As we said earlier in the week, it’s all about the island green 17th hole at The Players Championship, aka the “fifth major.” I still don’t agree with that sentiment since to me the whole Pete Dye railroad ties-thing seems like mini golf. Plus, there is absolutely no tradition behind The Players equal to that of the heritage of the U.S. Open or British Open, or the grandeur of Bobby Jones’ idea, the Masters.

Even the PGA to me has more major muster than The Players, simply again because of its connection to course pros and the history of the sport. But that doesn’t mean we won’t watch all the big guns this week, since there is (hooray!) online coverage again. (I just watched defending champ K.J. Choi rinse one at the 17th as I am writing this.) Now all Tiger needs to do is conjure up some more 17th hole putting magic to put all the chattering to rest.

Here’s where to follow the action:

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

(all times Eastern)
TV COVERAGE
Thursday, May 10 — Golf Channel, 1 p.m. — 7 p.m.; 9 p.m. — 12 a.m.
Friday, May 11 — Golf Channel, 1 p.m. — 7 p.m.; 9 p.m. — 12 a.m.
Saturday, May 12 — Golf Channel, 12 p.m. — 2 p.m.; NBC, 2 p.m. — 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 13 — Golf Channel, 12 p.m. — 2 p.m.; NBC, 2 p.m. — 7 p.m.

RADIO
SIRIUS XM (Satellite)
12 p.m. — 7 p.m., Thursday-Sunday

ONLINE
The PGA’s Live@ is back! This page seems to be the best for links to whatever they are showing on @Live. Here is the @Live schedule:
Thursday/Friday: 9 a.m. — 7 p.m.
Saturday/Sunday: 12 p.m. — 7 p.m.

PGA SHOT TRACKER
Get another online fix via Shot Tracker for the TPC.

TIGER TRACKER
GolfWeek is back with its hole by hole recap of El Tigre’s swings… Here’s round one.

TOP TWITTER FEEDS TO FOLLOW

Geoff Shackelford — well known golf writer.
Golf Channel — official Golf Channel feed
@PGATOUR — official PGA Twitter feed
@StephanieWei — great golf writer who is a Twitter fiend

WHAT’S THE COURSE LIKE?
The main TPC page has an exhaustive hole-by-hole description of TPC Sawgrass.

WHO WON THIS THING LAST YEAR?
K.J. Choi.

FEDEX CUP LEADERS
1. Hunter Mahan, 1,378 points
2. Bubba Watson, 1372
3. Rory McIlroy, 1,290
4. Phil Mickelson, 1,178
5. Carl Pettersson, 1,135

See the full standings for the FedEx Cup points list.

WORLD GOLF RANKINGS
1. Rory McIlroy; 2. Luke Donald; 3. Lee Westwood; 4. Bubba Watson; 5. Hunter Mahan.
See the official World Golf Ranking list.