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2008 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2008 Players' Championship.

The 2008 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 8–11 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 35th Players Championship.

2008 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 8–11, 2008
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 at Sawgrass
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field144 players, 74 after cut
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fund$9.5 million
Winner's share$1.71 million
Champion
Spain Sergio García
283 (−5), playoff
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
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Tournament summary edit

The event was won by Sergio García in a sudden-death playoff over Paul Goydos.[1][2] Defending champion Phil Mickelson finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 21st place.

Venue edit

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 27th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout edit

The 2008 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

Eligibility requirements edit

Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.

Zach Johnson, Rory Sabbatini, K. J. Choi, Woody Austin, Ángel Cabrera, Hunter Mahan, Brian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd, Pádraig Harrington, Joe Ogilvie, Jim Furyk, Steve Flesch, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Chad Campbell, Justin Leonard, George McNeill, Mike Weir, Daniel Chopra, Stephen Ames, D. J. Trahan, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Brian Gay, Ernie Els, Sean O'Hair, Geoff Ogilvy, Greg Kraft, Andrés Romero, Johnson Wagner, Boo Weekley, Adam Scott, Anthony Kim

The top 125 finishers on the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List.[3]

Vijay Singh, Scott Verplank, Mark Calcavecchia, Charles Howell III, Justin Rose, Tim Clark, John Rollins, Stewart Cink, Robert Allenby, Brett Wetterich, Luke Donald, Heath Slocum, David Toms, Carl Pettersson, Jerry Kelly, Ken Duke, John Senden, Henrik Stenson, Camilo Villegas, Nick Watney, Billy Mayfair, Stuart Appleby, Charley Hoffman, John Mallinger, Pat Perez, Lucas Glover, Bubba Watson, Mark Wilson, Jeff Quinney, Bo Van Pelt, Ryan Moore, Rod Pampling, Freddie Jacobson, Ian Poulter, Ryuji Imada, Nathan Green, Kevin Sutherland, Nick O'Hern, Vaughn Taylor, Brian Davis, José Cóceres, Troy Matteson, Robert Garrigus, Peter Lonard, Dean Wilson, Fred Funk, Paul Goydos, Kenny Perry, Steve Marino, Bart Bryant, Rocco Mediate, Bernhard Langer, Charlie Wi, Jason Gore, J. J. Henry, Jesper Parnevik, Charles Warren, Tim Petrovic, Retief Goosen, Michael Allen, Davis Love III, Stephen Leaney, Jeff Overton, Briny Baird, José María Olazábal, Mark Hensby, Mathew Goggin, Bill Haas, Shigeki Maruyama, Tim Herron, Chris DiMarco, Shaun Micheel, Tom Pernice Jr., Tommy Armour III, Steve Elkington, Cameron Beckman, Cliff Kresge, J. P. Hayes, Matt Kuchar, Tom Lehman, Bob Estes, Rich Beem, Alex Čejka, Ryan Armour, Kevin Na, Jeff Maggert, Kevin Stadler, Mathias Grönberg

Winners of the Players Championship, the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 2003 to 2007.

Michael Campbell, Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton

Winners of the Tour Championship the past three years (2005-2007).

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2006-2008).

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2005-2007).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the Wachovia Championship. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2008 FedExCup Points List through the Wachovia Championship.

Sergio García, Lee Westwood, Niclas Fasth, Paul Casey, Richard Sterne, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Søren Hansen

The winner of the 2007 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such an exemption will be an addition to the field.)

The leading money winner from the 2007 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.

Richard Johnson

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2008 FedExCup Points List below 10th position through the Wachovia Championship, in order of their positions on such list.[3]

Dudley Hart, John Merrick, Nicholas Thompson, Aaron Baddeley, Ben Crane, Brett Quigley, Fred Couples, Jason Bohn, Matt Jones, Tim Wilkinson, Dustin Johnson

Source:[4]

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Place Player Score To par
1   Sergio García 66 −6
T2   Paul Goydos 68 −4
  Kenny Perry
T4   Steve Elkington 69 −3
  Niclas Fasth
  Todd Hamilton
  Ian Poulter
  Heath Slocum
T9   Ángel Cabrera 70 −2
  Fred Couples
  Ben Crane
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez
  Anthony Kim
  Troy Matteson
  John Merrick
  Phil Mickelson
  José María Olazábal
  Brett Quigley
  Kevin Stadler
  Nicholas Thompson
  D. J. Trahan
  Boo Weekley

Source:[5]

Second round edit

Friday, May 9, 2008

Place Player Score To par
1   Kenny Perry 68-70=138 −6
T2   Sergio García 66-73=139 −5
  Paul Goydos 68-71=139
  Bernhard Langer 72-67=139
5   Anthony Kim 70-70=140 −4
6   Boo Weekley 70-71=141 −3
T7   Stephen Ames 74-68=142 −2
  Briny Baird 71-71=142
  Fred Couples 70-72=142
  Ben Crane 70-72=142
  John Merrick 70-72=142
  Kevin Stadler 70-72=142

Source:[6]

Third round edit

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Place Player Score To par
1   Paul Goydos 68-71-70=209 −7
2   Kenny Perry 68-70-72=210 −6
3   Sergio García 66-73-73=212 −4
T4   Bernhard Langer 72-67-75=214 −2
  Phil Mickelson 70-73-71=214
  Jeff Quinney 71-73-70=214
T7   Stuart Appleby 72-72-71=215 −1
  Briny Baird 71-71-73=215
  J. B. Holmes 72-72-71=215
  Greg Kraft 75-72-68=215
  Tom Lehman 73-73-69=215
  Tim Petrovic 73-73-69=215
  Boo Weekley 70-71-74=215

Source:[7]

Final round edit

Sunday, May 11, 2008

In windy conditions, the final pairing struggled on the final day; overnight leader Paul Goydos managed a 2-over-par 74, whilst Kenny Perry crashed to an 81 (+9). In the groups ahead, the pairing of Jeff Quinney and Sergio García produced some of the best golf of the day, and García became the clubhouse leader at 5-under-par 283. Goydos still led, but missed a 15-foot (4.6 m) par putt to win on the final hole, forcing a sudden-death playoff.[2]

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1   Sergio García 66-73-73-71=283 −5 Playoff
  Paul Goydos 68-71-70-74=283
3   Jeff Quinney 71-73-70-70=284 −4 646,000
4   Briny Baird 71-71-73-72=287 −1 456,000
5   Stephen Ames (c) 74-68-74-72=288 E 380,000
T6   Ben Crane 70-72-75-72=289 +1 307,562
  Ernie Els 72-71-74-72=289
  Tom Lehman 73-73-69-74=289
  Brett Quigley 70-76-72-71=289
T10   Chad Campbell 73-72-77-68=290 +2 218,500
  J. B. Holmes 72-72-71-75=290
  Greg Kraft 75-72-68-75=290
  Henrik Stenson 73-71-75-71=290
  Dean Wilson 74-72-75-69=290

Source:[8]

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
  García −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5
  Goydos −7 −6 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5
  Quinney −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4
  Baird −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1
  Ames E E E +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 E
  Perry −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 +1 +1 +2 +3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[9]

Playoff edit

At the first playoff hole, the infamous par-3 17th, Goydos' went first and his tee shot found water. Garcia stayed dry, stopping 4 feet (1.2 m) from the pin and the playoff was essentially over. Goydos finished the hole with a double bogey to give Garcia three putts to win; he two-putted for par and the title.[1] It was the first playoff at the Players Championship since 1987 and the first to start at the 17th hole.[2]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Sergio García 3 E 1,710,000
2   Paul Goydos 5 +2 1,026,000

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bamberger, Michael (May 19, 2008). "A Fresh Breeze". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Ferguson, Doug (May 12, 2008). "Garcia wins Players Championship". Victoria Advocate. Texas. Associated Press. p. C1.
  3. ^ a b "Official Money – 2007". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  4. ^ "2008 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-41.
  5. ^ "Golf: Players Championship - First round scores". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. May 9, 2008. p. 2C.
  6. ^ "Youth gives way at Players". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. May 10, 2008. p. 5C.
  7. ^ "Goydos takes control at Players". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. May 11, 2008. p. 5C.
  8. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2015.

External links edit

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