Forty-eight of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field as the PGA Tour holds the 51st edition of the Players Championship, tournament officials revealing the field on Friday afternoon.

Two-time Players Champion Tiger Woods has decided not to play at TPC Sawgrass next week. The decision to do so comes as no real surprise, given his comments from last Tuesday night after his final TGL match of the season. “Not really,” Woods said when asked if he had entertained the idea of making a start in Florida before The Masters in April.