2010 Players Championship

2010 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	May 6–9, 2010
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)	TPC at Sawgrass
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,220
Field	144 players, 70 after the cut
Cut	142 (−2)
Prize fund	$9,500,000
Winner's share	$1,710,000
Champion
Tim Clark
272 (−16)
«2009 2011»

The 2010 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was contested from May 6–9. It was the 37th Players Championship. Tim Clark won the tournament with a Sunday 67 for his first PGA Tour victory.^[1]

Two unusual events occurred during the Players Championship in 2010. For the first time in tournament history, a spectator was arrested and forcibly removed from the course. An intoxicated fan who was screaming and being disruptive refused to listen to course officials, who then called deputies. The man resisted arrest and was tasered. In a separate incident, a car was discovered parked on the 8th green with two occupants inside and the motor running. When the driver refused to follow instructions, law enforcement was called. The green was not damaged and the couple was issued trespass warnings, then escorted off the course.^[2]

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

The 2010 Players Championship was the 29th held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Course layout

**The 2010 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		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
Davis Love III	United States	1992, 2003	69	68	71	68	276	−12	T4
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	70	71	66	74	281	−7	T17
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	70	68	71	74	283	−5	T26
Fred Funk	United States	2005	72	70	66	78	286	−2	T39
Sergio García	Spain	2008	69	70	71	78	288	E	T47
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	72	68	70	79	289	+1	T52
Stephen Ames	Trinidad and Tobago Canada	2006	70	71	79	71	291	+3	T58
Tiger Woods	United States	2001	70	71	71	-	212	−4	WD

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2009	69	74	143	−1
Lee Janzen	United States	1995	70	76	146	+4

Round summaries

First round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Robert Allenby	Australia	66	−6
T1	J. B. Holmes	United States	66	−6
T3	Jason Bohn	United States	67	−5
	Ben Crane	United States
	Luke Donald	England
	Ryuji Imada	Japan
	Ryan Moore	United States
	Kenny Perry	United States
	Heath Slocum	United States
	Lee Westwood	England

Second round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	England	67-65=132	−12
T2	Ryuji Imada	Japan	67-66=133	−11
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-65=133
	Heath Slocum	United States	67-66=133
5	Lucas Glover	United States	70-65=135	−9
T6	Robert Allenby	Australia	66-70=136	−8
	Ben Crane	United States	67-69=136
	Luke Donald	England	67-69=136
	Charley Hoffman	United States	68-68=136
T10	K. J. Choi	South Korea	69-68=137	−7
	Paul Goydos	United States	69-68=137
	Bill Haas	United States	68-69=137
	Davis Love III	United States	69-68=137
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	72-65=137
	Ryan Moore	United States	67-70=137
	John Rollins	United States	68-69=137
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	68-69=137

Third round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	England	67-65-70=202	−14
2	Robert Allenby	Australia	66-70-67=203	−13
T3	Lucas Glover	United States	70-65-69=204	−12
T3	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-65-71=204	−12
T5	Tim Clark	South Africa	68-71-66=205	−11
	Charley Hoffman	United States	68-68-69=205
	Heath Slocum	United States	67-66-72=205
	Chris Stroud	United States	70-69-66=205
align="center\|9	Bo Van Pelt	United States	68-69-69=206	−10
T10	Bill Haas	United States	68-69-70=207	−9
	Zach Johnson	United States	70-70-67=207
	Phil Mickelson	United States	70-71-66=207
	John Rollins	United States	68-69-70=207

Final leaderboard

Tim Clark stormed into contention after a bogey free final round 67. Clark made an 8 foot par at 18 and waited in the clubhouse to see if his lead would hold. Lee Westwood, the 54 hole leader, struggled to a 74, including a water ball on the famed 17th hole to end any chances of victory. In the end it came down to Robert Allenby who was 2 back of Clark with 3 holes to play. After just missing an eagle on the par 5 16th, Allenby cut the lead to one with a tap in birdie. Allenby then knocked his tee shot to 10 feet on 17, but again narrowly missed a birdie putt to tie Clark. Allenby had one more chance at 18, but failed to make birdie giving Clark his first PGA Tour victory in his 206th start.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Tim Clark	South Africa	68-71-66-67=272	−16	1,710,000
2	Robert Allenby	Australia	66-70-67-70=273	−15	1,026,000
3	Lucas Glover	United States	70-65-69-70=274	−14	646,000
T4	Ben Crane	United States	67-69-68-72=276	−12	456,000
	Davis Love III	United States	69-68-71-68=276
	Heath Slocum	United States	67-66-72-71=276
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	68-69-69-70=276
	Lee Westwood	England	67-65-70-74=276
9	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-65-71-73=277	−11	275,500
T10	Fredrik Jacobson	Sweden	69-70-69-71=279	−9	237,500
	Andrés Romero	Argentina	69-70-69-71=279
	Chris Stroud	United States	70-69-66-74=279

References

↑ "PGA Tour Leaderboard – The Players Championship (May 6 - 9, 2010)". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
↑ Andres, Shakaya (May 11, 2010). "Two unusual first-time events mark The Players Championship". Florida Times-Union.

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