PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – For the first time in 17 years at THE PLAYERS Championship, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will be playing partners.

Woods and Mickelson have combined for 122 PGA TOUR wins, including three titles at THE PLAYERS. The last time they played together at TPC Sawgrass was in 2001 when Tiger made his "Better than most" putt.

The groups were announced Sunday as one of the Featured Groups in the first two rounds this week at TPC Sawgrass. The third member of the group is another past champion at THE PLAYERS, Rickie Fowler.

A second Featured Group was also announced, consisting of reigning FedExCup champion Justin Thomas, along with the last two FedExCup champs before him, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy.

The last time Woods and Mickelson have been paired in any TOUR event was nearly four years ago in the first two rounds of the PGA Championship at Valhalla in Kentucky. Overall, this will be the 22nd different stroke-play event on TOUR in which they’ve played at least one round together.