Golf tournament
The 2005 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour , held March 24–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach , southeast of Jacksonville . It was the 32nd Players Championship .
Tournament summary
Fred Funk became the oldest champion at age 48, one stroke ahead of runners-up Luke Donald , Tom Lehman , and Scott Verplank .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 1]
Defending champion Adam Scott finished four strokes back, in a tie for eighth place.
Venue
This was the 24th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).
Eligibility requirements
Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.
Zach Johnson , Phil Mickelson , Stewart Cink , Vijay Singh , Joey Sindelar , Sergio García , Steve Flesch , David Toms , Ernie Els , Retief Goosen , Adam Scott , Stephen Ames , Mark Hensby , Todd Hamilton , Jonathan Byrd , Carlos Franco , Rod Pampling , Vaughn Taylor , Woody Austin , Bart Bryant , Fred Funk , Andre Stolz , Brent Geiberger , Ryan Palmer , Stuart Appleby , Justin Leonard , Tiger Woods , Geoff Ogilvy , Pádraig Harrington , Kenny Perry
The top 125 finishers on the 2004 Official PGA Tour money list. [ 4]
Davis Love III , Chris DiMarco , Mike Weir , Rory Sabbatini , Jerry Kelly , Scott Verplank , John Daly , Shigeki Maruyama , Chad Campbell , K. J. Choi , Jay Haas , Darren Clarke , Tim Herron , Charles Howell III , Jonathan Kaye , Luke Donald , Ted Purdy , Kirk Triplett , Bo Van Pelt , Jesper Parnevik , Jeff Maggert , Robert Allenby , Duffy Waldorf , Tom Pernice Jr. , Harrison Frazar , Joe Ogilvie , Fred Couples , Carl Pettersson , Arron Oberholser , Tom Lehman , Alex Čejka , Craig Parry , Chris Riley , Frank Lickliter , Freddie Jacobson , Justin Rose , Patrick Sheehan , Skip Kendall , Tim Petrovic , Stephen Leaney , Briny Baird , Tim Clark , Heath Slocum , Thomas Bjørn , Bob Estes , Brad Faxon , Jeff Sluman , Loren Roberts , Bob Tway , Joe Durant , Shaun Micheel , Bernhard Langer , Kevin Sutherland , Brian Bateman , Kevin Na , Michael Allen , Corey Pavin , John Huston , Tom Byrum , Dudley Hart , J. J. Henry , Todd Fischer , Tommy Armour III , Lee Janzen , Brett Quigley , Matt Gogel , Hank Kuehne , Hunter Mahan , J. L. Lewis , Nick Price , Hidemichi Tanaka , Scott McCarron , José Cóceres , Cameron Beckman , Daniel Chopra , John Rollins , Robert Gamez , Pat Perez , Mark Calcavecchia , Neal Lancaster , John Senden , Chris Smith , Jim Furyk , Dennis Paulson , Peter Lonard , Kent Jones , Jay Williamson , Stephen Allan , Brian Gay , Aaron Baddeley , Billy Andrade , Tag Ridings
For the duration of their exemption, PGA Tour members who earned a Tournament Winner exemption prior to March 1, 2004.
Steve Lowery , Len Mattiace , Peter Jacobsen
Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 1995 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2004. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.
Steve Elkington , Nick Faldo , Steve Jones , Mark Brooks , Hal Sutton , Craig Perks , David Duval , Rich Beem , Ben Curtis
Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1995–1997).
Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).
Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).
Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).
Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational.
Miguel Ángel Jiménez , Lee Westwood , Ángel Cabrera , Nick O'Hern , Paul Casey , Graeme McDowell , Ian Poulter , David Howell , Richard Green
Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2005 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.
If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2005 Official PGA Tour money list below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.[ 4]
Tom Gillis , Robert Damron , Craig Barlow
The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of World Golf Hall of Fame. (Note: Such a player would be added to the field.)
Sources:[ 5]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Source: [ 6]
Second round
Friday, March 25, 2005 Saturday, March 26, 2005 Sunday, March 27, 2005
Source: [ 7]
Third round
Sunday, March 27, 2005 Monday, March 28, 2005
Source: [ 7] [ 8]
Final round
Monday, March 28, 2005
Champion
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T12
Mark Calcavecchia 71-70-72-71=284
−4
156,800
Alex Čejka 70-70-70-74=284
Retief Goosen 69-70-69-76=284
Steve Lowery 69-74-72-69=284
Vijay Singh 67-74-71-72=284
T17
Ernie Els 71-71-74-69=285
−3
112,000
Bob Estes 67-73-73-72=285
Joey Sindelar 70-71-70-74=285
Kirk Triplett 70-66-76-73=285
Mike Weir 74-68-69-74=285
T22
John Senden 74-69-70-73=286
−2
86,400
Lee Westwood 65-69-80-72=286
T24
Jay Haas 69-69-72-77=287
−1
70,400
Nick O'Hern 76-65-72-74=287
Brett Quigley 67-73-78-69=287
T27
Michael Allen 71-71-70-76=288
E
56,800
Nick Faldo 71-70-74-73=288
Arron Oberholser 73-68-72-75=288
Rod Pampling 70-70-68-80=288
Tim Petrovic 71-71-71-75=288
T32
Jonathan Byrd 73-68-73-75=289
+1
42,400
Stewart Cink 70-68-73-78=289
Sergio García 66-75-70-78=289
Shigeki Maruyama 70-68-76-75=289
Joe Ogilvie 72-67-72-78=289
Pat Perez 70-70-72-77=289
Nick Price (c)71-70-69-79=289
Vaughn Taylor 70-67-73-79=289
T40
Daniel Chopra 68-70-73-79=290
+2
30,400
Hunter Mahan 68-75-70-77=290
Graeme McDowell 71-66-74-79=290
Phil Mickelson 70-68-77-75=290
Craig Parry 68-70-71-81=290
Duffy Waldorf 72-69-72-77=290
T46
Tom Byrum 72-71-75-73=291
+3
21,394
Brad Faxon 72-69-73-77=291
Richard Green (golfer) 75-68-71-77=291
Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-69-82-70=291
Jeff Maggert 70-71-71-79=291
Jesper Parnevik 69-71-72-79=291
Jeff Sluman 71-67-75-78=291
T53
Jonathan Kaye 72-69-77-75=293
+5
18,613
Heath Slocum 70-72-74-77=293
Tiger Woods (c)70-73-75-75=293
T56
Tommy Armour III 70-73-74-77=294
+6
17,760
Briny Baird 68-73-75-78=294
Brian Bateman 71-71-75-77=294
Robert Gamez 68-75-69-82=294
Ted Purdy 69-74-72-79=294
Bob Tway 67-71-80-76=294
Jay Williamson 72-68-77-77=294
T63
Craig Barlow 73-70-73-79=295
+7
16,800
Darren Clarke 73-70-73-79=295
Robert Damron 72-71-76-76=295
Pádraig Harrington 67-73-77-78=295
Dudley Hart 70-67-76-82=295
T68
Lee Janzen (c)73-69-74-80=296
+8
16,160
Kevin Sutherland 72-70-74-80=296
David Toms 70-71-73-82=296
T71
Len Mattiace 72-71-76-78=297
+9
15,760
Shaun Micheel 68-74-72-83=297
T73
Cameron Beckman 74-69-73-82=298
+10
15,440
Mark Hensby 72-70-76-80=298
T75
Brian Gay 71-72-74-82=299
+11
15,040
Kent Jones 74-68-75-82=299
Steve Jones 64-77-74-84=299
78
Aaron Baddeley 73-69-80-78=300
+12
14,720
T79
Steve Flesch 72-71-78-81=302
+14
14,480
Frank Lickliter 72-71-73-86=302
81
José Cóceres 73-70-78-82=303
+15
14,240
82
Tag Ridings 72-71-82-79=304
+16
14,080
CUT
Robert Allenby 75-69=144
E
Mark Brooks 70-74=144
Ángel Cabrera 73-71=144
Chad Campbell 72-72=144
Jim Furyk 74-70=144
J. J. Henry 72-72=144
Charles Howell III 72-72=144
John Huston 73-71=144
Peter Jacobsen 70-74=144
Bernhard Langer 75-69=144
Corey Pavin 69-75=144
Tom Pernice Jr. 73-71=144
Carl Pettersson 73-71=144
Justin Rose 77-67=144
Chris Smith 73-71=144
Stephen Ames 71-74=145
+1
Paul Casey 74-71=145
Ben Curtis 72-73=145
John Daly 73-72=145
Tom Gillis 74-71=145
Matt Gogel 75-70=145
Kenny Perry 74-71=145
Loren Roberts 74-71=145
Rory Sabbatini 75-70=145
Fred Couples (c)74-72=146
+2
Todd Fischer 70-76=146
Jerry Kelly 71-75=146
Skip Kendall 73-73=146
Peter Lonard 73-73=146
Bo Van Pelt 75-71=146
Bart Bryant 72-75=147
+3
K. J. Choi 73-74=147
Tim Clark 77-70=147
Chris DiMarco 73-74=147
David Howell 74-73=147
Craig Perks (c)75-72=147
John Rollins 74-73=147
Patrick Sheehan 75-72=147
Billy Andrade 73-75=148
+4
Carlos Franco 74-74=148
Harrison Frazar 78-70=148
Todd Hamilton 74-74=148
Hank Kuehne 70-78=148
Geoff Ogilvy 74-74=148
Dennis Paulson 75-73=148
Ian Poulter 70-78=148
Chris Riley 76-72=148
Rich Beem 72-77=149
+5
Stephen Leaney 72-77=149
Kevin Na 77-72=149
Freddie Jacobson 73-77=150
+6
Justin Leonard (c)76-74=150
Woody Austin 78-73=151
+7
Scott McCarron 76-76=152
+8
Ryan Palmer 76-76=152
Stephen Allan 77-77=154
+10
Andre Stolz 78-76=154
David Duval (c)76-79=155
+11
Stuart Appleby 80-78=158
+14
WD
Brent Geiberger 69-70-78=217
+1
Thomas Bjørn 69-74=143
−1
Hidemichi Tanaka 72
E
Neal Lancaster 81
+9
Hal Sutton (c)84
+12
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
−8
−8
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−9
−9
−9
−9
−10
−11
−10
−9
−10
−9
−9
−11
−11
−12
−10
−10
−10
−9
−9
−8
−9
−9
−8
−8
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−4
−5
−5
−6
−7
−8
−8
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−7
−8
−8
−8
−6
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−9
−9
−7
−8
−9
−9
−9
−9
−9
−8
−11
−12
−11
−11
−10
−10
−10
−10
−10
−10
−10
−9
−9
−8
−8
−8
−8
−7
−6
−6
−6
−4
−4
−4
−5
−5
−6
−6
−6
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−7
−6
−10
−10
−10
−10
−9
−9
−9
−8
−7
−8
−8
−9
−8
−7
−7
−7
−7
−6
−9
−9
−9
−10
−9
−8
−8
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−6
−5
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
Source: [ 10]
References
^ a b "Rain stops, fog lifts, and Funk emerges" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). (New York Times) . March 29, 2005. p. 1C.^ "TPC rained out, two tied for lead" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 2005. p. C2.^ Ferguson, Doug (March 28, 2005). "Tuesday finish looming for TPC" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C. ^ a b "Official Money – 2004" . PGA Tour. Retrieved 2023-04-10 .^ "2005 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF) . PGA Tour. p. 3-31.^ "Jones steals TPC spotlight" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). (New York Daily News) . March 25, 2005. p. 1C.^ a b "Players Championship" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). March 28, 2005. p. 2C.^ "Players Championship par scores" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). March 29, 2005. p. 2C.^ "Past Results 1974 – present" . PGA Tour . Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .^ "THE PLAYERS Championship" . ESPN . Retrieved 30 August 2018 .
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