The 2018 Players Championship was a professional golf tournament, held from May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The flagship event of the PGA Tour, this was the 45th edition of The Players Championship, and the 37th edition held at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. The tournament was won by Webb Simpson, four strokes ahead of three runners-up. Defending champion Kim Si-woo opened with a five-under 67, but finished 15 strokes back, tied for 63rd place. This was the twelfth consecutive Players Championship held in May; it returned to March in 2019.