2014 Players Championship Explained

2014 Players Championship
Dates:May 8–11, 2014
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Field:144 players, 82 after cut
(71 after second cut)
Cut:144 (Even), 218 (+2)
Purse:$10.0 million
Winners Share:$1.80 million
Champion: Martin Kaymer
Score:275 (−13)
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 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 41st Players Championship.

Martin Kaymer opened with a 63, led after each round, and won his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk.[1] It was the first to feature an eight-figure purse,[2] with a winner's share of $1.8 million.

With defending champion and world number one Tiger Woods out of competition due to back surgery in late March,[3] four entered this Players Championship with an opportunity to ascend to the top of the world rankings. World number two Adam Scott needed a 16th-place finish, third-ranked Henrik Stenson a top-six finish, number four Bubba Watson a solo runner-up, and fifth-ranked Matt Kuchar a win.[4] They finished at T38, T34, T48, and T17, respectively, and Woods remained number one.[5] [6] [7]

Due to 82 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.

This was the first year for the new playoff format, a three-hole aggregate beginning on the 16th hole,[8] which was not necessary. After a 90-minute rain delay late in the final round, Kaymer finished with a par in near-darkness.[1] If he had bogeyed the final hole, the playoff would have begun on Monday morning.

Kaymer was the fourth European to win the Players, following Sandy Lyle, Sergio García, and Henrik Stenson. A month later he won the U.S. Open at Pinehurst and became the fourth to win the Players and a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1978, Open), Hal Sutton (1983, PGA), and Woods (2001, Masters).

Venue

See main article: article and TPC at Sawgrass. This was the 33rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Course layout

Source:[9]

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last PlayersWoody Austin, Bae Sang-moon (2), Jonas Blixt (2,8), Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Dufner (2,4,8), Ken Duke (2), Harris English (2,8,12), Matt Every (2,8,12), Bill Haas (2,7,8), Chesson Hadley, Russell Henley (2,8), J. B. Holmes (3), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Zach Johnson (2,8,12), Matt Jones (2,8), Chris Kirk (2,12), Matt Kuchar (2,5,6,8,12), Phil Mickelson (2,4,8), Ryan Moore (2,8), Noh Seung-yul, Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,6,8), Adam Scott (2,4,6,8), John Senden (2), Webb Simpson (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,8,12), Kevin Stadler (2), Scott Stallings (2), Henrik Stenson (2,5,7,8), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,8,12), Boo Weekley (2), Gary Woodland (2,8)
2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points listStuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Charlie Beljan, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Ángel Cabrera, Roberto Castro, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink (4), Tim Clark (5), Erik Compton, Ben Crane, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (8), Luke Donald (8), James Driscoll, Ernie Els (4,8), Derek Ernst, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Jim Furyk (8), Sergio García (8), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover (4), Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Martin Kaymer (4), Jerry Kelly, Jason Kokrak, Martin Laird, Lee Dong-hwan, Richard H. Lee, Scott Langley, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan (6,8), Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, Rory McIlroy (4,8), George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, Geoff Ogilvy, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, D. A. Points, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (6,8), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman (8), Steve Stricker (8), Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney, Lee Westwood (8), Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson
3. Top 125 from current season - Medical ExtensionBriny Baird, Jonathan Byrd, Retief Goosen, Kevin Na, Shawn Stefani
4. Major champions from the past five yearsDarren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen (8), Yang Yong-eun
5. Players Championship winners from the past five years
6. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners from 2011–12 only if PGA Tour members)
7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
8. Top 50 from the Official World Golf RankingThomas Bjørn, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Stephen Gallacher, Thongchai Jaidee, Joost Luiten, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari
9. Senior Players champion from prior yearKenny Perry
10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior seasonMichael Putnam
11. Money leader during the Web.com Tour FinalsJohn Peterson
12. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders
13. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standingsRussell Knox, Will MacKenzie

Tiger Woods (2001, 2013) was recovering from back surgery. This was the third time the defending champion did not compete,
following 1998 (Steve Elkington, sinus surgery) and 1983 (Jerry Pate, neck).

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Martin Kaymer tied the course record by shooting a nine-under-par 63. His round included nine birdies including seven on the front nine (his second nine), setting the nine-hole record with 29 (−7). Russell Henley was two strokes back and Bae Sang-moon was three back.[10]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 63 −9
2 65 −7
3 66 −6
align=center rowspan=8T4 align=center rowspan=867 align=center rowspan=8−5
Sergio García
Justin Rose
Jordan Spieth
Scott Stallings
Brian Stuard
Lee Westwood
Gary Woodland

Second round

Friday, May 9, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 63-69=132 −12
2 67-66=133 −11
3 65-71=136 −8
align=center rowspan=5T4 70-68=138 align=center rowspan=5−6
67-71=138
67-71=138
67-71=138
67-71=138
align=center rowspan=10T9 66-73=139 align=center rowspan=10−5
68-71=139
72-67=139
68-71=139
70-69=139
71-68=139
70-69=139
69-70=139
72-67=139
70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, May 10, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
align=center rowspan=2T1 63-69-72=204 align=center rowspan=2−12
67-66-71=204
align=center rowspan=2T3 Sergio García67-71-69=207 align=center rowspan=2−9
70-69-68=207
align=center rowspan=3T5 70-69-69=208 align=center rowspan=3−8
71-68-69=208
67-71-70=208
align=center rowspan=4T8 70-71-68=209 align=center rowspan=4−7
72-70-67=209
67-71-71=209
67-71-71=209

Final round

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Martin Kaymer 63-69-72-71=275 −13 1,800,000
2 70-68-72-66=276 −12 1,080,000
3 Sergio García (c) 67-71-69-70=277 −11 680,000
T4 67-71-71-69=278 −10 440,000
67-66-71-74=278
T6 70-71-68-70=279 −9 313,000
70-74-69-66=279
72-70-67-70=279
75-68-71-65=279
67-71-71-70=279
[11]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Kaymer −12−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−14−14−15−15−15−15−13−13−13−13
Furyk −7−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12
García −9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−10−11−11−10−10−10−10−11
Rose −7−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−9−8−7−7−7−8−8−9−10
Spieth −12−13−13−14−13−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−10−9−10−10−10
Hearn −7−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9
McIlroy −2−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−5−6−7−7−6−6−7−8−9
Molinari −8−9−9−9−9−10−9−9−9−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−9
Walker −2−3−4−5−5−4−5−5−6−6−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−9
Westwood −7−7−7−7−7−7−8−7−8−8−9−9−9−10−9−9−9−9
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->
Source:[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Martin Kaymer holds on to win . ESPN . Associated Press . May 11, 2014 . May 12, 2014.
  2. Web site: PGA Tour, PGA of America announce new joint initiatives . PGA Tour . November 6, 2013 . December 19, 2013.
  3. News: Tiger: Recovery is 'slow process' . ESPN . Harig . Bob . May 5, 2014 . May 12, 2014.
  4. Web site: Four players could unseat Woods as No. 1 . PGA Tour . Helen . Ross . May 7, 2014.
  5. Web site: Tiger Woods remains No. 1. ESPN . Harig . Bob . May 11, 2014.
  6. News: Martin Kaymer in dramatic win while Justin Rose sees penalty overturned . May 12, 2014 . Daily Telegraph . May 21, 2014.
  7. News: Martin Kaymer holds on to claim win . May 12, 2014 . BBC Sport . May 21, 2014.
  8. News: The Players Championship announces change to playoff format . PGA Tour . Martin . Sean . April 16, 2014 . May 12, 2014.
  9. Web site: Stadium Course . TPC Sawgrass . (yardage guide) . 2014 . May 12, 2017.
  10. News: Martin Kaymer up 2 after tying mark . ESPN . Associated Press . May 8, 2014.
  11. 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 .
  12. Web site: Leaderboard: 2014 Players Championship . Yahoo! Sports . May 11, 2014 . May 21, 2014.

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