In 42 years at Sawgrass, that's an average of 24 golf balls going splash down each tournament. The field of 144 will hit about 430 tee balls on the 17th hole over the course of four days in 2026, so expect about five percent of this year's tee shots to end up in the drink.

Morikawa's caddie, JJ Jakovac, aced the par-3 17th Wednesday on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. The hole-in-one was during the annual caddie competition, in which the loopers get their turn at the infamous island-green hole.

One Players Championship drought is over. There has finally been a hole-in-one at the par-3 17th hole of the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in the annual Caddie Contest, held every Wednesday the week of the Players Championship since 2000.