| Dates: 9-12 March Venue: TPC Sawgrass, Florida |
| Protection: Stay radio and textual content commentary on Radio 5 Sports activities Further, BBC Sounds and BBC Sport web site and app for closing two rounds |
The highest three gamers on the earth have been grouped collectively for the opening two rounds of this week’s Gamers Championship at Sawgrass in Florida.
Spain’s Jon Rahm, who has received 5 of his previous 10 tournaments, is the world primary however second-ranked Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, who’s third, can take high spot with a win.
Australia’s Open champion Cameron Smith, who received the PGA Tour’s flagship occasion final 12 months, won’t be defending his title as a result of he opted to affix the LIV Golf circuit final 12 months.
Additionally lacking are India’s Anirban Lahiri and England’s Paul Casey, who completed second and third in 2022, as a result of they too have chosen to play within the Saudi Arabian-funded set-up.
Northern Eire’s McIlroy, who received this occasion in 2019, comes into the event in good type, having completed runner-up ultimately week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational.
American Scheffler was joint fourth at Bay Hill, whereas Rahm, who led after spherical one, carded successive 76s in his closing two rounds as he recorded his worst end since July’s Scottish Open, ending joint thirty ninth.
The marquee group will tee off in Thursday’s opening spherical on the tenth gap at 12:56 GMT.
England’s US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick begins his problem at 17:34 alongside Norway’s Viktor Hovland and Shane Lowry of Eire.
American pals Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth will even play collectively within the opening two rounds on the course which is famed for its island inexperienced on the par-three seventeenth gap. They tee off with compatriot Max Homa at 17:56.
This 12 months’s winner will take house $4.5m (£3.75m), from a prize fund of $25m – Smith received $3.6m from a $20m pot in 2022.
