2007 Players Championship

2007 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates May 10–13, 2007
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s) TPC Sawgrass
Stadium Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,215 yards (6,597 m)[1]
Field 145 players, 79 after cut
Cut 149 (+5)
Prize fund $9.0 million
Winner's share $1.61 million
Champion
United States Phil Mickelson
277 (−11)
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States

The 2007 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 34th Players Championship and was won by Phil Mickelson, two strokes ahead of runner-up Sergio García.[2]

With the new PGA Tour season arrangement in 2007, the tournament was played in May for the first time and concluded on Mother's Day. Previous tournaments were typically played in late March, two weeks before the Masters Tournament.

Defending champion Stephen Ames missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue

This was the 26th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The renovated course was lengthened 117 yards (107 m) from the previous year to 7,215 yards (6,597 m).[1]

Course layout

The 2007 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 n/a 4235321773844713934422375833,642 4245583581814814495231374623,5737,215
Par 45344443536 4543445343672

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Adam Scott Australia200474717067282−6T6
Steve Elkington Australia1991, 199773717070284−4T12
Tiger Woods United States200175737367288ET37
Davis Love III United States1992, 200377717374295+7T75

Source:[1]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Justin Leonard United States19987872150+6
Craig Perks New Zealand20027576151+7
Fred Funk United States20058073153+9
Stephen Ames Canada20067779156+12

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2007

In gusty winds, a record 50 balls found the water at the 17th hole, which broke the single-round tournament record of 45 set in 2000.[3]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Phil Mickelson United States67−5
Rory Sabbatini South Africa
3Chris DiMarco United States68−4
4Peter Lonard Australia69−3
T5Jason Gore United States70−2
Tom Lehman United States
Rod Pampling Australia
Carl Pettersson Sweden
T9Rich Beem United States71−1
K. J. Choi South Korea
Brian Davis England
Jim Furyk United States
Retief Goosen South Africa
Nathan Green Australia
J. P. Hayes United States
Jeff Quinney United States

Source[3]

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2007

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Phil Mickelson United States67-72=139−5
2Nathan Green Australia71-69=140−4
T3Peter Lonard Australia69-72=141−3
Sean O'Hair United States72-69=141
Rod Pampling Australia70-71=141
Carl Pettersson Sweden70-71=141
T7Chris DiMarco United States68-74=142−2
Tom Pernice, Jr. United States74-68=142
T9Stewart Cink United States74-69=143−1
José Cóceres Argentina73-70=143
Jim Furyk United States71-72=143
Mathew Goggin Australia72-71=143
Tom Lehman United States70-73=143
Rocco Mediate United States72-71=143
Kirk Triplett United States75-68=143

Source[4]

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2007

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sean O'Hair United States72-69-66=207−9
2Phil Mickelson United States67-72-69=208−8
T3Peter Lonard Australia69-72-68=209−7
Jeff Quinney United States71-74-64=209
T5Aaron Baddeley Australia72-72-67=211−5
José Cóceres Argentina73-70-68=211
Chris DiMarco United States68-74-69=211
Luke Donald England74-72-65=211
Carl Pettersson Sweden70-71-70=211
T10Tim Clark South Africa73-72-67=212−4
J. P. Hayes United States71-73-68=212
Geoff Ogilvy Australia74-71-67=212

Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Phil Mickelson won his first Players Championship after shooting a final round 69 to pass 54-hole leader Sean O'Hair. Mickelson birdied his first two holes and made his lone bogey at the 18th hole after the tournament was locked up. O'Hair was two strokes behind Mickelson as they headed to the infamous par-3 17th hole, but he hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin on the island green for a quadruple bogey. O'Hair also bogeyed the final hole, and the mistakes dropped him from second to eleventh place, costing him $747,000 in prize money.[2]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Phil Mickelson United States67-72-69-69=277−111,610,000
2Sergio García Spain73-73-67-66=279−9972,000
T3Stewart Cink United States74-69-71-66=280−8522,000
José María Olazábal Spain78-66-69-67=280
5José Cóceres Argentina73-70-68-70=281−7360,000
T6J. P. Hayes United States71-73-68-70=282−6281,700
Robert Karlsson Sweden77-68-71-66=282
Peter Lonard Australia69-72-68-73=282
Adam Scott Australia74-71-70-67=282
Jeff Quinney United States71-74-64-73=282

Source:[1][2]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
United States Mickelson−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−11
Spain García−3−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−8−9−9
United States Cink−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−7−8
Spain Olazábal−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−5−6−7−8−8−8−7−8−8−8
Argentina Cóceres−4−4−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−7−7
United States O'Hair −9 −10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−6−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ferguson, Doug (May 14, 2007). "Players Championship". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 2C.
  2. 1 2 3 Ferguson, Doug (May 14, 2007). "Lefty's all right". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  3. 1 2 "Brash Sabbatini scores with gusto at gusty TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 11, 2007. p. C2.
  4. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (May 12, 2007). "Phil's riding dry and high". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. B2.
  5. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (May 13, 2007). "Scare at No. 17 doesn't faze O'Hair". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  6. ↑ "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2015.

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