2022 Players Championship Golf tournament
Golf tournament
The 2022 Players Championship was the 48th Players Championship , held March 10–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida . It was the 41st edition at the Stadium Course and concluded on Monday due to weather delays. The purse was increased by a third this year to twenty million dollars .
Cameron Smith shot a six-under-par 66 in the final round to finish at 275 (−13) to win his first Players Championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Anirban Lahiri , the 54-hole leader.[ 1] Defending champion Justin Thomas finished ten strokes back, tied for 33rd place.[ 2]
Venue
Course layout
The 2022 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
Par
4
5
3
4
4
4
4
3
5
36
4
5
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
36
72
Round 1
432
527
186
376
474
381
456
237
583
3,652
406
557
369
182
460
450
506
137
462
3,529
7,181
Round 2
419
536
167
384
459
386
449
204
577
3,581
424
547
352
185
474
461
532
136
436
3,547
7,128
Round 3
425
533
165
388
470
383
440
219
574
3,597
404
532
341
175
486
449
522
123
459
3,491
7,088
Round 4
412
538
185
388
458
390
427
231
586
3,615
423
540
300
152
463
448
521
135
445
3,427
7,042
Source: [ 3]
Field
The field consisted of 144 players meeting various criteria; they include tournament winners on the PGA Tour since the previous Players Championship, recent winners of major championships , The Players and World Golf Championships , and leading players in the FedEx Cup standings from the current and preceding seasons.[ 4] [ 5]
Eligibility criteria
This list details the eligibility criteria for the 2022 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were eligible is indicated in parentheses.[ 4]
1. Winners of PGA Tour events since the 2021 Players Championship
Abraham Ancer (10,16,18)
Ryan Brehm
Sam Burns (16,18,21)
Patrick Cantlay (7,13,16,18)
Cameron Champ (16)
Stewart Cink (16)
Joel Dahmen (16)
Cameron Davis (16)
Tony Finau (16,18)
Lucas Glover (16)
Talor Gooch (16,18,21)
Lucas Herbert
Garrick Higgo (16)
Tom Hoge (16,18,21)
Max Homa (14,16,18)
Billy Horschel (9,16,18)
Viktor Hovland (16,18)
Im Sung-jae (16,18,21)
Matt Jones (16)
Kevin Kisner (9,16,18)
Jason Kokrak (16,18)
Lee Kyoung-hoon (16)
Marc Leishman (16,18)
Luke List (16,21)
Rory McIlroy (7,11,16,18)
Collin Morikawa (5,6,8,16,18,21)
Joaquín Niemann (14,16,18,21)
Séamus Power (16,18)
Jon Rahm (4,13,16,18)
Scottie Scheffler (12,18,21)
Cameron Smith (16,18,21)
Jordan Spieth (16,18)
Sepp Straka (14,16)
Hudson Swafford (16)
Erik van Rooyen (16)
2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2017–2021)
3. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2016–2021)
4. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2016–2021)
5. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2016–2021)
6. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2016–2021)
7. Recent winners of the FedEx Cup (2018/19–2020/21)
8. Recent winners of the WGC Championship (2019–2021)
9. Recent winners of the WGC Match Play (2018–2021)
10. Recent winners of the WGC Invitational (2018–2021)
11. Recent winners of the WGC-HSBC Champions (2018–2019)
12. Recent winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (2019–2022)
13. Recent winners of the Memorial Tournament (2018–2021)
14. Recent winners of the Genesis Invitational (2020–2022)
15. Winner of the Olympic Golf Competition in 2021
16. Top 125 from the previous season's FedEx Cup points list
17. The top 125 players who fulfilled the terms of a major medical extension
18. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following The Honda Classic [ 9] [ 10]
19. Senior Players champion from previous year
20. Leading points winners from the Korn Ferry Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Finals during the previous year
21. Top 10 in the current season's FedEx Cup points standings after The Honda Classic
22. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings after The Honda Classic[ 9]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022
Saturday, March 12, 2022
Overnight rain delayed the start by an hour and further delays during the day meant that only 66 of the 144 players completed their opening round on Thursday, while 12 players did not start their rounds. Tommy Fleetwood and Tom Hoge were top of the leaderboard after opening rounds of 66, 6-under-par, when play was suspended due to darkness.[ 13] Harold Varner III had earlier led at 7-under-par, but he made a triple-bogey 6 at the 17th hole and, after a bogey at the last, finished with 69.[ 14] The first round resumed on Friday, but after another weather delay, the course was declared unplayable by Tour officials with 47 of the 144 players not having completed their opening round.[ 15] Play resumed at noon on Saturday in windy conditions. The first round was completed in the early afternoon, 54 hours after it has started. Fleetwood and Hoge still led with six players a stroke behind.[ 16]
Source: [ 2]
Second round
Saturday, March 12, 2022
Sunday, March 13, 2022
The second round started at noon on Saturday, before the first round was completed. In windy conditions, less than half the field were able to complete their rounds and a number of groups did not start their rounds.[ 16] 71 players made the cut at 146 (+2), when the second round was completed at about 3 pm on Sunday. The co-leaders were Sam Burns and Tom Hoge at 137, 7-under-par.
Source: [ 2]
Third round
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022
The third round started at 3:15 pm on Sunday using both the first and tenth tees.
Source: [ 2]
Final round
Monday, March 14, 2022
The final round started at 11:00 am using both the first and tenth tees.
Champion
(c) = past champion
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
1
Cameron Smith
69-71-69-66=275
−13
3,600,000
2
Anirban Lahiri
67-73-67-69=276
−12
2,180,000
3
Paul Casey
70-69-69-69=277
−11
1,380,000
4
Kevin Kisner
68-74-68-68=278
−10
980,000
5
Keegan Bradley
72-71-68-68=279
−9
820,000
T6
Doug Ghim
70-70-68-72=280
−8
675,000
Russell Knox
71-71-68-70=280
Harold Varner III
69-69-72-70=280
T9
Adam Hadwin
72-72-70-67=281
−7
525,000
Viktor Hovland
71-73-68-69=281
Dustin Johnson
69-73-76-63=281
Sepp Straka
69-74-71-67=281
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T13
Daniel Berger
67-75-70-70=282
−6
327,222
Tyrrell Hatton
70-73-69-70=282
Russell Henley
69-73-72-68=282
Max Homa
72-73-71-66=282
Shane Lowry
73-70-67-72=282
Keith Mitchell
67-72-74-69=282
Taylor Pendrith
68-71-74-69=282
Brendan Steele
73-69-69-71=282
Erik van Rooyen
71-67-74-70=282
T22
Tommy Fleetwood
66-73-72-72=283
−5
201,000
Patton Kizzire
68-76-72-67=283
Joaquín Niemann
67-73-73-70=283
Kevin Streelman
73-71-66-73=283
T26
Sam Burns
68-69-71-76=284
−4
143,000
Corey Conners
70-69-75-70=284
Sergio García (c)
71-71-71-71=284
Alex Norén
69-75-71-69=284
Doc Redman
71-70-72-71=284
Patrick Reed
73-70-68-73=284
Will Zalatoris
69-71-70-74=284
T33
Abraham Ancer
68-71-74-72=285
−3
100,111
Joel Dahmen
70-71-71-73=285
Tom Hoge
66-71-72-76=285
Rory McIlroy (c)
73-73-73-66=285
Sebastián Muñoz
70-73-65-77=285
Pat Perez
70-72-75-68=285
Ian Poulter
73-70-71-71=285
Séamus Power
71-71-73-70=285
Justin Thomas (c)
72-69-72-72=285
T42
Kramer Hickok
67-75-71-73=286
−2
73,000
Francesco Molinari
70-73-69-74=286
Louis Oosthuizen
69-72-69-76=286
Scott Stallings
71-75-65-75=286
T46
Adam Long
71-71-75-70=287
−1
57,700
Peter Malnati
70-75-72-70=287
Maverick McNealy
70-76-70-71=287
Troy Merritt
74-71-71-71=287
T50
Dylan Frittelli
73-72-73-70=288
E
50,200
Brice Garnett
67-76-74-71=288
Aaron Wise
71-74-74-69=288
T53
Branden Grace
71-72-73-73=289
+1
47,800
Jason Kokrak
72-72-71-74=289
T55
Im Sung-jae
72-72-70-76=290
+2
46,200
Lee Kyoung-hoon
70-73-76-71=290
Jon Rahm
69-72-72-77=290
Scottie Scheffler
70-76-68-76=290
Jimmy Walker
70-73-71-76=290
T60
Denny McCarthy
70-76-73-72=291
+3
44,600
Sam Ryder
69-74-73-75=291
Michael Thompson
72-73-74-72=291
T63
Chesson Hadley
70-74-71-77=292
+4
43,400
Brian Harman
68-74-75-75=292
Hank Lebioda
72-70-72-78=292
T66
Hayden Buckley
72-71-76-74=293
+5
42,400
Nick Watney
75-71-75-72=293
T68
Lucas Herbert
70-74-75-76=295
+7
41,600
Bubba Watson
73-68-78-76=295
70
Lee Hodges
72-74-75-76=297
+9
41,000
WD
Billy Horschel [ e]
74-70-52=196
E
40,600
CUT
Cameron Davis
71-76=147
+3
Jason Day (c)
69-78=147
Charley Hoffman
74-73=147
Chris Kirk
71-76=147
Matt Kuchar (c)
74-73=147
Marc Leishman
69-78=147
Henrik Norlander
73-74=147
Carlos Ortiz
73-74=147
Scott Piercy
70-77=147
Patrick Rodgers
73-74=147
Jhonattan Vegas
69-78=147
Matt Fitzpatrick
74-74=148
+4
Lucas Glover
74-74=148
Talor Gooch
70-78=148
Garrick Higgo
74-74=148
Mackenzie Hughes
72-76=148
Collin Morikawa
73-75=148
Pan Cheng-tsung
69-79=148
Andrew Putnam
69-79=148
Justin Rose
69-79=148
Charl Schwartzel
75-73=148
Adam Scott (c)
78-70=148
Hudson Swafford
73-75=148
Richy Werenski
71-77=148
Cameron Young
71-77=148
Joseph Bramlett
75-74=149
+5
Patrick Cantlay
72-77=149
Wyndham Clark
73-76=149
Matt Jones
79-70=149
Mito Pereira
72-77=149
Webb Simpson (c)
75-74=149
Brian Stuard
73-76=149
Lanto Griffin
70-80=150
+6
Martin Laird
72-78=150
Roger Sloan
73-77=150
Gary Woodland
71-79=150
Cameron Champ
72-79=151
+7
Tony Finau
76-75=151
Beau Hossler
71-80=151
Ryan Palmer
71-80=151
Thomas Pieters
73-78=151
Xander Schauffele
73-78=151
Adam Schenk
78-73=151
J. J. Spaun
73-78=151
Jordan Spieth
72-79=151
Robert Streb
74-77=151
Kevin Tway
73-78=151
Stewart Cink
77-75=152
+8
Stephan Jäger
77-75=152
Brandt Snedeker
72-80=152
Kyle Stanley
74-78=152
Brendon Todd
78-74=152
Cameron Tringale
73-79=152
Matt Wallace
76-76=152
James Hahn
74-79=153
+9
Harry Higgs
77-76=153
Zach Johnson
73-80=153
Brooks Koepka
72-81=153
Matthew NeSmith
79-74=153
J. T. Poston
78-75=153
Sahith Theegala
74-79=153
Lee Westwood
73-80=153
Matthew Wolff
72-81=153
Brandon Hagy
78-76=154
+10
Taylor Moore
74-80=154
Ryan Brehm
74-81=155
+11
Brian Gay
76-81=157
+13
Chez Reavie
80-77=157
Emiliano Grillo
77-82=159
+15
WD
Henrik Stenson (c)[ f]
73-73=146
+1
Kim Si-woo (c)[ g]
76-70=146
+4
Danny Lee [ h]
77-64=141
+5
Luke List [ i]
36
+4
Source: [ 2]
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
Smith
−8
−9
−10
−11
−11
−12
−11
−10
−9
−10
−11
−12
−13
−13
−13
−13
−14
−13
Lahiri
−9
−9
−9
−10
−10
−10
−10
−8
−9
−9
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−12
−12
Casey
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−9
−8
−9
−9
−10
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
Kisner
−6
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−7
−7
−7
−6
−7
−7
−7
−8
−9
−10
−10
Bradley
−5
−5
−5
−6
−5
−6
−6
−6
−7
−8
−9
−10
−10
−10
−11
−12
−11
−9
Ghim
−8
−6
−6
−7
−7
−7
−7
−6
−6
−5
−6
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
Knox
−7
−8
−8
−9
−8
−8
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
Varner
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−5
−5
−5
−6
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
Burns
−7
−7
−6
−6
−6
−6
−5
−5
−6
−5
−5
−4
−4
−5
−5
−6
−4
−4
Muñoz
−6
−5
−5
−5
−5
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−5
−4
−3
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
Source: [ 2]
Notes
^ a b Hideki Matsuyama withdrew on the morning of the first round due to a back injury; he was replaced by Patrick Rodgers.[ 6]
^ a b Bryson DeChambeau withdrew; he was replaced by Hayden Buckley.[ 7]
^ a b Kevin Na withdrew due to the imminent birth of his third child; he was replaced by Taylor Moore.[ 12]
^ a b Tyler McCumber withdrew due to a shoulder injury on Friday morning, which because of weather delays on Thursday was still before the start of his first round; he was replaced by Michael Thompson, who got the place after Aaron Rai withdrew as an alternate.[ 8]
^ Horschel withdrew before the start of play on Monday due to illness; he had completed 13 holes of his third round.[ 17]
^ Stenson withdrew before the start of play on Sunday; he had completed 17 holes of his second round.[ 18]
^ Kim withdrew before the start of play on Sunday; he had completed 17 holes of his second round.
^ Lee withdrew before the start of play on Sunday; he had completed 16 holes of his second round.
^ List withdrew on Friday morning due to a neck injury; he had completed 8 holes of his first round.[ 19]
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