2006 Players Championship

the golf tournament the curling tournament 2006 Players' Championship Golf tournament 2006 Players Championship March 23–26, 2006 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 7098 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LGdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EfMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6971%2C4870095 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Players Championship March 27, 2006 D4 144 players, 74 after cut 144 (Even) $8.0 million $1.44 million CAN Stephen Ames 274 (−14) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 2005 2007 The 2006 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 33rd Players Championship. Tournament summary Stephen Ames shot a final round 67 and completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin, six strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0epRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x3IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4876%2C2647779 St. Petersburg Times Florida Harig Bob In a rout, Ames tells world he's a Player March 27, 2006 1C https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LGdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EfMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5202%2C4863199 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Ferguson Doug Ames tames Sawgrass March 27, 2006 C3 Ames was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over Sergio García and Vijay Singh.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hhFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sh8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6819%2C2874371 Sunday Star-News Wilmington, North Carolina Associated Press Ames takes over at TPC, takes aim at tourney win March 26, 2006 3C A month earlier at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Ames lasted only ten holes in the first round, falling to Tiger Woods 9&8.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OWlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FfMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6784%2C1020451 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Woods torches foe at Match Play February 23, 2006 C2 Defending champion Fred Funk finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for sixteenth place. This was the final Players held in March until 2019; it moved to mid-May in 2007. The Players was moved back to March starting 2019 as the PGA Championship moves from August to May from 2019 onwards.http://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship17/story/_/id/20285644/pga-championship-move-traditional-august-date-may ESPN Harig Bob PGA Championship to move from August date to May in 2019 August 10, 2017 August 12, 2017https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-pga-championship-is-moving-to-may-and-players-are-on-board The PGA Championship is moving to May and players are on board Shedloski Dave August 7, 2017 Golf Digest August 8, 2017https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/sports/golf/pga-championship-may.html P.G.A. Championship Will Move from August to May in 2019 Reuters August 8, 2017 The New York Times August 9, 2017 0362-4331https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-pga-championship-will-be-moving-to-may-sources-say The PGA Championship will be moving to May, sources say Herrington Ryan Golf Digest August 7, 2017 August 9, 2017 Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; five yards were added this year and its length was 7098 yd. Eligibility requirements Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship. Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Peter Lonard, Vijay Singh, Tim Petrovic, Ted Purdy, Justin Leonard, Bart Bryant, Sergio García, Michael Campbell, Pádraig Harrington, Jim Furyk, Sean O'Hair, Jason Bohn, Ben Crane, Retief Goosen, Vaughn Taylor, Brad Faxon, Olin Browne, Mark Calcavecchia, Jason Gore, Robert Gamez, K. J. Choi, Wes Short Jr., Lucas Glover, Carl Pettersson, Heath Slocum, Stuart Appleby, David Toms, Chad Campbell, J. B. Holmes, Arron Oberholser, Rory Sabbatini, Geoff Ogilvy, Kirk Triplett, Luke Donald, Rod Pampling The top 125 finishers on the 2005 Official PGA Tour money list.Official Money – 2005 PGA Tour https://www.pgatour.com/stats/detail/109 2023-04-13 Fred Funk, Davis Love III, Adam Scott, Scott Verplank, Tim Clark, Billy Mayfair, Brandt Jobe, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Shigeki Maruyama, Joe Ogilvie, Fred Couples, Zach Johnson, José María Olazábal, John Daly, Stewart Cink, Tom Lehman, Ernie Els, Tom Pernice Jr., Bo Van Pelt, Darren Clarke, Jonathan Kaye, Justin Rose, Mike Weir, Greg Owen, Jerry Kelly, Mark Hensby, Ryan Palmer, Jeff Brehaut, Pat Perez, Robert Allenby, Woody Austin, Billy Andrade, Kevin Na, Jeff Sluman, Bob Tway, Joey Sindelar, Dudley Hart, Joe Durant, J. L. Lewis, Carlos Franco, Charles Warren, Aaron Baddeley, Harrison Frazar, Brett Quigley, Scott McCarron, Arjun Atwal, Stephen Ames, Bernhard Langer, Steve Lowery, Ian Poulter, J. J. Henry, Daniel Chopra, Tag Ridings, Bob Estes, Loren Roberts, Steve Flesch, Freddie Jacobson, John Senden, Brian Davis, John Rollins, James Driscoll, Kevin Sutherland, Dean Wilson, D. J. Trahan, Hank Kuehne, Stephen Leaney, Jeff Maggert, Robert Damron, Corey Pavin, Jesper Parnevik, Doug Barron, Jonathan Byrd, Craig Barlow, Rich Beem, Rocco Mediate, Brian Gay, Richard S. Johnson, Hidemichi Tanaka, Patrick Sheehan, Todd Fischer, John Huston, Ryuji Imada, Tommy Armour III, Kent Jones, Craig Parry, Nick Price For the duration of their exemption, PGA Tour members who earned a Tournament Winner exemption prior to March 1, 2004. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from the 1996 to 1997 and from 2001 to 2005. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years. Nick Faldo, Steve Jones, Mark Brooks, Craig Perks, Shaun Micheel, David Duval, Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton Winners of the NEC World Series in the last years 10 years (1996–1997). Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2003–2005). Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last years (2004–2006). Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2003–2005). Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational. Colin Montgomerie, David Howell, Henrik Stenson, Ángel Cabrera, Nick O'Hern, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjørn, Lee Westwood, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Shingo Katayama Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2006 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational. If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2006 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list. Camilo Villegas, Nathan Green Sources:2006 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/2006_pgatour.pdf PGA Tour 331 Round summaries First round Thursday, March 23, 2006 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Jim Furyk65−7 USA Davis Love IIIT3 AUS Robert Allenby67−5 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez GER Bernhard LangerT6 USA Ben Crane68−4 USA Arron Oberholser ESP José María Olazábal USA John Rollins FJI Vijay Singh USA Bo Van Pelt Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KWdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EfMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4568%2C1731421 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Golf: Players Championship March 24, 2006 C4 Second round Friday, March 24, 2006 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Furyk65-71=136−8T2 CAN Stephen Ames71-66=137−7 AUS Adam Scott70-67=137T4 KOR K. J. Choi69-69=138−6 ESP Sergio García70-68=138 FJI Vijay Singh68-70=138T7 USA Brad Faxon70-69=139−5 USA Steve Flesch69-70=139 USA Fred Funk69-70=139 USA Arron Oberholser68-71=139 ESP José María Olazábal68-71=139 ENG Greg Owen71-68=139 USA John Rollins68-71=139 USA Bo Van Pelt68-71=139 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PGBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6782%2C5531765 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Love becomes spectator March 25, 2006 B6https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KmdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EfMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4072%2C2212716 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Golf: Players Championship May 25, 2006 C4 Third round Saturday, March 25, 2006 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 CAN Stephen Ames 71-66-70=207 −9T2 ESP Sergio García 70-68-70=208 −8 FJI Vijay Singh 68-70-70=208T4 SWE Henrik Stenson 69-71-70=210 −6 CAN Mike Weir 71-71-68=210T6 USA Jim Furyk 65-71-75=211 −5 ZAF Retief Goosen69-71-71=211 USA Tom Pernice Jr. 70-70-71=211 SWE Carl Pettersson 71-70-70=211 USA John Rollins 68-71-72=211 USA Bo Van Pelt 68-71-72=211 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PWBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6772%2C5935964 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Ames escapes as Sawgrass mows down field March 26, 2006 D8 Final round Sunday, March 26, 2006 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 CAN Stephen Ames 71-66-70-67=274 −14 1,440,0002 ZAF Retief Goosen 69-71-71-69=280 −8 864,000T3 USA Jim Furyk 65-71-75-72=283 −5 384,000 USA Pat Perez 71-72-69-71=283 SWE Henrik Stenson 69-71-70-73=283 COL Camilo Villegas 74-70-68-71=2837 ESP José María Olazábal 68-71-74-71=284 −4 268,000T8 ZAF Ernie Els 72-70-72-71=285 −3 208,000 SWE Carl Pettersson 71-70-70-74=285 USA John Rollins 68-71-72-74=285 FJI Vijay Singh 68-70-70-77=285 USA Vaughn Taylor 73-71-68-73=285 USA Bo Van Pelt 68-71-72-74=285 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 ESP Sergio García 70-68-70-78=286 −2 148,000 USA Phil Mickelson 70-73-69-74=286T16 KOR K. J. Choi 69-69-77-72=287 −1 124,000 USA Brad Faxon 70-69-79-69=287 USA Fred Funk (c) 70-69-74-74=287 USA Charles Warren 73-71-72-71=287T20 NIR Darren Clarke 73-70-72-73=288 E 100,000 ENG Brian Davis 70-73-73-72=288T22 SWE Freddie Jacobson 69-72-74-74=289 +1 76,800 ENG Greg Owen 71-68-77-73=289 AUS Craig Parry 70-73-70-76=289 CAN Mike Weir 71-71-68-79=289 USA Tiger Woods (c) 72-69-73-75=289T27 USA Jason Bohn 71-72-72-75=290 +2 53,250 USA James Driscoll 71-72-70-77=290 USA Todd Fischer 73-68-72-77=290 SWE Richard S. Johnson 72-70-75-73=290 USA Tom Lehman 71-71-70-78=290 USA Tom Pernice Jr. 70-70-71-79=290 ENG Ian Poulter 72-68-75-75=290 ZWE Nick Price (c) 72-71-74-73=29035 USA Fred Couples (c) 69-73-75-74=291 +3 43,200T36 USA Ben Crane 68-74-77-73=292 +4 40,200 USA Joe Durant 69-72-75-76=292T38 AUS Robert Allenby 67-73-78-75=293 +5 32,800 USA J. B. Holmes 71-73-76-73=293 ENG David Howell 71-71-81-70=293 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 67-74-82-70=293 SWE Jesper Parnevik 72-72-72-77=293 USA Tim Petrovic 73-69-80-71=293 ENG Lee Westwood 70-73-73-77=293T45 USA John Daly 70-73-74-77=294 +6 22,020 PRY Carlos Franco 71-71-75-77=294 USA Dudley Hart 73-70-75-76=294 USA J. J. Henry 71-73-77-73=294 AUS Peter Lonard 71-73-74-76=294 USA Jeff Maggert 73-69-78-74=294 USA Arron Oberholser 68-71-74-81=294 USA Jeff Sluman 70-73-75-76=294T53 USA Robert Gamez 71-72-78-74=295 +7 18,613 USA Charles Howell III 71-73-76-75=295 AUS Adam Scott (c) 70-67-82-76=295T56 USA Bart Bryant 73-71-74-78=296 +8 18,160 USA Steve Lowery 73-70-78-75=296T58 USA Zach Johnson 71-73-74-79=297 +9 17,600 DEU Bernhard Langer 67-75-79-76=297 USA Rocco Mediate 69-74-77-77=297 USA Sean O'Hair 73-71-75-78=297 USA Joey Sindelar 71-73-80-73=297T63 USA Steve Flesch 69-70-75-84=298 +10 16,960 USA Harrison Frazar 70-74-76-78=298 USA Kirk Triplett 70-71-76-81=298T66 USA Rich Beem 71-72-71-85=299 +11 16,480 USA Olin Browne 69-75-76-79=299 AUS Nathan Green 72-72-75-80=29969 DNK Thomas Bjørn 69-73-80-78=300 +12 16,160T70 USA Chad Campbell 70-72-79-80=301 +13 15,920 JPN Shingo Katayama 70-73-77-81=30172 USA Mark Calcavecchia 69-73-81-79=302 +14 15,68073 USA Woody Austin 73-69-83-79=304 +16 15,52074 AUS Mark Hensby 71-73-79-83=306 +18 15,360CUT AUS Stuart Appleby 73-72=145 +1 USA Tommy Armour III 73-72=145 USA Mark Brooks 71-74=145 ARG Ángel Cabrera 72-73=145 NZL Michael Campbell 72-73=145 USA Stewart Cink 73-72=145 JPN Ryuji Imada 73-72=145 USA Justin Leonard (c) 75-70=145 AUS Nick O'Hern 71-74=145 USA Tag Ridings 70-75=145 AUS John Senden 73-72=145 USA Patrick Sheehan 71-74=145 USA Wes Short Jr. 76-69=145 USA Dean Wilson 71-74=145 USA Doug Barron 72-74=146 +2 IRL Pádraig Harrington 73-73=146 USA Shaun Micheel 75-71=146 USA Heath Slocum 72-74=146 USA Billy Andrade 69-78=147 +3 USA Jeff Brehaut 71-76=147 ENG Luke Donald 73-74=147 USA Brian Gay 75-72=147 USA Ted Purdy 77-70=147 USA Brett Quigley 73-74=147 USA John Huston 73-75=148 +4 USA Jonathan Kaye 77-71=148 USA Davis Love III (c) 65-83=148 SCO Colin Montgomerie 72-76=148 USA Kevin Na 74-74=148 USA Joe Ogilvie 80-68=148 USA Scott Verplank 75-73=148 USA Jonathan Byrd 72-77=149 +5 SWE Daniel Chopra 70-79=149 ZAF Tim Clark 77-72=149 USA Robert Damron 71-78=149 USA Bob Estes 74-75=149 USA Tim Herron 72-77=149 USA Brandt Jobe 75-74=149 USA Loren Roberts 75-74=149 USA Kent Jones 76-74=150 +6 IRL Paul McGinley 77-73=150 AUS Rod Pampling 74-76=150 ENG Justin Rose 78-72=150 USA David Toms 73-77=150 IND Arjun Atwal 76-75=151 +7 USA David Duval (c) 71-80=151 USA Lucas Glover 76-75=151 AUS Stephen Leaney 72-79=151 USA Billy Mayfair 76-75=151 USA Kevin Sutherland 74-77=151 USA J. L. Lewis 76-76=152 +8 JPN Hidemichi Tanaka 75-77=152 AUS Aaron Baddeley 77-76=153 +9 USA Craig Barlow 80-73=153 USA Ben Curtis 73-80=153 USA Todd Hamilton 75-78=153 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 72-81=153 USA Bob Tway 74-79=153 USA Jerry Kelly 72-82=154 +10 USA Ryan Palmer 75-79=154 USA Corey Pavin 74-80=154 ENG Nick Faldo 76-79=155 +11 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 78-77=155 NZL Craig Perks (c) 79-76=155 USA Steve Jones 73-84=157 +13 USA Jason Gore 77-81=158 +14 USA Scott McCarron 82-76=158 USA D. J. Trahan 76-83=159 +15 USA Hank Kuehne 80-80=160 +16WD JPN Shigeki Maruyama 78 +6 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 Hole123456789101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534CAN Ames −9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−9−10−10−11−11−12−14−14−14RSA Goosen −6−7−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−7−6−7−7−7−8 USA Furyk −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 USA Perez −5 −6 −6 −6 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5SWE Stenson−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−5 COL Villegas −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 FIJ Singh −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3ESP García −8 −7−6−4−3−3−3−3-4 −3 −3-3-3−2−3−3−3−2 CAN Weir −6 −6 −5 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 E E +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- | style="background:Red; width:10px;"| |Eagle | style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| |Birdie | style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| |Bogey | style="background:Green; width:10px;"| |Double bogey | style="background:Olive; width:10px;"| |Triple bogey+ |} References External links The Players Championship website Full Leaderboard 2006 Category:2006 in golf Category:2006 in American sports Category:2006 in sports in Florida Category:March 2006 sports events in the United States