The three danger holes at TPC Sawgrass which Tiger Woods has already warned a lot can ‘go wrong’ at ahead of this year’s Players Championship

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Tiger Woods will sadly not be taking on the Players Championship this week, a tournament he has won twice in his stunning career.

Woods thinks the Players is the fifth major, with TPC Sawgrass once again playing host to the iconic PGA Tour event this time around.

Russell Henley has just emulated Woods, with the former having won the most recent PGA Tour tournament of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

He saw off Collin Morikawa by one shot at Bay Hill, but focus now quickly turns to TPC Sawgrass for the Players Championship.

Scottie Scheffler clinched the title last time out and indeed in 2023, with the American headlining the field for 2025.

Tiger Woods warned a lot can ‘go wrong’ in TPC Sawgrass last three holes

But even with his recent success, the world number one would still be wise to take note of a warning sent by legendary figure Woods after his second Players win in 2013.

Asked in his winning press conference how tough it was, especially the last few holes, and indeed if he worked as hard on it as some of his close major championships, he replied: “You know, sometimes it’s a little harder than others, and I think that’s, one, based on how I’m playing, but also the nature of the golf course.

“This is a very tricky golf course with a lot of things that can go wrong coming down the stretch the last three holes.

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“Anything can happen. As you saw at 15, I made a sweet save there, and got to 16 and I took a chance of going for it in two.

“I had 211 to the front and hit 7‑iron out of there and tried to force a flier, and I got one and got in the bunker and got it up and down.

“17, anything can happen with a little left‑to‑right wind. My ball got hammered by the wind and ended up short and that’s not exactly an easy two‑putt.

“And then 18 with the left‑to‑right wind and the tees were up a little bit, I could see some of the guys were… you could hit it through the fairway pretty easily. We went with 5‑wood today and hammered it down there and gave myself a chance.”

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Woods really enjoyed himself on the course in 2013, with the Players Championship representing one of his five wins that year.

The American started out with victory at the Farmers Insurance Open, ending his success at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, with other titles arriving at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard and World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship.

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At TPC Sawgrass, he was pressured by the likes of David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert and Kevin Streelman, but they could only tie for second on 11-under.

Champion Woods finished on 13-under, and was also tasked with discussing the ‘theater’ at holes 16 and 17.

Asked how aware he was of what was going on behind him, and what the walk to the 17th is like as a player, he replied: “Yeah, I was on the green and I knew where Sergio [Garcia] was, and I was on the 17th tee and I saw he had a putter in hand so he obviously knocked it on in two.

“So it was just waiting for the roar if he made the putt or just a nice applause if he made a two‑putt, and he obviously two‑putted.

“But that still didn’t change my putt on 17. I had a difficult putt, and when you’ve got to play 15 feet of break and have it kind of slide down there, I thought I did well to get the speed right.

“I felt like I should throw it past the hole and let it come back in, and just a fraction too far, but it was a good putt.

“We’ve seen amazing things happen there at 16 and 17, obviously Perksy chipping in and making putts, chipped in on 18, so many different things can happen, and I was hoping I would be on the good side of it, and I played those holes in 1‑under par.”