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Tim Schmitt

Building a Players Championship winner? Our Steve Scott has turned it into an scientific formula

At some of the crown jewels of our sport, the outcomes seem limited to a select few given the massive length of the course or density of the rough. However, for the PGA Tour’s showcase event that has never had a back-to-back winner in its 48 previous editions, the genetic makeup of the conqueror at the TPC Sawgrass can be as varied as the number of parts in the human body.

Just like there are five vital organs for human survival (heart, brain, lungs, liver and kidneys), there are five key areas to dissect this week at The Players Championship:

(Average category rank of winner in parentheses from Shotlink statistics.)

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