2006 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 23–26, 2006 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
Course(s) |
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,098 yards (6,490 m)[1] |
Field | 144 players, 74 after cut |
Cut | 144 (Even) |
Prize fund | $8.0 million |
Winner's share | $1.44 million |
Champion | |
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274 (−14) | |
The 2006 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 33rd Players Championship.
Stephen Ames shot a final round 67 and completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin, six strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen.[2][3] Ames was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over Sergio García and Vijay Singh.[4]
A month earlier at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Ames lasted only ten holes in the first round, falling to Tiger Woods 9&8.[5]
Defending champion Fred Funk finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for sixteenth place.
This was the final Players held in March; it moved to mid-May in 2007.
Venue
This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; five yards were added this year and its length was 7,098 yards (6,490 m).[1]
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Funk | 2005 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 287 | −1 | T16 | |
Tiger Woods | 2001 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 289 | +1 | T22 | |
Nick Price | 1993 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 290 | +2 | T27 | |
Fred Couples | 1983, 1996 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 291 | +3 | 35 | |
Adam Scott | 2004 | 70 | 67 | 82 | 76 | 295 | +7 | T53 |
Score:[1]
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Justin Leonard | 1998 | 75 | 70 | 145 | +1 | |
Davis Love III | 1992, 2003 | 65 | 83 | 148 | +4 | |
David Duval | 1999 | 71 | 80 | 151 | +7 | |
Craig Perks | 2002 | 79 | 76 | 155 | +11 |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Jim Furyk | 65 | −7 | |
Davis Love III | ||||
T3 | Robert Allenby | 67 | −5 | |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez | ||||
Bernhard Langer | ||||
T6 | Ben Crane | 68 | −4 | |
Arron Oberholser | ||||
José María Olazábal | ||||
John Rollins | ||||
Vijay Singh | ||||
Bo Van Pelt |
Source:[6]
Second round
Friday, March 24, 2006
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Furyk | 65-71=136 | −8 | |
T2 | Stephen Ames | 71-66=137 | −7 | |
Adam Scott | 70-67=137 | |||
T4 | K. J. Choi | 69-69=138 | −6 | |
Sergio García | 70-68=138 | |||
Vijay Singh | 68-70=138 | |||
T7 | Brad Faxon | 70-69=139 | −5 | |
Steve Flesch | 69-70=139 | |||
Fred Funk | 69-70=139 | |||
Arron Oberholser | 68-71=139 | |||
José María Olazábal | 68-71=139 | |||
Greg Owen | 71-68=139 | |||
John Rollins | 68-71=139 | |||
Bo Van Pelt | 68-71=139 |
Third round
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stephen Ames | 71-66-70=207 | −9 | |
T2 | Sergio García | 70-68-70=208 | −8 | |
Vijay Singh | 68-70-70=208 | |||
T4 | Henrik Stenson | 69-71-70=210 | −6 | |
Mike Weir | 71-71-68=210 | |||
T6 | Jim Furyk | 65-71-75=211 | −5 | |
Retief Goosen | 69-71-71=211 | |||
Tom Pernice, Jr. | 70-70-71=211 | |||
Carl Pettersson | 71-70-70=211 | |||
John Rollins | 68-71-72=211 | |||
Bo Van Pelt | 68-71-72=211 |
Source:[9]
Final round
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stephen Ames | 71-66-70-67=274 | −14 | 1,440,000 | |
2 | Retief Goosen | 69-71-71-69=280 | −8 | 864,000 | |
T3 | Jim Furyk | 65-71-75-72=283 | −5 | 384,000 | |
Pat Perez | 71-72-69-71=283 | ||||
Henrik Stenson | 69-71-70-73=283 | ||||
Camilo Villegas | 74-70-68-71=283 | ||||
7 | José María Olazábal | 68-71-74-71=284 | −4 | 268,000 | |
T8 | Ernie Els | 72-70-72-71=285 | −3 | 208,000 | |
Carl Pettersson | 71-70-70-74=285 | ||||
John Rollins | 68-71-72-74=285 | ||||
Vijay Singh | 68-70-70-77=285 | ||||
Vaughn Taylor | 73-71-68-73=285 | ||||
Bo Van Pelt | 68-71-72-74=285 |
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Players Championship". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 27, 2006. p. D4.
- 1 2 Harig, Bob (March 27, 2006). "In a rout, Ames tells world he's a Player". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
- 1 2 Ferguson, Doug (March 27, 2006). "Ames tames Sawgrass". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C3.
- ↑ "Ames takes over at TPC, takes aim at tourney win". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. March 26, 2006. p. 3C.
- ↑ "Woods torches foe at Match Play". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 23, 2006. p. C2.
- ↑ "Golf: Players Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. March 24, 2006. p. C4.
- ↑ "Love becomes spectator". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. March 25, 2006. p. B6.
- ↑ "Golf: Players Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. May 25, 2006. p. C4.
- ↑ "Ames escapes as Sawgrass mows down field". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. March 26, 2006. p. D8.