Bud Cauley is in the hunt at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Here's what fans need to know about the surprise contender.

Bud Cauley was on the verge of greatness on Sunday morning. He entered the final 18 holes at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. in second place

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Until Bud Cauley got a phone call last week at the Bear’s Club in Jupiter to inform him Lee Hodges' withdrawal from the 2025 Players Championship put him in the 144-man field, his weekend game plan was “changing diapers” of 6-week-old son Miles and “not sleeping very well.”