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17-03-2025
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RORY MCILROY WINS THE 2025 PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ON GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK
'A perfect start to St. Patrick's day. It's only March, but it feels like Rory's year.' – Rich Lerner on Live From THE PLAYERS 'Rory McIlroy doesn't have to win with his 'A' game anymore. This was his 'B' game.' – Paul McGinley on Live From 'Nightmare on 17. The first ball in the water on this course all week for J.J. Spaun.' – Terry Gannon 'He probably slept on it a little different than Rory who had won 27 times.' – Kevin Kisner on J.J. Spaun 'This is going to be one of the hardest shots that any player has played all week long... they're going to have to take a lot more club and flight it down. The risk is flying it over the green.' - Brad Faxon prior to the 17th hole STAMFORD, Conn. – March 17, 2025 – Rory McIlroy won the 2025 PLAYERS Championship on GOLF Channel and Peacock on Monday morning, defeating J.J. Spaun in a three-hole aggregate playoff on holes 16, 17, and 18 at The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., to earn the second PLAYERS Championship of his career. Golf Central Live From THE PLAYERS followed with post-round coverage on GOLF Channel. Dan Hicks and Terry Gannon handled play-by-play duties, while Kevin Kisner and Brad Faxon served as analysts. Jim 'Bones' Mackay followed Spaun while Smylie Kaufman followed McIlroy. Cara Banks handled the winner's interview with McIlroy. Rich Lerner, Brandel Chamblee, Paul McGinley, Johnson Wagner, and Todd Lewis, anchored Live From THE PLAYERS post-round coverage on GOLF Channel. Following are notes and quotes from this morning's playoff. ON RORY MCILROY (CHAMPION) Hicks: 'Rory McIlroy is setting the stage for what could be a monster 2025 season.' Lerner on Live From: 'A perfect start to St. Patrick's day. It's only March, but it feels like Rory's year.' McGinley on Live From: 'The fact that Rory had the honor I think that was significant. I've hit shots behind Rory McIlroy and trying to follow him is not easy. I think that was an McIlroy doesn't have to win with his 'A' game anymore. This was his 'B' game.' Faxon: 'You look at the greatest players in the world, like Jack and Tiger, as they got older, they said they were better and smarter players. When Rory was younger, he won it by driving the ball so much better than everyone else. He had a poor driving day in round one, he had a poor putting round on Saturday – Rory can now do it in many different ways.' Kisner: 'I love what Rory talked about with those iron shots. Even when I played with Rory, I always thought he struggled to take a lot of yardage off of his irons, and those two he hit on the 17th and 18th were absolute seeds, taking 20 and 30 yards off of iron shots and flighting them down. He had major control and was playing golf the way it should be played in that amount of wind.' Faxon on McIlroy's tee shot and bogey on 17th hole: 'That was an outstanding shot. Exactly what he had to do. All week long on the range, Rory was practicing those three-quarter did what he needed to do. He hit first and he had to put it on the green, so mission accomplished.' ON J.J. SPAUN (RUNNER-UP) Hicks: 'Even though this is a bitterly disappointing playoff for J.J. Spaun, what he can get out of this week is immeasurable, when he hadn't even had a top-20 in a big event – a major or a PLAYERS.' Kisner: 'I think J.J. would have benefitted the most by playing this playoff last night. In that situation, you want to keep going when you have the momentum and the adrenaline on your side. He probably slept on it a little differently than Rory who had won 27 times.' Spaun to Kaufman following the playoff on his tee shot on the 17th hole: 'I was committed to the club and committed to the shot shape that I was trying to hit. We were getting numbers on the range with Trackman and literally the same wind direction it was flying 128 yards. It was the perfect club and I guess I just hit it too good and it went right through the wind. I almost was telling it in my head to get up because it looked like it was floating...I hit a great shot and did what I needed to do, it just didn't work out.' Faxon on Spaun hitting into the water on the 17th hole: 'He's expecting the wind to pull that ball back so much.' Kisner: 'That was a beautiful flight on that ball. I think he thought he flagged it.' Gannon: 'The first ball in the water on this course all week for J.J. Spaun.' Faxon: 'It never looked like J.J. Spaun was comfortable at any moment (on the 17th tee). Rory brought that 9-iron out...' Gannon: 'Do you think that confused him?' Faxon: 'Without a doubt. You saw him looking in his bag, they had 8-iron and 9-iron out. Spaun doesn't hit his 9-iron as far as Rory and he flushed it over the back of the green.' Mackay: 'One word we haven't talked too much about is adrenaline. I think on the 17th at this amazing, iconic golf course, this is one of those holes that you get to like one or two others around the world that you hit a half club further because its No. 17 at THE PLAYERS.' Gannon: 'Nightmare on 17.' ON CONDITIONS AT TPC SAWGRASS FOR MONDAY MORNING'S PLAYOFF Kaufman: 'This is easily the hardest this wind has blown the entire week.' Faxon: 'These players were trying to find an angle on the range to simulate the distance and the wind they would have on 17. This is going to be one of the hardest shots that any player here at the PLAYERS Championship has played all week long... they're going to have to take a lot more club and flight it down. The risk is flying it over the green.' --NBC SPORTS--
NBC Sports
17-03-2025
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NOTES AND QUOTES - 2025 PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ON NBC, GOLF CHANNEL, AND PEACOCK (FINAL ROUND)
*PROGRAMMING ALERT* - Rory McIlroy Faces J.J. Spaun in 2025 PLAYERS Championship Playoff Monday at 9 a.m. ET Live on GOLF Channel and Peacock 'We've got a playoff between J.J. Spaun and Rory McIlroy which epitomizes it. A guy looking for win number two and the Hall of Famer to be Rory McIlroy.' – Dan Hicks on what makes THE PLAYERS special 'You really have to tip your cap to Spaun…It's really hard to find the hidden harmonies in that chaos.' – Brandel Chamblee on Spaun during today's weather-delayed round 'I can understand why he's disappointed. That was there to be won. He did the hard work, he got himself in position, and then flatlined.' – Paul McGinley on McIlroy STAMFORD, Conn. – March 16, 2025 – NBC Sports presented final round coverage of THE PLAYERS Championship from The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on NBC, GOLF Channel, and Peacock. Golf Central Live From THE PLAYERS followed with post-round coverage on GOLF Channel. Rory McIlroy will face J.J. Spaun in a playoff to decide the 2025 PLAYERS Champion Monday morning at 9 a.m. ET live on GOLF Channel and Peacock. Click here for NBC Sports' coverage details. Dan Hicks and Terry Gannon handled play-by-play duties, while Kevin Kisner and Brad Faxon served as analysts. Jim 'Bones' Mackay, Smylie Kaufman, John Wood, and Curt Byrum served as on-course reporters, while Cara Banks handled reports and interviews. Rich Lerner, Brandel Chamblee, Paul McGinley, Johnson Wagner, and Todd Lewis, anchored Live From THE PLAYERS post-round coverage on GOLF Channel. Following are notes and quotes from today's coverage. The PLAYERS Championship – Final Results ON TOMORROW MORNING'S PLAYOFF Hicks on what makes THE PLAYERS so special: 'We've got a playoff between J.J. Spaun and Rory McIlroy which epitomizes it. A guy looking for win number two and the hall of famer to be Rory McIlroy.' Kisner on the player's mindset going into tomorrow's playoff: 'All you're trying to do is focus on that first tee shot on hole 16 and hitting the fairway so that you know it's a birdie opportunity, and then it's game on when you get to 17 tee.' ON CONDITIONS AT TPC SAWGRASS AND WEATHER DELAY Kisner on handling the four-hour weather delay today: 'You just don't have time to do your normal prep. Most guys get to the golf course two hours, two and a half hours before their tee time. This time around, they're sitting around the locker room, laying down, napping, watching TV, eating, drinking, and suddenly a guy walks in and says, 'We're going back in 45 minutes.' It changes everything, everybody rushes. I always struggle with I have different feels, you know when you're playing you've got the momentum, adrenaline going. You get certain feels that you're going with in the round and then suddenly it's like starting a whole new day…They're all going to be trying to find new feels.' Faxon on players regaining feel following the delay: 'It definitely takes a shot to trust it. Players are now wearing sweaters that they weren't before we went off. Everything feels a little bit different.' Kisner on how a delay can help a player who was sputtering in the round: 'Hopefully when you got back on the range for this warm-up, you got some better feels, and you get a little more confident. Not sure where J.J. Spaun was practicing 62-yard bunker shots around the practice area, but if you get back on the range and you find a good rhythm and you find some good feels, then you might be really confident coming out of this weather delay.' ON RORY MCILROY (-12, T1) McIlroy to Smylie Kaufman post-round on having a three-shot lead: 'I hit a pretty bad tee shot on 14 and gave myself a good chance for par there and then I had two really good chances on 15 and 16. I felt like it got a little darker on 15 and 16, there was like a little cell that was a few miles away and really struggled to read those two putts. So I had two good chances that slipped by there on both those holes…Ultimately a good two putt on 18. All day it was a bit of a battle. I'm standing here feeling like I probably should be going home with a trophy tonight, but that's fine. I'll reset and hopefully go home with a trophy tomorrow morning…It was nice to two-putt that and at least give myself a chance tomorrow.' McGinley on McIlroy: 'I can understand why he's disappointed. That was there to be won. He did the hard work, he got himself in position, and then flatlined.' Hicks on McIlroy's par putt on 18: 'If you're a fan of Rory, you know about all the history, especially at the U.S. Open last summer. Excruciating misses coming down the stretch.' Hicks on McIlroy walking up the 17th hole with a one-shot lead: 'This is golf pretty much as good as it gets…You've got Rory McIlroy, the most popular player in the game in this kind of setting -- the island green.' Kisner on McIlroy's chances at the start of the final round: 'When you look at the top of that leaderboard, you don't see a ton of I was in that top three, I wouldn't like the way that Rory started today with a birdie.' Faxon on how McIlroy prepared for the final round: 'He was very calm this morning. He watched two Will Ferrell movies last night just to laugh. Who else (in the field) did that?' ON J.J. SPAUN (-12, T1) Spaun to Cara Banks post-round: 'I knew it wasn't going to be easy. I just kind of put a lot of faith in myself and my caddie Mark (Carens)…I think the little break we had with the weather helped me regroup and reset and kind of came out with a different mindset instead of being so nervous.' Spaun to Todd Lewis on keeping his focus: 'I just kind of put my head down and started trying to clutch up. I started telling myself that I have nothing to lose. He's got the lead, so now even more I have nothing to lose. Started trusting myself more, committing to my shots, committing to my swing and fortunately made some birdies coming in.' Chamblee on Spaun: 'You really have to tip your cap to Spaun. Just think for a second. You've got to deal with the changing winds, you've got to deal with the rain, you're dealing with clearly the strongest player in the field starting birdie-eagle. You're in the lead dealing with delays. It's really hard to find the hidden harmonies in that chaos.' McGinley on Spaun: 'You have to give him credit for not just sitting back and taking a big check finishing in second or third and hunting down McIlroy down the stretch.' Kisner on Spaun's missed birdie attempt on 18 to win: 'He had it right in the jaws too, I bet you he was loving watching that roll.' Mackay on Spaun watching McIlroy putt: 'J.J. walked up to me and asked me what Rory was up to in terms of what he was putting for up on the 18th green - turns out it was a par. J.J.'s caddie then walked up to him, put his arm around him, and said 'let's stay in the moment.'' Mackay on Spaun's relief on third shot on 9th hole leading to birdie: 'It was fascinating. He was in a horrible lie and he was standing in a sprinkler, but still nowhere near the fairway. He took relief and within that club (of relief) was another sprinkler. He intentionally dropped it in that sprinkler, got a second club length away from that, and got himself into the fairway. Kisner: 'A lot of misses to the right for J.J. early in the round. He just looks anxious and getting a little quicker than he has been.' ON LUCAS GLOVER (-10, T3) Hicks: 'Talk about stringing together sensational tournament after tournaments, this guy at the age of 45 says there's still a lot winning left in his career. By the way he's played this week, who would doubt him?' Kisner: 'He's just such an elite ball striker, it keeps him around at all types of tournaments, all types of golf courses. He can flat still play with these young guns.' ON BUD CAULEY (-9, T6) Kisner on Cauley's early final round struggles: 'Bud has looked late all day with his arms to me. He has hit every ball a little to the a little bit of that pressure. He just needs to get his composure and get his rhythm back with his arms.' Kisner: 'His putting has left him today. He was putting so well early in the week, but not that well for the season, and he seems to be reverting back to that.' --NBC SPORTS--
NBC Sports
17-03-2025
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*PROGRAMMING ALERT* - RORY MCILROY FACES J.J. SPAUN IN 2025 PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF MONDAY AT 9 A.M. ET ON GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK
Three-Hole Aggregate Playoff Between McIlroy and Spaun Begins Tomorrow Morning at 9 a.m. ET Live on GOLF Channel and Peacock Live From THE PLAYERS Provides Coverage and Reaction Tomorrow Morning Immediately Following Conclusion of Playoff STAMFORD, Conn. – March 16, 2025 – Rory McIlroy will face J.J. Spaun in a playoff to decide the 2025 PLAYERS Champion Monday morning at 9 a.m. ET live on GOLF Channel and Peacock. THE PLAYERS Championship will be decided in a three hole-aggregate playoff (Nos. 16, 17, and 18) between McIlroy and Spaun, who are tied at 12-under. Live From THE PLAYERS will provide coverage on GOLF Channel immediately following the conclusion of tomorrow morning's playoff. 5 Clubs on GOLF Channel with Gary Williams will preview the playoff live at 8 a.m. ET. --NBC SPORTS--
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16-03-2025
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NOTES AND QUOTES – THE 2025 PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ON GOLF CHANNEL (THIRD ROUND)
*PROGRAMMING ALERT* - Sunday's Coverage Windows Updated – 10 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel, NBC/GOLF Channel Simulcast at 12 p.m. ET, NBC at 12:30 p.m. ET – All Coverage Streams on Peacock 'The golf course and the weather won today.' – Kevin Kisner 'He has played a brand of golf that is deserving of contending for the biggest title of his life tomorrow.' – Dan Hicks on J.J. Spaun (-12, Leader) 'This was a real test today – a test of golf, but for these players today, more a test of yourself.' – Brandel Chamblee on Live From on difficult weather conditions STAMFORD, Conn. – March 15, 2025 – NBC Sports presented comprehensive coverage of the second round of The PLAYERS Championship from The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on NBC and Peacock. Golf Central Live From THE PLAYERS followed with post-round coverage on GOLF Channel. **Due to potential inclement weather on Sunday, tomorrow's final round coverage will begin at 10 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel. Coverage will simulcast on NBC and GOLF Channel at 12 p.m. ET before shifting to NBC at 12:30 p.m. ET. All coverage will stream on Peacock.** Dan Hicks and Terry Gannon handled play-by-play duties, while Kevin Kisner and Brad Faxon served as analysts. Jim 'Bones' Mackay, Smylie Kaufman, John Wood, and Curt Byrum served as on-course reporters, while Cara Banks handled reports and interviews. Today's championship coverage also featured Dan Hicks and Kevin Kisner opening the broadcast from the new, state-of-the-art PGA TOUR Studios in Ponte Vedra Beach., Fla., on NBC and Peacock. Rich Lerner, Brandel Chamblee, Paul McGinley, Johnson Wagner, and Todd Lewis, anchored Live From THE PLAYERS post-round coverage on GOLF Channel. Following are notes and quotes from today's coverage. The PLAYERS Championship – Third Round Leaderboard ON CONDITIONS AT TPC SAWGRASS Faxon on the wind factoring into play: 'It's incredible, everyone thinks into the wind is the hardest but down winds can be hard to manage as well. Rory (McIlroy) has a gap wedge that he hits 125 yards. He hit one shot that went 149 yards, and the next one only went 139 yards. That's ten yards of discrepancy on one wedge shot. It's going to be really tough.' Wood on the wind: 'It's so hard today because the wind affects everything. You think, 'well it's an eight-foot putt, how can it affect it?' Well, you have to take into account for everything out here today.' Faxon on the island green 17th hole: 'Easily one of the most unsettling shots in golf. Particularly later in the weekend with the wind.' Kisner: 'The golf course and the weather won today.' Chamblee on Live From: 'This was a real test today – a test of golf, but for these players today, more a test of yourself.' Hicks: 'Pete Dye's place delivers 'crazy' every year.' ON J.J. SPAUN (-12, Leader) Kaufman on Spaun's recent success: 'He's been really consistent this year and it's because of his elite ball striking. He's been super consistent leading the field in tee-to-green this week.' Kisner on Spaun's caddie Mark Carens: 'He was on the bag for Si Woo Kim when he won THE PLAYERS Championship, and he also lives just outside the back gate here. He tries to play as much golf here as he can. He is really coaching up J.J. and they are rolling.' Hicks: 'He has played a brand of golf that is deserving of contending for the biggest title of his life tomorrow.' Kisner: 'I've spent a lot of time with J.J. I played a lot of rounds with him last season on TOUR. I've always thought he could be a heck of a player and I always talk to him about his attitude. He's very quick to get down on himself, he works hard on that, and I've said, 'If you're going to have a long career out here, you've got to quit beating yourself up. You're too good.'' ON BUD CAULEY (-11, 2nd) Cauley to Banks on what it would mean to get his first PGA TOUR victory at his hometown course and on what will be his 35th birthday: 'That would be amazing, there's a lot of golf left to play but as you mentioned I played this course every year growing up and even dreamt of playing it, let alone winning it. I'll give it a chance tomorrow and go out and have some fun.' Lerner on Live From: 'He is playing the role of Seabiscuit longshot.' ON LUCAS GLOVER (-9, T-3rd) Hicks on his chip-in eagle on No. 16: 'Just when you least expect it! Double bogey and then an eagle – typical Stadium Course stuff.' --NBC SPORTS--
NBC Sports
16-03-2025
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*PROGRAMMING ALERT* - NBC SPORTS ANNOUNCES UPDATED COVERAGE WINDOWS FOR 2025 PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ROUND
Final Round Coverage Begins at 10 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel, NBC/GOLF Channel Simulcast at 12 p.m. ET, NBC at 12:30 p.m. ET ALL Final Round Coverage Streams on Peacock Beginning at 10 a.m. ET Live From THE PLAYERS – Sunday at 8 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel, Leading into Final Round STAMFORD, Conn. – March 15, 2025 –NBC Sports announced updated coverage times for Sunday's final round of The PLAYERS Championship from The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on NBC, GOLF Channel, and Peacock. The earlier coverage windows come following the PGA TOUR's announcement of earlier final round tee times due to potential inclement weather. Sunday's final round coverage will begin at 10 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel, simulcast on NBC and GOLF Channel at noon ET, and shift to NBC at 12:30 p.m. ET. All coverage will stream on Peacock. Pre-game coverage will begin on GOLF Channel at 8 a.m. ET with Live From THE PLAYERS, and Live From will air on GOLF Channel at 3 p.m. ET, immediately following the conclusion of play. --NBC SPORTS--
