2006 Players Championship

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2006 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 23–26, 2006
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394Coordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,098 yards (6,490 m)[1]
Field144 players, 74 after cut
Cut144 (Even)
Prize fund$8.0 million
Winner's share$1.44 million
Champion
Canada Stephen Ames
274 (−14)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
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The 2006 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 33rd Players Championship.

Stephen Ames shot a final round 67 and completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin, six strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen.[2][3] Ames was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over Sergio García and Vijay Singh.[4]

A month earlier at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Ames lasted only ten holes in the first round, falling to Tiger Woods 9&8.[5]

Defending champion Fred Funk finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for sixteenth place.

This was the final Players held in March until 2019; it moved to mid-May in 2007. The Players was moved back to March starting 2019 as the PGA Championship moves from August to May from 2019 onwards.[6][7][8][9]

Venue[]

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; five yards were added this year and its length was 7,098 yards (6,490 m).[1]

Field[]

Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Tommy Armour III, Arjun Atwal, Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Craig Barlow, , Rich Beem, Thomas Bjørn, Jason Bohn, Jeff Brehaut, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant, Jonathan Byrd, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Robert Damron, Brian Davis, Luke Donald, James Driscoll, Joe Durant, David Duval, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Todd Fischer, Steve Flesch, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Robert Gamez, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Nathan Green, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. J. Henry, Mark Hensby, Tim Herron, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, David Howell, John Huston, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Richard S. Johnson, Zach Johnson, Kent Jones, Steve Jones, Shingo Katayama, Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Hank Kuehne, Bernhard Langer, Stephen Leaney, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Paul McGinley, Rocco Mediate, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Nick O'Hern, Arron Oberholser, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, José María Olazábal, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Nick Price, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Tag Ridings, Loren Roberts, John Rollins, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, John Senden, Patrick Sheehan, Wes Short Jr., Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Jeff Sluman, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Sutherland, Hidemichi Tanaka, Vaughn Taylor, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Charles Warren, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Dean Wilson, Tiger Woods

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Jim Furyk  United States 65 −7
Davis Love III  United States
T3 Robert Allenby  Australia 67 −5
Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain
Bernhard Langer  Germany
T6 Ben Crane  United States 68 −4
Arron Oberholser  United States
José María Olazábal  Spain
John Rollins  United States
Vijay Singh  Fiji
Bo Van Pelt  United States

Source:[10]

Second round[]

Friday, March 24, 2006

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jim Furyk  United States 65-71=136 −8
T2 Stephen Ames  Canada 71-66=137 −7
Adam Scott  Australia 70-67=137
T4 K. J. Choi  South Korea 69-69=138 −6
Sergio García  Spain 70-68=138
Vijay Singh  Fiji 68-70=138
T7 Brad Faxon  United States 70-69=139 ��5
Steve Flesch  United States 69-70=139
Fred Funk  United States 69-70=139
Arron Oberholser  United States 68-71=139
José María Olazábal  Spain 68-71=139
Greg Owen  England 71-68=139
John Rollins  United States 68-71=139
Bo Van Pelt  United States 68-71=139

Source:[11][12]

Third round[]

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Stephen Ames  Canada 71-66-70=207 −9
T2 Sergio García  Spain 70-68-70=208 −8
Vijay Singh  Fiji 68-70-70=208
T4 Henrik Stenson  Sweden 69-71-70=210 −6
Mike Weir  Canada 71-71-68=210
T6 Jim Furyk  United States 65-71-75=211 −5
Retief Goosen  South Africa 69-71-71=211
Tom Pernice Jr.  United States 70-70-71=211
Carl Pettersson  Sweden 71-70-70=211
John Rollins  United States 68-71-72=211
Bo Van Pelt  United States 68-71-72=211

Source:[13]

Final round[]

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Stephen Ames  Canada 71-66-70-67=274 −14 1,440,000
2 Retief Goosen  South Africa 69-71-71-69=280 −8 864,000
T3 Jim Furyk  United States 65-71-75-72=283 −5 384,000
Pat Perez  United States 71-72-69-71=283
Henrik Stenson  Sweden 69-71-70-73=283
Camilo Villegas  Colombia 74-70-68-71=283
7 José María Olazábal  Spain 68-71-74-71=284 −4 268,000
T8 Ernie Els  South Africa 72-70-72-71=285 −3 208,000
Carl Pettersson  Sweden 71-70-70-74=285
John Rollins  United States 68-71-72-74=285
Vijay Singh  Fiji 68-70-70-77=285
Vaughn Taylor  United States 73-71-68-73=285
Bo Van Pelt  United States 68-71-72-74=285

Source:[14]

Scorecard[]

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
Canada Ames −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −14 −14 −14
South Africa Goosen −6 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8
United States Furyk −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5
United States Perez −5 −6 −6 −6 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5
Sweden Stenson −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5
Colombia Villegas −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5
Fiji Singh −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3
Spain García  −8  −7 −6 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 -4  −3  −3 -3 -3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2
Canada Weir −6 −6 −5 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 E E +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

References[]

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