2011 Players Championship

the golf tournament the curling tournament 2011 Players' Championship 2011 Players Championship May 12–15, 2011 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC SawgrassStadium Course PGA Tour 72 7215 yd 145 players, 74 after cut 144 (E) $9.5 million $1.71 million KOR K. J. Choi 275 (−13), playoff USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 2010 2012 The 2011 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 12–15 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 38th Players Championship. K. J. Choi defeated David Toms on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to claim his first PGA Tour title since 2008.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/13407180.stm KJ Choi lands Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass May 15, 2011 BBC Sport May 16, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110516112135/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/13407180.stm 16 May 2011 livehttps://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=6553143 K.J. Choi wins Players after playoff Associated Press May 15, 2011 ESPN May 16, 2011https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/despite-rough-luck-on-18-graeme-mcdowell-holds-lead-entering-final-round-of-players-championship/2011/05/15/AFiD8E4G_story.html Washington Post Svrluga Barry The Players Championship 2011: K.J. Choi defeats David Toms in a playoff to win TPC May 15, 2011 May 1, 2017http://jacksonville.com/sports/golf/2011-05-15/story/kj-choi-wins-players-championship-playoff# Floridat Times-Union Jacksonville Smits Garry K.J. Choi wins Players Championship in playoff May 15, 2011 May 1, 2017 Traditionally, the flag of the defending champion (2010 winner Tim Clark of South Africa) flies at TPC Sawgrass during the week of the Players. As a tribute to the recently deceased Seve Ballesteros, per Clark's request, the PGA Tour flew the Spanish flag in its place.Defending Players champion honors Ballesteros Clark withdrew during the second round due to nagging elbow problems. Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the 30th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7215 yd. Course layout true The 2011 Players Championship Yards n/a 423 532 177 384 471 393 442 237 583 3,642 424 558 358 181 481 449 523 137 462 3,573 7,215 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 72 Field The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2010 Senior Players Championship. 1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Stuart Appleby (3), Arjun Atwal (3), Aaron Baddeley (3,11), Matt Bettencourt (3), Michael Bradley, Jonathan Byrd (3), Tim Clark (2,3,6,9), Jason Day (2,3,9), Luke Donald (2,3,7,9,11), Jim Furyk (2,3,8,9), Robert Garrigus (3), Lucas Glover (3,5), Bill Haas (3,9), Charley Hoffman (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9), Zach Johnson (2,3,5,9), Martin Kaymer (5,9), Matt Kuchar (2,3,9), Martin Laird (2,3,9,11), Bill Lunde (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9), Graeme McDowell (3,5,9), Rocco Mediate (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11), Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Carl Pettersson (3), D. A. Points (3), Justin Rose (2,3,9), Rory Sabbatini (3), Charl Schwartzel (5,9), Adam Scott (2,3,9), Heath Slocum (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,9,11), Brendan Steele, Steve Stricker (2,3,9), Jhonattan Vegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney (2,3,7,9,11), Bubba Watson (2,3,9,11), Mark Wilson (3,11), Gary Woodland (9,11) Lee Westwood (9) did not play. 2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list Robert Allenby (3,9), Paul Casey (3,9), K. J. Choi (3,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ernie Els (3,7,9), Retief Goosen (3,9), Ryan Moore (3,9), Kevin Na (3), Geoff Ogilvy (3,5,7,9), Jeff Overton (3), Ryan Palmer (3), Kevin Streelman (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Camilo Villegas (3,8) 3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list Blake Adams, Stephen Ames (6), Ricky Barnes, Cameron Beckman, Kris Blanks, Jason Bohn, Ángel Cabrera (5), Chad Campbell, Alex Čejka, Greg Chalmers, Stewart Cink (5), Chad Collins, Michael Connell, Chris Couch, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Jason Dufner, Joe Durant, David Duval, Rickie Fowler (9), Sergio García (6), Brian Gay, Paul Goydos, Pádraig Harrington (5,9), J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim (9), Derek Lamely, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, Steve Marino, Troy Merritt, Shaun Micheel, Bryce Molder, Sean O'Hair, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Kenny Perry, Tim Petrovic, Ian Poulter (7,9), Alex Prugh, Chris Riley, John Rollins, Andrés Romero, John Senden, Michael Sim, Webb Simpson (11), Vijay Singh (7), Kevin Stadler, Chris Stroud, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Josh Teater, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Scott Verplank, Jimmy Walker, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Garrett Willis, Dean Wilson, Tiger Woods (5,7,9), Yang Yong-eun (5,9) Graham DeLaet, Steve Elkington, Tom Gillis, Jeff Maggert, Rory McIlroy (9), and Roland Thatcher did not play. 4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension Nick O'Hern 5. Major champions from the past five years Trevor Immelman 6. Players Championship winners from the past five years Henrik Stenson 7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winner only in 2010, and only if a PGA Tour member) 8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years 9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 1 Ross Fisher, Peter Hanson, Robert Karlsson, Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós Anders Hansen, Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, and Kim Kyung-tae did not play. 10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season Jamie Lovemark did not play. 11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of May 1 12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of May 1 Keegan Bradley, Kevin Chappell, Tommy Gainey, Hunter Haas, Brandt Jobe, Chris Kirk, Troy Matteson 13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144) Mark O'Meara Round summaries First round Thursday, May 12, 2011 Nick Watney made eight birdies, an eagle, and a double bogey en route to an opening round 64. Lucas Glover, coming off a win the week before at the Wells Fargo Championship, shot an opening round 65. Tiger Woods shot 42 (+6) on his first nine then withdrew, citing multiple injuries. Defending champion Tim Clark, who had been battling injuries all season, shot an opening round 74. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Nick Watney64−82 USA Lucas Glover65−7T3 USA Mark O'Meara66−6 USA David TomsT5 SWE Freddie Jacobson67−5 DEU Martin Kaymer NIR Graeme McDowell ESP Álvaro Quirós ZAF Rory SabbatiniT10 USA Ben Crane68−4 USA J. B. Holmes USA Davis Love III Second round Friday, May 13, 2011 David Toms posted a 68 to gain a one-shot lead over first round leader Nick Watney. Greg Chalmers had the round of the day at 65, while defending champion Tim Clark (tendonitis) and Geoff Ogilvy (shoulder) both withdrew. The cut was at even par 144, and 74 players advanced to the weekend. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA David Toms66-68=134−102 USA Nick Watney64-71=135−9T3 ENG Luke Donald69-67=136−8 USA Lucas Glover65-71=136 NIR Graeme McDowell67-69=136 USA Steve Stricker69-67=136T7 AUS Aaron Baddeley70-67=137−7 USA J. B. Holmes68-69=137 USA Davis Love III68-69=137 USA Hunter Mahan70-67=137 Third round Saturday, May 14, 2011 At the end of a rain soaked Saturday, Graeme McDowell and Nick Watney were tied for the lead at −11. Martin Kaymer birdied his first four holes and five of his first seven holes to temporarily tie for the lead, but bogeyed 8, 9 and 10 and ended the day 3 shots back. PlacePlayerScoreTo parHoleT1 NIR Graeme McDowell 67-69-19=155 −11 5 USA Nick Watney 64-71-18=153 5T3 USA Steve Stricker 69-67-20=156 −10 5 USA David Toms 66-68-20=154 5T5 KOR K. J. Choi 70-68-37=175 −9 10 USA Lucas Glover 65-71-25=161 6T7 ENG Luke Donald 69-67-27=163 −8 8 USA Jason Dufner 69-70-46=185 12 SWE Robert Karlsson 71-67-34=172 9 DEU Martin Kaymer 67-72-46=185 12 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 67-71-38=176 10 Sunday, May 15, 2011 Play resumed at 7:35 a.m. EDT with most of the leaders still on the front nine. Graeme McDowell held a three-shot lead standing on the 18th tee, but found the water on his approach and made double bogey. K. J. Choi stormed into contention with a 67 and was in the final threesome with McDowell and David Toms. Lucas Glover also finished with a double bogey and fell out of contention. Peter Hanson, who finished the following night, had the best third round at 66. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 NIR Graeme McDowell67-69-68=204−12T2 KOR K. J. Choi70-68-67=205−11 USA David Toms66-68-71=205T4 AUS Aaron Baddeley70-67-70=207−9 ENG Luke Donald69-67-71=207 USA Jason Dufner69-70-68=207 USA Davis Love III68-69-70=207 USA Steve Stricker69-67-71=207 USA Nick Watney64-71-72=207T10 USA Paul Goydos69-70-69=208−8 ESP Álvaro Quirós67-73-68=208 Final round Sunday, May 15, 2011 Four different players held a share of the lead in the final round, which came down to the final group. Third round leader Graeme McDowell struggled to a 79, including double bogey on 17, and fell out of the top thirty. Charlie Hoffman stormed into contention before a quadruple bogey 7 on the infamous 17th hole led to 71. Paul Goydos, the 2008 runner-up, made a move with a 69, but came up two shots short of a playoff. David Toms, who held the lead almost the entire day, had a one shot lead over K. J. Choi as they played the par-5 16th. Toms went for the green in two and hit it into the water right. He made bogey and was now tied with Choi. On the 17th, Choi made a 10 ft 0 on birdie putt to take the outright lead for the first time in the tournament. After Toms drove it into a divot on the 18th hole, he hit his approach to 20 ft 0. Choi, who pushed his drive right, came up short right of the 18th green and chipped up to five feet. Toms made his birdie putt, only the fourth of the day on 18, to put the pressure back on Choi, who made his par putt to force a playoff. Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 KOR K. J. Choi 70-68-67-70=275 −13 Playoff USA David Toms 66-68-71-70=2753 USA Paul Goydos 69-70-69-69=277 −11 646,000T4 ENG Luke Donald 69-67-71-71=278 −10 418,000 USA Nick Watney 64-71-72-71=278T6 AUS Aaron Baddeley 70-67-70-72=279 −9 287,375 AUS Jason Day 69-70-72-68=279 USA Jason Dufner 69-70-68-72=279 USA J. B. Holmes 68-69-73-69=279 USA Hunter Mahan 70-67-73-69=279 ESP Álvaro Quirós 67-73-68-71=279 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 ESP Sergio García (c) 74-68-73-65=280 −8 175,071 USA Brian Gay 71-69-71-69=280 USA Zach Johnson 74-70-70-66=280 USA Spencer Levin 72-69-68-71=280 USA Davis Love III (c) 68-69-70-73=280 USA Steve Stricker 69-67-71-73=280 USA Chris Stroud 71-67-74-68=280T19 USA Stewart Cink 70-72-69-70=281 −7 107,214 SWE Peter Hanson 72-72-66-71=281 AUS Matt Jones 72-72-69-68=281 DEU Martin Kaymer 67-72-70-72=281 USA Steve Marino 70-72-69-70=281 USA Sean O'Hair 71-71-67-72=281 USA Kevin Streelman 70-69-75-67=281T26 USA Chad Campbell 73-71-69-69=282 −6 67,450 ENG Brian Davis 69-69-73-71=282 USA Charley Hoffman 72-71-68-71=282 SWE Robert Karlsson 71-67-72-72=282 USA Jeff Overton 69-71-73-69=282 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 67-71-71-73=282 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 72-71-71-68=282T33 ZAF Trevor Immelman 70-73-70-70=283 −5 50,191 NIR Graeme McDowell 67-69-68-79=283 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 71-71-69-72=283 USA Bryce Molder 70-73-67-73=283 USA Ryan Moore 71-69-71-72=283 SWE Carl Pettersson 73-71-71-68=283T39 USA Kenny Perry 72-71-68-73=284 −4 41,800 ARG Andrés Romero 72-69-69-74=284T41 USA Jonathan Byrd 71-73-72-69=285 −3 36,100 ARG Ángel Cabrera 70-74-68-73=285 AUS Greg Chalmers 73-65-74-73=285 KOR Charlie Wi 70-72-68-75=285T45 USA Ben Crane 68-76-71-71=286 −2 27,816 USA Corey Pavin 72-69-74-71=286 ENG Justin Rose 70-69-74-73=286 USA Bubba Watson 76-66-76-68=286 USA Garrett Willis 70-74-69-73=286T50 AUS Robert Allenby 69-74-68-76=287 −1 23,132 USA Chris Couch 71-72-71-73=287 USA Ben Curtis 71-73-70-73=287 USA Lucas Glover 65-71-74-77=287T54 USA Matt Kuchar 69-72-73-74=288 E 21,850 USA Rocco Mediate 72-69-71-76=288 USA Scott Verplank 73-71-71-73=288T57 IND Arjun Atwal 73-70-77-69=289 +1 21,185 USA Dustin Johnson 72-70-73-74=289 USA Justin Leonard (c) 70-73-72-74=289 ENG Ian Poulter 70-72-74-73=289T61 USA Jason Bohn 71-73-72-74=290 +2 20,520 ZAF Retief Goosen 73-69-72-76=290 USA Troy Merritt 69-75-73-73=290T64 USA Kris Blanks 69-72-81-69=291 +3 19,760 USA Hunter Haas 72-71-75-73=291 SWE Freddie Jacobson 67-75-73-76=291 USA Jerry Kelly 73-70-73-75=291 ITA Matteo Manassero 72-70-73-76=291T69 USA Kevin Chappell 71-73-80-68=292 +4 19,000 SCO Martin Laird 72-70-76-74=292 USA Webb Simpson 70-73-74-75=29272 USA Keegan Bradley 75-69-72-77=293 +5 18,62073 USA Robert Garrigus 74-69-76-75=294 +6 18,43074 USA Mark O'Meara 66-74-79-77=296 +8 18,240CUT CAN Stephen Ames (c) 77-68=145 +1 USA Michael Bradley 71-74=145 USA Joe Durant 73-72=145 ZAF Ernie Els 72-73=145 USA Rickie Fowler 77-68=145 JPN Ryuji Imada 73-72=145 USA Brandt Jobe 75-70=145 USA Kevin Na 73-72=145 USA Heath Slocum 71-74=145 USA Kevin Stadler 73-72=145 USA D. J. Trahan 75-70=145 USA Bo Van Pelt 76-69=145 COL Camilo Villegas 74-71=145 USA Mark Wilson 70-75=145 KOR Yang Yong-eun 69-76=145 ENG Paul Casey 71-75=146 +2 USA David Duval (c) 70-76=146 ENG Ross Fisher 73-73=146 USA Bill Haas 74-72=146 USA J. P. Hayes 73-73=146 USA Shaun Micheel 71-75=146 ITA Francesco Molinari 76-70=146 USA Ryan Palmer 70-76=146 USA Jimmy Walker 77-69=146 USA Boo Weekley 75-71=146 USA Dean Wilson 77-69=146 USA Gary Woodland 75-71=146 USA Jim Furyk 71-76=147 +3 USA J. J. Henry 74-73=147 USA Charles Howell III 73-74=147 USA Derek Lamely 74-73=147 AUS Nick O'Hern 76-71=147 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 71-76=147 USA Alex Prugh 75-72=147 FJI Vijay Singh 75-72=147 USA Brandt Snedeker 73-74=147 USA Kevin Sutherland 72-75=147 USA Blake Adams 72-76=148 +4 USA Ricky Barnes 70-78=148 USA Cameron Beckman 72-76=148 USA Chad Collins 74-74=148 USA Pat Perez 76-72=148 USA Tim Petrovic 75-73=148 USA D. A. Points 74-74=148 USA John Rollins 73-75=148 AUS Adam Scott (c) 76-72=148 AUS Michael Sim 76-72=148 USA Josh Teater 72-76=148 AUS Stuart Appleby 76-73=149 +5 USA Tommy Gainey 75-74=149 USA Chris Kirk 76-73=149 USA Chris Riley 72-77=149 USA Vaughn Taylor 76-73=149 USA Johnson Wagner 74-75=149 DEU Alex Čejka 72-78=150 +6 USA Anthony Kim 74-76=150 USA Bill Lunde 73-77=150 ITA Edoardo Molinari 72-78=150 USA Brendan Steele 78-72=150 USA Michael Connell 73-78=151 +7 IRL Pádraig Harrington 73-78=151 AUS John Senden 76-75=151 USA Matt Bettencourt 79-74=153 +9 ZWE Brendon de Jonge 81-73=154 +10 USA Troy Matteson 78-76=154 SWE Henrik Stenson (c) 79-75=154 VEN Jhonattan Vegas 78-77=155 +11 AUS Marc Leishman 81-80=161 +17WD ZAF Tim Clark (c) 74 +2 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 75 +3 USA Tiger Woods (c) Source:https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html PGA Tour Past Results 1974 – present March 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html dead Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 KOR Choi −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 USA Toms −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −13 USA Goydos −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 ENG Donald −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 USA Watney −10 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 NIR McDowell −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −8 −8 −6 −5 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:http://www.golfchannel.com/tours/pga-tour/2011/players/ Golf Channel Leaderboard: 2011 Players Championship August 9, 2015 Playoff This was the fourth playoff in Players Championship history and the first since Sergio García defeated Paul Goydos in 2008. The format was again sudden death, on a rotation of holes 17-18-16-17-18 until there is a winner. On the first extra hole, both players made it on the island green 17th, but both had long birdie putts. After Choi lagged up to three feet, Toms had 23 ft 0 for the win, but barely missed; it went three and a half feet past, and he lipped out his comebacker for par. Choi sank the putt for his first win on the PGA Tour since 2008. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 KOR K. J. Choi 3 E 1,710,0002 USA David Toms 4 +1 1,026,000 Playoff was at the par-3 17th hole References External links The Players Championship website 2011 Category:2011 in golf Category:2011 in American sports Category:2011 in sports in Florida Category:May 2011 sports events in the United States