A year on from becoming the first player to defend The Players Championship title, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler tees off at Florida’s TPC Sawgrass on Thursday looking to put further distance between himself and his peers in golf’s history books.

Scheffler isn't the only player off to a slow start. PGA and British Open champion Xander Schauffele played the season opener at Kapalua and then sat out two months waiting on a rib injury to heal. He returned last week at brittle Bay Hill and did well to make the cut for the 58th straight tournament on the PGA Tour.