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2009 Players Championship May 7–10, 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 7215 yd 145 players, 83 after cut(71 after second cut) 144 (Even), 218 (+2) $9.5 million $1.71 million SWE Henrik Stenson 276 (−12) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 2008 2010
The 2009 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 7–10 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 36th Players Championship.
Tournament summary
Henrik Stenson shot a bogey-free 66 in the final round to win at 276 (−12), four strokes ahead of Ian Poulter.http://jacksonville.com/2016-03-04/stub-643 Florida Times-Union Jacksonville Frenette Gene Stenson strips out all drama in final round of Players May 11, 2009 May 1, 2017http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/05/11/golf.stenson.players.title/index.html CNN Stenson wins Players title with perfect round May 11, 2009 May 1, 2017 Alex Čejka led by five strokes after the third round,http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/05/10/players.championship.cejka/index.html CNN Cejka gains 5-shot lead over Woods May 10, 2009 May 1, 2017 but went out in 42 and finished in a tie for ninth.http://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=4156710 ESPN Associated Press Stenson pulls away at Players; Tiger 8th May 10, 2009 May 1, 2017https://www.si.com/vault/2009/05/18/105813725/swedes-spot Sports Illustrated Shipnuck Alan Swede's spot May 18, 2009 May 1, 2017 Stenson was the third European to win the title, after Sergio García the previous year and Sandy Lyle in 1987.
Due to 83 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.
Defending champion Sergio García finished ten strokes back, in a tie for 22nd place.
Venue
TPC at Sawgrass
This was the 28th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7215 yd.
Course layout
true The 2009 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
Eligibility requirements
Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.
Ryuji Imada, Phil Mickelson, Kenny Perry, Justin Leonard, Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, Anthony Kim, Pádraig Harrington, Richard S. Johnson, Chez Reavie, Vijay Singh, Parker McLachlin, Carl Pettersson, Camilo Villegas, Will MacKenzie, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Marc Turnesa, Cameron Beckman, Ryan Palmer, Davis Love III, Geoff Ogilvy, Pat Perez, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, YE Yang, Michael Bradley, Retief Goosen, Paul Casey, Ángel Cabrera, Brian Gay, Jerry Kelly, Sean O'Hair
The top 125 finishers on the 2008 Official PGA Tour Money List.Golf Stat and Records PGA TOUR https://www.pgatour.com/stats/detail/109 2023-04-20 www.pgatour.com
Sergio García, Robert Allenby, Jim Furyk, Mike Weir, K. J. Choi, Ben Curtis, Kevin Sutherland, Trevor Immelman, Ernie Els, Stuart Appleby, Steve Stricker, Chad Campbell, Boo Weekley, D. J. Trahan, Stephen Ames, Ken Duke, Dudley Hart, Hunter Mahan, J. B. Holmes, Woody Austin, Steve Marino, Andrés Romero, Briny Baird, Jeff Quinney, Adam Scott, Mathew Goggin, Nicholas Thompson, Billy Mayfair, Tim Clark, Bart Bryant, Rod Pampling, Aaron Baddeley, Paul Goydos, Daniel Chopra, Freddie Jacobson, Rory Sabbatini, Bubba Watson, Steve Lowery, Charlie Wi, Tommy Armour III, Heath Slocum, Ben Crane, Ian Poulter, Peter Lonard, Luke Donald, Charles Howell III, Matt Kuchar, Johnson Wagner, Rocco Mediate, Nick O'Hern, George McNeill, Scott Verplank, Kevin Streelman, Dean Wilson, Tom Pernice Jr., John Merrick, Steve Elkington, John Senden, Steve Flesch, Ryan Moore, Troy Matteson, Greg Kraft, John Mallinger, Tim Wilkinson, Michael Letzig, Tim Herron, Brian Davis, Cliff Kresge, Vaughn Taylor, Justin Rose, Kevin Na, Jonathan Byrd, Joe Ogilvie, John Rollins, Bill Haas, Lucas Glover, Michael Allen, Tim Petrovic, Scott McCarron, Fred Couples, Charley Hoffman, J. J. Henry, Corey Pavin, Nathan Green, Bo Van Pelt, Eric Axley, Alex Čejka, Jeff Overton, Brett Quigley, Jason Bohn, Brad Adamonis, Martin Laird
Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 2004 to 2008; including 2009 Masters.
Fred Funk, Michael Campbell, Todd Hamilton
Winners of the Tour Championship the last three years (2006–08).
Winners of the World Golf Championship-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2007–2009).
Winner of the World Golf Championships-CA Championship from 2006 to 2009.
Winners of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2006–2008).
Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the completion of the Zurich Classic. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2008 FedEx Cup Points List through the completion of the Zurich Classic.
Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson, Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer, Ross Fisher, Jeev Milkha Singh, Søren Kjeldsen, Graeme McDowell, Thongchai Jaidee
The winner of the 2008 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such exemption will be an addition to the field.)
D. A. Weibring
The leading money winner from the 2008 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.
Matt Bettencourt
If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2009 FedExCup Points List below 10th position one week prior, in order of their position on such list.
David Toms, Jason Dufner, Jeff Klauk, Scott Piercy, Bob Estes, Webb Simpson
Source:2009 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/2009_pgatour.pdf PGA Tour
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, May 7, 2009
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Ben Crane65−7T2 DEU Alex Čejka66−6 SWE Richard S. Johnson USA John MallingerT5 USA Brad Adamonis67−5 USA Jonathan Byrd USA Jason Dufner ZAF Retief Goosen ENG Ian Poulter USA David Toms USA Scott Verplank COL Camilo Villegas USA Bubba Watson
Second round
Friday, May 8, 2009
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 DEU Alex Čejka66-67=133−112 ENG Ian Poulter67-68=135−9T3 ARG Ángel Cabrera72-65=137−7 USA Jason Dufner67-70=137 USA John Mallinger66-71=137 USA Kevin Na71-66=137 SWE Henrik Stenson68-69=137 USA David Toms67-70=137T9 USA Ben Crane65-73=138−6 SWE Richard S. Johnson66-72=138 USA Jeff Overton71-67=138 USA Tim Petrovic68-70=138
Third round
Saturday, May 9, 2009
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 DEU Alex Čejka 66-67-72=205 −11T2 USA Jonathan Byrd 67-72-71=210 −6 USA Ben Crane 65-73-72=210 ZAF Retief Goosen 67-72-71=210 ENG Ian Poulter 67-68-75=210 SWE Henrik Stenson 68-69-73=210 USA Tiger Woods 71-69-70=210T8 ENG Brian Davis 71-69-71=211 −5 USA John Mallinger 66-71-74=211 USA Kevin Na 71-66-74=211
Final leaderboard
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Alex Čejka held a five-shot lead entering the final round, but quickly faltered with a six-over front nine and slumped to a closing 79. This opened the door for many, and Henrik Stenson pulled clear with a bogey-free 66 for a four-stroke victory.
Champion(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 SWE Henrik Stenson 68-69-73-66=276 −12 1,710,0002 ENG Ian Poulter 67-68-75-70=280 −8 1,026,000T3 USA John Mallinger 66-71-74-70=281 −7 551,000 USA Kevin Na 71-66-74-70=281T5 USA Ben Crane 65-73-72-72=282 −6 346,750 ENG Brian Davis 71-69-71-71=282 USA Jim Furyk 68-74-71-69=2828 USA Tiger Woods (c) 71-69-70-73=283 −5 294,500T9 AUS Aaron Baddeley 71-71-76-66=284 −4 237,500 DEU Alex Čejka 66-67-72-79=284 ZAF Tim Clark 72-69-74-69=284 FJI Vijay Singh 71-72-74-67=284 USA David Toms 67-70-77-70=284
Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 AUS Robert Allenby 73-66-75-71=285 −3 147,250 ARG Ángel Cabrera 72-65-77-71=285 ENG Paul Casey 70-69-76-70=285 SWE Daniel Chopra 75-65-72-73=285 USA Jeff Klauk 71-72-71-71=285 USA Matt Kuchar 72-72-73-68=285 COL Camilo Villegas 67-72-75-71=285 CAN Mike Weir 72-72-73-68=285T22 USA Tommy Armour III 74-70-70-72=286 −2 79,325 USA Woody Austin 72-72-68-74=286 USA Ben Curtis 71-72-69-74=286 ESP Sergio García (c) 71-73-73-69=286 ZAF Retief Goosen 67-72-71-76=286 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 70-72-73-71=286 USA Kenny Perry 73-71-68-74=286 USA Scott Piercy 71-72-74-69=286 ENG Justin Rose 70-71-72-73=286 USA Steve Stricker 71-71-71-73=286T32 USA Jason Dufner 67-70-77-73=287 −1 53,770 USA Zach Johnson 72-71-70-74=287 USA Justin Leonard (c) 70-69-75-73=287 USA Billy Mayfair 70-74-69-74=287 USA Kevin Sutherland 73-67-72-75=287T37 USA Jonathan Byrd 67-72-71-78=288 E 39,900 ENG Luke Donald 74-70-71-73=288 USA Charley Hoffman 70-69-76-73=288 USA Jeff Overton 71-67-75-75=288 USA Tim Petrovic 68-70-75-75=288 USA John Rollins 68-76-70-74=288 AUS John Senden 72-69-72-75=288 USA Bubba Watson 67-75-72-74=288T45 ZAF Ernie Els 73-69-73-74=289 +1 28,595 JPN Ryuji Imada 72-70-75-72=289 SWE Richard S. Johnson 66-72-74-77=289 USA Michael Letzig 71-68-74-76=289T49 CAN Stephen Ames (c) 70-71-75-74=290 +2 23,211 USA Jason Bohn 72-71-74-73=290 IRL Pádraig Harrington 72-72-74-72=290 SWE Freddie Jacobson 70-73-72-75=290 AUS Nick O'Hern 68-73-75-74=290 USA Scott Verplank 67-74-73-76=290T55 USA Brad Adamonis 67-76-74-74=291 +3 21,470 DEU Martin Kaymer 71-73-69-78=291 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 73-71-71-76=291 USA Heath Slocum 75-69-71-76=291 USA Mark Wilson 69-72-75-75=291T60 USA Rocco Mediate 73-71-74-74=292 +4 20,710 USA Chez Reavie 70-72-75-75=292 USA Johnson Wagner 69-73-72-78=29263 USA Michael Allen 71-70-74-78=293 +5 20,330T64 USA Steve Flesch 75-69-74-76=294 +6 20,045 IND Jeev Milkha Singh 68-74-76-76=294T66 USA Cameron Beckman 72-72-73-78=295 +7 19,665 USA John Merrick 70-72-74-79=295T68 USA Pat Perez 72-72-74-78=296 +8 19,285 USA Jeff Quinney 73-70-75-78=29670 USA Ryan Moore 71-68-75-84=298 +10 19,000T71 KOR K. J. Choi 73-69-77=219 +3 18,430 AUS Nathan Green 74-69-76=219 SWE Robert Karlsson 74-70-75=219 SCO Martin Laird 71-72-76=219 USA Hunter Mahan 73-71-75=219T76 USA Stewart Cink 70-73-77=220 +4 17,765 USA Bob Estes 75-68-77=22078 NIR Graeme McDowell 71-73-77=221 +5 17,480T79 USA Fred Funk (c) 73-71-78=222 +6 17,005 USA Dustin Johnson 72-72-78=222 USA Steve Marino 72-72-78=222 AUS Rod Pampling 70-73-79=222CUT USA Bart Bryant 74-71=145 +1 USA Ken Duke 70-75=145 USA Jerry Kelly 73-72=145 DNK Søren Kjeldsen 70-75=145 USA Will MacKenzie 73-72=145 USA Troy Matteson 73-72=145 USA George McNeill 70-75=145 USA Joe Ogilvie 72-73=145 ARG Andrés Romero 74-71=145 AUS Adam Scott (c) 71-74=145 USA Chad Campbell 75-71=146 +2 AUS Steve Elkington (c) 73-73=146 USA Todd Hamilton 74-72=146 USA Charles Howell III 73-73=146 USA Scott McCarron 74-72=146 USA Nicholas Thompson 73-73=146 USA Nick Watney 68-78=146 AUS Stuart Appleby 71-76=147 +3 USA Eric Axley 72-75=147 USA Bill Haas 74-73=147 USA Greg Kraft 74-73=147 USA Cliff Kresge 72-75=147 USA Davis Love III (c) 73-74=147 USA D. J. Trahan 74-73=147 USA Bo Van Pelt 71-76=147 USA Briny Baird 72-76=148 +4 ENG Ross Fisher 74-74=148 USA Lucas Glover 73-75=148 USA Paul Goydos 78-70=148 USA J. B. Holmes 72-76=148 THA Thongchai Jaidee 74-74=148 USA Sean O'Hair 73-75=148 USA Brett Quigley 72-76=148 USA Kevin Streelman 74-74=148 USA Vaughn Taylor 72-76=148 KOR Charlie Wi 74-74=148 USA J. J. Henry 73-76=149 +5 USA Parker McLachlin 75-74=149 USA Dean Wilson 77-72=149 USA Tim Herron 75-75=150 +6 AUS Peter Lonard 77-73=150 USA Ryan Palmer 75-75=150 KOR Yang Yong-eun 73-77=150 USA Fred Couples (c) 80-71=151 +7 NIR Rory McIlroy 74-77=151 USA Corey Pavin 74-77=151 USA Marc Turnesa 76-75=151 AUS Mathew Goggin 76-77=153 +9 USA Tom Pernice Jr. 74-79=153 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 81-72=153 USA Webb Simpson 76-77=153 NZL Tim Wilkinson 77-77=154 +10 USA Matt Bettencourt 76-79=155 +11 ZAF Trevor Immelman 73-82=155 USA Anthony Kim 73-82=155 USA Michael Bradley 80-78=158 +14 USA Steve Lowery 81-78=159 +15WD USA Boo Weekley 73-67-73=213 −3 USA Dudley Hart 73 +1 SWE Carl Pettersson 74 +2 USA Brian Gay 80 +8 NZL Michael Campbell USA D. A. Weibring
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
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 SWE Stenson −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 ENG Poulter −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 USA Mallinger −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 USA Na −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −7 −7 −7 USA Crane −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 ENG Davis −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 USA Furyk −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 USA Woods −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 GER Čejka −10 −10 −10 −8 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Source:http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=536 ESPN THE PLAYERS Championship August 3, 2018
References
External links
The Players Championship website
Full results
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