PGA Tour Pro Goes Against Rory McIlroy as He Delivers Bold Take on 5th Major Talk

Russell Henley’s Take On The Players As The 'Fifth Major' Is Exactly What You'd Expect

We've made it to March, the month in which The Players is contested at TPC Sawgrass. This means the yearly dialogue about whether the PGA Tour's marquee event is or perhaps should be golf's fifth major championship is in full voice.The Players tournament itself leaned into the always-heated, yet relatively pointless discussion in February, by promoting the event with the tagline ‘March is going to be major.’It seems like just about everyone – fr…

PGA Tour Pro Goes Against Rory McIlroy as He Delivers Bold Take on 5th Major Talk

There has been a lot of recent talk that The Players Championship is a major, even without the official status. That comes on the back of the event’s social media pages sharing a teaser video with the caption “March is going to be major”. Since then, several PGA pros and critics alike have claimed that it should be a major, although Rory McIlroy played that down. However, now, Russell Henley has made the case for the other side. The World No. 7 …

Russell Henley weighs in on Players as a fifth major

As he prepared to defend his championship at the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week, Russell Henley weighed in on whether next week's The Players Championship should be recognized as golf's fifth major.