Golf tournament
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In the preceding six months on the PGA Tour , Kim had missed the cut or withdrawn in most of his events and was without a top twenty finish.[ 3] [ 4] The win was his second on tour and moved him up 47 places in the world rankings , from 75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, Rafa 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 consisted 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 , Freddie 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)
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
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
Rafa Cabrera-Bello , Ross Fisher , Matt Fitzpatrick , Tommy Fleetwood , Tyrrell Hatton , Yuta Ikeda , Alex Norén , Lee Westwood , Bernd Wiesberger
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
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, May 11, 2017
William McGirt and Mackenzie Hughes shared the lead after both shot 67.[ 9] Masters champion Sergio García made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole after recovering from a poor start for a round of 73.[ 10]
Second round
Friday, May 12, 2017
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.[ 11]
Final round
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Champion
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
11
Emiliano Grillo
72-71-67-75=285
−3
262,500
T12
Dustin Johnson
71-73-74-68=286
−2
212,625
Smylie Kaufman
74-67-76-69=286
Chris Kirk
74-72-69-71=286
Bernd Wiesberger
75-71-68-72=286
T16
Blayne Barber
70-76-72-69=287
−1
152,250
Mackenzie Hughes
67-75-74-71=287
Brooks Koepka
74-69-71-73=287
Webb Simpson
71-69-77-70=287
Vijay Singh
70-68-79-70=287
Henrik Stenson (c)
72-70-74-71=287
T22
Patrick Cantlay
69-70-72-77=288
E
92,137
Paul Casey
71-69-77-71=288
Yuta Ikeda
73-69-72-74=288
Hideki Matsuyama
72-71-76-69=288
William McGirt
67-75-71-75=288
Noh Seung-yul
73-69-75-71=288
Pat Perez
74-72-66-76=288
Patrick Reed
72-73-74-69=288
T30
Sergio García (c)
73-71-67-78=289
+1
65,205
Adam Hadwin
71-72-76-70=289
Charley Hoffman
74-72-72-71=289
Kang Sung-hoon
71-75-72-71=289
Ben Martin
71-70-73-75=289
T35
Kevin Chappell
72-72-73-73=290
+2
50,662
Russell Henley
75-68-73-74=290
Jim Herman
71-75-72-72=290
Rory McIlroy
73-71-71-75=290
Cameron Tringale
70-71-76-73=290
Harold Varner III
71-70-77-72=290
T41
Aaron Baddeley
70-73-76-72=291
+3
36,750
Tommy Fleetwood
74-67-76-74=291
Tyrrell Hatton
76-70-71-74=291
J. B. Holmes
68-69-70-84=291
Billy Hurley III
71-72-76-72=291
Phil Mickelson (c)
70-72-78-71=291
Steve Stricker
72-70-73-76=291
T48
Branden Grace
71-75-73-73=292
+4
26,712
Cody Gribble
69-75-74-74=292
Zach Johnson
72-73-71-76=292
Rod Pampling
72-74-74-72=292
Boo Weekley
70-76-73-73=292
T53
Brian Harman
71-75-71-76=293
+5
24,430
Ryan Moore
73-72-74-74=293
Daniel Summerhays
69-73-75-76=293
T56
Roberto Castro
71-71-76-76=294
+6
23,625
Kevin Kisner
71-75-73-75=294
Chez Reavie
68-72-79-75=294
Jimmy Walker
71-74-73-76=294
T60
Keegan Bradley
75-69-73-78=295
+7
22,680
Jason Day (c)
70-72-73-80=295
Jason Dufner
73-71-77-74=295
Rickie Fowler (c)
70-74-72-79=295
Michael Kim
72-74-73-76=295
T65
Ricky Barnes
70-74-76-76=296
+8
21,735
Daniel Berger
69-72-77-78=296
Justin Rose
74-71-71-80=296
Lee Westwood
70-75-76-75=296
T69
David Hearn
70-69-80-78=297
+9
21,000
Martin Kaymer (c)
72-72-75-78=297
Graeme McDowell
71-72-74-80=297
T72
David Lingmerth
69-75-78=222
+6
20,370
Jon Rahm
68-72-82=222
Kevin Streelman
72-73-77=222
T75
Jamie Lovemark
75-70-78=223
+7
19,635
Brian Stuard
73-73-77=223
Justin Thomas
73-71-79=223
Gary Woodland
70-75-78=223
T79
Alex Čejka
75-70-79=224
+8
18,900
Ben Crane
71-75-78=224
Grayson Murray
74-72-78=224
82
Matt Kuchar (c)
73-71-81=225
+9
18,480
CUT
Scott Brown
74-73=147
+3
K. J. Choi (c)
72-75=147
Luke Donald
74-73=147
Tony Finau
73-74=147
Jim Furyk
73-74=147
James Hahn
72-75=147
John Huh
74-73=147
Jason Kokrak
73-74=147
Martin Laird
74-73=147
Spencer Levin
75-72=147
Luke List
78-69=147
Andrew Loupe
74-73=147
Hudson Swafford
76-71=147
Jhonattan Vegas
78-69=147
Wesley Bryan
72-76=148
+4
Graham DeLaet
74-74=148
Russell Knox
76-72=148
Marc Leishman
73-75=148
Ryan Palmer
71-77=148
Cameron Smith
71-77=148
Jordan Spieth
73-75=148
Jonas Blixt
77-72=149
+5
Chad Campbell
74-75=149
Ross Fisher
76-73=149
Matt Fitzpatrick
76-73=149
Bill Haas
76-73=149
Freddie Jacobson
76-73=149
Bernhard Langer
71-78=149
Kyle Reifers
74-75=149
Patrick Rodgers
73-76=149
Shawn Stefani
74-75=149
Greg Chalmers
73-77=150
+6
Ernie Els
74-76=150
Brian Gay
74-76=150
Anirban Lahiri
75-75=150
Shane Lowry
74-76=150
Peter Malnati
75-75=150
Troy Merritt
74-76=150
Charl Schwartzel
76-74=150
Robert Streb
75-75=150
Jason Bohn
75-76=151
+7
Fabián Gómez
78-73=151
Billy Horschel
75-76=151
Mark Hubbard
76-75=151
Jerry Kelly
74-77=151
Bryce Molder
74-77=151
Bubba Watson
76-75=151
Matt Every
74-78=152
+8
Derek Fathauer
76-76=152
Sean O'Hair
74-78=152
D. A. Points
73-79=152
Brett Stegmaier
76-76=152
Vaughn Taylor
75-77=152
Johnson Wagner
74-78=152
Tyrone van Aswegen
75-78=153
+9
Patton Kizzire
77-77=154
+10
Robert Garrigus
75-80=155
+11
Danny Lee
78-77=155
Zac Blair
76-80=156
+12
Harris English
84-76=160
+16
Scott Piercy
80-84=164
+20
WD
Danny Willett
79
+7
Kevin Na
Source: [ 12]
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: [ 11]
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