2015 Players Championship

Golf tournament October 2025 the golf tournament the curling tournament 2015 Players' Championship 2015 Players Championship May 7–10, 2015 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 7215 yd 144 players, 75 after cut 144 (Even) $10.0 million $1.80 million USA Rickie Fowler 276 (−12), 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 2014 2016 The 2015 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 42nd Players Championship. Rickie Fowler won the tournament, beating Kevin Kisner and Sergio García in a playoff.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/12862130/rickie-fowler-wins-3-way-playoff-capture-players-championship ESPN Associated Press Rickie Fowler rallies, overcomes 2 in playoff to claim Players May 11, 2015 May 2, 2017https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/sports/golf/rickie-fowler-outlasts-logjam-to-win-players-championship.html?_r=0 Rickie Fowler outlasts logjam to win Players Championship May 11, 2015 New York Times May 12, 2015https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/32685145 Rickie Fowler wins title after superb finish May 11, 2015 BBC Sport May 12, 2015 Trailing by five shots with six holes to play, Fowler played them at six-under-par, going birdie-par-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie to force a playoff.http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/golf/overrated-fowler-wins-the-players-championship-playoff/Px8IICLd6TrQfjTXImOojL/ Palm Beach Post Florida 'Overrated' Fowler wins The Players Championship in playoff Biggane Brian May 10, 2015 May 2, 2017 September 2026 InternetArchiveBot https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-tournament-players-championship-20150511-story.html Los Angeles Times Thompson Edgar Rickie Fowler answers critics by winning the Players Championship May 10, 2015 May 2, 2017 After the three-hole aggregate playoff (holes 16–18) ended with Kisner and Fowler still tied, they returned to the 17th for sudden-death. Fowler put his tee shot to 5 ft in on the island green 17th, and made birdie to win.http://www.pgatour.com/daily-wrapup/2015/05/10/the-players-championship-final-round.html PGA Tour Associated Press Unequaled finish earns Fowler PLAYERS Championship May 10, 2015 May 2, 2017https://www.si.com/vault/2015/05/18/106755340/the-players-a-player# Sports Illustrated Bamberger Michael The Players a player May 18, 2015 May 2, 2017https://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/rickie-fowler-wins-players-championship-over-sergio-garcia-tpc-sawgrass GOLF Morfit Cameron Rickie Fowler wins Players Championship in playoff May 11, 2015 May 2, 2017 Defending champion Martin Kaymer finished twelve strokes back at even par, tied for 56th place. Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the 34th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7215 yd. Course layout The 2015 Players Championship Yards 76.8 / 155 423 532 177 384 471 393 442 237 583 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 the following criteria: 1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Bae Sang-moon (2), Ángel Cabrera (2), Alex Čejka, Ben Crane (2), Jason Day (2,6,8,12), Matt Every (2,8), Jim Furyk (2,8), Bill Haas (2,8), James Hahn (2), Brian Harman (2), Pádraig Harrington, Charley Hoffman (2,8,12), J. B. Holmes (2,8,12), Billy Horschel (2,7,8), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Martin Kaymer (2,4,5,8), Chris Kirk (2,8), Brooks Koepka (8), Hunter Mahan (2,8), Ben Martin (2), Hideki Matsuyama (2,8,12), Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,8), Ryan Moore (2,8,12), Geoff Ogilvy (2), Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,8), Adam Scott (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,4,8,12), Robert Streb (2), Kevin Streelman (2), Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd (2,8), Camilo Villegas (2), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,6,8,12) Tim Clark (2,5) did not play. 2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, Ricky Barnes, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Steven Bowditch, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Paul Casey (8), Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink, Erik Compton, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner (4), Ernie Els (4), Harris English, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Sergio García (8), Brice Garnett, Robert Garrigus, Retief Goosen, Luke Guthrie, Chesson Hadley, David Hearn, Russell Henley (8), Morgan Hoffmann, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Billy Hurley III, Ryo Ishikawa, Freddie Jacobson, Zach Johnson (8), Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (5,6,8), Scott Langley, Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Will MacKenzie, Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, George McNeill, Troy Merritt, Phil Mickelson (4,8), Bryce Molder, Kevin Na (8), Noh Seung-yul, Louis Oosthuizen (4,8), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer (8), Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter (6,8), Michael Putnam, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), John Senden, Webb Simpson (4,8), Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani, Henrik Stenson (7,8), Steve Stricker, Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Andrew Svoboda, Michael Thompson, David Toms, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Jhonattan Vegas, Nick Watney, Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (8), Tim Wilkinson, Gary Woodland Stuart Appleby, Justin Hicks, and Kevin Stadler did not play. 3. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension Spencer Levin, Scott Piercy 4. Major champions from the past five years Darren Clarke 5. Players Championship winners from the past five years Tiger Woods (6) 6. WGC winners from the past three years 7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years 8. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking Jamie Donaldson, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, Thongchai Jaidee, Anirban Lahiri, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett Victor Dubuisson did not play. 9. Senior Players champion from prior year Bernhard Langer 10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season Adam Hadwin 11. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals Derek Fathauer 12. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders 13. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings Daniel Berger, Sean O'Hair, Justin Thomas Round summaries First round Thursday, May 7, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 CAN David Hearn 67 −5 USA Charley Hoffman JPN Hideki Matsuyama USA Kevin NaT5 USA Derek Fathauer 68 −4 USA Billy Horschel USA Charles Howell III USA Ben Martin USA Troy Merritt USA Brendon Todd Second round Friday, May 8, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Jerry Kelly 71-65=136 −8 USA Kevin Na 67-69=136T3 USA Rickie Fowler 69-69=138 −6 ZAF Branden Grace 71-67=138 CAN David Hearn 67-71=138 USA Chris Kirk 70-68=138T7 USA Scott Brown 72-67=139 −5 USA Bill Haas 72-67=139 USA Zach Johnson 71-68=139 USA Ben Martin 68-71=139 USA Troy Merritt 68-71=139 USA Chris Stroud 70-69=139 Third round Saturday, May 9, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Chris Kirk 70-68-68=206 −10T2 USA Bill Haas 72-67-68=207 −9 USA Kevin Kisner 73-67-67=207 USA Ben Martin 68-71-68=207T5 USA Scott Brown 72-67-69=208 −8 ESP Sergio García 69-72-67=208 CAN David Hearn 67-71-70=208 USA Jerry Kelly 71-65-72=208 USA Kevin Na 67-69-72=208 USA Justin Thomas 73-70-65=208 Final round Sunday, May 10, 2015 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 USA Rickie Fowler 69-69-71-67=276 −12 Playoff ESP Sergio García (c) 69-72-67-68=276 USA Kevin Kisner 73-67-67-69=276T4 USA Bill Haas 72-67-68-70=277 −11 440,000 USA Ben Martin 68-71-68-70=277T6 USA Kevin Na 67-69-72-71=279 −9 347,500 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 70-71-69-69=279T8 WAL Jamie Donaldson 70-72-71-67=280 −8 270,000 USA Brian Harman 71-69-70-70=280 JPN Ryo Ishikawa 71-69-69-71=280 NIR Rory McIlroy 69-71-70-70=280 AUS John Senden 73-70-67-70=280 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 USA Billy Horschel 68-72-69-72=281 −7 187,500 USA Zach Johnson 71-68-71-71=281 USA Chris Kirk 70-68-68-75=281 USA David Toms 73-71-68-69=281T17 USA Derek Fathauer 68-72-69-73=282 −6 130,857 USA Jerry Kelly 71-65-72-74=282 SCO Russell Knox 72-70-72-68=282 JPN Hideki Matsuyama 67-74-72-69=282 USA George McNeill 73-70-69-70=282 USA Pat Perez 71-70-68-73=282 SWE Henrik Stenson (c) 72-69-73-68=282T24 USA Chesson Hadley 71-72-66-74=283 −5 81,000 USA Russell Henley 70-70-72-71=283 AUS Marc Leishman 69-71-74-69=283 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 72-72-69-70=283 USA Patrick Reed 72-70-69-72=283 USA Justin Thomas 73-70-65-75=283T30 KOR Bae Sang-moon 72-68-73-71=284 −4 58,125 USA Scott Brown 72-67-69-76=284 USA Erik Compton 74-70-72-68=284 USA James Hahn 70-73-72-69=284 USA Charley Hoffman 67-74-71-72=284 ENG Ian Poulter 71-69-70-74=284 USA Robert Streb 70-73-72-69=284 USA Bo Van Pelt 70-72-69-73=284T38 USA Martin Flores 73-71-67-74=285 −3 44,000 SCO Stephen Gallacher 72-70-70-73=285 AUS Adam Scott (c) 72-69-69-75=285 USA Steve Stricker 69-75-69-72=285T42 KOR K. J. Choi (c) 70-74-70-72=286 −2 31,400 USA Matt Every 74-70-70-72=286 ZAF Branden Grace 71-67-73-75=286 IRL Pádraig Harrington 71-73-75-67=286 CAN David Hearn 67-71-70-78=286 SWE Freddie Jacobson 70-74-70-72=286 USA Chris Stroud 70-69-76-71=286 VEN Jhonattan Vegas 75-69-66-76=286 USA Bubba Watson 71-70-69-76=286T51 USA Luke Guthrie 74-69-69-75=287 −1 23,680 USA J. B. Holmes 70-71-73-73=287 NLD Joost Luiten 71-70-71-75=287 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 71-72-72-72=287 USA Brendon Todd 68-72-75-72=287T56 AUS Robert Allenby 70-72-73-73=288 E 22,200 CAN Graham DeLaet 75-69-70-74=288 USA Jim Furyk 70-70-73-75=288 USA Charles Howell III 68-72-71-77=288 DEU Martin Kaymer (c) 69-72-71-76=288 NIR Graeme McDowell 73-70-74-71=288 USA Cameron Tringale 69-71-72-76=288T63 ZWE Brendon de Jonge 73-71-71-74=289 +1 21,200 USA Bryce Molder 72-71-75-71=289 FJI Vijay Singh 71-72-76-70=289T66 ZAF Ernie Els 73-70-76-71=290 +2 20,600 USA Scott Langley 72-72-71-75=290 USA Webb Simpson 69-74-78-69=290T69 USA Dustin Johnson 72-72-75-72=291 +3 20,000 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 70-73-75-73=291 USA Tiger Woods (c) 73-71-75-72=29172 USA Troy Merritt 68-71-76-77=292 +4 19,60073 CAN Nick Taylor 72-70-72-79=293 +5 19,40074 DEU Alex Čejka 69-73-79-78=299 +11 19,20075 USA Scott Stallings 71-72-82-76=301 +13 19,000CUT USA Daniel Berger 71-74=145 +1 USA Jason Bohn 71-74=145 USA Keegan Bradley 77-68=145 ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 74-71=145 USA Morgan Hoffmann 76-69=145 USA Brooks Koepka 78-67=145 USA Jason Kokrak 69-76=145 USA Matt Kuchar (c) 73-72=145 USA Spencer Levin 70-75=145 USA Ryan Moore 73-72=145 USA Michael Putnam 72-73=145 ENG Justin Rose 71-74=145 USA Brendan Steele 73-72=145 AUT Bernd Wiesberger 77-68=145 USA Ricky Barnes 69-77=146 +2 USA Jason Dufner 73-73=146 USA Harris English 75-71=146 USA Billy Hurley III 74-72=146 DEU Bernhard Langer 73-73=146 NZL Danny Lee 73-73=146 USA Justin Leonard (c) 73-73=146 USA Jeff Overton 69-77=146 USA Andrew Svoboda 71-75=146 USA Jimmy Walker 71-75=146 USA Boo Weekley 73-73=146 ENG Lee Westwood 76-70=146 ENG Danny Willett 72-74=146 AUS Steven Bowditch 77-70=147 +3 USA Ben Crane 71-76=147 USA John Huh 74-73=147 IRL Shane Lowry 73-74=147 USA Hunter Mahan 72-75=147 USA Scott Piercy 73-74=147 USA Brandt Snedeker 69-78=147 USA Jordan Spieth 75-72=147 USA Shawn Stefani 77-70=147 USA Michael Thompson 73-74=147 USA Stewart Cink 76-72=148 +4 THA Thongchai Jaidee 73-75=148 IND Anirban Lahiri 76-72=148 USA William McGirt 75-73=148 KOR Noh Seung-yul 73-75=148 ARG Andrés Romero 72-76=148 USA Kevin Chappell 77-72=149 +5 ENG Brian Davis 75-74=149 CAN Adam Hadwin 75-74=149 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 73-76=149 USA Ryan Palmer 77-72=149 USA Kevin Streelman 75-74=149 USA Nick Watney 78-71=149 AUS Jason Day 69-81=150 +6 USA Will MacKenzie 75-75=150 NZL Tim Wilkinson 73-77=150 USA Brice Garnett 76-75=151 +7 ZAF Retief Goosen 78-73=151 AUS Matt Jones 75-76=151 USA Sean O'Hair 76-76=152 +8 COL Camilo Villegas 78-74=152 ENG Luke Donald 77-76=153 +9 USA Robert Garrigus 75-78=153 USA Brian Stuard 74-79=153 USA Daniel Summerhays 75-78=153 USA Gary Woodland 79-74=153 AUS Aaron Baddeley 78-77=155 +11 SWE Jonas Blixt 77-80=157 +13WD ARG Ángel Cabrera 75 +3 SWE Carl Pettersson 77 +5 ENG Paul Casey 79 +7 NIR Darren Clarke 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 454344534USA Fowler −6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−6−6−6−7−7−8−10−11−12ESP García −7−8−8−9−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−11−12−12USA Kisner −9−10−10−9−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−12−12USA Haas −9−9−10−10−10−10−9−8−7−8−8−8−8−9−10−11−11−11USA Martin −9−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−8−9−10−10−10−9−10−11−12−11USA Na −8−8−8−6−6−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−9RSA Sabbatini −6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9USA Kirk −10−10−10−9−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−7−7−7−7 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:https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=2240 ESPN (Golf) The Players Championship May 10, 2015 May 2, 2017 Playoff The playoff was the first at The Players to use the three-hole aggregate format, adopted the prior year, which began at par-5 16th hole. After the three holes, Fowler and Kisner were tied, but García missed his birdie putt on 18 to continue and was eliminated. The same three holes were scheduled for sudden-death, but started at the par-3 17th, which both had birdied twice Sunday. Fowler birdied it again (his fifth on the 17th hole in six attempts for the week) to win the title. The birdies were a first for the Players; its four previous playoffs, all sudden-death, had no under-par scoring. PlacePlayerThree-holeSudden-deathMoney ($) Score To par Score To par1 USA Rickie Fowler 5-2-4=11 −1 2 −1 1,800,000T2 USA Kevin Kisner 5-2-4=11 −1 3 E 880,000 ESP Sergio García 5-3-5=13 +1   After a failed birdie putt on 18 to remain in the playoff, García missed an attempted one-handed tap-in, so his score for the hole was recorded as a bogey. Source: Scorecard Hole16171817Par5343USA Fowler E−1−1−2USA Kisner E−1−1−1ESP García EE+1  Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |} Source: References External links The Players Championship website 2015 Category:2015 in golf Category:2015 in sports in Florida Category:May 2015 sports events in the United States