TPC Sawgrass is a tough all-round test of golf, especially off the tee, where tight and fast fairways make it imperative to get the golf ball in-play.
Looking at a list of past winners, some of the game’s best ever ball strikers have won here, including Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Lee Trevino and Greg Norman to name a few.
Nicklaus has the most Players Championship wins with three
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Arguably, the driver is the most important club in the bag and, at The Players Championship venue, it’s crucial to have the big stick firing if you are to challenge at the PGA Tour’s Flagship Event.
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Below, we have listed every driver that the winners have used over the last decade, with two brands dominating at TPC Sawgrass, claiming the last nine Players Championships.
Take a look at what driver, and specs, the champions have used to claim their wins below…
2025: Rory McIlroy – TaylorMade Qi10
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Having changed his golf ball at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, McIlroy had experimented with the TaylorMade Qi35 driver at the Arnold Palmer Invitational the week prior to The Players Championship.
Using the Qi35 for the first three rounds, McIlroy moved back to his Qi10 for the final round at Bay Hill, with that driver remaining in the bag for TPC Sawgrass, a tournament he won via a playoff against JJ Spaun.
The Qi10 was in-play for the majority of his 2024 season, with McIlroy continuing to use it for 2025 also. It was in the bag for his Masters win and has a Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X shaft, a mainstay in his set-up for some time.
During his victorious Players Championship win, McIlroy ranked 17th for Strokes Gained: Off the Tee for the week, hitting 48.28% of his fairways and averaging 299.80 yards off the tee.
2024: Scottie Scheffler – TaylorMade Qi10
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Like McIlroy, Scheffler also had the Qi10 in the bag for his Players Championship victory in 2024, with the American putting it in-play at the start of the season.
Also like McIlroy, the Qi10 stayed for not just 2024, but also 2025, with Scheffler’s driver possessing a few differences to a standard Qi10, including a brighter blue…
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