2017 Players Championship

2017 Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	May 11–14, 2017
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,189 yards (6,574 m)
Field	145 players, 82 after cut 71 after second cut
Cut	146 (+2) 222 (+6) after second cut
Champion
Kim Si-woo
278 (−10)
«2016 2018»

The 2017 Players Championship was the 44th Players Championship, held May 11–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and the 36th edition held at the Stadium Course.

Kim Si-woo, age 21, shot a final round 69 to win at 278 (−10), three strokes ahead of runners-up Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter. Starting the final round two strokes back in fourth place, Kim became the championship's youngest winner by over 1½ years, passing Adam Scott (2004).^[1][2]

In the preceding six months on the PGA Tour, Kim had missed the cut or withdrawn in most of his events and was without a top twenty finish.^[3][4] The win was his second on tour and moved him up 47 places in the world rankings, from 75 to 28.^[5]

In the final round, Rafael Cabrera-Bello recorded the first-ever double eagle at the par-5 16th hole, then birdied the par-3 17th.^[6] His tee shot on 18 hooked into the water, but he chipped in to save par and tied for fourth.

Defending champion Jason Day shot 80 on Sunday and was seventeen strokes back, tied for sixtieth place.

Venue

The course was shortened by 26 yards (24 m) this year: #12 was reduced by 56 yards while two other holes were lengthened (#7 by 9 yards and #15 by 21 yards).

Course layout

The 2017 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	76.4 / 155	423	532	177	384	471	393	451	237	583	3,651	424	558	302	181	481	470	523	137	462	3,538	7,189
Par		4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	72

Source:^[7][8]

Field

The field consists of a minimum of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Aaron Baddeley (3), Daniel Berger (3,10), Jonas Blixt (3), Wesley Bryan (10,12), Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell (3,10), Jason Day (3,5,6,8,9,10), Rickie Fowler (3,6,10,14), Sergio García (3,5,10), Cody Gribble, Adam Hadwin (3,10,14), Brian Harman (3), Russell Henley (3), Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III (3), Dustin Johnson (3,5,8,10,14), Kim Si-woo (3), Russell Knox (3,8,10), Marc Leishman (3,9,10), Hideki Matsuyama (3,8,10,14), William McGirt (3,9,10), Rory McIlroy (3,5,7,8,10), Ryan Moore (3,10), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez (4,14), D. A. Points, Jon Rahm (10,14), Patrick Reed (3,10), Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth (3,5,7,10,14), Brendan Steele (3,14), Henrik Stenson (3,5,10), Hudson Swafford (3), Justin Thomas (3,10,14), Jhonattan Vegas (3), Jimmy Walker (3,5,10)

2. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament

Justin Rose (3,5,10,14)

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

Blayne Barber, Ricky Barnes, Zac Blair, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley, Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (10), Roberto Castro, Alex Čejka, K. J. Choi, Ben Crane, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner (5), Harris English, Derek Fathauer, Tony Finau, Jim Furyk, Robert Garrigus, Lucas Glover, Fabián Gómez, Branden Grace (10), Emiliano Grillo (10), Bill Haas (10), James Hahn, David Hearn, Jim Herman, Charley Hoffman (10), J. B. Holmes (10), Billy Horschel (7), Mark Hubbard, John Huh, Fredrik Jacobson, Zach Johnson (5), Kang Sung-hoon, Smylie Kaufman, Jerry Kelly, Michael Kim, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (10), Patton Kizzire, Brooks Koepka (10), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (6,10), Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Danny Lee, Spencer Levin, David Lingmerth (9), Luke List, Andrew Loupe, Jamie Lovemark, Shane Lowry (8), Peter Malnati, Ben Martin, Graeme McDowell, Troy Merritt, Phil Mickelson (5,10), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari (10), Kevin Na, Noh Seung-yul, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (10), Ryan Palmer, Scott Piercy, Chez Reavie, Kyle Reifers, Patrick Rodgers, Charl Schwartzel (10), Adam Scott (5,8,10), Webb Simpson (5), Vijay Singh, Kyle Stanley, Shawn Stefani, Brett Stegmaier, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Vaughn Taylor, Cameron Tringale, Tyrone van Aswegen, Harold Varner III, Johnson Wagner, Bubba Watson (5,8,10), Boo Weekley, Danny Willett (5,10), Gary Woodland (10)

• Jon Curran, Charles Howell III, Colt Knost, John Senden, Brandt Snedeker (10), and David Toms did not play.

4. Top 125 (medical)

Patrick Cantlay, Brian Gay, Ian Poulter

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (6,10)

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

• Tiger Woods did not play.

7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

8. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years

9. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015

Matt Every

10. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Yuta Ikeda, Alexander Norén, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger

• Thomas Pieters did not play.

11. Senior Players champion from prior year

Bernhard Langer

12. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

13. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Grayson Murray

14. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

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

Nationalities in the field

North America (93)	South America (3)	Europe (28)	Oceania (9)	Asia (7)	Africa (5)
Canada (4)	Argentina (2)	England (10)	Australia (7)	India (1)	South Africa (5)
United States (89)	Venezuela (1)	Northern Ireland (2)	Fiji (1)	Japan (2)
		Scotland (2)	New Zealand (1)	South Korea (4)
		Ireland (1)
		Austria (1)
		Germany (3)
		Italy (1)
		Spain (3)
		Sweden (5)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	70	72	71	70	283	−5	T6
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2009	72	70	74	71	287	−1	T16
Sergio García	Spain	2008	73	71	67	78	289	+1	T30
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	70	72	78	71	291	+3	T41
Jason Day	Australia	2016	70	72	73	80	295	+7	T60
Rickie Fowler	United States	2015	70	74	72	79	295	+7	T60
Martin Kaymer	Germany	2014	72	72	75	78	297	+9	T69

Source:^[9]

Missed the second cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	Total	To par	Place
Matt Kuchar	United States	2012	73	71	81	225	+9	82

Source:^[9]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
K. J. Choi	South Korea	2011	72	75	147	+3

Source:^[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 11, 2017

William McGirt and Mackenzie Hughes shared the lead after both hit 67.^[10] Masters champion Sergio García hit a hole-in-one on the 17th hole after recovering from a poor start for a round of 73.^[11]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Mackenzie Hughes	Canada	67	−5
	William McGirt	United States
T3	J. B. Holmes	United States	68	−4
	Alexander Norén	Sweden
	Jon Rahm	Spain
	Chez Reavie	United States
T7	Daniel Berger	United States	69	−3
	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	Spain
	Patrick Cantlay	United States
	Cody Gribble	United States
	Kim Si-woo	South Korea
	David Lingmerth	Sweden
	Francesco Molinari	Italy
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa
	Kyle Stanley	United States
	Brendan Steele	United States
	Daniel Summerhays	United States

Second round

Friday, May 12, 2017

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	69-66=135	−9
	Kyle Stanley	United States	69-66=135
3	J. B. Holmes	United States	68-69=137	−7
4	Vijay Singh	Fiji	70-68=138	−6
T5	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	Spain	69-70=139	−5
	Patrick Cantlay	United States	69-70=139
	David Hearn	Canada	70-69=139
	Alexander Norén	Sweden	68-71=139
	Ian Poulter	England	72-67=139
T10	Paul Casey	England	71-69=140	−4
	Lucas Glover	United States	70-70=140
	Jon Rahm	Spain	68-72=140
	Chez Reavie	United States	68-72=140
	Webb Simpson	United States	71-69=140
	Brendan Steele	United States	69-71=140

Third round

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Under PGA Tour rules, when more than 78 players make the 36-hole cut, a 54-hole cut is employed to reduce the field to the top 70 and ties. This second cut reduced the field from 82 to 71, which included 2012 champion Matt Kuchar, who fell to 82nd at 225 (+9) after an 81.^[9]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	J. B. Holmes	United States	68-69-70=207	−9
	Kyle Stanley	United States	69-66-72=207
3	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	69-66-73=208	−8
4	Kim Si-woo	South Korea	69-72-68=209	−7
T5	Emiliano Grillo	Argentina	72-71-67=210	−6
	Ian Poulter	England	72-67-71=210
T7	Patrick Cantlay	United States	69-70-72=211	−5
	Sergio García	Spain	73-71-67=211
	Alexander Norén	Sweden	68-71-72=211
T10	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	Spain	69-70-73=212	−4
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	69-74-69=212
	Pat Perez	United States	74-72-66=212

Final round

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Kim Si-woo	South Korea	69-72-68-69=278	−10	1,890,000
T2	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	69-66-73-73=281	−7	924,000
	Ian Poulter	England	72-67-71-71=281
T4	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	Spain	69-70-73-70=282	−6	462,000
	Kyle Stanley	United States	69-66-72-75=282
T6	Lucas Glover	United States	70-70-73-70=283	−5	339,938
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	69-74-69-71=283
	Adam Scott	Australia	70-72-71-70=283
	Brendan Steele	United States	69-71-75-68=283
10	Alexander Norén	Sweden	68-71-72-73=284	−4	283,500

Source:^[9]

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
Kim	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Oosthuizen	−8	−9	−9	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7
Poulter	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7
Cabrera-Bello	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−5	−6	−6
Stanley	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6
Glover	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−6	−5	−5	−6	−5
Molinari	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
Scott	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5
Steele	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5
Noren	−5	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4
Grillo	−6	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3
Cantlay	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−3	−2	E	E	−2	−2	−2	E	−1	−1	−1	E
Perez	−4	−3	−2	−1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E
García	−5	−6	−5	−3	−3	−2	−1	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	E	−1	−1	−1	+1
Holmes	−8	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−5	−4	−5	−4	−5	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	+1	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[9]

References

External links

• Official website

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