There’s an age-old question put to crowds that flock to the 17th hole at The Players Championship: are they there to see players hit brilliant shots or to watch them hit the water? To spare fans from that moral dilemma on Thursday,

Justin Lower's unlikely par during the first round of the Players Championship might have been the highlight of the day.

Justin Lower enters the 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) with +40000 odds to win after he missed the cut at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, his