2004 Players Championship

2004 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 25–28, 2004
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass,; Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,093 yards (6,486 m)
Field	148 players, 83 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	$8.0 million
Winner's share	$1.44 million
Champion
	Adam Scott
	276 (−12)
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TPC Sawgrass

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Location in the United States

TPC Sawgrass

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Location in Florida

The 2004 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 25–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 31st Players Championship.

Adam Scott, age 23, held on for his second PGA Tour title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Pádraig Harrington, who started the final round five shots behind. With a two-shot lead on the 72nd hole, Scott put his approach shot in the water then sank a 10-foot (3 m) putt for bogey to win.^[2]^[3]

Defending champion Davis Love III finished twelve strokes back, in a tie for 33rd place.

Scott was the youngest champion for thirteen years, until Kim Si-woo won at age 21 in 2017. Previously, it was Fred Couples, age 24 in 1984.

Venue

This was the 23rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).^[1]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tiger Woods	United States	2001	75	69	68	73	285	−3	T16
Steve Elkington	Australia	1991, 1997	69	76	70	72	287	−1	T26
Davis Love III	United States	1992, 2003	77	68	70	73	288	E	T33
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	75	69	72	73	289	+1	T42
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1993	75	69	73	72	289	+1	T42
Greg Norman	Australia	1994	72	73	77	79	301	+13	T81

Source:^[4]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Lee Janzen	United States	1995	75	72	147	+3
Craig Perks	New Zealand	2002	70	79	149	+5
Hal Sutton	United States	1983, 2001	74	77	151	+7
Fred Couples	United States	1984, 1996	74	78	152	+8

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 25, 2004

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Adam Scott	Australia	65	−7
T2	Kevin Sutherland	United States	66	−6
T2	Duffy Waldorf	United States	66	−6
T4	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	67	−5
	Bob Burns	United States
	K. J. Choi	South Korea
T7	Ernie Els	South Africa	68	−4
	Sergio García	Spain
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland
	Brandt Jobe	United States
	Scott Verplank	United States

Source:^[5]

Second round

Friday, March 26, 2004

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jerry Kelly	United States	69-66=135	−9
T1	Kevin Sutherland	United States	66-69=135	−9
T3	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-69=137	−7
T3	Adam Scott	Australia	65-72=137	−7
T5	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	68-70=138	−6
T5	Vijay Singh	Fiji	70-68=138	−6
T7	Bob Burns	United States	67-72=139	−5
	Phil Mickelson	United States	70-69=139
	Jeff Sluman	United States	69-70=139
	Duffy Waldorf	United States	66-73=139

Source:^[1]

Third round

Saturday, March 27, 2004

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Adam Scott	Australia	65-72-69=206	−10
T2	Frank Lickliter II	United States	69-71-68=208	−8
T2	Kevin Sutherland	United States	66-69-73=208	−8
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-69-72=209	−7
	Jerry Kelly	United States	69-66-74=209
	Phil Mickelson	United States	70-69-70=209
	Kenny Perry	United States	69-71-69=209
	Paul Stankowski	United States	73-70-66=209
T9	Craig Parry	Australia	74-72-64=210	−6
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	70-68-72=210
	Duffy Waldorf	United States	66-73-71=210

Source:^[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 28, 2004

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Adam Scott	Australia	65-72-69-70=276	−12	1,440,000
2	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	68-70-73-66=277	−11	864,000
T3	Frank Lickliter II	United States	69-71-68-72=280	−8	416,000
	Phil Mickelson	United States	70-69-70-71=280
	Kenny Perry	United States	69-71-69-71=280
T6	Jay Haas	United States	72-73-70-66=281	−7	268,000
	Jerry Kelly	United States	69-66-74-72=281
	Kevin Sutherland	United States	66-69-73-73=281
9	Shaun Micheel	United States	70-76-69-67=282	−6	232,000
T10	Bob Burns	United States	67-72-72-72=283	−5	200,000
	Paul Casey	England	72-70-69-72=283
	Fred Funk	United States	73-71-68-71=283

Source:^[4]

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
Scott	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−12	−13	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12
Harrington	−5	−4	−3	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−10	−10	−11
Lickliter	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8
Mickelson	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8
Perry	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−8	−9	−9	−8
Sutherland	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey

Source:^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 27, 2004. p. 2C.
^ Van Sickle, Gary (April 6, 2004). "Tiger Twin". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
^ "Scott survives shaky finish at TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 29, 2004. p. 1C. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 2004. p. 2C.
^ "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 26, 2004. p. 2C.
^ "The Players Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 29, 2004. p. 2C. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ "The Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

External links

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[serdsco-1] "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 27, 2004. p. 2C.

[tigtn-2] Van Sickle, Gary (April 6, 2004). "Tiger Twin". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.

[ssrvsfin-3] "Scott survives shaky finish at TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 29, 2004. p. 1C. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[pchfinal-4] "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 2004. p. 2C.

[frsrds-5] "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 26, 2004. p. 2C.

[sunsco-6] "The Players Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 29, 2004. p. 2C. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[ldr-7] "The Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

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