The stars will be out bright and early Thursday morning for the first round of the 2025 Players Championship. Featuring a full field of 144 players, the PGA Tour's flagship event will see many of those big names play alongside one another the first two days at TPC Sawgrass.

The PGA Players Championship is an annual event sponsored by the Professional Golfer's Association and in an invitation-only tournament featuring highest ranked players on the PGA Tour. The first place winner receives a purse of $4.5 million in the 2025 Players Championship, and the tournament has a total purse of $25 million.

Scottie Scheffler will attempt to win an unprecedented third-straight Players Championship this week. Here are Thursday's first-round tee times.

Players Championship tee times for Thursday's first round at TPC Sawgrass, featuring Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and more.

PLAYERS Championship tee times, schedule, and weather forecast for all four rounds at TPC Sawgrass in Florida.

There are eight past champions in the field: Scottie Scheffler (2023, 2024), Justin Thomas (2021), Rory McIlroy (2019), Si Woo Kim (2017), Jason Day (2016), Rickie Fowler (2015), Matt Kuchar (2012) and Adam Scott (2004).

Since winning The Players Championship four years ago, Justin Thomas hasn't fared as well recently. He's counting on patience at TPC Sawgrass in 2025.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will try to become the first golfer to win the Players Championship three years in a row when he plays in the event at TPC Sawgrass this week. Scheffler backed up his five-stroke victory in 2023 with a one-stroke win last year.