2012 Players Championship

the golf tournament the curling tournament 2012 Players' Championship September 2018 2012 Players Championship May 10–13, 2012 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 7215 yd 144 players, 72 after cut 144 (Even) $9.5 million $1.71 million USA Matt Kuchar 275 (−13) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 2011 2013 The 2012 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 39th Players Championship and was won by Matt Kuchar, two strokes ahead of four runners-up.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/7926517/matt-kuchar-avoids-mistakes-take-win-players-championship Matt Kuchar wins The Players May 14, 2012 ESPN Associated Press February 26, 2013 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/14/matt-kuchar-players-championship-sawgrass Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots Lawrence Donegan May 13, 2012 The Guardian February 26, 2013 Defending champion K. J. Choi missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes. Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7215 yd. Course layout The 2012 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 2011 Senior Players Championship. 1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Keegan Bradley (2,3,5,9), K. J. Choi (2,3,6,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ben Curtis, Luke Donald (2,3,7,9), Jason Dufner (2,3,9,11), Rickie Fowler (3,9), Harrison Frazar (3), Bill Haas (2,3,8,9), John Huh, Freddie Jacobson (2,3,9), Chris Kirk (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9,11), Rory McIlroy (5,9,11), George McNeill (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,8,9,11), Bryce Molder (3), Kevin Na (3), Sean O'Hair (3), Carl Pettersson (3,9,11), Scott Piercy (3), Justin Rose (2,3,7,9,11), Adam Scott (2,3,7,9), Webb Simpson (2,3,9), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,9), Scott Stallings (3), Kyle Stanley (3,11), Steve Stricker (2,3,9), David Toms (2,3,9), Johnson Wagner (3,11), Nick Watney (2,3,7,9), Mark Wilson (2,3,9,11), Tiger Woods (5,7,9) Darren Clarke (5) and Dustin Johnson (2,3,9) did not play. 2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list Aaron Baddeley (3,9), Jonathan Byrd (3), Jason Day (3,9), Charles Howell III (3), Matt Kuchar (3,9), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Chez Reavie (3), John Senden (3,9), Vijay Singh (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Gary Woodland (3), Yang Yong-eun (3,5) 3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list Blake Adams, Robert Allenby, Arjun Atwal, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Kris Blanks, Michael Bradley, Chad Campbell, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink (5), Chris Couch, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Ernie Els (7,9), Jim Furyk (8,9), Tommy Gainey, Sergio García (6,9), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Lucas Glover (5), Retief Goosen, Hunter Haas, Pádraig Harrington (5), David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman (5), Brandt Jobe, Zach Johnson (9), Kang Sung-hoon, Robert Karlsson (9), Jerry Kelly, Martin Laird (9), Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Graeme McDowell (5,9), John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Joe Ogilvie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice Jr., Ian Poulter (7,9), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Kevin Stadler, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Cameron Tringale, Jhonattan Vegas, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Jimmy Walker, Charlie Wi Paul Goydos, Anthony Kim, Steve Marino, D. A. Points, Charl Schwartzel (5,9), and Bubba Watson (2,3,5,9,11) did not play. 4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension Bob Estes 5. Major champions from the past five years Ángel Cabrera, Martin Kaymer (9) 6. Players Championship winners from the past five years Tim Clark, Henrik Stenson 7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners only from 2010–11, and only if PGA Tour members) 8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years 9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 29 Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Simon Dyson, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Lee Westwood Thomas Bjørn, Anders Hansen, Kim Kyung-tae, and Paul Lawrie did not play. 10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season J. J. Killeen 11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 29 12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 29 Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Brian Harman, Colt Knost, Jeff Maggert, John Mallinger 13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144) Fred Couples did not play; therefore only 144 players competed. Round summaries First round Thursday, May 10, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 SCO Martin Laird65−7 ENG Ian Poulter3 USA Blake Adams66−6T4 USA Ben Crane67−5 USA Kevin NaT6 KOR Bae Sang-moon68−4 USA Jonathan Byrd USA Ben Curtis ENG Brian Davis USA Harrison Frazar USA Bill Haas USA Matt Kuchar AUS Adam Scott USA Kevin Stadler USA Michael Thompson VEN Jhonattan Vegas Second round Friday, May 11, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Zach Johnson70-66=136−8 USA Kevin Na67-69=136 USA Matt Kuchar68-68=1364 USA Harris English70-67=137−7T5 USA Jonathan Byrd68-70=138−6 AUS Adam Scott68-70=138 ENG Brian Davis68-70=138 SCO Martin Laird65-73=138 KOR Charlie Wi71-67=138T10 USA Blake Adams66-73=139−5 USA Ben Curtis68-71=139 USA Michael Thompson68-71=139 USA Bill Haas68-71=139 USA Kevin Stadler68-71=139 Third round Saturday, May 12, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Kevin Na67-69-68=204−122 USA Matt Kuchar68-68-69=205−113 USA Rickie Fowler72-69-66=207−9T4 USA Zach Johnson70-66-73=209−7 USA Ben Curtis68-71-70=209T6 VEN Jhonattan Vegas68-74-68=210−6 ENG Brian Davis68-70-72=210 USA Jonathan Byrd68-70-72=210 SCO Martin Laird65-73-72=210T10 USA Johnson Wagner69-73-69=211−5 USA Bo Van Pelt71-70-70=211 USA Blake Adams66-73-72=211 KOR Charlie Wi71-67-73=211 Final round Sunday, May 13, 2012 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Matt Kuchar 68-68-69-70=275 −13 1,710,000T2 USA Ben Curtis 68-71-70-68=277 −11 627,000 USA Rickie Fowler 72-69-66-70=277 USA Zach Johnson 70-66-73-68=277 SCO Martin Laird 65-73-72-67=2776 ENG Luke Donald 72-69-72-66=279 −9 342,000T7 USA Kevin Na 67-69-68-76=280 −8 296,083 USA Bo Van Pelt 71-70-70-69=280 VEN Jhonattan Vegas 68-74-68-70=280T10 SWE Carl Pettersson 71-72-69-69=281 −7 247,000 USA David Toms 69-74-73-65=281 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 USA Blake Adams 66-73-72-71=282 −6 199,500 USA Jonathan Byrd 68-70-72-72=282 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 70-73-70-69=282T15 ZWE Brendon de Jonge 69-71-72-71=283 −5 137,987 USA Bob Estes 73-69-76-65=283 SWE Peter Hanson 73-71-71-68=283 DEU Martin Kaymer 73-69-70-71=283 USA Spencer Levin 74-68-72-69=283 USA David Mathis 72-71-69-71=283 AUS Adam Scott (c) 68-70-74-71=283 SWE Henrik Stenson (c) 71-71-71-70=283T23 USA Chris Couch 72-71-71-70=284 −4 95,000 USA John Huh 75-66-72-71=284T25 ZAF Tim Clark (c) 71-70-71-73=285 −3 66,547 ENG Brian Davis 68-70-72-75=285 USA Jim Furyk 72-70-72-71=285 USA Bill Haas 68-71-74-72=285 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 71-71-70-73=285 USA Pat Perez 69-75-70-71=285 ENG Ian Poulter 65-76-71-73=285 USA John Rollins 72-72-69-72=285 USA Kevin Stadler 68-71-73-73=285 KOR Charlie Wi 71-67-73-74=285T35 USA Keegan Bradley 72-70-74-70=286 −2 46,835 USA Tom Gillis 70-71-73-72=286 USA Jeff Maggert 70-71-71-74=286 USA Johnson Wagner 69-73-69-75=286 USA Jimmy Walker 71-70-71-74=286T40 USA Kris Blanks 69-74-72-72=287 −1 37,050 USA J. J. Henry 71-73-74-69=287 USA Bryce Molder 72-72-70-73=287 ESP Álvaro Quirós 72-72-72-71=287 USA Tiger Woods (c) 74-68-72-73=28745 AUS Marc Leishman 73-70-73-72=288 E 31,350T46 USA Ricky Barnes 74-69-72-74=289 +1 26,334 USA Harrison Frazar 68-76-69-76=289 USA Brian Gay 71-72-71-75=289 USA Ryan Moore 69-72-75-73=289 USA Josh Teater 71-71-76-71=289T51 USA Brian Harman 73-68-76-73=290 +2 22,496 USA Chris Kirk 71-73-72-74=290 ENG Justin Rose 76-68-75-71=290 USA Kevin Streelman 72-68-72-78=290 USA Michael Thompson 68-71-75-76=290T56 ESP Sergio García (c) 73-71-68-79=291 +3 21,280 ZAF Trevor Immelman 72-72-72-75=291 SWE Robert Karlsson 70-74-76-71=291 AUS Rod Pampling 71-72-78-70=291 USA Nick Watney 71-70-76-74=291T61 AUS Robert Allenby 72-72-75-73=292 +4 20,520 KOR Kang Sung-hoon 75-68-72-77=292 ENG Lee Westwood 71-70-74-77=292T64 USA Stewart Cink 71-72-78-72=293 +5 19,855 USA Harris English 70-67-79-77=293 USA George McNeill 70-73-82-68=293 USA Heath Slocum 73-70-78-72=293T68 USA Jason Dufner 73-71-76-75=295 +7 19,285 CAN David Hearn 69-75-77-74=295T70 CAN Graham DeLaet 71-73-76-76=296 +8 18,905 USA Justin Leonard (c) 75-68-74-79=29672 USA Cameron Tringale 73-71-77-76=297 +9 18,620CUT KOR Bae Sang-moon 68-77=145 +1 USA Ben Crane 67-78=145 AUS Jason Day 73-72=145 IRL Pádraig Harrington 69-76=145 USA Tim Herron 70-75=145 USA Charles Howell III 76-69=145 NIR Graeme McDowell 74-71=145 ITA Francesco Molinari 72-73=145 USA Joe Ogilvie 72-73=145 AUS Nick O'Hern 74-71=145 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 71-74=145 USA Ryan Palmer 73-72=145 AUS John Senden 74-71=145 USA Chris DiMarco 73-73=146 +2 USA Lucas Glover 74-72=146 USA J. J. Killeen 69-77=146 USA Davis Love III (c) 72-74=146 USA Sean O'Hair 69-77=146 USA Webb Simpson 73-73=146 USA Kyle Stanley 73-73=146 COL Camilo Villegas 75-71=146 IND Arjun Atwal 69-78=147 +3 USA Chad Campbell 72-75=147 USA Ken Duke 73-74=147 USA Tommy Gainey 74-73=147 USA Brandt Jobe 73-74=147 USA John Mallinger 73-74=147 USA Jeff Overton 78-69=147 USA Scott Piercy 73-74=147 USA Chez Reavie 72-75=147 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 76-71=147 FJI Vijay Singh 73-74=147 USA Scott Stallings 72-75=147 USA Chris Stroud 73-74=147 USA Michael Bradley 74-74=148 +4 AUS Greg Chalmers 72-76=148 ZAF Ernie Els 74-74=148 USA Billy Mayfair 79-69=148 NIR Rory McIlroy 72-76=148 USA John Merrick 70-78=148 KOR Yang Yong-eun 80-68=148 ZAF Retief Goosen 72-77=149 +5 USA Bud Cauley 75-75=150 +6 USA Charley Hoffman 79-71=150 SWE Freddie Jacobson 71-79=150 USA Hunter Mahan 74-76=150 USA Brandt Snedeker 76-74=150 USA Steve Stricker 76-74=150 USA Gary Woodland 77-73=150 KOR K. J. Choi (c) 75-76=151 +7 USA Matt Every 77-74=151 USA Robert Garrigus 73-78=151 USA Brendan Steele 72-79=151 USA Mark Wilson 74-77=151 USA Matt Bettencourt 75-77=152 +8 USA Kevin Chappell 74-78=152 USA James Driscoll 73-79=152 USA J. B. Holmes 74-78=152 JPN Ryuji Imada 75-77=152 USA Jerry Kelly 82-72=154 +10 AUS Aaron Baddeley 78-77=155 +11 USA Tom Pernice Jr. 80-75=155 USA Troy Matteson 79-77=156 +12 USA Colt Knost 79-78=157 +13 ARG Andrés Romero 76-82=158 +14WD USA Scott Verplank 72 E USA Briny Baird 76 +4 ENG Simon Dyson 76 ARG Ángel Cabrera 78 +6 ENG Paul Casey USA Hunter Haas DQ USA D. J. Trahan 80 +8 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 USA Kuchar −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 USA Curtis −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −11 USA Fowler −10 −10 −10 −11 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −11 −11 USA Johnson −7 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 SCO Laird −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 USA Na −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −10 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |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/2012/players/ Golf Channel Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship August 9, 2015 References External links The Players Championship website 2012 Category:2012 in golf Category:2012 in American sports Category:2012 in sports in Florida Category:May 2012 sports events in the United States