Karl Vilips made the most rapid ascent of any PGA Tour player with his victory at the Puerto Rio Open. Even though it was for less than half of the points Henley got (300), Vilips went from 161s to 35 th on the points list and more importantly made the field for The Players Championship this week, where 750 points will be awarded to the winner.

There were 144 entrants into this week’s Players Championship, the flagship event of the PGA Tour season. Normally, TPC Sawgrass is one of the most difficult courses players encounter on Tour, but that has not been the case this year.

Heading into The Players Championship, these four PGA Tour stars could use this as a launching point to get their 2025 seasons really off the ground but with a variety of meanings for that.

Max Homa and Viktor Hovland struggled to find much of any success during the opening round at the Players Championship, with both Ryder Cup stars carding disappointing scores