2017 Players Championship

The 2017 Players Championship was the 44th Players Championship, held May 11–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and the 36th edition held at the Stadium Course.

Kim Si-woo, age 21, shot a final round 69 to win at 278 (−10), three strokes ahead of runners-up Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter. Starting the final round two strokes back in fourth place, Kim became the championship's youngest winner by over 1½ years, passing Adam Scott (2004).^[1][2]

In the preceding six months on the PGA Tour, Kim had missed the cut or withdrawn in most of his events and was without a top twenty finish.^[3][4] The win was his second on tour and moved him up 47 places in the world rankings, from 75 to 28.^[5]

In the final round, Rafa Cabrera-Bello recorded the first-ever double eagle at the par-5 16th hole, then birdied the par-3 17th.^[6] His tee shot on 18 hooked into the water, but he chipped in to save par and tied for fourth.

Defending champion Jason Day shot 80 on Sunday and was seventeen strokes back, tied for sixtieth place.

Venue

The course was shortened by 26 yards (24 m) this year: #12 was reduced by 56 yards while two other holes were lengthened (#7 by 9 yards and #15 by 21 yards).

Course layout

The 2017 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	76.4 / 155	423	532	177	384	471	393	451	237	583	3,651	424	558	302	181	481	470	523	137	462	3,538	7,189
Par		4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	72

Source:^[7][8]

Field

The field consisted of a minimum of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Aaron Baddeley (3), Daniel Berger (3,10), Jonas Blixt (3), Wesley Bryan (10,12), Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell (3,10), Jason Day (3,5,6,8,9,10), Rickie Fowler (3,6,10,14), Sergio García (3,5,10), Cody Gribble, Adam Hadwin (3,10,14), Brian Harman (3), Russell Henley (3), Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III (3), Dustin Johnson (3,5,8,10,14), Kim Si-woo (3), Russell Knox (3,8,10), Marc Leishman (3,9,10), Hideki Matsuyama (3,8,10,14), William McGirt (3,9,10), Rory McIlroy (3,5,7,8,10), Ryan Moore (3,10), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez (4,14), D. A. Points, Jon Rahm (10,14), Patrick Reed (3,10), Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth (3,5,7,10,14), Brendan Steele (3,14), Henrik Stenson (3,5,10), Hudson Swafford (3), Justin Thomas (3,10,14), Jhonattan Vegas (3), Jimmy Walker (3,5,10)

2. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament

Justin Rose (3,5,10,14)

3. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Blayne Barber, Ricky Barnes, Zac Blair, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley, Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (10), Roberto Castro, Alex Čejka, K. J. Choi, Ben Crane, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner (5), Harris English, Derek Fathauer, Tony Finau, Jim Furyk, Robert Garrigus, Lucas Glover, Fabián Gómez, Branden Grace (10), Emiliano Grillo (10), Bill Haas (10), James Hahn, David Hearn, Jim Herman, Charley Hoffman (10), J. B. Holmes (10), Billy Horschel (7), Mark Hubbard, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Zach Johnson (5), Kang Sung-hoon, Smylie Kaufman, Jerry Kelly, Michael Kim, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (10), Patton Kizzire, Brooks Koepka (10), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (6,10), Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Danny Lee, Spencer Levin, David Lingmerth (9), Luke List, Andrew Loupe, Jamie Lovemark, Shane Lowry (8), Peter Malnati, Ben Martin, Graeme McDowell, Troy Merritt, Phil Mickelson (5,10), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari (10), Kevin Na, Noh Seung-yul, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (10), Ryan Palmer, Scott Piercy, Chez Reavie, Kyle Reifers, Patrick Rodgers, Charl Schwartzel (10), Adam Scott (5,8,10), Webb Simpson (5), Vijay Singh, Kyle Stanley, Shawn Stefani, Brett Stegmaier, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Vaughn Taylor, Cameron Tringale, Tyrone van Aswegen, Harold Varner III, Johnson Wagner, Bubba Watson (5,8,10), Boo Weekley, Danny Willett (5,10), Gary Woodland (10)

• Jon Curran, Charles Howell III, Colt Knost, John Senden, Brandt Snedeker (10), and David Toms did not play.

4. Top 125 (medical)

Patrick Cantlay, Brian Gay, Ian Poulter

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (6,10)

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

• Tiger Woods did not play.

7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

8. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years

9. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015

Matt Every

10. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Yuta Ikeda, Alex Norén, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger

• Thomas Pieters did not play.

11. Senior Players champion from prior year

Bernhard Langer

12. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

13. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Grayson Murray

14. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

15. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 11, 2017

William McGirt and Mackenzie Hughes shared the lead after both shot 67.^[9] Masters champion Sergio García made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole after recovering from a poor start for a round of 73.^[10]

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Mackenzie Hughes	67	−5
	William McGirt
T3	J. B. Holmes	68	−4
	Alex Norén
	Jon Rahm
	Chez Reavie
T7	Daniel Berger	69	−3
	Rafa Cabrera-Bello
	Patrick Cantlay
	Cody Gribble
	Kim Si-woo
	David Lingmerth
	Francesco Molinari
	Louis Oosthuizen
	Kyle Stanley
	Brendan Steele
	Daniel Summerhays

Second round

Friday, May 12, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Louis Oosthuizen	69-66=135	−9
	Kyle Stanley	69-66=135
3	J. B. Holmes	68-69=137	−7
4	Vijay Singh	70-68=138	−6
T5	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	69-70=139	−5
	Patrick Cantlay	69-70=139
	David Hearn	70-69=139
	Alex Norén	68-71=139
	Ian Poulter	72-67=139
T10	Paul Casey	71-69=140	−4
	Lucas Glover	70-70=140
	Jon Rahm	68-72=140
	Chez Reavie	68-72=140
	Webb Simpson	71-69=140
	Brendan Steele	69-71=140

Third round

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Under PGA Tour rules, when more than 78 players make the 36-hole cut, a 54-hole cut is employed to reduce the field to the top 70 and ties. This second cut reduced the field from 82 to 71, which included 2012 champion Matt Kuchar, who fell to 82nd at 225 (+9) after an 81.^[11]

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	J. B. Holmes	68-69-70=207	−9
	Kyle Stanley	69-66-72=207
3	Louis Oosthuizen	69-66-73=208	−8
4	Kim Si-woo	69-72-68=209	−7
T5	Emiliano Grillo	72-71-67=210	−6
	Ian Poulter	72-67-71=210
T7	Patrick Cantlay	69-70-72=211	−5
	Sergio García	73-71-67=211
	Alex Norén	68-71-72=211
T10	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	69-70-73=212	−4
	Francesco Molinari	69-74-69=212
	Pat Perez	74-72-66=212

Final round

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Champion

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Kim Si-woo	69-72-68-69=278	−10	1,890,000
T2	Louis Oosthuizen	69-66-73-73=281	−7	924,000
	Ian Poulter	72-67-71-71=281
T4	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	69-70-73-70=282	−6	462,000
	Kyle Stanley	69-66-72-75=282
T6	Lucas Glover	70-70-73-70=283	−5	339,937
	Francesco Molinari	69-74-69-71=283
	Adam Scott (c)	70-72-71-70=283
	Brendan Steele	69-71-75-68=283
10	Alex Norén	68-71-72-73=284	−4	283,500

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
11	Emiliano Grillo	72-71-67-75=285	−3	262,500
T12	Dustin Johnson	71-73-74-68=286	−2	212,625
	Smylie Kaufman	74-67-76-69=286
	Chris Kirk	74-72-69-71=286
	Bernd Wiesberger	75-71-68-72=286
T16	Blayne Barber	70-76-72-69=287	−1	152,250
	Mackenzie Hughes	67-75-74-71=287
	Brooks Koepka	74-69-71-73=287
	Webb Simpson	71-69-77-70=287
	Vijay Singh	70-68-79-70=287
	Henrik Stenson (c)	72-70-74-71=287
T22	Patrick Cantlay	69-70-72-77=288	E	92,137
	Paul Casey	71-69-77-71=288
	Yuta Ikeda	73-69-72-74=288
	Hideki Matsuyama	72-71-76-69=288
	William McGirt	67-75-71-75=288
	Noh Seung-yul	73-69-75-71=288
	Pat Perez	74-72-66-76=288
	Patrick Reed	72-73-74-69=288
T30	Sergio García (c)	73-71-67-78=289	+1	65,205
	Adam Hadwin	71-72-76-70=289
	Charley Hoffman	74-72-72-71=289
	Kang Sung-hoon	71-75-72-71=289
	Ben Martin	71-70-73-75=289
T35	Kevin Chappell	72-72-73-73=290	+2	50,662
	Russell Henley	75-68-73-74=290
	Jim Herman	71-75-72-72=290
	Rory McIlroy	73-71-71-75=290
	Cameron Tringale	70-71-76-73=290
	Harold Varner III	71-70-77-72=290
T41	Aaron Baddeley	70-73-76-72=291	+3	36,750
	Tommy Fleetwood	74-67-76-74=291
	Tyrrell Hatton	76-70-71-74=291
	J. B. Holmes	68-69-70-84=291
	Billy Hurley III	71-72-76-72=291
	Phil Mickelson (c)	70-72-78-71=291
	Steve Stricker	72-70-73-76=291
T48	Branden Grace	71-75-73-73=292	+4	26,712
	Cody Gribble	69-75-74-74=292
	Zach Johnson	72-73-71-76=292
	Rod Pampling	72-74-74-72=292
	Boo Weekley	70-76-73-73=292
T53	Brian Harman	71-75-71-76=293	+5	24,430
	Ryan Moore	73-72-74-74=293
	Daniel Summerhays	69-73-75-76=293
T56	Roberto Castro	71-71-76-76=294	+6	23,625
	Kevin Kisner	71-75-73-75=294
	Chez Reavie	68-72-79-75=294
	Jimmy Walker	71-74-73-76=294
T60	Keegan Bradley	75-69-73-78=295	+7	22,680
	Jason Day (c)	70-72-73-80=295
	Jason Dufner	73-71-77-74=295
	Rickie Fowler (c)	70-74-72-79=295
	Michael Kim	72-74-73-76=295
T65	Ricky Barnes	70-74-76-76=296	+8	21,735
	Daniel Berger	69-72-77-78=296
	Justin Rose	74-71-71-80=296
	Lee Westwood	70-75-76-75=296
T69	David Hearn	70-69-80-78=297	+9	21,000
	Martin Kaymer (c)	72-72-75-78=297
	Graeme McDowell	71-72-74-80=297
T72	David Lingmerth	69-75-78=222	+6	20,370
	Jon Rahm	68-72-82=222
	Kevin Streelman	72-73-77=222
T75	Jamie Lovemark	75-70-78=223	+7	19,635
	Brian Stuard	73-73-77=223
	Justin Thomas	73-71-79=223
	Gary Woodland	70-75-78=223
T79	Alex Čejka	75-70-79=224	+8	18,900
	Ben Crane	71-75-78=224
	Grayson Murray	74-72-78=224
82	Matt Kuchar (c)	73-71-81=225	+9	18,480
CUT	Scott Brown	74-73=147	+3
	K. J. Choi (c)	72-75=147
	Luke Donald	74-73=147
	Tony Finau	73-74=147
	Jim Furyk	73-74=147
	James Hahn	72-75=147
	John Huh	74-73=147
	Jason Kokrak	73-74=147
	Martin Laird	74-73=147
	Spencer Levin	75-72=147
	Luke List	78-69=147
	Andrew Loupe	74-73=147
	Hudson Swafford	76-71=147
	Jhonattan Vegas	78-69=147
	Wesley Bryan	72-76=148	+4
	Graham DeLaet	74-74=148
	Russell Knox	76-72=148
	Marc Leishman	73-75=148
	Ryan Palmer	71-77=148
	Cameron Smith	71-77=148
	Jordan Spieth	73-75=148
	Jonas Blixt	77-72=149	+5
	Chad Campbell	74-75=149
	Ross Fisher	76-73=149
	Matt Fitzpatrick	76-73=149
	Bill Haas	76-73=149
	Freddie Jacobson	76-73=149
	Bernhard Langer	71-78=149
	Kyle Reifers	74-75=149
	Patrick Rodgers	73-76=149
	Shawn Stefani	74-75=149
	Greg Chalmers	73-77=150	+6
	Ernie Els	74-76=150
	Brian Gay	74-76=150
	Anirban Lahiri	75-75=150
	Shane Lowry	74-76=150
	Peter Malnati	75-75=150
	Troy Merritt	74-76=150
	Charl Schwartzel	76-74=150
	Robert Streb	75-75=150
	Jason Bohn	75-76=151	+7
	Fabián Gómez	78-73=151
	Billy Horschel	75-76=151
	Mark Hubbard	76-75=151
	Jerry Kelly	74-77=151
	Bryce Molder	74-77=151
	Bubba Watson	76-75=151
	Matt Every	74-78=152	+8
	Derek Fathauer	76-76=152
	Sean O'Hair	74-78=152
	D. A. Points	73-79=152
	Brett Stegmaier	76-76=152
	Vaughn Taylor	75-77=152
	Johnson Wagner	74-78=152
	Tyrone van Aswegen	75-78=153	+9
	Patton Kizzire	77-77=154	+10
	Robert Garrigus	75-80=155	+11
	Danny Lee	78-77=155
	Zac Blair	76-80=156	+12
	Harris English	84-76=160	+16
	Scott Piercy	80-84=164	+20
WD	Danny Willett	79	+7
	Kevin Na

Source:^[12]

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
Kim	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Oosthuizen	−8	−9	−9	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7
Poulter	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7
Cabrera-Bello	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−5	−6	−6
Stanley	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6
Glover	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−6	−5	−5	−6	−5
Molinari	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
Scott	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5
Steele	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5
Noren	−5	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4
Grillo	−6	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3
Cantlay	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−3	−2	E	E	−2	−2	−2	E	−1	−1	−1	E
Perez	−4	−3	−2	−1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E
García	−5	−6	−5	−3	−3	−2	−1	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	E	−1	−1	−1	+1
Holmes	−8	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−5	−4	−5	−4	−5	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	+1	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[11]

References

External links

• Official website