2016 Players Championship

2016 Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	May 12–15, 2016
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	144 players, 76 after cut
Cut	142 (−2)
Prize fund	$10.5 million
Winner's share	$1.89 million
Champion
Jason Day
273 (−15)

TPC Sawgrass

Location in the United States

TPC Sawgrass

Location in Florida

The 2016 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 12–15 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 43rd Players Championship.

Jason Day, number one in the world rankings and reigning PGA Champion, led wire-to-wire to win his first Players, four strokes ahead of runner-up Kevin Chappell.^[1][2] With favorable scoring conditions early, Day was at 129 (−15) after 36 holes and then shot even par on the weekend.

Defending champion Rickie Fowler missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.

Venue

This was the 35th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Field

The field consists of 144 players meeting the following criteria:^[3]

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Day (2,4,7,8,9,13), Jason Dufner (2,4), Tony Finau (2), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9), Fabián Gómez (2), Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo (9), James Hahn (2), J. J. Henry (2), Jim Herman (2), Charley Hoffman (2,9), Zach Johnson (2,4,9), Smylie Kaufman (9), Chris Kirk (2), Kevin Kisner (2,9,13), Russell Knox (2,7,9,13), Danny Lee (2,9), David Lingmerth (2,8,9), Davis Love III (2), Shane Lowry (7,9), Peter Malnati, Hideki Matsuyama (2,9), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (2,4,7,9), Troy Merritt (2), Scott Piercy (2), Adam Scott (2,4,7,9,13), Brandt Snedeker (2,9,13), Jordan Spieth (2,4,6,9,13), Brian Stuard, Vaughn Taylor, Justin Thomas (2,9,13), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9,13), Danny Willett (4,9)

• Charl Schwartzel (2,9) did not play.

2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Daniel Berger (9), Zac Blair, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4), Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Kevin Chappell, Chad Collins, Erik Compton, Jon Curran, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every (8), Jim Furyk (9), Sergio García (9), Andres Gonzales, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Bill Haas (9), Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brian Harman, Pádraig Harrington, David Hearn, Russell Henley, Morgan Hoffmann, J. B. Holmes (9), Billy Horschel (6,9), Charles Howell III, John Huh, Dustin Johnson (7,9), Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Colt Knost, Brooks Koepka (9), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (5,9), Martin Laird, Marc Leishman (9), Spencer Levin, Hunter Mahan, Ben Martin, William McGirt, George McNeill, Phil Mickelson (4,9), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore (9), Kevin Na (9,13), Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (9), Carlos Ortiz, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Carl Pettersson, Scott Pinckney, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed (7,9,13), Kyle Reifers, Justin Rose (4,9), John Senden, Vijay Singh, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani, Henrik Stenson (6,9), Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Daniel Summerhays, Hudson Swafford, Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Jimmy Walker (9), Boo Weekley, Steve Wheatcroft, Will Wilcox, Mark Wilson, Gary Woodland

• Bae Sang-moon, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Ryo Ishikawa, Pat Perez, John Peterson, Rory Sabbatini, Webb Simpson (4), Nick Watney, and Lee Westwood (9) did not play.

3. Top 125 (medical)

Fredrik Jacobson

4. Major champions from the past five years

Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (5)

• Darren Clarke did not play.

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

K. J. Choi

• Tiger Woods (7) did not play.

6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years

8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Søren Kjeldsen, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger

• Thongchai Jaidee and Kim Kyung-tae did not play.

10. Senior Players champion from prior year

Bernhard Langer

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Patton Kizzire

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Chez Reavie

13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Ricky Barnes, Kim Si-woo, Jamie Lovemark, Patrick Rodgers, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas

• These players were all in the first 73 places in the standings, as of May 2.^[4]
• Aaron Baddeley – replaced Webb Simpson^[5]

Nationalities in the field

North America (94)	South America (4)	Europe (27)	Oceania (9)	Asia (5)	Africa (5)
Canada (4)	Argentina (2)	England (8)	Australia (7)	Japan (1)	South Africa (4)
Mexico (1)	Colombia (1)	Northern Ireland (2)	Fiji (1)	South Korea (3)	Zimbabwe (1)
United States (89)	Venezuela (1)	Scotland (2)	New Zealand (1)	Thailand (1)
		Ireland (2)
		Austria (1)
		Denmark (1)
		Germany (3)
		Italy (1)
		Spain (2)
		Sweden (5)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Matt Kuchar	United States	2012	71	67	72	68	278	−10	T3
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	73	65	75	68	281	−7	T12
Martin Kaymer	Germany	2014	68	72	76	71	287	-1	T39
K. J. Choi	South Korea	2011	73	68	73	74	288	E	T43
Sergio García	Spain	2008	72	66	77	75	290	+2	T54

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Rickie Fowler	United States	2015	72	71	143	−1
Davis Love III	United States	1992, 2003	71	72	143	−1
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	70	73	143	−1
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2009	77	73	150	+6

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jason Day	Australia	63	−9
T2	Bill Haas	United States	65	−7
	Shane Lowry	Ireland
	Justin Rose	England
	Brendan Steele	United States
	Cameron Tringale	United States
T7	Daniel Berger	United States	66	−6
	Ernie Els	South Africa
	Brooks Koepka	United States
	Francesco Molinari	Italy
	Hudson Swafford	United States
	Boo Weekley	United States

Second round

Friday, May 13, 2016
Saturday, May 14, 2016

A two-hour weather delay on Friday afternoon caused several players to suspend their rounds due to darkness. Among these was Day, who completed the final four holes of his second round on Saturday morning; play resumed at 9:15 a.m. EDT.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jason Day	Australia	63-66=129	−15
2	Shane Lowry	Ireland	65-68=133	−11
T3	Jonas Blixt	Sweden	67-67=134	−10
	Alex Čejka	Germany	67-67=134
	Cameron Tringale	United States	65-69=134
T6	Jerry Kelly	United States	67-68=135	−9
	Colt Knost	United States	72-63=135
	Russell Knox	Scotland	68-67=135
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	66-69=135
	Boo Weekley	United States	66-69=135
	Gary Woodland	United States	67-68=135

Third round

Saturday, May 14, 2016

With the second round completed on Saturday morning, the third round was played in groupings of three from split tees. Scores were significantly higher than the first two rounds, as the course conditions toughened. Ken Duke shot 65 (−7) for the best round of the day and Hideki Matsuyama carded a 67; both joined Alex Čejka in a tie for second, four strokes behind Day, who recorded a one-over 73.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jason Day	Australia	63-66-73=202	−14
T2	Alex Čejka	Germany	67-67-72=206	−10
	Ken Duke	United States	74-67-65=206
	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	68-71-67=206
5	Francesco Molinari	Italy	66-69-72=207	−9
T6	Kevin Chappell	United States	71-67-70=208	−8
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	70-68-70=208
T8	Jonas Blixt	Sweden	67-67-75=209	−7
	Colt Knost	United States	72-63-74=209
	Cameron Tringale	United States	65-69-75=209

Final round

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jason Day	Australia	63-66-73-71=273	−15	1,890,000
2	Kevin Chappell	United States	71-67-70-69=277	−11	1,134,000
T3	Ken Duke	United States	74-67-65-72=278	−10	504,000
	Colt Knost	United States	72-63-74-69=278
	Matt Kuchar	United States	71-67-72-68=278
	Justin Thomas	United States	70-68-75-65=278
T7	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	68-71-67-73=279	−9	338,625
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	66-69-72-72=279
T9	Daniel Berger	United States	66-72-73-69=280	−8	283,500
	Alex Čejka	Germany	67-67-72-74=280
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	72-70-69-69=280

Source:^[6]

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
Day	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15
Chappell	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11
Duke	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10
Knost	−7	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Kuchar	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10
Thomas	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10
Matsuyama	−9	−9	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9
Molinari	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[6]

References

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394