2019 Players Championship

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The 2019 Players Championship was the 46th Players Championship and was played March 14–17 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 38th edition held at the Stadium Course and the first in March in thirteen years.

On January 28, 2019, it was announced the 2019 Players Championship would have a $12.5 million purse, "the biggest prize professional golf has ever seen for a single tournament." It was a 13 percent increase from the 2018 Championship.[1]

Rory McIlroy shot a two-under 70 in the final round for 272 (−16) to win his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk. Defending champion Webb Simpson finished six strokes back, tied for 16th place.[2][3]

Venue

Course layout

The 2019 Players Championship
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 76.4 / 155 423 532 177 384 471 393 451 237 583 3,651 424 558 302 181 481 470 523 137 462 3,538 7,189
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 72

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Keegan Bradley (2,9), Cameron Champ, Bryson DeChambeau (2,8,9), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9,13), J. B. Holmes (2,9), Charles Howell III (2,9,13), Dustin Johnson (2,4,7,9,13), Michael Kim (2), Brooks Koepka (2,4,9,13), Matt Kuchar (2,9,13), Marc Leishman (2,8,9,13), Adam Long, Troy Merritt (2), Phil Mickelson (2,7,9,13), Keith Mitchell (2), Francesco Molinari (2,4,8,9), Kevin Na (2), Andrew Putnam (2,9), Justin Rose (2,7,9), Xander Schauffele (2,6,7,9,13), Webb Simpson (2,5,9), Brandt Snedeker (2), Martin Trainer, Justin Thomas (2,4,7,9,13), Kevin Tway (2), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9), Aaron Wise (2), Tiger Woods (2,6,9)

2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

An Byeong-hun, Abraham Ancer, Ryan Armour, Daniel Berger, Ryan Blaum, Scott Brown, Bronson Burgoon, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (9), Patrick Cantlay (9), Bud Cauley, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Stewart Cink, Austin Cook, Joel Dahmen, Jason Day (4,5,7,9), Jason Dufner (8), Tyler Duncan, Harris English, Tony Finau (9), Tommy Fleetwood (9), Brice Garnett, Brian Gay, Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo, Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brandon Harkins, Tyrrell Hatton (9), Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, Tom Hoge, Billy Horschel (9), Beau Hossler, John Huh, Zach Johnson (4), Kang Sung-hoon, Kim Si-woo (5), Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (9), Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Satoshi Kodaira, Jason Kokrak, Kelly Kraft, Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Andrew Landry, Danny Lee, Luke List, Hideki Matsuyama (7,9), Rory McIlroy (4,6,8,9), Ryan Moore, Trey Mullinax, Grayson Murray, Alex Norén (9), Louis Oosthuizen (9), Ryan Palmer, Pan Cheng-tsung, Scott Piercy, J. T. Poston, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (9), Séamus Power, Jon Rahm (9), Chez Reavie, Patrick Reed (4,9), Patrick Rodgers, Sam Ryder, Rory Sabbatini, Sam Saunders, Ollie Schniederjans, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (9), Cameron Smith (9), J. J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth (4,9), Scott Stallings, Kyle Stanley (9), Brendan Steele, Henrik Stenson (4,9), Kevin Streelman, Brian Stuard, Nick Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Peter Uihlein, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas, Jimmy Walker (4), Nick Watney, Richy Werenski, Gary Woodland (9,13)

3. Top 125 (medical)

Lucas Glover

4. Major champions from the past five years

Sergio García (9), Martin Kaymer (5), Danny Willett

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years
6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years
8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners from the past three years
9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Lucas Bjerregaard, Matt Fitzpatrick, Li Haotong, Shane Lowry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Eddie Pepperell, Matt Wallace

10. Senior Players champion from prior year

Vijay Singh

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Im Sung-jae

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Denny McCarthy

13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders
14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Keegan Bradley and Tommy Fleetwood shot 7-under-par rounds of 65 to share the lead by one stroke over An Byeong-hun and Brian Harman.[4] Harris English scored an albatross on the par-5 11th hole, the third albatross in as many years at TPC Sawgrass.[5]

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Keegan Bradley 65 −7
England Tommy Fleetwood
T3 South Korea An Byeong-hun 66 −6
United States Brian Harman
T5 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 67 −5
United States Ryan Moore
United States Vaughn Taylor
T8 United States Kevin Kisner 68 −4
United States J. T. Poston
Slovakia Rory Sabbatini
United States Kyle Stanley
United States Brendan Steele

Source:[6]

Second round

Friday, March 15, 2019

Place Player Score To par
T1 England Tommy Fleetwood 65-67=132 −12
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 67-65=132
T3 Mexico Abraham Ancer 69-66=135 −9
United States Jim Furyk 71-64=135
United States Brian Harman 66-69=135
England Ian Poulter 69-66=135
T7 Australia Jason Day 70-66=136 −8
United States Kevin Kisner 68-68=136
United States Keith Mitchell 71-65=136
T10 South Korea An Byeong-hun 66-71=137 −7
United States Dustin Johnson 69-68=137
United States Luke List 69-68=137
United States J. T. Poston 68-69=137
Spain Jon Rahm 69-68=137
Slovakia Rory Sabbatini 68-69=137
United States Vaughn Taylor 67-70=137

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Place Player Score To par
1 Spain Jon Rahm 69-68-64=201 −15
T2 England Tommy Fleetwood 65-67-70=202 −14
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 67-65-70=202
4 Australia Jason Day 70-66-68=204 −12
5 Mexico Abraham Ancer 69-66-70=205 −11
T6 United States Keegan Bradley 65-73-68=206 −10
United States Jim Furyk 71-64-71=206
United States Brian Harman 66-69-71=206
United States Dustin Johnson 69-68-69=206
United States Ollie Schniederjans 71-70-65=206
United States Brandt Snedeker 69-72-65=206

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 67-65-70-70=272 −16 2,250,000
2 United States Jim Furyk 71-64-71-67=273 −15 1,350,000
T3 England Eddie Pepperell 72-68-68-66=274 −14 725,000
Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas 72-69-67-66=274
T5 England Tommy Fleetwood 65-67-70-73=275 −13 456,250
United States Dustin Johnson 69-68-69-69=275
United States Brandt Snedeker 69-72-65-69=275
T8 Australia Jason Day (c) 70-66-68-72=276 −12 350,000
United States Brian Harman 66-69-71-70=276
Japan Hideki Matsuyama 71-72-66-67=276
England Justin Rose 74-66-68-68=276
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T12 Mexico Abraham Ancer 69-66-70-72=277 −11 253,125
United States Joel Dahmen 69-71-67-70=277
Spain Jon Rahm 69-68-64-76=277
Australia Adam Scott (c) 70-69-68-70=277
T16 United States Keegan Bradley 65-73-68-72=278 −10 193,750
United States Ollie Schniederjans 71-70-65-72=278
United States Webb Simpson (c) 70-70-70-68=278
Canada Nick Taylor 73-69-69-67=278
T20 United States Bryson DeChambeau 70-69-69-71=279 −9 156,250
United States Ryan Moore 67-74-69-69=279
T22 United States Tony Finau 69-71-68-72=280 −8 125,000
Spain Sergio García (c) 69-70-74-67=280
United States Kevin Kisner 68-68-71-73=280
United States J. T. Poston 68-69-73-70=280
T26 South Korea An Byeong-hun 66-71-73-71=281 −7 94,375
Argentina Emiliano Grillo 70-72-73-66=281
United States Billy Horschel 69-70-73-69=281
United States Matt Kuchar (c) 69-70-72-70=281
T30 Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard 70-70-70-72=282 −6 77,625
United States Tom Hoge 69-71-70-72=282
England Matt Wallace 69-73-70-70=282
United States Gary Woodland 72-69-73-68=282
United States Tiger Woods (c) 70-71-72-69=282
T35 United States Brice Garnett 71-69-73-70=283 −5 60,312
United States Charles Howell III 69-70-75-69=283
Scotland Russell Knox 70-68-73-72=283
Republic of Ireland Séamus Power 74-67-73-69=283
Slovakia Rory Sabbatini 68-69-74-72=283
United States Justin Thomas 71-72-70-70=283
T41 Canada Corey Conners 72-70-68-74=284 −4 45,000
England Matt Fitzpatrick 70-71-72-71=284
United States Denny McCarthy 69-72-72-71=284
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 70-69-76-69=284
United States Vaughn Taylor 67-70-71-76=284
United States Martin Trainer 73-69-72-70=284
T47 United States Bud Cauley 69-70-76-70=285 −3 31,388
United States Rickie Fowler (c) 74-67-68-76=285
South Korea Kang Sung-hoon 73-66-74-72=285
United States Jason Kokrak 73-68-74-70=285
United States Kelly Kraft 73-70-71-71=285
United States Andrew Landry 73-68-73-71=285
United States Keith Mitchell 71-65-75-74=285
United States Patrick Reed 69-69-69-78=285
United States Richy Werenski 72-71-68-74=285
T56 United States Brian Gay 76-67-68-75=286 −2 27,250
South Korea Kim Si-woo (c) 73-68-72-73=286
United States Chris Kirk 74-69-72-71=286
United States Brooks Koepka 72-71-73-70=286
United States Luke List 69-68-75-74=286
Italy Francesco Molinari 72-70-72-72=286
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 73-70-73-70=286
United States Scott Piercy 74-68-72-72=286
England Ian Poulter 69-66-75-76=286
Australia Cameron Smith 72-70-73-71=286
United States Bubba Watson 72-71-70-73=286
T67 United States Daniel Berger 75-68-70-74=287 −1 25,500
United States Scott Langley 69-72-75-71=287
United States Jimmy Walker 75-68-73-71=287
70 United States Michael Thompson 69-71-72-76=288 E 25,000
71 Germany Martin Kaymer (c) 71-69-73-78=291 +3 24,750
T72 South Africa Branden Grace 73-70-72-77=292 +4 24,375
Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung 72-70-74-76=292
T74 United States Jason Dufner 70-73-74=217 +1 23,750
United States Tyler Duncan 70-71-76=217
India Anirban Lahiri 70-71-76=217
77 United States Patrick Rodgers 72-70-76=218 +2 23,250
78 United States Kevin Na 71-70-78=219 +3 23,000
T79 United States Patton Kizzire 71-70-79=220 +4 22,625
United States Adam Long 71-72-77=220
CUT United States Beau Hossler 70-74=144 E
South Korea Im Sung-jae 73-71=144
Australia Marc Leishman 71-73=144
China Li Haotong 69-75=144
United States Troy Merritt 71-73=144
United States Trey Mullinax 69-75=144
United States Xander Schauffele 70-74=144
United States Scott Stallings 71-73=144
United States Kyle Stanley 68-76=144
United States Brendan Steele 68-76=144
United States Kevin Streelman 73-71=144
United States Dominic Bozzelli 74-71=145 +1
United States Russell Henley 73-72=145
United States J. B. Holmes 73-72=145
United States Ryan Palmer 71-74=145
United States Chez Reavie 71-74=145
United States Sam Ryder 74-71=145
United States Jordan Spieth 76-69=145
Sweden Henrik Stenson (c) 75-70=145
United States Nick Watney 70-75=145
United States Aaron Wise 71-74=145
United States Ryan Armour 72-74=146 +2
United States Ryan Blaum 71-75=146
United States Patrick Cantlay 75-71=146
Germany Alex Čejka 73-73=146
United States Harris English 70-76=146
United States Chesson Hadley 76-70=146
Scotland Martin Laird 76-70=146
Sweden Alex Norén 70-76=146
United States Brian Stuard 75-71=146
United States Stewart Cink 77-70=147 +3
United States Austin Cook 72-75=147
United States Talor Gooch 72-75=147
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 73-74=147
United States Peter Uihlein 72-75=147
Australia Aaron Baddeley 75-73=148 +4
United States Scott Brown 75-73=148
United States Lucas Glover 76-72=148
England Tyrrell Hatton 74-74=148
United States Phil Mickelson (c) 74-74=148
United States Ted Potter Jr. 74-74=148
United States Sam Saunders 75-73=148
United States Kevin Tway 76-72=148
England Danny Willett 75-73=148
United States Bronson Burgoon 73-76=149 +5
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 75-74=149
Fiji Vijay Singh 73-76=149
United States Brandon Harkins 69-81=150 +6
United States John Huh 74-76=150
United States Zach Johnson 73-77=150
Japan Satoshi Kodaira 74-76=150
United States Grayson Murray 72-78=150
United States Harold Varner III 74-76=150
Canada Adam Hadwin 76-75=151 +7
United States Andrew Putnam 76-75=151
England Paul Casey 78-74=152 +8
United States Charley Hoffman 75-77=152
United States Michael Kim 74-78=152
New Zealand Danny Lee 75-77=152
Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat 84-69=153 +9
Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello 77-76=153
WD United States J. J. Spaun 76 +4
United States Cameron Champ 78 +6
DQ United States Wyndham Clark

Source:[7]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4
Northern Ireland McIlroy −14 −14 −14 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16
United States Furyk −9 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −15
England Pepperell −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −14
Venezuela Vegas −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14
England Fleetwood −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −14 −13 −13
Spain Rahm −14 −14 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −11 −11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[6]

References

  1. ^ Zak, Sean (January 28, 2019). "Players Championship upgrades purse to biggest in single-event history". Golf.com.
  2. ^ "Rory McIlroy holds off Jim Furyk to win Players Championship at Sawgrass". BBC Sport. March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Murray, Scott (March 18, 2019). "Rory McIlroy wins the 2019 Players' Championship – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "Players Championship: Tommy Fleetwood and Keegan Bradley share lead at Sawgrass". BBC Sport. March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Myers, Alex (March 14, 2019). "Players Championship 2019: Harris English keeps crazy albatross streak going at TPC Sawgrass". Golf Digest. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d "The Players Championship: Leaderboard". ESPN. March 17, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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