon | 103 | 228 |
| Bubba Watson | 104 | 53 |
| Tom Hoge | 106 | 127 |
| Lucas Glover | 109 | 89 |
| Danny Lee | 112 | 87 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 114 | 237 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 115 | 161 |
| Keegan Bradley | 118 | 61 |
| Zach Johnson | 119 | 248 |
| Nate Lashley | 120 | 81 |
| Brice Garnett | 121 | 221 |
| Martin Laird | 122 | 327 |
| Kevin Streelman | 124 | 93 |
| Adam Long | 129 | 108 |
| Jazz Janewattananond | 131 | 40 |
| Sung Kang | 132 | 52 |
| Kyle Stanley | 134 | 146 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 136 | 268 |
| Wyndham Clark | 137 | 155 |
| Charley Hoffman | 138 | 162 |
| J.B. Holmes | 139 | 99 |
| Aaron Wise | 141 | 152 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 142 | 126 |
| Branden Grace | 150 | 74 |
| Jason Dufner | 153 | 286 |
| Troy Merritt | 154 | 157 |
| Scott Stallings | 155 | 315 |
| Sam Ryder | 157 | 241 |
| Adam Schenk | 161 | 215 |
| Jimmy Walker | 163 | 249 |
| Cameron Champ | 166 | 83 |
| Keith Mitchell | 172 | 95 |
| Russell Henley | 173 | 205 |
| Nick Watney | 177 | 225 |
| Andrew Landry | 184 | 113 |
| Kevin Tway | 196 | 154 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | 197 | 160 |
| Peter Malnati | 202 | 258 |
| J.J. Spaun | 209 | 318 |
| Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 210 | 219 |
| Francesco Molinari | 211 | 28 |
| Brian Gay | 214 | 218 |
| Luke List | 226 | 179 |
| Tyler Duncan | 231 | 183 |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 233 | 140 |
| Phil Mickelson | 235 | 63 |
| Ryan Armour | 246 | 250 |
| Scott Brown | 254 | 164 |
| Sepp Straka | 265 | 181 |
| Chesson Hadley | 268 | 216 |
| Michael Thompson | 280 | 267 |
| C.T. Pan | 289 | 97 |
| Si Woo Kim | 295 | 131 |
| Patton Kizzire | 327 | 384 |
| Roger Sloan | 332 | 291 |
| Matt Every | 373 | 314 |
| Chris Stroud | 400 | 301 |
| Jim Herman | 473 | 312 |
| Retief Goosen | N/R | 1685 |
