2012 Players Championship

2012 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	May 10–13, 2012
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, 72 after cut
Cut	144 (Even)
Prize fund	$9.5 million
Winner's share	$1.71 million
Champion
	Matt Kuchar
	275 (−13)
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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 2012 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 39th Players Championship and was won by Matt Kuchar, two strokes ahead of four runners-up.^[1]^[2]

Defending champion K. J. Choi missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue

This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2012 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

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2011 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Keegan Bradley (2,3,5,9), K. J. Choi (2,3,6,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ben Curtis, Luke Donald (2,3,7,9), Jason Dufner (2,3,9,11), Rickie Fowler (3,9), Harrison Frazar (3), Bill Haas (2,3,8,9), John Huh, Fredrik Jacobson (2,3,9), Chris Kirk (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9,11), Rory McIlroy (5,9,11), George McNeill (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,8,9,11), Bryce Molder (3), Kevin Na (3), Sean O'Hair (3), Carl Pettersson (3,9,11), Scott Piercy (3), Justin Rose (2,3,7,9,11), Adam Scott (2,3,7,9), Webb Simpson (2,3,9), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,9), Scott Stallings (3), Kyle Stanley (3,11), Steve Stricker (2,3,9), David Toms (2,3,9), Johnson Wagner (3,11), Nick Watney (2,3,7,9), Mark Wilson (2,3,9,11), Tiger Woods (5,7,9)

Darren Clarke (5) and Dustin Johnson (2,3,9) did not play.

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

Aaron Baddeley (3,9), Jonathan Byrd (3), Jason Day (3,9), Charles Howell III (3), Matt Kuchar (3,9), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Chez Reavie (3), John Senden (3,9), Vijay Singh (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Gary Woodland (3), Yang Yong-eun (3,5)

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

Blake Adams, Robert Allenby, Arjun Atwal, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Kris Blanks, Michael Bradley, Chad Campbell, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink (5), Chris Couch, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Ernie Els (7,9), Jim Furyk (8,9), Tommy Gainey, Sergio García (6,9), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Lucas Glover (5), Retief Goosen, Hunter Haas, Pádraig Harrington (5), David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman (5), Brandt Jobe, Zach Johnson (9), Kang Sung-hoon, Robert Karlsson (9), Jerry Kelly, Martin Laird (9), Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Graeme McDowell (5,9), John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Joe Ogilvie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice, Jr., Ian Poulter (7,9), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Kevin Stadler, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Cameron Tringale, Jhonattan Vegas, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Jimmy Walker, Charlie Wi

Paul Goydos, Anthony Kim, Steve Marino, D. A. Points, Charl Schwartzel (5,9), and Bubba Watson (2,3,5,9,11) did not play.

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Bob Estes

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ángel Cabrera, Martin Kaymer (9)

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Tim Clark, Henrik Stenson

7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners only from 2010–11, and only if PGA Tour members)

8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 29

Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Simon Dyson, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Lee Westwood

Thomas Bjørn, Anders Hansen, Kim Kyung-tae, and Paul Lawrie did not play.

10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

J. J. Killeen

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 29

12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 29

Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Brian Harman, Colt Knost, Jeff Maggert, John Mallinger

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

Fred Couples did not play; therefore only 144 players competed.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	68	70	74	71	283	−5	T15
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2009	71	71	71	70	283	−5	T15
Tim Clark	South Africa	2010	71	70	71	73	285	−4	T23
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	71	71	70	73	285	−3	T25
Tiger Woods	United States	2001	74	68	72	73	287	−1	T40
Sergio García	Spain	2008	73	71	68	79	291	+3	T56
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	75	68	74	79	296	+8	T70

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Davis Love III	United States	1992, 2003	72	74	146	+2
K. J. Choi	South Korea	2011	75	76	151	+7

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Martin Laird	Scotland	65	−7
T1	Ian Poulter	England	65	−7
3	Blake Adams	United States	66	−6
T4	Ben Crane	United States	67	−5
T4	Kevin Na	United States	67	−5
T6	Bae Sang-moon	South Korea	68	−4
	Jonathan Byrd	United States
	Ben Curtis	United States
	Brian Davis	England
	Harrison Frazar	United States
	Bill Haas	United States
	Matt Kuchar	United States
	Adam Scott	Australia
	Kevin Stadler	United States
	Michael Thompson	United States
	Jhonattan Vegas	Venezuela

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Zach Johnson	United States	70-66=136	−8
	Kevin Na	United States	67-69=136
	Matt Kuchar	United States	68-68=136
4	Harris English	United States	70-67=137	−7
T5	Jonathan Byrd	United States	68-70=138	−6
	Adam Scott	Australia	68-70=138
	Brian Davis	England	68-70=138
	Martin Laird	Scotland	65-73=138
	Charlie Wi	South Korea	71-67=138
T10	Blake Adams	United States	66-73=139	−5
	Ben Curtis	United States	68-71=139
	Michael Thompson	United States	68-71=139
	Bill Haas	United States	68-71=139
	Kevin Stadler	United States	68-71=139

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Kevin Na	United States	67-69-68=204	−12
2	Matt Kuchar	United States	68-68-69=205	−11
3	Rickie Fowler	United States	72-69-66=207	−9
T4	Zach Johnson	United States	70-66-73=209	−7
T4	Ben Curtis	United States	68-71-70=209	−7
T6	Jhonattan Vegas	Venezuela	68-74-68=210	−6
	Brian Davis	England	68-70-72=210
	Jonathan Byrd	United States	68-70-72=210
	Martin Laird	Scotland	65-73-72=210
T10	Johnson Wagner	United States	69-73-69=211	−5
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	71-70-70=211
	Blake Adams	United States	66-73-72=211
	Charlie Wi	South Korea	71-67-73=211

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Matt Kuchar	United States	68-68-69-70=275	−13	1,710,000
T2	Ben Curtis	United States	68-71-70-68=277	−11	627,000
	Rickie Fowler	United States	72-69-66-70=277
	Zach Johnson	United States	70-66-73-68=277
	Martin Laird	Scotland	65-73-72-67=277
6	Luke Donald	England	72-69-72-66=279	−9	342,000
T7	Bo Van Pelt	United States	71-70-70-69=280	−8	296,083
	Jhonattan Vegas	Venezuela	68-74-68-70=280
	Kevin Na	United States	67-69-68-76=280
T10	David Toms	United States	69-74-73-65=281	−7	247,000
T10	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	71-72-69-69=281	−7	247,000

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
Kuchar	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−13	−13
Curtis	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−6	−7	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−11
Fowler	−10	−10	−10	−11	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−11	−11
Johnson	−7	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11
Laird	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−11
Na	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:^[3]

References

^ "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
^ Donegan, Lawrence (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
^ "Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

External links

The Players Championship website

30°11′48″N 81°23′37″W / 30.19667°N 81.39361°W / 30.19667; -81.39361

[1] "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2013.

[2] Donegan, Lawrence (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2013.

[ldr-3] "Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

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