2022 Players Championship Explained

2022 Players Championship
Dates:March 10–14, 2022
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass
(Stadium Course)
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Field:144 players, 71 after cut
Cut:146 (+2)
Champion: Cameron Smith
Score:275 (−13)
Previous:2021
Next:2023
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W

The 2022 Players Championship was the 48th Players Championship, held March 10–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 41st edition at the Stadium Course and concluded on Monday due to weather delays. The purse was increased by a third this year to twenty million dollars.

Cameron Smith shot a six-under-par 66 in the final round to finish at 275 (−13) to win his first Players Championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Anirban Lahiri, the 54-hole leader.[1] Defending champion Justin Thomas finished ten strokes back, tied for 33rd place.

Venue

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Course layout

Source:[2]

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting various criteria; they include tournament winners on the PGA Tour since the previous Players Championship, recent winners of major championships, The Players and World Golf Championships, and leading players in the FedEx Cup standings from the current and preceding seasons.[3] [4]

Eligibility criteria

This list details the eligibility criteria for the 2022 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were eligible is indicated in parentheses.[3]

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since the 2021 Players Championship

2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2017–2021)

3. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2016–2021)

4. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2016–2021)

5. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2016–2021)

6. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2016–2021)

7. Recent winners of the FedEx Cup (2018/19–2020/21)

8. Recent winners of the WGC Championship (2019–2021)

9. Recent winners of the WGC Match Play (2018–2021)

10. Recent winners of the WGC Invitational (2018–2021)

11. Recent winners of the WGC-HSBC Champions (2018–2019)

12. Recent winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (2019–2022)

13. Recent winners of the Memorial Tournament (2018–2021)

14. Recent winners of the Genesis Invitational (2020–2022)

15. Winner of the Olympic Golf Competition in 2021

16. Top 125 from the previous season's FedEx Cup points list

17. The top 125 players who fulfilled the terms of a major medical extension

18. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following The Honda Classic[5] [6]

19. Senior Players champion from previous year

20. Leading points winners from the Korn Ferry Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Finals during the previous year

21. Top 10 in the current season's FedEx Cup points standings after The Honda Classic

22. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings after The Honda Classic[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 10, 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Overnight rain delayed the start by an hour and further delays during the day meant that only 66 of the 144 players completed their opening round on Thursday, while 12 players did not start their rounds. Tommy Fleetwood and Tom Hoge were top of the leaderboard after opening rounds of 66, 6-under-par, when play was suspended due to darkness.[8] Harold Varner III had earlier led at 7-under-par, but he made a triple-bogey 6 at the 17th hole and, after a bogey at the last, finished with 69.[9] The first round resumed on Friday, but after another weather delay, the course was declared unplayable by Tour officials with 47 of the 144 players not having completed their opening round.[10] Play resumed at noon on Saturday in windy conditions. The first round was completed in the early afternoon, 54 hours after it has started. Fleetwood and Hoge still led with six players a stroke behind.[11]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 66 −6
Tom Hoge
T3 67 −5
Brice Garnett
Kramer Hickok
Anirban Lahiri
Keith Mitchell
Joaquín Niemann
T9 68 −4
Sam Burns
Brian Harman
Kevin Kisner
Patton Kizzire
Taylor Pendrith

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Second round

Saturday, March 12, 2022
Sunday, March 13, 2022

The second round started at noon on Saturday, before the first round was completed. In windy conditions, less than half the field were able to complete their rounds and a number of groups did not start their rounds.[11] 71 players made the cut at 146 (+2), when the second round was completed at about 3 pm on Sunday. The co-leaders were Sam Burns and Tom Hoge at 137, 7-under-par.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 68-69=137 −7
66-71=137
T3 71-67=138 −6
69-69=138
T5 68-71=139 −5
70-69=139
70-69=139
66-73=139
67-72=139
68-71=139

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Third round

Sunday, March 13, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022

The third round started at 3:15 pm on Sunday using both the first and tenth tees.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67-73-67=207 −9
T2 68-69-71=208 −8
70-69-69=208
70-70-68=208
70-73-65=208
T6 66-71-72=209 −7
69-71-69=209
T8 68-74-68=210 −6
70-73-68=210
73-70-67=210
69-72-69=210
73-71-66=210
69-69-72=210
69-71-70=210

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Final round

Monday, March 14, 2022

The final round started at 11:00 am using both the first and tenth tees.

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 69-71-69-66=275 −13 3,600,000
2 67-73-67-69=276 −12 2,180,000
3 70-69-69-69=277 −11 1,380,000
4 68-74-68-68=278 −10 980,000
5 72-71-68-68=279 −9 820,000
T6 70-70-68-72=280 −8 675,000
71-71-68-70=280
69-69-72-70=280
T9 72-72-70-67=281 −7 525,000
71-73-68-69=281
69-73-76-63=281
69-74-71-67=281

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Smith −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −10 −9 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13
Lahiri −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −8 −9 −9 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12
Casey −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11
Kisner −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10
Bradley −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −11 −9
Ghim −8 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8
Knox −7 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8
Varner −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8
Burns −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −4 −4
Muñoz −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −5 −4 −3
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Cameron Smith holds on to win delayed Players Championship and $3.6m prize . 14 March 2022 . The Guardian . Ewan . Murray . 15 March 2022.
  2. Web site: The Players Stadium Course . PGA Tour. March 14, 2022.
  3. Web site: Inside the Field: The Players Championship . PGA Tour . March 4, 2022 . March 7, 2022.
  4. Web site: Official Media Guide . PGA Tour . March 14, 2022.
  5. Web site: 2021-22 Qualifiers for the Players and the majors . Rob . Bolton . PGA Tour . February 27, 2022 . March 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301014921/https://www.pgatour.com/fantasy/major-qualifiers.html . March 1, 2022 . usurped.
  6. Web site: Official World Golf Ranking; Week 9 2022 . Official World Golf Ranking . March 7, 2022 . February 28, 2022.
  7. Web site: Steve Stricker will miss the Players after mystery ailment . PGA Tour . March 7, 2022 . February 22, 2022.
  8. News: Players Championship: TPC Sawgrass evacuated as thunderstorms roll into Florida . March 10, 2022 . BBC Sport . Peter . Scrivener . 11 March 2022.
  9. Web site: Tommy Fleetwood, Tom Hoge share lead at The Players Championship . PGA Tour . Associated Press . March 10, 2022 . March 11, 2022.
  10. News: Round 1 of Players Championship stretches into Saturday, with Monday a lock . March 11, 2022 . Golf Channel . Ryan . Lavner . March 11, 2022.
  11. Web site: Players Championship: Tommy Fleetwood shares lead at windy TPC Sawgrass in round two . Peter . Scrivener . March 13, 2022 . BBC Sport . 13 March 2022.
  12. Web site: The Players Championship: Leaderboard . ESPN . March 14, 2022. March 28, 2022.

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