Players Championship form: how the market-leaders fared over the last six years

Rory McIlroy bids to become first back-to-back winner at Stadium Course

Last year's winner Rory McIlroy missed the cut on his first three visits to TPC SawgrassCredit: Getty Images

Nobody has ever won back-to-back Players Championships since the tournament moved to the Stadium Course at Sawgrass in 1982 but defending champion Rory McIlroy is favourite to follow up his 2019 success.

McIlroy missed the cut on his first three visits, recalling that "it made me play the way I didn't want to play. You have to play by the course's rules."

He also missed the cut the year before his triumph and has recorded three top-ten finishes. Here are the six-year records of the market-leaders:

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Rory McIlroy	6	8	12	35	MC	1
Jon Rahm	-	-	-	MC	63	12
Justin Thomas	-	24	3	MC	11	35
Bryson DeChambeau	-	-	-	-	37	20
Tommy Fleetwood	-	-	-	41	7	5
Dustin Johnson	59	69	28	12	17	5
Patrick Cantlay	-	-	-	2	23	MC
Hideki Matsuyama	23	17	7	22	57	8
Xander Schauffele	-	-	-	-	2	MC
Webb Simpson	MC	66	-	16	1	16
Adam Scott	38	38	12	6	11	12
Rickie Fowler	77	1	MC	60	MC	47
Patrick Reed	MC	24	MC	22	41	47
Brooks Koepka	-	MC	35	16	11	56
Tyrrell Hatton	-	-	-	41	MC	MC
Gary Woodland	11	MC	28	75	MC	30
Marc Leishman	24	54	64	MC	63	MC
Matt Kuchar	17	MC	3	MC	17	26
Paul Casey	-	WD	23	22	-	MC
Tony Finau	-	-	MC	MC	57	22
Justin Rose	4	MC	19	65	23	8

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Jeremy ChapmanRacing Post Reporter

Published on 10 March 2020inGolf tips

Last updated 16:39, 10 March 2020

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