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Players Championship and a Magical Open
Field Previews for The Players Championship, International Series Thailand, Magical Kenya Open, South African Women's Open, Mediclinic Invitational, NZ PGA Championship
Jack Middlebrook
March 08, 2023
Purses for the Week
Top Players
The best Men’s players are playing at The Players Championship this week while most of the top Women are off this week after two weeks in Asia.
PGA Tour - The Players Championship
Gold Boy is back! It’s Players Championship week and one of the strongest fields in golf will tee it up at TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course. 69 of the top 100 OWGR players are in the field, headlined by World Number 1 Jon Rahm. Notably absent from the field is the defending champion and LIV player, Cam Smith. The purse is the largest on tour at $25 million.
“this is a massive event. It is very close to major quality event, but it's still a PGA TOUR event.”
Top 30 Players
Asian Tour - International Series Thailand
The third International Series event of the year is taking place outside of Bangkok, Thailand at Black Mountain Golf Club. The top Thai players in the field include Sadom Kaewkanjana, Phachara Khongwatmai, and Jazz Janewattananond.
Top 10 Players
DP World Tour - Magical Kenya Open
The DP World tour heads to Nairobi Kenya to play at the Muthaiga Golf Club. While most of the top players in Europe are at the Players, the Magical Kenya Open still has 3 players from the top 100 to start the first of three weeks in Africa.
Top 10 Players
Ladies European Tour - South African Women's Open
Ashleigh Buhai headlines the field for the South African Open along with 6-time champion Lee-Anne Pace. Buhai is also the only top 100 women’s player active this week.