2011 Players Championship

The 2011 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 38th Players Championship.

2011 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 12–15, 2011
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field145 players, 74 after cut
Cut144 (E)
Prize fund$9.5 million
Winner's share$1.71 million
Champion
K. J. Choi
275 (−13), playoff
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

K. J. Choi defeated David Toms on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to claim his first PGA Tour title since 2008.[1][2][3][4]

Traditionally, the flag of the defending champion (2010 winner Tim Clark of South Africa) flies at TPC Sawgrass during the week of the Players. As a tribute to the recently deceased Seve Ballesteros, per Clark's request, the PGA Tour flew the Spanish flag in its place.[5] Clark withdrew during the second round due to nagging elbow problems.

Venue
Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 30th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout
The 2011 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

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2010 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Stuart Appleby (3), Arjun Atwal (3), Aaron Baddeley (3,11), Matt Bettencourt (3), Michael Bradley, Jonathan Byrd (3), Tim Clark (2,3,6,9), Jason Day (2,3,9), Luke Donald (2,3,7,9,11), Jim Furyk (2,3,8,9), Robert Garrigus (3), Lucas Glover (3,5), Bill Haas (3,9), Charley Hoffman (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9), Zach Johnson (2,3,5,9), Martin Kaymer (5,9), Matt Kuchar (2,3,9), Martin Laird (2,3,9,11), Bill Lunde (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9), Graeme McDowell (3,5,9), Rocco Mediate (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11), Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Carl Pettersson (3), D. A. Points (3), Justin Rose (2,3,9), Rory Sabbatini (3), Charl Schwartzel (5,9), Adam Scott (2,3,9), Heath Slocum (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,9,11), Brendan Steele, Steve Stricker (2,3,9), Jhonattan Vegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney (2,3,7,9,11), Bubba Watson (2,3,9,11), Mark Wilson (3,11), Gary Woodland (9,11)

2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Robert Allenby (3,9), Paul Casey (3,9), K. J. Choi (3,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ernie Els (3,7,9), Retief Goosen (3,9), Ryan Moore (3,9), Kevin Na (3), Geoff Ogilvy (3,5,7,9), Jeff Overton (3), Ryan Palmer (3), Kevin Streelman (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Camilo Villegas (3,8)

3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list

Blake Adams, Stephen Ames (6), Ricky Barnes, Cameron Beckman, Kris Blanks, Jason Bohn, Ángel Cabrera (5), Chad Campbell, Alex Čejka, Greg Chalmers, Stewart Cink (5), Chad Collins, Michael Connell, Chris Couch, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Jason Dufner, Joe Durant, David Duval, Rickie Fowler (9), Sergio García (6), Brian Gay, Paul Goydos, Pádraig Harrington (5,9), J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Fredrik Jacobson, Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim (9), Derek Lamely, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, Steve Marino, Troy Merritt, Shaun Micheel, Bryce Molder, Sean O'Hair, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Kenny Perry, Tim Petrovic, Ian Poulter (7,9), Alex Prugh, Chris Riley, John Rollins, Andrés Romero, John Senden, Michael Sim, Webb Simpson (11), Vijay Singh (7), Kevin Stadler, Chris Stroud, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Josh Teater, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Scott Verplank, Jimmy Walker, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Garrett Willis, Dean Wilson, Tiger Woods (5,7,9), Yang Yong-eun (5,9)

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Nick O'Hern

5. Major champions from the past five years

Trevor Immelman

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Henrik Stenson

7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winner only in 2010, and only if a PGA Tour member)
8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 1

Ross Fisher, Peter Hanson, Robert Karlsson, Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós

10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season
11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of May 1
12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of May 1

Keegan Bradley, Kevin Chappell, Tommy Gainey, Hunter Haas, Brandt Jobe, Chris Kirk, Troy Matteson

13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144)

Mark O'Meara

Nationalities in the field
North America (94)South America (4)Europe (21)Oceania (13)Asia (5)Africa (8)
 Canada (1) Argentina (2) England (6) Australia (12) South Korea (3) South Africa (7)
 United States (93) Colombia (1) Northern Ireland (1) Fiji (1) India (1) Zimbabwe (1)
 Venezuela (1) Scotland (1) Japan (1)
 Ireland (1)
 Spain (2)
 Germany (2)
 Italy (3)
 Sweden (5)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May, 12, 2011

Nick Watney made eight birdies, an eagle, and a double bogey en route to an opening round 64. Lucas Glover, coming off a win the week before at the Wells Fargo Championship, shot an opening round 65. Tiger Woods shot 42 (+6) on his first nine then withdrew, citing multiple injuries. Defending champion Tim Clark, who had been battling injuries all season, shot an opening round 74.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Watney United States64−8
2Lucas Glover United States65−7
T3Mark O'Meara United States66−6
David Toms United States
T5Fredrik Jacobson Sweden67−5
Martin Kaymer Germany
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland
Álvaro Quirós Spain
Rory Sabbatini South Africa
T10Ben Crane United States68−4
J. B. Holmes United States
Davis Love III United States

Second round

Friday, May, 13, 2011

David Toms posted a 68 to gain a one-shot lead over first round leader Nick Watney. Greg Chalmers had the round of the day at 65, while defending champion Tim Clark (tendonitis) and Geoff Ogilvy (shoulder) both withdrew. The cut was at even par 144, and 74 players advanced to the weekend.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1David Toms United States66-68=134−10
2Nick Watney United States64-71=135−9
T3Luke Donald England69-67=136−8
Lucas Glover United States65-71=136
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland67-69=136
Steve Stricker United States69-67=136
T7Aaron Baddeley Australia70-67=137−7
J. B. Holmes United States68-69=137
Davis Love III United States68-69=137
Hunter Mahan United States70-67=137

Third round

Saturday, May, 14, 2011

At the end of a rain soaked Saturday, Graeme McDowell and Nick Watney were tied for the lead at −11. Martin Kaymer birdied his first four holes and five of his first seven holes to temporarily tie for the lead, but bogeyed 8, 9 and 10 and ended the day 3 shots back.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parHole
T1Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland67-69-19=155−115
Nick Watney United States64-71-18=1535
T3Steve Stricker United States69-67-20=156−105
David Toms United States66-68-20=1545
T5K. J. Choi South Korea70-68-37=175−910
Lucas Glover United States65-71-25=1616
T7Luke Donald England69-67-27=163−88
Jason Dufner United States69-70-46=18512
Robert Karlsson Sweden71-67-34=1729
Martin Kaymer Germany67-72-46=18512
Rory Sabbatini South Africa67-71-38=17610

Sunday, May, 15, 2011

Play resumed at 7:35 a.m. EDT with most of the leaders still on the front nine. Graeme McDowell held a three-shot lead standing on the 18th tee, but found the water on his approach and made double bogey. K. J. Choi stormed into contention with a 67 and was in the final threesome with McDowell and David Toms. Lucas Glover also finished with a double bogey and fell out of contention. Peter Hanson, who finished the following night, had the best third round at 66.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland67-69-68=204−12
T2K. J. Choi South Korea70-68-67=205−11
David Toms United States66-68-71=205
T4Aaron Baddeley Australia70-67-70=207−9
Luke Donald England69-67-71=207
Jason Dufner United States69-70-68=207
Davis Love III United States68-69-70=207
Steve Stricker United States69-67-71=207
Nick Watney United States64-71-72=207
T10Paul Goydos United States69-70-69=208−8
Álvaro Quirós Spain67-73-68=208

Final round

Sunday, May, 15, 2011

Four different players held a share of the lead in the final round, which came down to the final group. Third round leader Graeme McDowell struggled to a 79, including double bogey on 17, and fell out of the top thirty.[4] Charlie Hoffman stormed into contention before a quadruple bogey 7 on the infamous 17th hole led to 71. Paul Goydos, the 2008 runner-up, made a move with a 69, but came up two shots short of a playoff.

David Toms, who held the lead almost the entire day, had a one shot lead over K. J. Choi as they played the par-5 16th. Toms went for the green in two and hit it into the water right. He made bogey and was now tied with Choi. On the 17th, Choi made a 10-foot (3 m) birdie putt to take the outright lead for the first time in the tournament. After Toms drove it into a divot on the 18th hole, he hit his approach to 20 feet (6 m). Choi, who pushed his drive right, came up short right of the 18th green and chipped up to five feet. Toms made his birdie putt, only the fourth of the day on 18, to put the pressure back on Choi, who made his par putt to force a playoff.[1][2][3]

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1K. J. Choi South Korea70-68-67-70=275−13Playoff
David Toms United States66-68-71-70=275
3Paul Goydos United States69-70-69-69=277−11646,000
T4Luke Donald England69-67-71-71=278−10418,000
Nick Watney United States64-71-72-71=278
T6Aaron Baddeley Australia70-67-70-72=279−9287,375
Jason Day Australia69-70-72-68=279
Jason Dufner United States69-70-68-72=279
J. B. Holmes United States68-69-73-69=279
Hunter Mahan United States70-67-73-69=279
Álvaro Quirós Spain67-73-68-71=279

Source:[6]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Choi−12−12−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−12−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−13
Toms−11−12−12−13−13−14−14−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−12−12−13
Goydos−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−8−9−10−11−11−10−10−10−11−11−11
Donald−9−8−8−9−9−8−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−9−9−10−10−10
Watney−10−11−12−11−11−11−12−11−10−10−10−11−11−10−10−10−10−10
McDowell−12−12−12−12−13−12−11−11−10−10−10−10−9−9−8−8−6−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[7]

Playoff

This was the fourth playoff in Players Championship history and the first since Sergio García defeated Paul Goydos in 2008. The format was again sudden death, on a rotation of holes 17-18-16-17-18 until there is a winner. On the first extra hole, both players made it on the island green 17th, but both had long birdie putts. After Choi lagged up to three feet, Toms had 23 feet (7 m) for the win, but barely missed; it went three and a half feet past, and he lipped out his comebacker for par. Choi sank the putt for his first win on the PGA Tour since 2008.[1][2][3]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1K. J. Choi South Korea3E1,710,000
2David Toms United States4+11,026,000
  • Playoff was at the par-3 17th hole

References
  1. "KJ Choi lands Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass". BBC Sport. May 15, 2011. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  2. "K.J. Choi wins Players after playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. May 15, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  3. Svrluga, Barry (May 15, 2011). "The Players Championship 2011: K.J. Choi defeats David Toms in a playoff to win TPC". Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. Smits, Garry (May 15, 2011). "K.J. Choi wins Players Championship in playoff". Floridat Times-Union. (Jacksonville). Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  5. Defending Players champion honors Ballesteros
  6. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  7. "Leaderboard: 2011 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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