2016 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | May 12–15, 2016 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°WCoordinates: 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, 76 after cut |
Cut | 142 (−2) |
Prize fund | $10.5 million |
Winner's share | $1.89 million |
Champion | |
Jason Day | |
273 (−15) | |
Location Map | |
TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States | |
The 2016 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 12–15 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 43rd Players Championship.
Jason Day, number one in the world rankings and reigning PGA Champion, led wire-to-wire to win his first Players, four strokes ahead of runner-up Kevin Chappell.[1][2] With favorable scoring conditions early, Day was at 129 (−15) after 36 holes and then shot even par on the weekend.
Defending champion Rickie Fowler missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.
Venue[]
This was the 35th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).
Course layout[]
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yards | 76.8 / 155 | 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[]
The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:[3]
Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Day (2,4,7,8,9,13), Jason Dufner (2,4), Tony Finau (2), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9), Fabián Gómez (2), Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo (9), James Hahn (2), J. J. Henry (2), Jim Herman (2), Charley Hoffman (2,9), Zach Johnson (2,4,9), Smylie Kaufman (9), Chris Kirk (2), Kevin Kisner (2,9,13), Russell Knox (2,7,9,13), Danny Lee (2,9), David Lingmerth (2,8,9), Davis Love III (2), Shane Lowry (7,9), Peter Malnati, Hideki Matsuyama (2,9), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (2,4,7,9), Troy Merritt (2), Scott Piercy (2), Adam Scott (2,4,7,9,13), Brandt Snedeker (2,9,13), Jordan Spieth (2,4,6,9,13), Brian Stuard, Vaughn Taylor, Justin Thomas (2,9,13), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9,13), Danny Willett (4,9)
- Charl Schwartzel (2,9) did not play.
- 2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list
Daniel Berger (9), Zac Blair, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4), Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Kevin Chappell, Chad Collins, Erik Compton, Jon Curran, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every (8), Jim Furyk (9), Sergio García (9), Andres Gonzales, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Bill Haas (9), Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brian Harman, Pádraig Harrington, David Hearn, Russell Henley, Morgan Hoffmann, J. B. Holmes (9), Billy Horschel (6,9), Charles Howell III, John Huh, Dustin Johnson (7,9), Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Colt Knost, Brooks Koepka (9), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (5,9), Martin Laird, Marc Leishman (9), Spencer Levin, Hunter Mahan, Ben Martin, William McGirt, George McNeill, Phil Mickelson (4,9), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore (9), Kevin Na (9,13), Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (9), Carlos Ortiz, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Carl Pettersson, Scott Pinckney, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed (7,9,13), Kyle Reifers, Justin Rose (4,9), John Senden, Vijay Singh, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani, Henrik Stenson (6,9), Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Daniel Summerhays, Hudson Swafford, Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Jimmy Walker (9), Boo Weekley, Steve Wheatcroft, Will Wilcox, Mark Wilson, Gary Woodland
- Bae Sang-moon, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Ryo Ishikawa, Pat Perez, John Peterson, Rory Sabbatini, Webb Simpson (4), Nick Watney, and Lee Westwood (9) did not play.
- 3. Top 125 (medical)
Freddie Jacobson
- 4. Major champions from the past five years
Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (5)
- Darren Clarke did not play.
- 5. Players Championship winners from the past five years
- Tiger Woods (7) did not play.
- 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 since 2015
- 9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking
An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Matt Fitzpatrick, Søren Kjeldsen, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger
- Thongchai Jaidee and Kim Kyung-tae did not play.
- 10. Senior Players champion from prior year
Bernhard Langer
- 11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season
- 12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals
- 13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders
- 14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings
Ricky Barnes, Kim Si-woo, Jamie Lovemark, Patrick Rodgers, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas
- These players were all in the first 73 places in the standings, as of May 2.[4]
- Aaron Baddeley – replaced Webb Simpson[5]
Nationalities in the field[]
North America (94) | South America (4) | Europe (27) | Oceania (9) | Asia (5) | Africa (5) |
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Canada (4) | Argentina (2) | England (8) | Australia (7) | Japan (1) | South Africa (4) |
Mexico (1) | Colombia (1) | Northern Ireland (2) | Fiji (1) | South Korea (3) | Zimbabwe (1) |
United States (89) | Venezuela (1) | Scotland (2) | New Zealand (1) | Thailand (1) | |
Ireland (2) | |||||
Austria (1) | |||||
Denmark (1) | |||||
Germany (3) | |||||
Italy (1) | |||||
Spain (2) | |||||
Sweden (5) |
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Jason Day | Australia | 63 | −9 |
T2 | Bill Haas | United States | 65 | −7 |
Shane Lowry | Ireland | |||
Justin Rose | England | |||
Brendan Steele | United States | |||
Cameron Tringale | United States | |||
T7 | Daniel Berger | United States | 66 | −6 |
Ernie Els | South Africa | |||
Brooks Koepka | United States | |||
Francesco Molinari | Italy | |||
Hudson Swafford | United States | |||
Boo Weekley | United States |
Second round[]
Friday, May 13, 2016
Saturday, May 14, 2016
A two-hour weather delay on Friday afternoon caused several players to suspend their rounds due to darkness. Among these was Day, who completed the final four holes of his second round on Saturday morning; play resumed at 9:15 a.m. EDT.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Jason Day | Australia | 63-66=129 | −15 |
2 | Shane Lowry | Ireland | 65-68=133 | −11 |
T3 | Jonas Blixt | Sweden | 67-67=134 | −10 |
Alex Čejka | Germany | 67-67=134 | ||
Cameron Tringale | United States | 65-69=134 | ||
T6 | Jerry Kelly | United States | 67-68=135 | −9 |
Colt Knost | United States | 72-63=135 | ||
Russell Knox | Scotland | 68-67=135 | ||
Francesco Molinari | Italy | 66-69=135 | ||
Boo Weekley | United States | 66-69=135 | ||
Gary Woodland | United States | 67-68=135 |
Third round[]
Saturday, May 14, 2016
With the second round completed on Saturday morning, the third round was played in groupings of three from split tees. Scores were significantly higher than the first two rounds, as the course conditions toughened. Ken Duke shot 65 (−7) for the best round of the day and Hideki Matsuyama carded a 67; both joined Alex Čejka in a tie for second, four strokes behind Day, who recorded a one-over 73.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Jason Day | Australia | 63-66-73=202 | −14 |
T2 | Alex Čejka | Germany | 67-67-72=206 | −10 |
Ken Duke | United States | 74-67-65=206 | ||
Hideki Matsuyama | Japan | 68-71-67=206 | ||
5 | Francesco Molinari | Italy | 66-69-72=207 | −9 |
T6 | Kevin Chappell | United States | 71-67-70=208 | −8 |
Retief Goosen | South Africa | 70-68-70=208 | ||
T8 | Jonas Blixt | Sweden | 67-67-75=209 | −7 |
Colt Knost | United States | 72-63-74=209 | ||
Cameron Tringale | United States | 65-69-75=209 |
Final round[]
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Jason Day | Australia | 63-66-73-71=273 | −15 | 1,890,000 |
2 | Kevin Chappell | United States | 71-67-70-69=277 | −11 | 1,134,000 |
T3 | Ken Duke | United States | 74-67-65-72=278 | −10 | 504,000 |
Colt Knost | United States | 72-63-74-69=278 | |||
Matt Kuchar (c) | United States | 71-67-72-68=278 | |||
Justin Thomas | United States | 70-68-75-65=278 | |||
T7 | Hideki Matsuyama | Japan | 68-71-67-73=279 | −9 | 338,625 |
Francesco Molinari | Italy | 66-69-72-72=279 | |||
T9 | Daniel Berger | United States | 66-72-73-69=280 | −8 | 283,500 |
Alex Čejka | Germany | 67-67-72-74=280 | |||
Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | 72-70-69-69=280 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
T12 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | 70-68-70-73=281 | −7 | 212,625 |
Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 72-64-75-70=281 | |||
Bryce Molder | United States | 70-68-72-71=281 | |||
Adam Scott (c) | Australia | 73-65-75-68=281 | |||
T16 | Shane Lowry | Ireland | 65-68-78-71=282 | −6 | 168,000 |
Cameron Tringale | United States | 65-69-75-73=282 | |||
Boo Weekley | United States | 66-69-78-69=282 | |||
T19 | Jonas Blixt | Sweden | 67-67-75-74=283 | −5 | 131,775 |
Jerry Kelly | United States | 67-68-77-71=283 | |||
Russell Knox | Scotland | 68-67-80-68=283 | |||
Justin Rose | England | 65-74-78-66=283 | |||
T23 | Paul Casey | England | 68-72-76-68=284 | −4 | 93,450 |
Kim Si-woo | South Korea | 68-70-72-74=284 | |||
Ryan Palmer | United States | 67-70-75-72=284 | |||
Scott Piercy | United States | 70-68-75-71=284 | |||
Daniel Summerhays | United States | 69-71-71-73=284 | |||
T28 | David Hearn | Canada | 71-71-72-71=285 | −3 | 68,325 |
J. J. Henry | United States | 70-69-74-72=285 | |||
Billy Horschel | United States | 68-70-75-72=285 | |||
Dustin Johnson | United States | 70-70-77-68=285 | |||
Louis Oosthuizen | South Africa | 72-67-74-72=285 | |||
Vijay Singh | Fiji | 70-70-73-72=285 | |||
Gary Woodland | United States | 67-68-76-74=285 | |||
T35 | Keegan Bradley | United States | 72-67-76-71=286 | −2 | 52,893 |
Jim Furyk | United States | 71-70-75-70=286 | |||
Brooks Koepka | United States | 66-70-77-73=286 | |||
Danny Lee | New Zealand | 67-71-72-76=286 | |||
T39 | Chad Campbell | United States | 68-71-78-70=287 | −1 | 44,100 |
Jon Curran | United States | 70-71-79-67=287 | |||
Adam Hadwin | Canada | 70-70-74-73=287 | |||
Martin Kaymer (c) | Germany | 68-72-76-71=287 | |||
T43 | K. J. Choi (c) | South Korea | 73-68-73-74=288 | E | 33,670 |
Bill Haas | United States | 65-73-77-73=288 | |||
James Hahn | United States | 67-73-79-69=288 | |||
Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | 72-70-74-72=288 | |||
William McGirt | United States | 72-65-76-75=288 | |||
Bubba Watson | United States | 69-71-74-74=288 | |||
T49 | Zac Blair | United States | 71-70-73-75=289 | +1 | 25,914 |
Jason Dufner | United States | 70-66-80-73=289 | |||
Morgan Hoffmann | United States | 69-73-75-72=289 | |||
Freddie Jacobson | Sweden | 70-69-78-72=289 | |||
Bernd Wiesberger | Austria | 71-67-78-73=289 | |||
T54 | Sergio García (c) | Spain | 72-66-77-75=290 | +2 | 24,150 |
Brian Harman | United States | 69-70-77-74=290 | |||
Zach Johnson | United States | 67-69-80-74=290 | |||
T57 | Brendon de Jonge | Zimbabwe | 71-67-76-77=291 | +3 | 23,100 |
Branden Grace | South Africa | 72-70-78-71=291 | |||
Ian Poulter | England | 69-68-79-75=291 | |||
Brendan Steele | United States | 65-76-74-76=291 | |||
Hudson Swafford | United States | 66-73-77-75=291 | |||
Harold Varner III | United States | 73-66-78-74=291 | |||
Jhonattan Vegas | Venezuela | 67-71-79-74=291 | |||
T64 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 66-73-78-75=292 | +4 | 21,735 |
Marc Leishman | Australia | 70-72-75-75=292 | |||
Jamie Lovemark | United States | 71-71-79-71=292 | |||
Sean O'Hair | United States | 70-67-76-79=292 | |||
Kyle Reifers | United States | 71-70-76-75=292 | |||
Johnson Wagner | United States | 70-71-77-74=292 | |||
70 | Camilo Villegas | Colombia | 71-71-78-73=293 | +5 | 21,000 |
71 | Steve Wheatcroft | United States | 68-74-79-73=294 | +6 | 20,790 |
T72 | Shawn Stefani | United States | 74-68-80-73=295 | +7 | 20,475 |
Will Wilcox | United States | 68-71-82-74=295 | |||
T74 | Fabián Gómez | Argentina | 73-69-79-75=296 | +8 | 20,055 |
Kevin Streelman | United States | 72-70-80-74=296 | |||
76 | Patton Kizzire | United States | 71-70-82-77=300 | +12 | 19,740 |
CUT | An Byeong-hun | South Korea | 75-68=143 | −1 | |
Rafa Cabrera-Bello | Spain | 72-71=143 | |||
Matt Fitzpatrick | England | 69-74=143 | |||
Rickie Fowler (c) | United States | 72-71=143 | |||
Charley Hoffman | United States | 73-70=143 | |||
J. B. Holmes | United States | 70-73=143 | |||
David Lingmerth | Sweden | 71-72=143 | |||
Davis Love III (c) | United States | 71-72=143 | |||
George McNeill | United States | 70-73=143 | |||
Phil Mickelson (c) | United States | 70-73=143 | |||
Kevin Na | United States | 73-70=143 | |||
Carl Pettersson | Sweden | 68-75=143 | |||
Patrick Reed | United States | 71-72=143 | |||
Jordan Spieth | United States | 72-71=143 | |||
Vaughn Taylor | United States | 71-72=143 | |||
Danny Willett | England | 70-73=143 | |||
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | Thailand | 75-69=144 | E | ||
Aaron Baddeley | Australia | 69-75=144 | |||
Luke Donald | England | 70-74=144 | |||
Martin Laird | Scotland | 71-73=144 | |||
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 72-72=144 | |||
Greg Owen | England | 69-75=144 | |||
Chez Reavie | United States | 73-71=144 | |||
John Senden | Australia | 75-69=144 | |||
Brian Stuard | United States | 71-73=144 | |||
Scott Brown | United States | 73-72=145 | +1 | ||
Harris English | United States | 75-70=145 | |||
Andres Gonzales | United States | 75-70=145 | |||
Kevin Kisner | United States | 74-71=145 | |||
Ryan Moore | United States | 70-75=145 | |||
Robert Streb | United States | 71-74=145 | |||
Brendon Todd | United States | 73-72=145 | |||
Mark Wilson | United States | 74-71=145 | |||
Ricky Barnes | United States | 72-74=146 | +2 | ||
Emiliano Grillo | Argentina | 71-75=146 | |||
Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 72-74=146 | |||
Hunter Mahan | United States | 77-69=146 | |||
Jeff Overton | United States | 73-73=146 | |||
Nick Taylor | Canada | 67-79=146 | |||
Graham DeLaet | Canada | 70-77=147 | +3 | ||
Tony Finau | United States | 72-75=147 | |||
Jason Gore | United States | 72-75=147 | |||
Russell Henley | United States | 74-73=147 | |||
Charles Howell III | United States | 72-75=147 | |||
Smylie Kaufman | United States | 72-75=147 | |||
Spencer Levin | United States | 76-71=147 | |||
Troy Merritt | United States | 73-74=147 | |||
Scott Pinckney | United States | 74-73=147 | |||
Patrick Rodgers | United States | 73-74=147 | |||
Brandt Snedeker | United States | 71-76=147 | |||
Chad Collins | United States | 75-73=148 | +4 | ||
Erik Compton | United States | 77-71=148 | |||
Chesson Hadley | United States | 78-70=148 | |||
Carlos Ortiz | Mexico | 77-72=149 | +5 | ||
Henrik Stenson (c) | Sweden | 77-73=150 | +6 | ||
Andy Sullivan | England | 77-73=150 | |||
Jason Bohn | United States | 74-77=151 | +7 | ||
Matt Every | United States | 73-78=151 | |||
Jim Herman | United States | 75-76=151 | |||
Peter Malnati | United States | 77-74=151 | |||
Matt Jones | Australia | 78-74=152 | +8 | ||
Ben Martin | United States | 75-77=152 | |||
Steven Bowditch | Australia | 80-73=153 | +9 | ||
John Huh | United States | 77-76=153 | |||
Jimmy Walker | United States | 71-82=153 | |||
WD | Chris Kirk | United States | 73 | +1 | |
Jason Kokrak | United States | 73 | |||
Chris Stroud | United States | 75 | +3 |
Source:[6]
Scorecard[]
Final round
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Day | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 |
Chappell | −9 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 |
Duke | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
Knost | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
Kuchar | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
Thomas | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 |
Matsuyama | −9 | −9 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 |
Molinari | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:[7]
References[]
- ^ Murray, Ewan (May 15, 2016). "Jason Day extends his hot streak by easing to Players Championship". The Guardian. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ Corrigan, James (May 16, 2016). "Jason Day wins Players Championship as Australian enters Tiger Woods territory". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ "Inside the Field: The Players Championship". PGA Tour. May 10, 2016.
- ^ "FedEx Cup Season Points". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ Smits, Garry (May 10, 2016). "U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson withdraws from Players after birth of fourth child". The Florida Times-Union. Jacksonville, Florida.
- ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "The Players Championship". ESPN. (Golf: PGA Tour). May 15, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
External links[]
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