2008 Players Championship Explained

2008 Players Championship
Dates:May 8–11, 2008
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC at Sawgrass
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Field:144 players, 74 after cut
Cut:147 (+3)
Purse:$9.5 million
Winners Share:$1.71 million
Score:283 (−5), playoff
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:2007
Next:2009

The 2008 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 35th Players Championship.

Tournament summary

The event was won by Sergio García in a sudden-death playoff over Paul Goydos.[1] [2] Defending champion Phil Mickelson finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 21st place.

Venue

See main article: TPC at Sawgrass. This was the 27th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

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.

Zach Johnson, Rory Sabbatini, K. J. Choi, Woody Austin, Ángel Cabrera, Hunter Mahan, Brian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd, Pádraig Harrington, Joe Ogilvie, Jim Furyk, Steve Flesch, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Chad Campbell, Justin Leonard, George McNeill, Mike Weir, Daniel Chopra, Stephen Ames, D. J. Trahan, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Brian Gay, Ernie Els, Sean O'Hair, Geoff Ogilvy, Greg Kraft, Andrés Romero, Johnson Wagner, Boo Weekley, Adam Scott, Anthony Kim

The top 125 finishers on the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List.[3]

Vijay Singh, Scott Verplank, Mark Calcavecchia, Charles Howell III, Justin Rose, Tim Clark, John Rollins, Stewart Cink, Robert Allenby, Brett Wetterich, Luke Donald, Heath Slocum, David Toms, Carl Pettersson, Jerry Kelly, Ken Duke, John Senden, Henrik Stenson, Camilo Villegas, Nick Watney, Billy Mayfair, Stuart Appleby, Charley Hoffman, John Mallinger, Pat Perez, Lucas Glover, Bubba Watson, Mark Wilson, Jeff Quinney, Bo Van Pelt, Ryan Moore, Rod Pampling, Freddie Jacobson, Ian Poulter, Ryuji Imada, Nathan Green, Kevin Sutherland, Nick O'Hern, Vaughn Taylor, Brian Davis, José Cóceres, Troy Matteson, Robert Garrigus, Peter Lonard, Dean Wilson, Fred Funk, Paul Goydos, Kenny Perry, Steve Marino, Bart Bryant, Rocco Mediate, Bernhard Langer, Charlie Wi, Jason Gore, J. J. Henry, Jesper Parnevik, Charles Warren, Tim Petrovic, Retief Goosen, Michael Allen, Davis Love III, Stephen Leaney, Jeff Overton, Briny Baird, José María Olazábal, Mark Hensby, Mathew Goggin, Bill Haas, Shigeki Maruyama, Tim Herron, Chris DiMarco, Shaun Micheel, Tom Pernice Jr., Tommy Armour III, Steve Elkington, Cameron Beckman, Cliff Kresge, J. P. Hayes, Matt Kuchar, Tom Lehman, Bob Estes, Rich Beem, Alex Čejka, Ryan Armour, Kevin Na, Jeff Maggert, Kevin Stadler, Mathias Grönberg

Winners of the Players Championship, the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 2003 to 2007.

Michael Campbell, Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton

Winners of the Tour Championship the past three years (2005-2007).

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2006-2008).

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2005-2007).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the Wachovia Championship. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2008 FedExCup Points List through the Wachovia Championship.

Sergio García, Lee Westwood, Niclas Fasth, Paul Casey, Richard Sterne, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Søren Hansen

The winner of the 2007 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such an exemption will be an addition to the field.)

The leading money winner from the 2007 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.

Richard Johnson

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2008 FedExCup Points List below 10th position through the Wachovia Championship, in order of their positions on such list.

Dudley Hart, John Merrick, Nicholas Thompson, Aaron Baddeley, Ben Crane, Brett Quigley, Fred Couples, Jason Bohn, Matt Jones, Tim Wilkinson, Dustin Johnson

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 8, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Sergio García66−6
align=center rowspan="2"T2 Paul Goydos68−4
Kenny Perry
align=center rowspan="5"T4 Steve Elkington69−3
Niclas Fasth
Todd Hamilton
Ian Poulter
Heath Slocum
align=center rowspan="14"T9 Ángel Cabrera70−2
Fred Couples
Ben Crane
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Anthony Kim
Troy Matteson
John Merrick
Phil Mickelson
José María Olazábal
Brett Quigley
Kevin Stadler
Nicholas Thompson
D. J. Trahan
Boo Weekley
Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, May 9, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Kenny Perry68-70=138−6
align=center rowspan="3"T2 Sergio García66-73=139−5
Paul Goydos68-71=139
Bernhard Langer72-67=139
5 Anthony Kim70-70=140−4
6 Boo Weekley70-71=141−3
align=center rowspan="6"T7 Stephen Ames74-68=142−2
Briny Baird71-71=142
Fred Couples70-72=142
Ben Crane70-72=142
John Merrick70-72=142
Kevin Stadler70-72=142
Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, May 10, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68-71-70=209 −7
2 68-70-72=210 −6
3 66-73-73=212 −4
T4 72-67-75=214 −2
70-73-71=214
71-73-70=214
T7 72-72-71=215 −1
71-71-73=215
72-72-71=215
75-72-68=215
73-73-69=215
73-73-69=215
70-71-74=215
Source:[7]

Final round

Sunday, May 11, 2008

In windy conditions, the final pairing struggled on the final day; overnight leader Paul Goydos managed a 2-over-par 74, whilst Kenny Perry crashed to an 81 (+9). In the groups ahead, the pairing of Jeff Quinney and Sergio García produced some of the best golf of the day, and García became the clubhouse leader at 5-under-par 283. Goydos still led, but missed a 15feet par putt to win on the final hole, forcing a sudden-death playoff.[2]

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1 66-73-73-71=283 −5 Playoff
68-71-70-74=283
3 71-73-70-70=284 −4 646,000
4 71-71-73-72=287 −1 456,000
5 Stephen Ames (c) 74-68-74-72=288 E 380,000
T6 70-72-75-72=289 +1 307,562
72-71-74-72=289
73-73-69-74=289
70-76-72-71=289
T10 73-72-77-68=290 +2 218,500
72-72-71-75=290
75-72-68-75=290
73-71-75-71=290
74-72-75-69=290
[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
García −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5
Goydos −7 −6 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5
Quinney −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4
Baird −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1
Ames E E E +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 E
Perry −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 +1 +1 +2 +3
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+
Source:[9]

Playoff

At the first playoff hole, the infamous par-3 17th, Goydos' went first and his tee shot found water. Garcia stayed dry, stopping from the pin and the playoff was essentially over. Goydos finished the hole with a double bogey to give Garcia three putts to win; he two-putted for par and the title.[1] It was the first playoff at the Players Championship since 1987 and the first to start at the 17th hole.[2]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Sergio García 3 E 1,710,000
2 5 +2 1,026,000

External links

Notes and References

  1. A Fresh Breeze . Sports Illustrated . Bamberger . Michael . May 19, 2008 . May 9, 2016.
  2. News: Garcia wins Players Championship . Victoria Advocate . Texas. Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . May 12, 2008 . C1 .
  3. Web site: Official Money – 2007 . PGA Tour . 2023-04-18.
  4. Web site: 2008 PGA Tour Media Guide . PGA Tour . 341.
  5. News: Golf: Players Championship - First round scores . Tuscaloosa News . Alabama . Associated Press . May 9, 2008. 2C.
  6. News: Youth gives way at Players . Tuscaloosa News . Alabama . Associated Press . May 10, 2008 . 5C .
  7. News: Goydos takes control at Players . Tuscaloosa News . Alabama . Associated Press . May 11, 2008 . 5C.
  8. 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 .
  9. Web site: The Players Championship . ESPN . September 14, 2015.

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