2007 Players Championship Explained

2007 Players Championship
Dates:May 10–13, 2007
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass
Stadium Course
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1]
Field:145 players, 79 after cut
Cut:149 (+5)
Purse:$9.0 million
Winners Share:$1.62 million
Champion: Phil Mickelson
Score:277 (−11)
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:2006
Next:2008

The 2007 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 34th Players Championship and was won by Phil Mickelson, two strokes ahead of runner-up Sergio García.[2]

Tournament summary

With the new PGA Tour season arrangement in 2007, the tournament was played in May for the first time and concluded on Mother's Day. Previous tournaments were typically played in late March, two weeks before the Masters Tournament.

Defending champion Stephen Ames missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue

See main article: TPC at Sawgrass. This was the 26th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The renovated course was lengthened from the previous year to .[1]

Course layout

Eligibility requirements

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

Phil Mickelson, Aaron Baddeley, Stuart Appleby, Chris Couch, Jim Furyk, Brett Wetterich, Tim Herron, Jeff Maggert, Carl Pettersson, Vijay Singh, Geoff Ogilvy, Ben Curtis, J. J. Henry, Trevor Immelman, John Senden, Tiger Woods, John Rollins, Corey Pavin, Dean Wilson, Will MacKenzie, Eric Axley, D. J. Trahan, Davis Love III, Troy Matteson, Joe Durant, K. J. Choi, Adam Scott, Paul Goydos, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Henrik Stenson, Fred Funk, Mark Wilson, Mark Calcavecchia, Zach Johnson, Boo Weekley, Nick Watney, Scott Verplank

The top 125 finishers on the 2006 Official PGA Tour money list.[3]

Luke Donald, David Toms, Rory Sabbatini, Chad Campbell, Stewart Cink, Rod Pampling, Retief Goosen, Brett Quigley, Lucas Glover, Arron Oberholser, Tom Pernice Jr., Stephen Ames, Ernie Els, José María Olazábal, Tim Clark, Mike Weir, Steve Stricker, Vaughn Taylor, Camilo Villegas, Jerry Kelly, Nathan Green, Tom Lehman, Jason Bohn, Frank Lickliter, Shaun Micheel, Sergio García, Richard S. Johnson, Ian Poulter, Chris DiMarco, Daniel Chopra, Robert Allenby, J. B. Holmes, Steve Flesch, Sean O'Hair, Jonathan Byrd, Bo Van Pelt, Billy Mayfair, Bob Estes, Pádraig Harrington, Greg Owen, Bart Bryant, Jesper Parnevik, Jeff Sluman, Ted Purdy, Heath Slocum, Woody Austin, Shigeki Maruyama, Steve Lowery, Ryan Moore, Hunter Mahan, Ryan Palmer, Mathew Goggin, Joe Ogilvie, Billy Andrade, Brian Gay, Bubba Watson, Charles Warren, Ryuji Imada, Nick O'Hern, Daisuke Maruyama, David Howell, Harrison Frazar, Bill Haas, Kent Jones, Briny Baird, Peter Lonard, Kenny Perry, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Gove, Freddie Jacobson, Justin Leonard, Kirk Triplett, Brian Davis, Olin Browne, Kevin Sutherland, Stephen Leaney, Pat Perez, Jason Gore, David Branshaw, Paul Azinger, J. P. Hayes, Shane Bertsch, Mathias Grönberg, Darren Clarke

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

Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in 1997 and from 2002 to 2006. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.

Steve Elkington, Craig Perks, Todd Hamilton, Rich Beem, Michael Campbell

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

Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2004-2006).

Winners of the World Golf Championship-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2005-2007).

Winner of the World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2004-2006).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the Wachovia Championship.

Paul Casey, Colin Montgomerie, Robert Karlsson, Niclas Fasth, Charl Schwartzel

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Wachovia Championship.

The winner of the 2006 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such exemption will be an addition to the field.)

Bobby Wadkins

The leading money winner from the 2006 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.

Ken Duke

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Wachovia Championship, in order of their position on such list.

Anthony Kim, Jeff Quinney, José Cóceres, John Mallinger, Rocco Mediate, Brandt Snedeker, Robert Garrigus, Bernhard Langer, Steve Marino, Doug LaBelle II, Cliff Kresge

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2007

In gusty winds, a record 50 balls found the water at the 17th hole, which broke the single-round tournament record of 45 set

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Phil Mickelson67−5
Rory Sabbatini
3 Chris DiMarco68−4
4 Peter Lonard69−3
T5 Jason Gore70−2
Tom Lehman
Rod Pampling
Carl Pettersson
T9 Rich Beem71−1
K. J. Choi
Brian Davis
Jim Furyk
Retief Goosen
Nathan Green
J. P. Hayes
Jeff Quinney
Source

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Phil Mickelson67-72=139−5
2 Nathan Green71-69=140−4
T3 Peter Lonard69-72=141−3
Sean O'Hair72-69=141
Rod Pampling70-71=141
Carl Pettersson70-71=141
T7 Chris DiMarco68-74=142−2
Tom Pernice Jr.74-68=142
T9 Stewart Cink74-69=143−1
José Cóceres73-70=143
Jim Furyk71-72=143
Mathew Goggin72-71=143
Tom Lehman70-73=143
Rocco Mediate72-71=143
Kirk Triplett75-68=143
Source[5]

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 72-69-66=207 −9
2 67-72-69=208 −8
T3 69-72-68=209 −7
71-74-64=209
T5 72-72-67=211 −5
73-70-68=211
68-74-69=211
74-72-65=211
70-71-70=211
T10 73-72-67=212 −4
71-73-68=212
74-71-67=212
Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Phil Mickelson won his first Players Championship after shooting a final round 69 to pass 54-hole leader Sean O'Hair. Mickelson birdied his first two holes and made his lone bogey at the 18th hole after the tournament was locked up. O'Hair was two strokes behind Mickelson as they headed to the infamous par-3 17th hole, but he hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin on the island green for a quadruple bogey. O'Hair also bogeyed the final hole, and the mistakes dropped him from second to eleventh place, costing him $747,000 in prize money.[2]

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Phil Mickelson 67-72-69-69=277 −11 1,620,000
2 73-73-67-66=279 −9 972,000
T3 74-69-71-66=280 −8 522,000
78-66-69-67=280
5 73-70-68-70=281 −7 360,000
T6 71-73-68-70=282 −6 281,700
77-68-71-66=282
69-72-68-73=282
71-74-64-73=282
Adam Scott (c) 74-71-70-67=282
[7]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Mickelson −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11
García −3 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9
Cink −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8
Olazábal −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8
Cóceres −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7
O'Hair  −9  −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −6 −5
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+
Source:[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Players Championship . Star-News . (Wilmington, North Carolina) . Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . May 14, 2007 . 2C .
  2. News: Lefty's all right . Star-News . (Wilmington, North Carolina) . Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . May 14, 2007 . 1C .
  3. Web site: Official Money – 2006 . PGA Tour . 2023-04-15.
  4. Web site: 2007 PGA Tour Media Guide . PGA Tour . 331.
  5. News: Phil's riding dry and high . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . May 12, 2007 . B2 .
  6. News: Scare at No. 17 doesn't faze O'Hair . Star-News . (Wilmington, North Carolina) . Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . May 13, 2007 . 1C .
  7. 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 .
  8. Web site: The Players Championship . ESPN . September 14, 2015.

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