2005 Players Championship Explained

2005 Players Championship
Dates:March 24–28, 2005
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Field:146 players, 84 after cut
Cut:143 (−1)
Purse:$8.0 million
Winners Share:$1.44 million
Champion: Fred Funk
Score:279 (−9)
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:2004
Next:2006

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

Tournament summary

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

See main article: TPC at Sawgrass. This was the 24th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Eligibility requirements

Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.

Zach Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Vijay Singh, Joey Sindelar, Sergio García, Steve Flesch, David Toms, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Adam Scott, Stephen Ames, Mark Hensby, Todd Hamilton, Jonathan Byrd, Carlos Franco, Rod Pampling, Vaughn Taylor, Woody Austin, Bart Bryant, Fred Funk, Andre Stolz, Brent Geiberger, Ryan Palmer, Stuart Appleby, Justin Leonard, Tiger Woods, Geoff Ogilvy, Pádraig Harrington, Kenny Perry

The top 125 finishers on the 2004 Official PGA Tour money list.[4]

Davis Love III, Chris DiMarco, Mike Weir, Rory Sabbatini, Jerry Kelly, Scott Verplank, John Daly, Shigeki Maruyama, Chad Campbell, K. J. Choi, Jay Haas, Darren Clarke, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Jonathan Kaye, Luke Donald, Ted Purdy, Kirk Triplett, Bo Van Pelt, Jesper Parnevik, Jeff Maggert, Robert Allenby, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Pernice Jr., Harrison Frazar, Joe Ogilvie, Fred Couples, Carl Pettersson, Arron Oberholser, Tom Lehman, Alex Čejka, Craig Parry, Chris Riley, Frank Lickliter, Freddie Jacobson, Justin Rose, Patrick Sheehan, Skip Kendall, Tim Petrovic, Stephen Leaney, Briny Baird, Tim Clark, Heath Slocum, Thomas Bjørn, Bob Estes, Brad Faxon, Jeff Sluman, Loren Roberts, Bob Tway, Joe Durant, Shaun Micheel, Bernhard Langer, Kevin Sutherland, Brian Bateman, Kevin Na, Michael Allen, Corey Pavin, John Huston, Tom Byrum, Dudley Hart, J. J. Henry, Todd Fischer, Tommy Armour III, Lee Janzen, Brett Quigley, Matt Gogel, Hank Kuehne, Hunter Mahan, J. L. Lewis, Nick Price, Hidemichi Tanaka, Scott McCarron, José Cóceres, Cameron Beckman, Daniel Chopra, John Rollins, Robert Gamez, Pat Perez, Mark Calcavecchia, Neal Lancaster, John Senden, Chris Smith, Jim Furyk, Dennis Paulson, Peter Lonard, Kent Jones, Jay Williamson, Stephen Allan, Brian Gay, Aaron Baddeley, Billy Andrade, Tag Ridings

For the duration of their exemption, PGA Tour members who earned a Tournament Winner exemption prior to March 1, 2004.

Steve Lowery, Len Mattiace, Peter Jacobsen

Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 1995 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2004. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.

Steve Elkington, Nick Faldo, Steve Jones, Mark Brooks, Hal Sutton, Craig Perks, David Duval, Rich Beem, Ben Curtis

Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1995–1997).

Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational.

Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Lee Westwood, Ángel Cabrera, Nick O'Hern, Paul Casey, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, David Howell, Richard Green

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2005 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2005 Official PGA Tour money list below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.

Tom Gillis, Robert Damron, Craig Barlow

The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of World Golf Hall of Fame. (Note: Such a player would be added to the field.)

Sources:[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 24, 2005

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Steve Jones64−8
align=center rowspan="3"T2 Fred Funk65−7
Zach Johnson
Lee Westwood
align=center rowspan="3"T5 Luke Donald66−6
Sergio García
J. L. Lewis
align=center rowspan="5"T8 Bob Estes67−5
Pádraig Harrington
Brett Quigley
Vijay Singh
Bob Tway
Source:[6]

Second round

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
align=center rowspan="4"T1 Luke Donald66-68=134−10
Joe Durant69-65=134
Tim Herron68-66=134
Lee Westwood65-69=134
5 Zach Johnson65-70=135−9
6 Kirk Triplett70-66=136−8
T7 Fred Funk65-72=137−7
Dudley Hart70-67=137
Graeme McDowell71-66=137
Adam Scott69-68=137
Vaughn Taylor70-67=137
Source:[7]

Third round

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66-68-70=204 −12
2 69-65-71=205 −11
3 68-66-72=206 −10
4 65-70-72=207 −9
T5 65-72-71=208−8
69-70-69=208
70-70-68=208
T8 72-66-71=209 −7
68-70-71=209
T10 70-70-70=210 −6
69-69-72=210
71-70-69=210
69-68-73=210
70-67-73=210
71-67-72=210
Source:[7] [8]

Final round

Monday, March 28, 2005

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Fred Funk 65-72-71-71=279 −9 1,440,000
T2 66-68-70-76=280 −8 597,333
71-69-72-68=280
71-67-72-70=280
5 69-65-71-76=281 −7 320,000
T6 Steve Elkington (c) 72-66-71-73=282 −6 278,000
68-66-72-76=282
T8 65-70-72-76=283 −5 224,000
66-77-70-70=283
Davis Love III (c) 72-66-74-71=283
Adam Scott (c) 69-68-73-73=283
[9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
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
Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogey
Source:[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Rain stops, fog lifts, and Funk emerges . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . (New York Times) . March 29, 2005 . 1C .
  2. News: TPC rained out, two tied for lead . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . March 28, 2005 . C2.
  3. News: Tuesday finish looming for TPC . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . March 28, 2005 . 1C.
  4. Web site: Official Money – 2004 . 2023-04-10 . PGA Tour.
  5. Web site: 2005 PGA Tour Media Guide . PGA Tour . 331.
  6. News: Jones steals TPC spotlight . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . (New York Daily News). March 25, 2005 . 1C.
  7. News: Players Championship . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . March 28, 2005 . 2C.
  8. News: Players Championship par scores . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). March 29, 2005 . 2C.
  9. Web site: Past Results 1974 – present . PGA Tour . March 1, 2020 . September 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html . dead .
  10. News: THE PLAYERS Championship . ESPN . 30 August 2018.

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