The 2012 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 39th Players Championship and was won by Matt Kuchar, two strokes ahead of four runners-up.[1][2]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | May 10–13, 2012 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,215 yards (6,597 m) |
Field | 144 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 144 (Even) |
Prize fund | $9.5 million |
Winner's share | $1.71 million |
Champion | |
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275 (−13) | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Florida | |
Defending champion K. J. Choi missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.
Venue
editThis was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).
Course layout
editTee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yards | n/a | 423 | 532 | 177 | 384 | 471 | 393 | 442 | 237 | 583 | 3,642 | 424 | 558 | 358 | 181 | 481 | 449 | 523 | 137 | 462 | 3,573 | 7,215 |
Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Field
editThe field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2011 Senior Players Championship.
Keegan Bradley (2,3,5,9), K. J. Choi (2,3,6,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ben Curtis, Luke Donald (2,3,7,9), Jason Dufner (2,3,9,11), Rickie Fowler (3,9), Harrison Frazar (3), Bill Haas (2,3,8,9), John Huh, Freddie Jacobson (2,3,9), Chris Kirk (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9,11), Rory McIlroy (5,9,11), George McNeill (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,8,9,11), Bryce Molder (3), Kevin Na (3), Sean O'Hair (3), Carl Pettersson (3,9,11), Scott Piercy (3), Justin Rose (2,3,7,9,11), Adam Scott (2,3,7,9), Webb Simpson (2,3,9), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,9), Scott Stallings (3), Kyle Stanley (3,11), Steve Stricker (2,3,9), David Toms (2,3,9), Johnson Wagner (3,11), Nick Watney (2,3,7,9), Mark Wilson (2,3,9,11), Tiger Woods (5,7,9)
- Darren Clarke (5) and Dustin Johnson (2,3,9) did not play.
- 2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list
Aaron Baddeley (3,9), Jonathan Byrd (3), Jason Day (3,9), Charles Howell III (3), Matt Kuchar (3,9), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Chez Reavie (3), John Senden (3,9), Vijay Singh (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Gary Woodland (3), Yang Yong-eun (3,5)
- 3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list
Blake Adams, Robert Allenby, Arjun Atwal, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Kris Blanks, Michael Bradley, Chad Campbell, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink (5), Chris Couch, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Ernie Els (7,9), Jim Furyk (8,9), Tommy Gainey, Sergio García (6,9), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Lucas Glover (5), Retief Goosen, Hunter Haas, Pádraig Harrington (5), David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman (5), Brandt Jobe, Zach Johnson (9), Kang Sung-hoon, Robert Karlsson (9), Jerry Kelly, Martin Laird (9), Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Graeme McDowell (5,9), John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Joe Ogilvie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice Jr., Ian Poulter (7,9), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Kevin Stadler, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Cameron Tringale, Jhonattan Vegas, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Jimmy Walker, Charlie Wi
- Paul Goydos, Anthony Kim, Steve Marino, D. A. Points, Charl Schwartzel (5,9), and Bubba Watson (2,3,5,9,11) did not play.
- 4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension
- 5. Major champions from the past five years
Ángel Cabrera, Martin Kaymer (9)
- 6. Players Championship winners from the past five years
- 7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners only from 2010–11, and only if PGA Tour members)
- 8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
- 9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 29
Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Simon Dyson, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Lee Westwood
- Thomas Bjørn, Anders Hansen, Kim Kyung-tae, and Paul Lawrie did not play.
- 10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season
- 11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 29
- 12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 29
Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Brian Harman, Colt Knost, Jeff Maggert, John Mallinger
- 13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144)
- Fred Couples did not play; therefore only 144 players competed.
Round summaries
editFirst round
editThursday, May 10, 2012
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Martin Laird | 65 | −7 |
Ian Poulter | |||
3 | Blake Adams | 66 | −6 |
T4 | Ben Crane | 67 | −5 |
Kevin Na | |||
T6 | Bae Sang-moon | 68 | −4 |
Jonathan Byrd | |||
Ben Curtis | |||
Brian Davis | |||
Harrison Frazar | |||
Bill Haas | |||
Matt Kuchar | |||
Adam Scott | |||
Kevin Stadler | |||
Michael Thompson | |||
Jhonattan Vegas |
Second round
editFriday, May 11, 2012
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Zach Johnson | 70-66=136 | −8 |
Kevin Na | 67-69=136 | ||
Matt Kuchar | 68-68=136 | ||
4 | Harris English | 70-67=137 | −7 |
T5 | Jonathan Byrd | 68-70=138 | −6 |
Adam Scott | 68-70=138 | ||
Brian Davis | 68-70=138 | ||
Martin Laird | 65-73=138 | ||
Charlie Wi | 71-67=138 | ||
T10 | Blake Adams | 66-73=139 | −5 |
Ben Curtis | 68-71=139 | ||
Michael Thompson | 68-71=139 | ||
Bill Haas | 68-71=139 | ||
Kevin Stadler | 68-71=139 |
Third round
editSaturday, May 12, 2012
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Kevin Na | 67-69-68=204 | −12 |
2 | Matt Kuchar | 68-68-69=205 | −11 |
3 | Rickie Fowler | 72-69-66=207 | −9 |
T4 | Zach Johnson | 70-66-73=209 | −7 |
Ben Curtis | 68-71-70=209 | ||
T6 | Jhonattan Vegas | 68-74-68=210 | −6 |
Brian Davis | 68-70-72=210 | ||
Jonathan Byrd | 68-70-72=210 | ||
Martin Laird | 65-73-72=210 | ||
T10 | Johnson Wagner | 69-73-69=211 | −5 |
Bo Van Pelt | 71-70-70=211 | ||
Blake Adams | 66-73-72=211 | ||
Charlie Wi | 71-67-73=211 |
Final round
editSunday, May 13, 2012
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Matt Kuchar | 68-68-69-70=275 | −13 | 1,710,000 |
T2 | Ben Curtis | 68-71-70-68=277 | −11 | 627,000 |
Rickie Fowler | 72-69-66-70=277 | |||
Zach Johnson | 70-66-73-68=277 | |||
Martin Laird | 65-73-72-67=277 | |||
6 | Luke Donald | 72-69-72-66=279 | −9 | 342,000 |
T7 | Kevin Na | 67-69-68-76=280 | −8 | 296,083 |
Bo Van Pelt | 71-70-70-69=280 | |||
Jhonattan Vegas | 68-74-68-70=280 | |||
T10 | Carl Pettersson | 71-72-69-69=281 | −7 | 247,000 |
David Toms | 69-74-73-65=281 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T12 | Blake Adams | 66-73-72-71=282 | −6 | 199,500 | |
Jonathan Byrd | 68-70-72-72=282 | ||||
Geoff Ogilvy | 70-73-70-69=282 | ||||
T15 | Brendon de Jonge | 69-71-72-71=283 | −5 | 137,987 | |
Bob Estes | 73-69-76-65=283 | ||||
Peter Hanson | 73-71-71-68=283 | ||||
Martin Kaymer | 73-69-70-71=283 | ||||
Spencer Levin | 74-68-72-69=283 | ||||
David Mathis | 72-71-69-71=283 | ||||
Adam Scott (c) | 68-70-74-71=283 | ||||
Henrik Stenson (c) | 71-71-71-70=283 | ||||
T23 | Chris Couch | 72-71-71-70=284 | −4 | 95,000 | |
John Huh | 75-66-72-71=284 | ||||
T25 | Tim Clark (c) | 71-70-71-73=285 | −3 | 66,547 | |
Brian Davis | 68-70-72-75=285 | ||||
Jim Furyk | 72-70-72-71=285 | ||||
Bill Haas | 68-71-74-72=285 | ||||
Phil Mickelson (c) | 71-71-70-73=285 | ||||
Pat Perez | 69-75-70-71=285 | ||||
Ian Poulter | 65-76-71-73=285 | ||||
John Rollins | 72-72-69-72=285 | ||||
Kevin Stadler | 68-71-73-73=285 | ||||
Charlie Wi | 71-67-73-74=285 | ||||
T35 | Keegan Bradley | 72-70-74-70=286 | −2 | 46,835 | |
Tom Gillis | 70-71-73-72=286 | ||||
Jeff Maggert | 70-71-71-74=286 | ||||
Johnson Wagner | 69-73-69-75=286 | ||||
Jimmy Walker | 71-70-71-74=286 | ||||
T40 | Kris Blanks | 69-74-72-72=287 | −1 | 37,050 | |
J. J. Henry | 71-73-74-69=287 | ||||
Bryce Molder | 72-72-70-73=287 | ||||
Álvaro Quirós | 72-72-72-71=287 | ||||
Tiger Woods (c) | 74-68-72-73=287 | ||||
45 | Marc Leishman | 73-70-73-72=288 | E | 31,350 | |
T46 | Ricky Barnes | 74-69-72-74=289 | +1 | 26,334 | |
Harrison Frazar | 68-76-69-76=289 | ||||
Brian Gay | 71-72-71-75=289 | ||||
Ryan Moore | 69-72-75-73=289 | ||||
Josh Teater | 71-71-76-71=289 | ||||
T51 | Brian Harman | 73-68-76-73=290 | +2 | 22,496 | |
Chris Kirk | 71-73-72-74=290 | ||||
Justin Rose | 76-68-75-71=290 | ||||
Kevin Streelman | 72-68-72-78=290 | ||||
Michael Thompson | 68-71-75-76=290 | ||||
T56 | Sergio García (c) | 73-71-68-79=291 | +3 | 21,280 | |
Trevor Immelman | 72-72-72-75=291 | ||||
Robert Karlsson | 70-74-76-71=291 | ||||
Rod Pampling | 71-72-78-70=291 | ||||
Nick Watney | 71-70-76-74=291 | ||||
T61 | Robert Allenby | 72-72-75-73=292 | +4 | 20,520 | |
Kang Sung-hoon | 75-68-72-77=292 | ||||
Lee Westwood | 71-70-74-77=292 | ||||
T64 | Stewart Cink | 71-72-78-72=293 | +5 | 19,855 | |
Harris English | 70-67-79-77=293 | ||||
George McNeill | 70-73-82-68=293 | ||||
Heath Slocum | 73-70-78-72=293 | ||||
T68 | Jason Dufner | 73-71-76-75=295 | +7 | 19,285 | |
David Hearn | 69-75-77-74=295 | ||||
T70 | Graham DeLaet | 71-73-76-76=296 | +8 | 18,905 | |
Justin Leonard (c) | 75-68-74-79=296 | ||||
72 | Cameron Tringale | 73-71-77-76=297 | +9 | 18,620 | |
CUT | Bae Sang-moon | 68-77=145 | +1 | ||
Ben Crane | 67-78=145 | ||||
Jason Day | 73-72=145 | ||||
Pádraig Harrington | 69-76=145 | ||||
Tim Herron | 70-75=145 | ||||
Charles Howell III | 76-69=145 | ||||
Graeme McDowell | 74-71=145 | ||||
Francesco Molinari | 72-73=145 | ||||
Joe Ogilvie | 72-73=145 | ||||
Nick O'Hern | 74-71=145 | ||||
Louis Oosthuizen | 71-74=145 | ||||
Ryan Palmer | 73-72=145 | ||||
John Senden | 74-71=145 | ||||
Chris DiMarco | 73-73=146 | +2 | |||
Lucas Glover | 74-72=146 | ||||
J. J. Killeen | 69-77=146 | ||||
Davis Love III (c) | 72-74=146 | ||||
Sean O'Hair | 69-77=146 | ||||
Webb Simpson | 73-73=146 | ||||
Kyle Stanley | 73-73=146 | ||||
Camilo Villegas | 75-71=146 | ||||
Arjun Atwal | 69-78=147 | +3 | |||
Chad Campbell | 72-75=147 | ||||
Ken Duke | 73-74=147 | ||||
Tommy Gainey | 74-73=147 | ||||
Brandt Jobe | 73-74=147 | ||||
John Mallinger | 73-74=147 | ||||
Jeff Overton | 78-69=147 | ||||
Scott Piercy | 73-74=147 | ||||
Chez Reavie | 72-75=147 | ||||
Rory Sabbatini | 76-71=147 | ||||
Vijay Singh | 73-74=147 | ||||
Scott Stallings | 72-75=147 | ||||
Chris Stroud | 73-74=147 | ||||
Michael Bradley | 74-74=148 | +4 | |||
Greg Chalmers | 72-76=148 | ||||
Ernie Els | 74-74=148 | ||||
Billy Mayfair | 79-69=148 | ||||
Rory McIlroy | 72-76=148 | ||||
John Merrick | 70-78=148 | ||||
Yang Yong-eun | 80-68=148 | ||||
Retief Goosen | 72-77=149 | +5 | |||
Bud Cauley | 75-75=150 | +6 | |||
Charley Hoffman | 79-71=150 | ||||
Freddie Jacobson | 71-79=150 | ||||
Hunter Mahan | 74-76=150 | ||||
Brandt Snedeker | 76-74=150 | ||||
Steve Stricker | 76-74=150 | ||||
Gary Woodland | 77-73=150 | ||||
K. J. Choi (c) | 75-76=151 | +7 | |||
Matt Every | 77-74=151 | ||||
Robert Garrigus | 73-78=151 | ||||
Brendan Steele | 72-79=151 | ||||
Mark Wilson | 74-77=151 | ||||
Matt Bettencourt | 75-77=152 | +8 | |||
Kevin Chappell | 74-78=152 | ||||
James Driscoll | 73-79=152 | ||||
J. B. Holmes | 74-78=152 | ||||
Ryuji Imada | 75-77=152 | ||||
Jerry Kelly | 82-72=154 | +10 | |||
Aaron Baddeley | 78-77=155 | +11 | |||
Tom Pernice Jr. | 80-75=155 | ||||
Troy Matteson | 79-77=156 | +12 | |||
Colt Knost | 79-78=157 | +13 | |||
Andrés Romero | 76-82=158 | +14 | |||
WD | Scott Verplank | 72 | E | ||
Briny Baird | 76 | +4 | |||
Simon Dyson | 76 | ||||
Ángel Cabrera | 78 | +6 | |||
Paul Casey | |||||
Hunter Haas | |||||
DQ | D. J. Trahan | 80 | +8 |
Source:[3]
Scorecard
editFinal round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:[4]
References
edit- ^ "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ^ Donegan, Lawrence (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.