The winner was Scottie Scheffler, who shot a 69 in the final round to finish at 271 (−17) to win his first Players Championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Tyrrell Hatton.

Other ineligible players included both the runner-up and third-place finishers from 2022, Anirban Lahiri and Paul Casey.

Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings following The Honda Classic The following players met criteria but, having joined LIV Golf, were suspended by the PGA Tour and ineligible to compete: Thursday, March 9, 2023 Friday, March 10, 2023 Due to lack of daylight, play was suspended at 6:30 pm EST Thursday with 21 players yet to complete their opening rounds.

[10] Collin Morikawa also did not make a bogey in a seven-under par round of 65, that included an eagle on the par-5 second hole.

Rahm did not make a birdie on his back-nine that included a bogey on the par-3 eighth hole, his 17th, finishing at one-under par (71).

[14] Friday, March 10, 2023 Saturday, March 11, 2023 Adam Svensson birdied the par-5 ninth hole, the last of his round, after getting a free drop from the hospitality tent on his second shot to finish off a five-under round of 67 and take a two-shot lead through 36 holes at nine-under.

[16] Overnight leader Chad Ramey birdied two of his first three holes and led by as many as three shots early in his round before putting two balls in the water on the par-3 17th, leading to a quadruple-bogey.

The PGA Tour announced that play would resume on Saturday at 7:00 am, with the third round starting around 10:45, with players in groups of three, instead of the usual two, and commencing from both the first and tenth tees.

Saturday, March 11, 2023 Scottie Scheffler moved into the lead with a birdie on his first hole followed by chipping in for eagle on the second.

[22] Aaron Rai made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole in a seven-under round of 65, moving him into a tie for fourth place.

[24] Second-round leader Adam Svensson was even-par on his round before a triple-bogey on the par-4 14th hole dropped him back to six-under and 14th place.

On the fourth hole, Lee made a triple-bogey having hit his third shot into the water; he dropped further behind as the round went on and finished in a tie for sixth at eight under par.

[28] Through the middle of the round, Scheffler made five consecutive birdies to reach 18 under par and open a six stroke lead over the rest of the field.

[29][30] Tyrrell Hatton began the round nine shots off the lead, in a tie for 26th place; he was even-par on the front-nine before making seven birdies in taking 29 strokes to play the back-nine, tying the tournament record, for a round of 65 (7 under par) to finish alone in second place at 12 under par.