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2012 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2012 Players' Championship.

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]

2012 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 10–13, 2012
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
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
Length7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field144 players, 72 after cut
Cut144 (Even)
Prize fund$9.5 million
Winner's share$1.71 million
Champion
United States Matt Kuchar
275 (−13)
Location map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida
← 2011
2013 →

Defending champion K. J. Choi missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue edit

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This 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 edit

The 2012 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 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 edit

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2011 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

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)

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

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Bob Estes

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ángel Cabrera, Martin Kaymer (9)

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Tim Clark, Henrik Stenson

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

10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

J. J. Killeen

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 edit

First round edit

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Place Player Score To par
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 edit

Friday, May 11, 2012

Place Player Score To par
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 edit

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Place Player Score To par
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 edit

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
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

Source:[3]

Scorecard edit

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
  Kuchar −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13
  Curtis −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −11
  Fowler −10 −10 −10 −11 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −11 −11
  Johnson −7 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11
  Laird −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11
  Na −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −10 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Donegan, Lawrence (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  3. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

External links edit

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