2007 Players Championship

2007 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates May 10–13, 2007
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Course(s) TPC Sawgrass
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,215
Field 145 players, 79 after cut
Cut 150 (+6)
Prize fund $9,000,000
Winner's share $1,610,000
Champion
Phil Mickelson
277 (–11)

The 2007 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour contested from May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 34th Players Championship. The tournament was won by Phil Mickelson by two shots over Sergio García

With the new PGA Tour season arrangement the tournament was played in May for the first time. The tournament was typically played in March.

Contents

Venue

This was the 26th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The course was lengthened to 7,215 yards from the 2006 length of 7,098 yards.

Course layout

The 2007 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
Yardage 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 N/A 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 72

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Adam Scott  Australia 2004 74 71 70 67 282 -6 T6
Steve Elkington  Australia 1991, 1997 73 71 70 70 284 -4 T12
Tiger Woods  United States 2001 75 73 73 67 288 E T37
Davis Love III  United States 1992, 2003 77 71 73 74 295 +7 T75

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Justin Leonard  United States 1998 78 72 150 +6
Craig Perks  New Zealand 2002 75 76 151 +7
Fred Funk  United States 2005 80 73 153 +9
Stephen Ames  Canada 2006 77 79 156 +12

Round summaries

First round

# Player Country Score To par
T1 Phil Mickelson  United States 67 -5
Rory Sabbatini  South Africa
3 Chris DiMarco  United States 68 -4
4 Peter Lonard  Australia 69 -3
T5 Jason Gore  United States 70 -2
Tom Lehman  United States
Rod Pampling  Australia
Carl Pettersson  Sweden
T9 Rich Beem  United States 71 -1
K. J. Choi  South Korea
Brian Davis  England
Jim Furyk  United States
Retief Goosen  South Africa
Nathan Green  Australia
J. P. Hayes  United States
Jeff Quinney  United States

Second round

# Player Country Score To par
1 Phil Mickelson  United States 67-72=139 -5
2 Nathan Green  Australia 71-69=140 -4
T3 Peter Lonard  Australia 69-72=141 -3
Sean O'Hair  United States 72-69=141
Rod Pampling  Australia 70-71=141
Carl Pettersson  Sweden 70-71=141
T7 Chris DiMarco  United States 68-74=142 -2
Tom Pernice, Jr.  United States 74-68=142
T9 Stewart Cink  United States 74-69=143 -1
José Cóceres  Argentina 73-70=143
Jim Furyk  United States 71-72=143
Mathew Goggin  Australia 72-71=143
Tom Lehman  United States 70-73=143
Rocco Mediate  United States 72-71=143
Kirk Triplett  United States 75-68=143

Third round

# Player Country Score To par
1 Sean O'Hair  United States 72-69-66=207 -9
2 Phil Mickelson  United States 67-72-69=208 -8
3 Peter Lonard  Australia 69-72-68=209 -7
Jeff Quinney  United States 71-74-64=209
T5 Aaron Baddeley  Australia 72-72-67=211 -5
José Cóceres  Argentina 73-70-68=211
Chris DiMarco  United States 68-74-69=211
Luke Donald  England 74-72-65=211
Carl Pettersson  Sweden 70-71-70=211
T10 Tim Clark  South Africa 73-72-67=212 -4
J. P. Hayes  United States 71-73-68=212
Geoff Ogilvy  Australia 74-71-67=212

Final round

Phil Mickelson won his first Players Championship after shooting a final round 69 to pass 54 hole leader Sean O'Hair. Mickelson birdied his first two holes and made his lone bogey at the 18th hole after the tournament was locked up. O'Hair was still in contention heading to the infamous 17th hole, but hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin. The mistakes moved O'Hair from 2nd to 11th, costing him $747,000 in prize money.

# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Phil Mickelson  United States 67-72-69-69=277 -11 1,610,000
2 Sergio García  Spain 73-73-67-66=279 -9 972,000
T3 Stewart Cink  United States 74-69-71-66=280 -8 522,000
José María Olazábal  Spain 78-66-69-67=280
5 José Cóceres  Argentina 73-70-68-70=281 -7 360,000
T6 J. P. Hayes  United States 71-73-68-70=282 -6 281,700
Robert Karlsson  Sweden 77-68-71-66=282
Peter Lonard  Australia 69-72-68-73=282
Adam Scott  Australia 74-71-70-67=282
Jeff Quinney  United States 71-74-64-73=282

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