Can Scottie Scheffler win three-peat at The Players Championship 2025? Day 1 odds explored

2025's The Players Championship tees off on Thursday, March 13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The men’s golf’s ‘fifth major’ features a stacked PGA Tour field of 144 players this season. The field, headlined by World No. 1 and two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler, will compete for the winner’s paycheck from the whopping $25 million prize purse.

Despite the stacked field, consisting of 48 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings, Scheffler remains the outright favorite to defend his title. As per SportsLine, the reigning Masters champion comes into the weekend with 36-1 odds. The 28-year-old golfer is closely followed by World No. 2 Rory McIlroy with 80-1 odds. Scheffler finished T11 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week, after being sidelined over a month due to injury.

Scheffler became the first player to win back-to-back in The Players Championship’s 50-year history in 2024. He carded an 8-under 64 final score, matching the biggest comeback and the lowest closing round by a winner, to take victory. The ace golfer beat Xander Schauffele, Brian Harman and Wyndham Clark in a one-shot victory despite the trio having a chance to force a playoff at the TPC Sawgrass' Stadium Course. He'd beaten LIV Golf’s Tyrrell Hatton to triumph at the 2023 edition.

Coming off a strong T11 finish at the Bay Hill Golf Course last weekend, Scheffler will be eyeing his first win of the season in this outing.

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Listed below is Scottie Scheffler’s 2025 PGA Tour season so far with earnings:

• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T9 – $535,000
• WM Phoenix Open: T25 – $69,197
• The Genesis Invitational: T3 – $1,200,00
• Arnold Palmer Invitational: T11 – $451,250

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The Players Championship 2025 odds

Two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to complete a three-peat this weekend. However, he will face some tough competition from the likes of Rory McIlroy (80-1), Collin Morikawa (160-1) and Xander Schauffele (160-1), among others.

Ludvig Aberg (200-1), Justin Thomas (200-1), Hideki Matsuyama (300-1), Patrick Cantlay (350-1), Tommy Fleetwood (350-1), Shane Lowry (400-1) and longshot favorite Maverick McNealy (650-1) are some other big names to watch at TPC Sawgrass this weekend.

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Listed below are the top odds for The Players 2025 (As per SportsLine):

• 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

More details on the 2025 PGA Tour’s The Players Championship will be updated as the event progresses.