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
	Henrik Stenson
	276 (−12)
	← 2008 2010 →

TPC Sawgrass

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Location in the United States

TPC Sawgrass

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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	423	532	177	384	471	393	442	237	583	3,642	424	558	358	181	481	449	523	137	462	3,573	7,215
Par		4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	72

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tiger Woods	United States	2001	71	69	70	73	283	−5	8
Sergio García	Spain	2008	71	73	73	69	286	−2	T22
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	70	69	75	73	287	−1	T32
Stephen Ames	Canada	2006	70	71	75	74	290	+2	T49
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	73	71	71	76	291	+3	T55

Missed the second cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	Total	To par
Fred Funk	United States	2005	73	71	78	222	+6

Missed the first cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	71	74	145	+1
Steve Elkington	Australia	1991, 1997	73	73	146	+2
Davis Love III	United States	1992, 2003	73	74	147	+3
Fred Couples	United States	1984, 1996	80	71	151	+7

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ben Crane	United States	65	−7
T2	Alex Čejka	Germany	66	−6
	Richard S. Johnson	Sweden
	John Mallinger	United States
T5	Brad Adamonis	United States	67	−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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Alex Čejka	Germany	66-67=133	−11
2	Ian Poulter	England	67-68=135	−9
T3	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	72-65=137	−7
	Jason Dufner	United States	67-70=137
	John Mallinger	United States	66-71=137
	Kevin Na	United States	71-66=137
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	68-69=137
	David Toms	United States	67-70=137
T9	Ben Crane	United States	65-73=138	−6
	Richard S. Johnson	Sweden	66-72=138
	Jeff Overton	United States	71-67=138
	Tim Petrovic	United States	68-70=138

Third round

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Alex Čejka	Germany	66-67-72=205	−11
T2	Jonathan Byrd	United States	67-72-71=210	−6
	Ben Crane	United States	65-73-72=210
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	67-72-71=210
	Ian Poulter	England	67-68-75=210
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	68-69-73=210
	Tiger Woods	United States	71-69-70=210
T8	Brian Davis	England	71-69-71=211	−5
	John Mallinger	United States	66-71-74=211
	Kevin Na	United States	71-66-74=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]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	68-69-73-66=276	−12	1,710,000
2	Ian Poulter	England	67-68-75-70=280	−8	1,026,000
T3	John Mallinger	United States	66-71-74-70=281	−7	551,000
T3	Kevin Na	United States	71-66-74-70=281	−7	551,000
T5	Ben Crane	United States	65-73-72-72=282	−6	346,750
	Brian Davis	England	71-69-71-71=282
	Jim Furyk	United States	68-74-71-69=282
8	Tiger Woods	United States	71-69-70-73=283	−5	294,500
T9	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	71-71-76-66=284	−4	237,500
	Alex Čejka	Germany	66-67-72-79=284
	Tim Clark	South Africa	72-69-74-69=284
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	71-72-74-67=284
	David Toms	United States	67-70-77-70=284

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
Stenson	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12
Poulter	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Mallinger	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7
Na	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−7	−7	−7
Crane	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−6	−5	−6
Davis	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Furyk	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6
Woods	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5
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

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

External links

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[jftunn-1] Frenette, Gene (May 11, 2009). "Stenson strips out all drama in final round of Players". Florida Times-Union. (Jacksonville). Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[swptwpfr-2] "Stenson wins Players title with perfect round". CNN. May 11, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[cnnthird-3] "Cejka gains 5-shot lead over Woods". CNN. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[espnstpaw-4] "Stenson pulls away at Players; Tiger 8th". ESPN. Associated Press. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[swdspot-5] Shipnuck, Alan (May 18, 2009). "Swede's spot". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[ldr-6] "THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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