In 42 years at Sawgrass, that's an average of 24 golf balls going splash down each tournament. The field of 144 will hit about 430 tee balls on the 17th hole over the course of four days in 2026, so expect about five percent of this year's tee shots to end up in the drink.

Collin Morikawa’s caddie, J.J. Jakovac, became the first to win the annual caddie competition at The Players Championship with a hole-in-one. Jakovac’s tee shot with a pitching wedge from 132 yards at the island-green 17 th hole at TPC Sawgrass flew three paces past the hole and spun back into the cup for a raucous ace,

JJ Jakovac, the caddie for Collin Morikawa, aced the Island Green from 131 yards with a pitching wedge. The ball landed halfway up the bank of the green and rolled back into the hole, cut in the front.