2010 Players Championship Explained

2010 Players Championship
Dates:	May 6–9, 2010
Location:	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:	TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course
Tour:	PGA Tour
Par:	72
Field:	145 players, 70 after cut
Cut:	142 (−2)
Purse:	$9.5 million
Winners Share:	$1.71 million
Score:	272 (−16)
Map:	USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:	30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:	2009
Next:	2011

The 2010 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 37th Players Championship.

Tim Clark won with a 67 on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, one stroke ahead of Robert Allenby.^[1] ^[2]

Two unusual events occurred during this Players Championship. For the first time in tournament history, a spectator was arrested and forcibly removed from the course. An intoxicated fan who was screaming and being disruptive refused to listen to course officials, who then called deputies. The man resisted arrest and was tasered. In a separate incident, hours after the first round had ended a car was discovered parked on the 8th green with two occupants inside and the motor running. When the driver refused to follow instructions, law enforcement was called. The green was not damaged and the couple was issued trespass warnings, then escorted off the course.^[3]

Defending champion Henrik Stenson missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.

Venue

See main article: article and TPC at Sawgrass. This was the 29th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Course layout

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2009 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Stephen Ames (3,6), Cameron Beckman (3), Jason Bohn (3), Stewart Cink (2,3,5,9), Ben Crane (3,11), Ernie Els (2,3,7,9,11), Jim Furyk (2,3,9,11), Brian Gay (2,3), Lucas Glover (2,3,5,9), Nathan Green (3), Bill Haas (3,11), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9,11), Zach Johnson (2,3,5,9), Matt Kuchar (3,9,11), Martin Laird (3), Derek Lamely, Hunter Mahan (2,3,9), Troy Matteson (3), Rory McIlroy (9), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11), Ryan Moore (3), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3,5,7,9), Ryan Palmer, Kenny Perry (2,3,9), Ian Poulter (3,7,9), John Rollins (3), Rory Sabbatini (3), Heath Slocum (2,3), Henrik Stenson (6,9), Bo Van Pelt (3), Camilo Villegas (3,8,9,11), Tiger Woods (2,3,5,7,8,9), Yang Yong-eun (2,3,5,9)

Anthony Kim (3,9,11) and Steve Stricker (2,3,9,11) did not play.

2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points listÁngel Cabrera (3,5,9), Luke Donald (3,9), Jason Dufner (3), Pádraig Harrington (3,5,9), Jerry Kelly (3), Marc Leishman (3), Steve Marino (3), Kevin Na (3,9), Sean O'Hair (3,9), John Senden (3), David Toms (3), Scott Verplank (3), Nick Watney (3,9), Mike Weir (3)

Retief Goosen (3,9) did not play.

3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money listMichael Allen, Robert Allenby (9), Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Byrd, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Greg Chalmers, K. J. Choi (9), Daniel Chopra, Tim Clark (9), Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Jason Day, James Driscoll, Bob Estes, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, Sergio García (6,9), Mathew Goggin, Paul Goydos, J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Lee Janzen, Richard S. Johnson, Jeff Klauk, Justin Leonard, Michael Letzig, Davis Love III, Bill Lunde, John Mallinger, Scott McCarron, George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, James Nitties, Nick O'Hern, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy, D. A. Points, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, Andrés Romero, Justin Rose, Adam Scott (9), Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh (7,9), Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Stadler, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Roland Thatcher, Nicholas Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson

Rich Beem, Fred Couples, and Tom Watson did not play.

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

5. Major champions from the past five yearsTrevor Immelman

Michael Campbell did not play.

6. Players Championship winners from the past five yearsFred Funk

7. WGC winners from the past three years (except WGC-HSBC Champions)

8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 25Ross Fisher, Thongchai Jaidee, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson

Søren Hansen, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Edoardo Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Michael Sim (10) did not play.

10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 25

12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 25Kris Blanks, Chad Collins, Chris Couch, Brendon de Jonge, Rickie Fowler, J. P. Hayes, Spencer Levin, Troy Merritt, Alex Prugh

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

Source:^[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Robert Allenby	66	−6
T1	J. B. Holmes	66	−6
T3	Jason Bohn	67	−5
	Ben Crane
	Luke Donald
	Ryuji Imada
	Ryan Moore
	Kenny Perry
	Heath Slocum
	Lee Westwood

Second round

Friday, May 7, 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	67-65=132	−12
T2	Ryuji Imada	67-66=133	−11
	Francesco Molinari	68-65=133
	Heath Slocum	67-66=133
5	Lucas Glover	70-65=135	−9
T6	Robert Allenby	66-70=136	−8
	Ben Crane	67-69=136
	Luke Donald	67-69=136
	Charley Hoffman	68-68=136
T10	K. J. Choi	69-68=137	−7
	Paul Goydos	69-68=137
	Bill Haas	68-69=137
	Davis Love III	69-68=137
	Graeme McDowell	72-65=137
	Ryan Moore	67-70=137
	John Rollins	68-69=137
	Bo Van Pelt	68-69=137

Third round

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Place	Score	To par
1	67-65-70=202	−14
2	66-70-67=203	−13
T3	67-69-68=204	−12
	70-65-69=204
	68-65-71=204
T6	68-71-66=205	−11
	68-68-69=205
	67-66-72=205
	70-69-66=205
10	68-69-69=206	−10

Final round

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Three strokes back, Tim Clark shot a bogey-free final round 67, ending with an 8feet par putt and was the clubhouse leader. Lee Westwood, the 54-hole leader, was even par through sixteen holes, but a water ball on the famed 17th hole led to a double bogey and ended any chance of victory. In the end it came down to Robert Allenby, in the final pairing and two strokes behind Clark with three holes to play. After just missing an eagle on the par 5 16th, the lead was cut to one. Allenby then knocked his tee shot to 10feet on 17, but again narrowly missed a putt to tie Clark. He had a last chance at 18, but failed to make birdie and Clark gained his first PGA Tour victory in his 206th start.^[2]

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tim Clark	68-71-66-67=272	−16	1,710,000
2		66-70-67-70=273	−15	1,026,000
3		70-65-69-70=274	−14	646,000
T4		67-69-68-72=276	−12	358,150
Davis Love III (c)	69-68-71-68=276
	67-66-72-71=276
	68-69-69-70=276
	67-65-70-74=276
9		68-65-71-73=277	−11	275,500
T10		69-70-69-71=279	−9	237,500
	69-70-69-71=279
	70-69-66-74=279

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13		66-72-72-70=280	−8	178,125
	68-71-70-71=280
	68-69-70-73=280
	71-70-69-70=280
T17		74-68-67-72=281	−7	133,000
	70-69-70-72=281
	68-71-71-71=281
Phil Mickelson (c)	70-71-66-74=281
	69-71-68-73=281
T22		68-68-69-77=282	−6	95,000
	70-70-67-75=282
	70-69-70-73=282
	67-71-71-73=282
T26		67-69-72-75=283	−5	68,875
	70-69-72-72=283
	72-65-72-74=283
	70-72-70-71=283
Adam Scott (c)	70-68-71-74=283
	71-69-68-75=283
T32		71-71-71-71=284	−4	57,475
	73-67-72-72=284
T34		70-69-70-76=285	−3	49,020
	69-68-72-76=285
	71-71-70-73=285
	70-71-68-76=285
	70-68-73-74=285
T39	Fred Funk (c)	72-70-66-78=286	−2	38,000
	68-69-70-79=286
	67-66-76-77=286
	73-66-73-74=286
	70-72-72-72=286
	72-69-71-74=286
T45		71-71-75-70=287	−1	30,400
	71-67-72-77=287
T47		69-73-73-73=288	E	25,118
Sergio García (c)	69-70-71-78=288
	70-72-71-75=288
	67-70-71-80=288
	69-73-70-76=288
T52		71-71-77-70=289	+1	22,277
	69-68-71-81=289
Justin Leonard (c)	72-68-70-79=289
	70-70-70-79=289
T56		69-72-73-76=290	+2	21,565
	69-72-68-81=290
T58	Stephen Ames (c)	70-71-79-71=291	+3	20,805
	69-72-76-74=291
	68-71-77-75=291
	75-67-72-77=291
	72-69-75-75=291
	69-70-78-74=291
T64		67-74-71-80=292	+4	20,045
	71-68-75-78=292
T66		71-68-75-79=293	+5	19,665
	72-70-75-76=293
68		71-70-76-78=295	+7	19,380
69		71-69-77-79=296	+8	19,190
CUT		70-73=143	−1
	73-70=143
	73-70=143
	72-71=143
	74-69=143
	71-72=143
	71-72=143
	71-72=143
	71-72=143
	73-70=143
	72-71=143
	69-74=143
Henrik Stenson (c)	69-74=143
	71-72=143
	70-73=143
	74-70=144	E
	75-69=144
	69-75=144
	70-74=144
	71-73=144
	71-73=144
	70-74=144
	68-76=144
	72-72=144
	71-73=144
	73-71=144
	72-72=144
	73-71=144
	71-73=144
	73-72=145	+1
	74-71=145
	71-74=145
	73-72=145
	73-72=145
	73-72=145
	74-71=145
	75-70=145
	72-73=145
	74-71=145
	74-71=145
	72-73=145
	71-74=145
	74-72=146	+2
	74-72=146
	72-74=146
	71-75=146
Lee Janzen (c)	70-76=146
	71-75=146
	70-76=146
	73-73=146
	72-74=146
	72-74=146
	73-74=147	+3
	71-76=147
	73-74=147
	78-69=147
	70-77=147
	73-74=147
	74-73=147
	70-77=147
	73-75=148	+4
	74-74=148
	75-73=148
	75-73=148
	74-75=149	+5
	73-76=149
	76-73=149
	76-73=149
	76-73=149
	72-79=151	+7
	76-75=151
	72-80=152	+8
	73-79=152
	75-78=153	+9
	75-79=154	+10
WD	Tiger Woods (c)	70-71-71=212	−4

^[5]

Scorecard

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
Clark	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16
Allenby	−12	−14	−14	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15
Glover	−12	−11	−11	−10	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−14	−14
Crane	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
Love	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−11	−12	−12
Slocum	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12
Van Pelt	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12
Westwood	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14	−12	−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[6]

External links

The Players Championship website

Notes and References

Web site: PGA Tour Leaderboard – The Players Championship (May 6 - 9, 2010) . Yahoo! Sports . May 8, 2014.
Clark finally breaks through with furious final-round rally at the Players . GOLF . 2010 . May 1, 2017.
News: Andres . Shakaya . Two unusual first-time events mark The Players Championship . Florida Times-Union . (Jacksonville). May 11, 2010.
Web site: 2010 PGA Tour Media Guide . PGA Tour.
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 .
Web site: The Players Championship . ESPN . September 14, 2015.