2008 Players Championship

2008 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates May 8–11, 2008
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s) TPC at Sawgrass
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field 144 players, 74 after cut
Cut 147 (+3)
Prize fund $9.5 million
Winner's share $1.71 million
Champion
Spain Sergio García
283 (−5), playoff
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States

The 2008 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 8–11 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 35th Players Championship and was won by Sergio García, who gained the biggest win of his career to date in a sudden-death playoff over Paul Goydos.[1][2]

Defending champion Phil Mickelson finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 21st place.

Venue

This was the 27th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2008 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
Stephen Ames Canada200674687472288E5
Fred Couples United States1984, 199670727772291+3T15
Phil Mickelson United States200770737178292+4T21
Steve Elkington Australia1991, 199769767772294+6T32
Davis Love III United States1992, 200373747080297+9T54
Adam Scott Australia200475717180297+9T54

Source:[2]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Justin Leonard United States19987574149+5
Fred Funk United States20057477151+7

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 8, 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sergio García Spain66−6
T2Paul Goydos United States68−4
Kenny Perry United States
T4Steve Elkington Australia69−3
Niclas Fasth Sweden
Todd Hamilton United States
Ian Poulter England
Heath Slocum United States
T9Ángel Cabrera Argentina70−2
Fred Couples United States
Ben Crane United States
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain
Anthony Kim United States
Troy Matteson United States
John Merrick United States
Phil Mickelson United States
José María Olazábal Spain
Brett Quigley United States
Kevin Stadler United States
Nicholas Thompson United States
D. J. Trahan United States
Boo Weekley United States

Source:[3]

Second round

Friday, May 9, 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kenny Perry United States68-70=138−6
T2Sergio García Spain66-73=139−5
Paul Goydos United States68-71=139
Bernhard Langer Germany72-67=139
5Anthony Kim United States70-70=140−4
6Boo Weekley United States70-71=141−3
T7Stephen Ames Canada74-68=142−2
Briny Baird United States71-71=142
Fred Couples United States70-72=142
Ben Crane United States70-72=142
John Merrick United States70-72=142
Kevin Stadler United States70-72=142

Source:[4]

Third round

Saturday, May 10, 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paul Goydos United States68-71-70=209−7
2Kenny Perry United States68-70-72=210−6
3Sergio García Spain66-73-73=212−4
T4Bernhard Langer Germany72-67-75=214−2
Phil Mickelson United States70-73-71=214
Jeff Quinney United States71-73-70=214
T7Stuart Appleby Australia72-72-71=215−1
Briny Baird United States71-71-73=215
J. B. Holmes United States72-72-71=215
Greg Kraft United States75-72-68=215
Tom Lehman United States73-73-69=215
Tim Petrovic United States73-73-69=215
Boo Weekley United States70-71-74=215

Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, May 11, 2008

In windy conditions, the final pairing struggled on the final day; overnight leader Paul Goydos managed a 2-over-par 74, whilst Kenny Perry crashed to an 81 (+9). In the groups ahead, the pairing of Jeff Quinney and Sergio García produced some of the best golf of the day, and García became the clubhouse leader at 5-under-par 283. Goydos still led, but missed a 15-foot (4.6 m) par putt to win on the final hole, forcing a sudden-death playoff.[2]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Sergio García Spain66-73-73-71=283−5Playoff
Paul Goydos United States68-71-70-74=283
3Jeff Quinney United States71-73-70-70=284−4646,000
4Briny Baird United States71-71-73-72=287−1456,000
5Stephen Ames Canada74-68-74-72=288E380,000
T6Ben Crane United States70-72-75-72=289+1307,563
Ernie Els South Africa72-71-74-72=289
Tom Lehman United States73-73-69-74=289
Brett Quigley United States70-76-72-71=289
T10Chad Campbell United States73-72-77-68=290+2218,500
J. B. Holmes United States72-72-71-75=290
Greg Kraft United States75-72-68-75=290
Henrik Stenson Sweden73-71-75-71=290
Dean Wilson United States74-72-75-69=290

Source:[2]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Spain García−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−3−3−3−4−5−4−5−5−5−5−5
United States Goydos−7−6−5−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−6−5−6−6−5
United States Quinney−3−4−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−4
United States Baird−1−1−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−1−1
Canada AmesEEE+2+2+2+1+1E−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2E
United States Perry−5−5−5−4−5−5−4−4−4−3−2−2−2−2+1+1+2+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[6]

Playoff

At the first playoff hole, the infamous par-3 17th, Goydos' went first and his tee shot found water. Garcia stayed dry, stopping 4 feet (1.2 m) from the pin and the playoff was essentially over. Goydos finished the hole with a double bogey to give Garcia three putts to win; he two-putted for par and the title.[1] It was the first playoff at the Players Championship since 1987 and the first to start at the 17th hole.[2]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Sergio García Spain3E1,710,000
2Paul Goydos United States5+21,026,000

References

  1. 1 2 Bamberger, Michael (May 19, 2008). "A Fresh Breeze". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ferguson, Doug (May 12, 2008). "Garcia wins Players Championship". Victoria Advocate. Texas. Associated Press. p. C1.
  3. ↑ "Golf: Players Championship - First round scores". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. May 9, 2008. p. 2C.
  4. ↑ "Youth gives way at Players". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. May 10, 2008. p. 5C.
  5. ↑ "Goydos takes control at Players". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. May 11, 2008. p. 5C.
  6. ↑ "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2015.

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