2005 Players Championship

2005 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 24–28, 2005
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	146 players, 84 after cut
Cut	143 (−1)
Prize fund	$8.0 million
Winner's share	$1.44 million
Champion
	Fred Funk
	279 (−9)
	← 2004 2006 →

TPC Sawgrass

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Location in the United States

TPC Sawgrass

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Location in Florida

The 2005 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 32nd Players Championship.

Fred Funk became the oldest champion at age 48, one stroke ahead of runners-up Luke Donald, Tom Lehman, and Scott Verplank.^[1] Because of numerous weather delays, the second round was completed on Sunday, the third on Monday morning,^[2]^[3] followed by the final round.^[1] Funk played 32 holes on Monday in blustery conditions.

Defending champion Adam Scott finished four strokes back, in a tie for eighth place.

Venue

This was the 24th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Steve Elkington	Australia	1991, 1997	72	66	71	73	282	−6	T6
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	69	68	73	73	283	−5	T8
Davis Love III	United States	1992, 2003	72	66	74	71	283	−5	T8
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1993	71	70	69	79	289	+1	T32
Tiger Woods	United States	2001	70	73	75	75	293	+5	T53
Lee Janzen	United States	1995	73	69	74	80	296	+8	T68

Source:^[4]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Fred Couples	United States	1984, 1996	74	72	146	+2
Craig Perks	New Zealand	2002	75	72	147	+3
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	76	74	150	+6
David Duval	United States	1999	76	79	155	+11
Hal Sutton	United States	1983, 2000	84	NR	WD	WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 24, 2005

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Steve Jones	United States	64	−8
T2	Fred Funk	United States	65	−7
	Zach Johnson	United States
	Lee Westwood	England
T5	Luke Donald	England	66	−6
	Sergio García	Spain
	J. L. Lewis	United States
T8	Bob Estes	United States	67	−5
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland
	Brett Quigley	United States
	Vijay Singh	Fiji
	Bob Tway	United States

Source:^[5]

Second round

Friday, March 25, 2005
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Sunday, March 27, 2005

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Luke Donald	England	66-68=134	−10
	Joe Durant	United States	69-65=134
	Tim Herron	United States	68-66=134
	Lee Westwood	England	65-69=134
5	Zach Johnson	United States	65-70=135	−9
6	Kirk Triplett	United States	70-66=136	−8
T7	Fred Funk	United States	65-72=137	−7
	Dudley Hart	United States	70-67=137
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	71-66=137
	Adam Scott	Australia	69-68=137
	Vaughn Taylor	United States	70-67=137

Source:^[6]

Third round

Sunday, March 27, 2005
Monday, March 28, 2005

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Luke Donald	England	66-68-70=204	−12
2	Joe Durant	United States	69-65-71=205	−11
3	Tim Herron	United States	68-66-72=206	−10
4	Zach Johnson	United States	65-70-72=207	−9
T5	Fred Funk	United States	65-72-71=208	−8
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	69-70-69=208
	Rod Pampling	United States	70-70-68=208
T8	Steve Elkington	Australia	72-66-71=209	−7
T8	Craig Parry	Australia	68-70-71=209	−7
T10	Alex Čejka	Germany	70-70-70=210	−6
	Jay Haas	United States	69-69-72=210
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	71-70-69=210
	Adam Scott	Australia	69-68-73=210
	Vaughn Taylor	United States	70-67-73=210
	Scott Verplank	United States	71-67-72=210

Source:^[6]^[4]

Final round

Monday, March 28, 2005

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Fred Funk	United States	65-72-71-71=279	−9	1,440,000
T2	Luke Donald	England	66-68-70-76=280	−8	597,333
	Tom Lehman	United States	71-69-72-68=280
	Scott Verplank	United States	71-67-72-70=280
5	Joe Durant	United States	69-65-71-76=281	−7	320,000
T6	Steve Elkington	Australia	72-66-71-73=282	−6	278,000
T6	Tim Herron	United States	68-66-72-76=282	−6	278,000
T8	Zach Johnson	United States	65-70-72-76=283	−5	224,000
	J. L. Lewis	United States	66-77-70-70=283
	Davis Love III	United States	72-66-74-71=283
	Adam Scott	Australia	69-68-73-73=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
Funk	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−10	−9	−10	−9	−9
Donald	−11	−11	−12	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8
Lehman	−4	−5	−5	−6	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8
Verplank	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8
Durant	−11	−12	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7
Elkington	−6	−6	−6	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−6
Herron	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6
Johnson	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rain stops, fog lifts, and Funk emerges". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). (New York Times). March 29, 2005. p. 1C.
^ "TPC rained out, two tied for lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 2005. p. C2.
^ Ferguson, Doug (March 28, 2005). "Tuesday finish looming for TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Players Championship par scores". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 2005. p. 2C.
^ "Jones steals TPC spotlight". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). (New York Daily News). March 25, 2005. p. 1C.
^ ^a ^b "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 28, 2005. p. 2C.
^ "THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

External links

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[rsflift-1] "Rain stops, fog lifts, and Funk emerges". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). (New York Times). March 29, 2005. p. 1C.

[tpcrainedo-2] "TPC rained out, two tied for lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 2005. p. C2.

[tflftpc-3] Ferguson, Doug (March 28, 2005). "Tuesday finish looming for TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.

[tuesco-4] "Players Championship par scores". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 2005. p. 2C.

[jonsteal-5] "Jones steals TPC spotlight". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). (New York Daily News). March 25, 2005. p. 1C.

[plmonsecrd-6] "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 28, 2005. p. 2C.

[ldr-7] "THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

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