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2016 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2016 Players' Championship.

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.

2016 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 12–15, 2016
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, 76 after cut
Cut142 (−2)
Prize fund$10.5 million
Winner's share$1.89 million
Champion
Australia Jason Day
273 (−15)
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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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 edit

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

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 edit

The 2016 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 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 edit

The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:[3]

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

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)

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

3. Top 125 (medical)

Freddie Jacobson

4. Major champions from the past five years

Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (5)

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

K. J. Choi

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

10. Senior Players champion from prior year

Bernhard Langer

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Patton Kizzire

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Chez Reavie

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

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Place Player Score To par
1   Jason Day 63 −9
T2   Bill Haas 65 −7
  Shane Lowry
  Justin Rose
  Brendan Steele
  Cameron Tringale
T7   Daniel Berger 66 −6
  Ernie Els
  Brooks Koepka
  Francesco Molinari
  Hudson Swafford
  Boo Weekley

Second round edit

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 Score To par
1   Jason Day 63-66=129 −15
2   Shane Lowry 65-68=133 −11
T3   Jonas Blixt 67-67=134 −10
  Alex Čejka 67-67=134
  Cameron Tringale 65-69=134
T6   Jerry Kelly 67-68=135 −9
  Colt Knost 72-63=135
  Russell Knox 68-67=135
  Francesco Molinari 66-69=135
  Boo Weekley 66-69=135
  Gary Woodland 67-68=135

Third round edit

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 Score To par
1   Jason Day 63-66-73=202 −14
T2   Alex Čejka 67-67-72=206 −10
  Ken Duke 74-67-65=206
  Hideki Matsuyama 68-71-67=206
5   Francesco Molinari 66-69-72=207 −9
T6   Kevin Chappell 71-67-70=208 −8
  Retief Goosen 70-68-70=208
T8   Jonas Blixt 67-67-75=209 −7
  Colt Knost 72-63-74=209
  Cameron Tringale 65-69-75=209

Final round edit

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Jason Day 63-66-73-71=273 −15 1,890,000
2   Kevin Chappell 71-67-70-69=277 −11 1,134,000
T3   Ken Duke 74-67-65-72=278 −10 504,000
  Colt Knost 72-63-74-69=278
  Matt Kuchar (c) 71-67-72-68=278
  Justin Thomas 70-68-75-65=278
T7   Hideki Matsuyama 68-71-67-73=279 −9 338,625
  Francesco Molinari 66-69-72-72=279
T9   Daniel Berger 66-72-73-69=280 −8 283,500
  Alex Čejka 67-67-72-74=280
  Graeme McDowell 72-70-69-69=280

Source:[6]

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
  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 edit

  1. ^ Murray, Ewan (May 15, 2016). "Jason Day extends his hot streak by easing to Players Championship". The Guardian. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Corrigan, James (May 16, 2016). "Jason Day wins Players Championship as Australian enters Tiger Woods territory". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Inside the Field: The Players Championship". PGA Tour. May 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "FedEx Cup Season Points". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "The Players Championship". ESPN. (Golf: PGA Tour). May 15, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

External links edit

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