2009 Players Championship

2009 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates May 7–10, 2009
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)
Field 145 players, 83 after cut
(71 after second cut)
Cut 144 (Even), 218 (+2)
Prize fund $9.5 million
Winner's share $1.71 million
Champion
Sweden Henrik Stenson
276 (−12)
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 2009 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 7–10 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 36th Players Championship.

Henrik Stenson shot a bogey-free 66 in the final round to win at 276 (−12), four strokes ahead of Ian Poulter.[1][2] Alex Čejka led by five strokes after the third round,[3] but went out in 42 and finished in a tie for ninth.[4][5] Stenson was the third European to win the title, after Sergio García the previous year and Sandy Lyle in 1987.

Due to 83 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.

Defending champion Sergio García finished ten strokes back, in a tie for 22nd place.

Venue

This was the 28th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2009 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 wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Tiger Woods United States200171697073283−58
Sergio García Spain200871737369286−2T22
Justin Leonard United States199870697573287−1T32
Stephen Ames Canada200670717574290+2T49
Phil Mickelson United States200773717176291+3T55

Missed the second cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3TotalTo par
Fred Funk United States2005737178222+6

Missed the first cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Adam Scott Australia20047174145+1
Steve Elkington Australia1991, 19977373146+2
Davis Love III United States1992, 20037374147+3
Fred Couples United States1984, 19968071151+7

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 7, 2009

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ben Crane United States65−7
T2Alex Čejka Germany66−6
Richard S. Johnson Sweden
John Mallinger United States
T5Brad Adamonis United States67−5
Jonathan Byrd United States
Jason Dufner United States
Retief Goosen South Africa
Ian Poulter England
David Toms United States
Scott Verplank United States
Camilo Villegas Colombia
Bubba Watson United States

Second round

Friday, May 8, 2009

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Alex Čejka Germany66-67=133−11
2Ian Poulter England67-68=135−9
T3Ángel Cabrera Argentina72-65=137−7
Jason Dufner United States67-70=137
John Mallinger United States66-71=137
Kevin Na United States71-66=137
Henrik Stenson Sweden68-69=137
David Toms United States67-70=137
T9Ben Crane United States65-73=138−6
Richard S. Johnson Sweden66-72=138
Jeff Overton United States71-67=138
Tim Petrovic United States68-70=138

Third round

Saturday, May 9, 2009

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Alex Čejka Germany66-67-72=205−11
T2Jonathan Byrd United States67-72-71=210−6
Ben Crane United States65-73-72=210
Retief Goosen South Africa67-72-71=210
Ian Poulter England67-68-75=210
Henrik Stenson Sweden68-69-73=210
Tiger Woods United States71-69-70=210
T8Brian Davis England71-69-71=211−5
John Mallinger United States66-71-74=211
Kevin Na United States71-66-74=211

Final leaderboard

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Alex Čejka held a five-shot lead entering the final round,[3] but quickly faltered with a six-over front nine and slumped to a closing 79. This opened the door for many, and Henrik Stenson pulled clear with a bogey-free 66 for a four-stroke victory.[1][4][5]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Henrik Stenson Sweden68-69-73-66=276−121,710,000
2Ian Poulter England67-68-75-70=280−81,026,000
T3John Mallinger United States66-71-74-70=281−7551,000
Kevin Na United States71-66-74-70=281
T5Ben Crane United States65-73-72-72=282−6346,750
Brian Davis England71-69-71-71=282
Jim Furyk United States68-74-71-69=282
8Tiger Woods United States71-69-70-73=283−5294,500
T9Aaron Baddeley Australia71-71-76-66=284−4237,500
Alex Čejka Germany66-67-72-79=284
Tim Clark South Africa72-69-74-69=284
Vijay Singh Fiji71-72-74-67=284
David Toms United States67-70-77-70=284

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Sweden Stenson−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−8−9−9−10−10−11−12−12−12
England Poulter−6−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8
United States Mallinger−5−5−5−5−5−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−7−8−8−7
United States Na−5−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−5−7−7−7
United States Crane−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−6−5−5−6−5−6
England Davis−5−6−5−5−5−5−4−4−6−6−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6
United States Furyk−3−4−4−4−4−5−5−4−3−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6
United States Woods−6−5−5−4−4−5−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5
Germany Čejka−10−10−10−8−7−6−6−5−5−6−6−5−4−4−4−4−4−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Frenette, Gene (May 11, 2009). "Stenson strips out all drama in final round of Players". Florida Times-Union. (Jacksonville). Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Stenson wins Players title with perfect round". CNN. May 11, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Cejka gains 5-shot lead over Woods". CNN. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Stenson pulls away at Players; Tiger 8th". ESPN. Associated Press. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Shipnuck, Alan (May 18, 2009). "Swede's spot". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ "THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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