2011 Players Championship

2011 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	May 12–15, 2011
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	145 players, 74 after cut
Cut	144 (E)
Prize fund	$9.5 million
Winner's share	$1.71 million
Champion
K. J. Choi
275 (−13), playoff
«2010 2012»

TPC Sawgrass

Location in the United States

TPC Sawgrass

Location in Florida

The 2011 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 38th Players Championship.

K. J. Choi defeated David Toms on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to claim his first PGA Tour title since 2008.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Traditionally, the flag of the defending champion (2010 winner Tim Clark of South Africa) flies at TPC Sawgrass during the week of the Players. As a tribute to the recently deceased Seve Ballesteros, per Clark's request, the PGA Tour flew the Spanish flag in its place.^[5] Clark withdrew during the second round due to nagging elbow problems.

Venue

This was the 30th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2011 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	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

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2010 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Stuart Appleby (3), Arjun Atwal (3), Aaron Baddeley (3,11), Matt Bettencourt (3), Michael Bradley, Jonathan Byrd (3), Tim Clark (2,3,6,9), Jason Day (2,3,9), Luke Donald (2,3,7,9,11), Jim Furyk (2,3,8,9), Robert Garrigus (3), Lucas Glover (3,5), Bill Haas (3,9), Charley Hoffman (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9), Zach Johnson (2,3,5,9), Martin Kaymer (5,9), Matt Kuchar (2,3,9), Martin Laird (2,3,9,11), Bill Lunde (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9), Graeme McDowell (3,5,9), Rocco Mediate (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11), Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Carl Pettersson (3), D. A. Points (3), Justin Rose (2,3,9), Rory Sabbatini (3), Charl Schwartzel (5,9), Adam Scott (2,3,9), Heath Slocum (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,9,11), Brendan Steele, Steve Stricker (2,3,9), Jhonattan Vegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney (2,3,7,9,11), Bubba Watson (2,3,9,11), Mark Wilson (3,11), Gary Woodland (9,11)

Lee Westwood (9) did not play.

2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Robert Allenby (3,9), Paul Casey (3,9), K. J. Choi (3,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ernie Els (3,7,9), Retief Goosen (3,9), Ryan Moore (3,9), Kevin Na (3), Geoff Ogilvy (3,5,7,9), Jeff Overton (3), Ryan Palmer (3), Kevin Streelman (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Camilo Villegas (3,8)

3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list

Blake Adams, Stephen Ames (6), Ricky Barnes, Cameron Beckman, Kris Blanks, Jason Bohn, Ángel Cabrera (5), Chad Campbell, Alex Čejka, Greg Chalmers, Stewart Cink (5), Chad Collins, Michael Connell, Chris Couch, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Jason Dufner, Joe Durant, David Duval, Rickie Fowler (9), Sergio García (6), Brian Gay, Paul Goydos, Pádraig Harrington (5,9), J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Fredrik Jacobson, Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim (9), Derek Lamely, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, Steve Marino, Troy Merritt, Shaun Micheel, Bryce Molder, Sean O'Hair, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Kenny Perry, Tim Petrovic, Ian Poulter (7,9), Alex Prugh, Chris Riley, John Rollins, Andrés Romero, John Senden, Michael Sim, Webb Simpson (11), Vijay Singh (7), Kevin Stadler, Chris Stroud, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Josh Teater, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Scott Verplank, Jimmy Walker, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Garrett Willis, Dean Wilson, Tiger Woods (5,7,9), Yang Yong-eun (5,9)

Graham DeLaet, Steve Elkington, Tom Gillis, Jeff Maggert, Rory McIlroy (9), and Roland Thatcher did not play.

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Nick O'Hern

5. Major champions from the past five years

Trevor Immelman

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Henrik Stenson

7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winner only in 2010, and only if a PGA Tour member)

8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 1

Ross Fisher, Peter Hanson, Robert Karlsson, Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós

Anders Hansen, Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, and Kim Kyung-tae did not play.

10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Jamie Lovemark did not play.

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of May 1

12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of May 1

Keegan Bradley, Kevin Chappell, Tommy Gainey, Hunter Haas, Brandt Jobe, Chris Kirk, Troy Matteson

13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144)

Mark O'Meara

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	68	69	70	73	280	−8	T12
Sergio García	Spain	2008	74	68	73	65	280	−8	T12
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	71	71	69	72	283	−5	T33
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	70	73	72	74	289	+1	T57

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Stephen Ames	Trinidad and Tobago Canada	2006	77	68	145	+1
David Duval	United States	1999	70	76	146	+2
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	76	72	148	+4
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2009	79	75	154	+10
Tim Clark	South Africa	2010	74	WD
Tiger Woods	United States	2001	WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May, 12, 2011

Nick Watney made eight birdies, an eagle, and a double bogey en route to an opening round 64. Lucas Glover, coming off a win the week before at the Wells Fargo Championship, shot an opening round 65. Tiger Woods shot 42 (+6) on his first nine then withdrew, citing multiple injuries. Defending champion Tim Clark, who had been battling injuries all season, shot an opening round 74.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Nick Watney	United States	64	−8
2	Lucas Glover	United States	65	−7
T3	Mark O'Meara	United States	66	−6
T3	David Toms	United States	66	−6
T5	Fredrik Jacobson	Sweden	67	−5
	Martin Kaymer	Germany
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland
	Álvaro Quirós	Spain
	Rory Sabbatini	South Africa
T10	Ben Crane	United States	68	−4
	J. B. Holmes	United States
	Davis Love III	United States

Second round

Friday, May, 13, 2011

David Toms posted a 68 to gain a one-shot lead over first round leader Nick Watney. Greg Chalmers had the round of the day at 65, while defending champion Tim Clark (tendonitis) and Geoff Ogilvy (shoulder) both withdrew. The cut was at even par 144, and 74 players advanced to the weekend.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	David Toms	United States	66-68=134	−10
2	Nick Watney	United States	64-71=135	−9
T3	Luke Donald	England	69-67=136	−8
	Lucas Glover	United States	65-71=136
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	67-69=136
	Steve Stricker	United States	69-67=136
T7	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	70-67=137	−7
	J. B. Holmes	United States	68-69=137
	Davis Love III	United States	68-69=137
	Hunter Mahan	United States	70-67=137

Third round

Saturday, May, 14, 2011

At the end of a rain soaked Saturday, Graeme McDowell and Nick Watney were tied for the lead at −11. Martin Kaymer birdied his first four holes and five of his first seven holes to temporarily tie for the lead, but bogeyed 8, 9 and 10 and ended the day 3 shots back.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Hole
T1	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	67-69-19=155	−11	5
T1	Nick Watney	United States	64-71-18=153	−11	5
T3	Steve Stricker	United States	69-67-20=156	−10	5
T3	David Toms	United States	66-68-20=154	−10	5
T5	K. J. Choi	South Korea	70-68-37=175	−9	10
T5	Lucas Glover	United States	65-71-25=161	−9	6
T7	Luke Donald	England	69-67-27=163	−8	8
	Jason Dufner	United States	69-70-46=185		12
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	71-67-34=172		9
	Martin Kaymer	Germany	67-72-46=185		12
	Rory Sabbatini	South Africa	67-71-38=176		10

Sunday, May, 15, 2011

Play resumed at 7:35 a.m. EDT with most of the leaders still on the front nine. Graeme McDowell held a three-shot lead standing on the 18th tee, but found the water on his approach and made double bogey. K. J. Choi stormed into contention with a 67 and was in the final threesome with McDowell and David Toms. Lucas Glover also finished with a double bogey and fell out of contention. Peter Hanson, who finished the following night, had the best third round at 66.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	67-69-68=204	−12
T2	K. J. Choi	South Korea	70-68-67=205	−11
T2	David Toms	United States	66-68-71=205	−11
T4	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	70-67-70=207	−9
	Luke Donald	England	69-67-71=207
	Jason Dufner	United States	69-70-68=207
	Davis Love III	United States	68-69-70=207
	Steve Stricker	United States	69-67-71=207
	Nick Watney	United States	64-71-72=207
T10	Paul Goydos	United States	69-70-69=208	−8
T10	Álvaro Quirós	Spain	67-73-68=208	−8

Final round

Sunday, May, 15, 2011

Four different players held a share of the lead in the final round, which came down to the final group. Third round leader Graeme McDowell struggled to a 79, including double bogey on 17, and fell out of the top thirty.^[4] Charlie Hoffman stormed into contention before a quadruple bogey 7 on the infamous 17th hole led to 71. Paul Goydos, the 2008 runner-up, made a move with a 69, but came up two shots short of a playoff.

David Toms, who held the lead almost the entire day, had a one shot lead over K. J. Choi as they played the par-5 16th. Toms went for the green in two and hit it into the water right. He made bogey and was now tied with Choi. On the 17th, Choi made a 10-foot (3 m) birdie putt to take the outright lead for the first time in the tournament. After Toms drove it into a divot on the 18th hole, he hit his approach to 20 feet (6 m). Choi, who pushed his drive right, came up short right of the 18th green and chipped up to five feet. Toms made his birdie putt, only the fourth of the day on 18, to put the pressure back on Choi, who made his par putt to force a playoff.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	K. J. Choi	South Korea	70-68-67-70=275	−13	Playoff
T1	David Toms	United States	66-68-71-70=275	−13	Playoff
3	Paul Goydos	United States	69-70-69-69=277	−11	646,000
T4	Luke Donald	England	69-67-71-71=278	−10	418,000
T4	Nick Watney	United States	64-71-72-71=278	−10	418,000
T6	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	70-67-70-72=279	−9	287,375
	Jason Day	Australia	69-70-72-68=279
	Jason Dufner	United States	69-70-68-72=279
	J. B. Holmes	United States	68-69-73-69=279
	Hunter Mahan	United States	70-67-73-69=279
	Álvaro Quirós	Spain	67-73-68-71=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
Choi	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13
Toms	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13
Goydos	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11
Donald	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10
Watney	−10	−11	−12	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
McDowell	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−6	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[6]

Playoff

This was the fourth playoff in Players Championship history and the first since Sergio García defeated Paul Goydos in 2008. The format was again sudden death, on a rotation of holes 17-18-16-17-18 until there is a winner. On the first extra hole, both players made it on the island green 17th, but both had long birdie putts. After Choi lagged up to three feet, Toms had 23 feet (7 m) for the win, but barely missed; it went three and a half feet past, and he lipped out his comebacker for par. Choi sank the putt for his first win on the PGA Tour since 2008.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	K. J. Choi	South Korea	3	E	1,710,000
2	David Toms	United States	4	+1	1,026,000

Playoff was at the par-3 17th hole

References

1 2 3 "KJ Choi lands Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass". BBC Sport. May 15, 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
1 2 3 "K.J. Choi wins Players after playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. May 15, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
1 2 3 Svrluga, Barry (May 15, 2011). "The Players Championship 2011: K.J. Choi defeats David Toms in a playoff to win TPC". Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
1 2 Smits, Garry (May 15, 2011). "K.J. Choi wins Players Championship in playoff". Floridat Times-Union. (Jacksonville). Retrieved May 1, 2017.
↑ Defending Players champion honors Ballesteros
↑ "Leaderboard: 2011 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

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