2012 Players Championship

2012 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	May 10–13, 2012
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field	144 players, 72 after cut
Cut	144 (Even)
Prize fund	$9.5 million
Winner's share	$1,710,000
Champion
Matt Kuchar
275 (−13)
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The 2012 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the 2012 PGA Tour, held May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 39th Players Championship and was won by American Matt Kuchar by two strokes over four runners-up.^[1]^[2]

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Course layout

**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
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
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	68	70	74	71	283	−5	T15
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2009	71	71	71	70	283	−5	T15
Tim Clark	South Africa	2010	71	70	71	73	285	−4	T23
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	71	71	70	73	285	−3	T25
Tiger Woods	United States	2001	74	68	72	73	287	−1	T40
Sergio García	Spain	2008	73	71	68	79	291	+3	T56
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	75	68	74	79	296	+8	T70

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Davis Love III	United States	1992, 2003	72	74	146	+2
K. J. Choi	South Korea	2011	75	76	151	+7

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Martin Laird	Scotland	65	−7
T1	Ian Poulter	England	65	−7
3	Blake Adams	United States	66	−6
T4	Ben Crane	United States	67	−5
T4	Kevin Na	United States	67	−5
T6	Bae Sang-moon	South Korea	68	−4
	Jonathan Byrd	United States
	Ben Curtis	United States
	Brian Davis	England
	Harrison Frazar	United States
	Bill Haas	United States
	Matt Kuchar	United States
	Adam Scott	Australia
	Kevin Stadler	United States
	Michael Thompson	United States
	Jhonattan Vegas	Venezuela

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Zach Johnson	United States	70-66=136	−8
	Kevin Na	United States	67-69=136
	Matt Kuchar	United States	68-68=136
4	Harris English	United States	70-67=137	−7
T5	Jonathan Byrd	United States	68-70=138	−6
	Adam Scott	Australia	68-70=138
	Brian Davis	England	68-70=138
	Martin Laird	Scotland	65-73=138
	Charlie Wi	South Korea	71-67=138
T10	Blake Adams	United States	66-73=139	−5
	Ben Curtis	United States	68-71=139
	Michael Thompson	United States	68-71=139
	Bill Haas	United States	68-71=139
	Kevin Stadler	United States	68-71=139

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Kevin Na	United States	67-69-68=204	−12
2	Matt Kuchar	United States	68-68-69=205	−11
3	Rickie Fowler	United States	72-69-66=207	−9
T4	Zach Johnson	United States	70-66-73=209	−7
T4	Ben Curtis	United States	68-71-70=209	−7
T6	Jhonattan Vegas	Venezuela	68-74-68=210	−6
	Brian Davis	England	68-70-72=210
	Jonathan Byrd	United States	68-70-72=210
	Martin Laird	Scotland	65-73-72=210
T10	Johnson Wagner	United States	69-73-69=211	−5
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	71-70-70=211
	Blake Adams	United States	66-73-72=211
	Charlie Wi	South Korea	71-67-73=211

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Matt Kuchar	United States	68-68-69-70=275	−13	1,710,000
T2	Ben Curtis	United States	68-71-70-68=277	−11	627,000
	Rickie Fowler	United States	72-69-66-70=277
	Zach Johnson	United States	70-66-73-68=277
	Martin Laird	Scotland	65-73-72-67=277
6	Luke Donald	England	72-69-72-66=279	−9	342,000
T7	Bo Van Pelt	United States	71-70-70-69=280	−8	296,083
	Jhonattan Vegas	Venezuela	68-74-68-70=280
	Kevin Na	United States	67-69-68-76=280
T10	David Toms	United States	69-74-73-65=281	−7	247,000
T10	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	71-72-69-69=281	−7	247,000

Scorecard

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
Source:^[3]

References

↑ "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
↑ Donegan, Lawrence (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". Guardian UK. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
↑ "Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

External links

The Players Championship website

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