2014 Players Championship

2014 Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	May 8–11, 2014
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field	144 players, 82 after cut
Cut	144 (Even)
Prize fund	$10.0 million
Winner's share	$1.80 million
Champion
Martin Kaymer
275 (−13)
«2013 2015»

TPC Sawgrass

Location in the United States

The 2014 Players Championship was the 41st Players Championship, held May 8–11 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Martin Kaymer won his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk.^[1]

The tournament was the first to feature a $10 million purse;^[2] the winner's share was $1.8 million.

With defending champion and world number one Tiger Woods out of competition due to back surgery in late March,^[3] four entered this Players Championship with an opportunity to ascend to the top of the world rankings. World number two Adam Scott needed a 16th place finish, third-ranked Henrik Stenson a top-six finish, number four Bubba Watson a solo runner-up, and fifth-ranked Matt Kuchar a win.^[4] They finished at T38, T34, T48, and T17, respectively, and Woods remained number one.^[5][6][7]

This was the 33rd Players Championship held at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, and the first year for the new playoff format, a three-hole aggregate beginning on the 16th hole,^[8] which was not necessary. After a 90-minute rain delay late in the final round, Kaymer finished with a par in near-darkness.^[1] If he had bogeyed the final hole, the playoff would have been played on Monday morning.

Venue

This is the 33rd Players Championship held at the TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Course layout

Field

The field consists of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Woody Austin, Bae Sang-moon (2), Jonas Blixt (2,8), Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Dufner (2,4,8), Ken Duke (2), Harris English (2,8,12), Matt Every (2,8,12), Bill Haas (2,7,8), Chesson Hadley, Russell Henley (2,8), J. B. Holmes (3), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Zach Johnson (2,8,12), Matt Jones (2,8), Chris Kirk (2,12), Matt Kuchar (2,5,6,8,12), Phil Mickelson (2,4,8), Ryan Moore (2,8), Noh Seung-yul, Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,6,8), Adam Scott (2,4,6,8), John Senden (2), Webb Simpson (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,8,12), Kevin Stadler (2), Scott Stallings (2), Henrik Stenson (2,5,7,8), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,8,12), Boo Weekley (2), Gary Woodland (2,8)

• Jason Day (2,6,8) and Tiger Woods (2,5,6,8) did not play.

2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Charlie Beljan, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Ángel Cabrera, Roberto Castro, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink (4), Tim Clark (5), Erik Compton, Ben Crane, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (8), Luke Donald (8), James Driscoll, Ernie Els (4,8), Derek Ernst, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Jim Furyk (8), Sergio García (8), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover (4), Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Fredrik Jacobson, Martin Kaymer (4), Jerry Kelly, Jason Kokrak, Martin Laird, Lee Dong-hwan, Richard H. Lee, Scott Langley, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan (6,8), Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, Rory McIlroy (4,8), George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, Geoff Ogilvy, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, D. A. Points, Ted Potter, Jr., Ian Poulter (6,8), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman (8), Steve Stricker (8), Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney, Lee Westwood (8), Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson

• Bob Estes, David Lynn, Scott Piercy, and Chez Reavie did not play.

3. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Briny Baird, Jonathan Byrd, Retief Goosen, Kevin Na, Shawn Stefani

4. Major champions from the past five years

Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen (8), Yang Yong-eun

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

6. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners from 2011–12 only if PGA Tour members)

7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

8. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Thomas Bjørn, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Stephen Gallacher, Thongchai Jaidee, Joost Luiten, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari

• Victor Dubuisson and Miguel Ángel Jiménez did not play.

9. Senior Players champion from prior year

Kenny Perry

10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Michael Putnam

11. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

John Peterson

12. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

13. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Russell Knox, Will MacKenzie

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Sergio García	Spain	2008	67	71	69	70	277	−11	3
K. J. Choi	South Korea	2011	74	70	72	65	281	−7	T13
Matt Kuchar	United States	2012	71	71	69	71	282	−6	T17
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2009	71	70	70	74	285	−3	T34
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	68	73	70	75	286	−2	T38
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	77	67	69	73	286	−2	T38

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	75	70	145	+1
Tim Clark	South Africa	2010	71	81	152	+8

Nationalities in the field

North America (94)	South America (3)	Europe (23)	Oceania (9)	Asia (8)	Africa (7)
Canada (2)	Argentina (2)	England (5)	Australia (9)	Japan (1)	South Africa (6)
United States (92)	Colombia (1)	Northern Ireland (3)		South Korea (6)	Zimbabwe (1)
		Scotland (3)		Thailand (1)
		Wales (1)
		Denmark (1)
		Spain (2)
		Germany (1)
		Italy (1)
		Netherlands (1)
		Sweden (5)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Martin Kaymer tied the course record by shooting a nine-under-par 63. His round included nine birdies including seven on the front nine (his second nine), setting the nine-hole record with 29 (−7). Russell Henley was two strokes back and Bae Sang-moon was three back.^[9]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Martin Kaymer	Germany	63	−9
2	Russell Henley	United States	65	−7
3	Bae Sang-moon	South Korea	66	−6
T4	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Spain	67	−5
	Sergio García	Spain
	Justin Rose	England
	Jordan Spieth	United States
	Scott Stallings	United States
	Brian Stuard	United States
	Lee Westwood	England
	Gary Woodland	United States

Second round

Friday, May 9, 2014

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Martin Kaymer	Germany	63-69=132	−12
2	Jordan Spieth	United States	67-66=133	−11
3	Russell Henley	United States	65-71=136	−8
T4	Jim Furyk	United States	70-68=138	−6
	Sergio García	Spain	67-71=138
	Justin Rose	England	67-71=138
	Lee Westwood	England	67-71=138
	Gary Woodland	United States	67-71=138
T9	Bae Sang-moon	South Korea	66-73=139	−5
	Scott Brown	United States	68-71=139
	Brian Davis	England	72-67=139
	Bill Haas	United States	68-71=139
	Matt Jones	Australia	70-69=139
	George McNeill	United States	71-68=139
	Kevin Na	United States	70-69=139
	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	69-70=139
	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	72-67=139
	John Senden	Australia	70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Martin Kaymer	Germany	63-69-72=204	−12
	Jordan Spieth	United States	67-66-71=204
T3	Sergio García	Spain	67-71-69=207	−9
	John Senden	Australia	70-69-68=207
T5	Matt Jones	Australia	70-69-69=208	−8
	George McNeill	United States	71-68-69=208
	Gary Woodland	United States	67-71-70=208
T8	David Hearn	Canada	70-71-68=209	−7
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	72-70-67=209
	Justin Rose	England	67-71-71=209
	Lee Westwood	England	67-71-71=209

Final round

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Martin Kaymer	Germany	63-69-72-71=275	−13	1,800,000
2	Jim Furyk	United States	70-68-72-66=276	−12	1,080,000
3	Sergio García	Spain	67-71-69-70=277	−11	680,000
T4	Justin Rose	England	76-71-71-69=278	−10	440,000
	Jordan Spieth	United States	67-66-71-74=278
T6	David Hearn	Canada	70-71-68-70=279	−9	313,000
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	70-74-69-66=279
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	72-70-67-70=279
	Jimmy Walker	United States	75-68-71-65=279
	Lee Westwood	England	67-71-71-70=279

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
Kaymer	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−13	−13	−13	−13
Furyk	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12
García	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−10	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11
Rose	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10
Spieth	−12	−13	−13	−14	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10
Hearn	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
McIlroy	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9
Molinari	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9
Walker	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9
Westwood	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[10]

References

External links

• The Players Championship website

Coordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394