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TPC Sawgrass may not always give the kind of scoring that has become so popular with viewers in recent weeks, but it does one thing better than the rest: it asks questions. As a result, the market is wide open, with three players contending for the top spot, including the defending champion. Nobody has ever won the championship two years in a row; however, it is a rare occurrence that won't last forever.

This week, golf's best players compete for the PGA Tour's most coveted prize. The PLAYERS Championship will be held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Florida, in 2022. As always, here's an early look at the 2022 PLAYERS Championship and a preview. TPC Sawgrass will host 48 of the world's top 50 golfers. However, there are a few conspicuous absences. Bryson DeChambeau is the most well-known of them. Bryson's wrist and hip problems from earlier this season are still bothering him.

The Players Championship, also known as just the Players, is regarded as the fifth major by many golfers and fans because of its status and difficulty. The Tournament Players Championship was first held in 1974 at the Atlanta Country Club. In 1976, the tournament relocated to Florida, eventually settling at the TPC Sawgrass in 1982.

This week it's easy to overlook these PGA Tour second division tournaments in favor of the big event, the Arnold Palmer Invitational. On the other hand, these alternative events offer a massive opportunity for both players and bettors. The Puerto Rico Open, which begins this week, provides the less fortunate a tremendous chance to win a PGA Tour event and, more crucially, full playing privileges until the end of 2023/24. Don't overlook the significance of that award! Another strong field has assembled at the Puerto Rico Open, with Rafa Cabrera Bello, Victor Perez, Kurt Kitayama, and Matthias Schwab contending for the title.

A weak Honda Classic is now followed by a solid Arnold Palmer Invitational, with an epic PLAYERS Championship to come. The Arnold Palmer hasn't always been able to attract the finest players globally, but with the sport's top-ranked player in attendance, we can't complain.

Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, and World No. 1 Jon Rahm are among the notable names in the field for the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational. However, recent PGA Tour results have demonstrated that well-known golfers with great resumes aren't usually the ones who finish first. Four of the last five PGA Tour tournaments have been won by golfers who had never won on tour before. Scottie Scheffler, who won the W.M. Phoenix Open three weeks ago, is one of them. So what's the story behind this sudden flurry of activity? It isn't easy to attribute the parallels between the four winners to anything other than chance. It's also possible that it won't cease this week.

The Arnold Palmer Invitational is a PGA Tour event held in Orlando. The event is part of the Florida Swing, which takes place in March throughout the Sunshine State. In 1966, the Arnold Palmer Invitational was renamed from the Florida Citrus Open Invitational and became a PGA Tour event. It was not initially affiliated with the great golfer, who took over the tournament in 1979 and relocated it to his Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando.

At PGA National, champions have a habit of getting out to a fast start and being near the top of the leaderboard by the halfway mark. After 36 holes, not one of its champions has been more than three strokes behind the leader, and none has finished outside the top ten. 12 of the 15 champions at PGA National have finished in the top five after 36 holes. As a result, if you're too far behind the leader on Friday evening, it doesn't appear to be an easy course to chase birdies on.

The Honda Classic has been a case of feast or famine for short price backers here since 2010. In six of the past 12 renewals, Matt Jones, Keith Mitchell, Padraig Harrington, Russell Henley, Michael Thompson, and Rory Sabbatini have won the Honda Classic at odds of 300/1, 400/1, 300/1, 300/1, 80/1, and 80/1, respectively. However, over the same period, Camilo Villegas (30/1), Rory McIlroy (9/1), Adam Scott (20/1), Rickie Fowler (18/1), Justin Thomas (12/1), and Sungjae Im (35/1) have all been winners.

This week, the PGA Tour travels from Pacific Palisades, California, to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for the 50th edition of The Honda Classic, which takes place on the Champion Course at PGA National. The top of the OWGR, on the other hand, will not be in Florida this week, as none of the top-10 ranked players that competed in last week's Genesis Invitational will be in attendance for The Honda.