2014 Players Championship

the golf tournament the curling tournament 2014 Players' Championship September 2018 2014 Players Championship May 8–11, 2014 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 7215 yd 144 players, 82 after cut(71 after second cut) 144 (Even), 218 (+2) $10.0 million $1.80 million DEU Martin Kaymer 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 2013 2015 The 2014 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 8–11 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 41st Players Championship. Martin Kaymer opened with a 63, led after each round, and won his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/10918742/martin-kaymer-wins-players-championship ESPN Martin Kaymer holds on to win Associated Press May 11, 2014 May 12, 2014 It was the first to feature an eight-figure purse,http://www.pgatour.com/news/2013/11/06/pga-tour-pga-america-joint-initiatives.html PGA Tour, PGA of America announce new joint initiatives PGA Tour November 6, 2013 December 19, 2013 with a winner's share of $1.8 million. With defending champion and world number one Tiger Woods out of competition due to back surgery in late March,https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/10885619/tiger-woods-calls-surgery-recovery-slow-process ESPN Tiger: Recovery is 'slow process' Harig Bob May 5, 2014 May 12, 2014 four entered this Players Championship with an opportunity to ascend to the top of the world rankings. World number two Adam Scott needed a 16th-place finish, third-ranked Henrik Stenson a top-six finish, number four Bubba Watson a solo runner-up, and fifth-ranked Matt Kuchar a win.http://www.pgatour.com/tourreport/2014/05/07/four-players-could-unseat-woods-as-no--1.html Four players could unseat Woods as No. 1 PGA Tour Helen Ross May 7, 2014 They finished at T38, T34, T48, and T17, respectively, and Woods remained number one.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/10918361/no-one-able-overtake-no-1-official-world-golf-ranking-tiger-woods Tiger Woods remains No. 1 ESPN Harig Bob May 11, 2014https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/10823797/The-Players-Championship-2014-Martin-Kaymer-in-dramatic-win-while-Justin-Rose-sees-penalty-overturned.html Martin Kaymer in dramatic win while Justin Rose sees penalty overturned May 12, 2014 Daily Telegraph May 21, 2014https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/27369861 Martin Kaymer holds on to claim win May 12, 2014 BBC Sport May 21, 2014 Due to 82 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round. This was the first year for the new playoff format, a three-hole aggregate beginning on the 16th hole,http://www.pgatour.com/news/2014/04/16/players-playoff-format.html PGA Tour The Players Championship announces change to playoff format Martin Sean April 16, 2014 May 12, 2014 which was not necessary. After a 90-minute rain delay late in the final round, Kaymer finished with a par in near-darkness. If he had bogeyed the final hole, the playoff would have begun on Monday morning. Kaymer was the fourth European to win the Players, following Sandy Lyle, Sergio García, and Henrik Stenson. A month later he won the U.S. Open at Pinehurst and became the fourth to win the Players and a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1978, Open), Hal Sutton (1983, PGA), and Woods (2001, Masters). Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the 33rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7215 yd. Course layout The 2014 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 Source:https://tpc.com/sawgrass/the-players-stadium-yardage-guide/ TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course (yardage guide) 2014 May 12, 2017 Field The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria: 1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Woody Austin, Bae Sang-moon (2), Jonas Blixt (2,8), Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Dufner (2,4,8), Ken Duke (2), Harris English (2,8,12), Matt Every (2,8,12), Bill Haas (2,7,8), Chesson Hadley, Russell Henley (2,8), J. B. Holmes (3), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Zach Johnson (2,8,12), Matt Jones (2,8), Chris Kirk (2,12), Matt Kuchar (2,5,6,8,12), Phil Mickelson (2,4,8), Ryan Moore (2,8), Noh Seung-yul, Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,6,8), Adam Scott (2,4,6,8), John Senden (2), Webb Simpson (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,8,12), Kevin Stadler (2), Scott Stallings (2), Henrik Stenson (2,5,7,8), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,8,12), Boo Weekley (2), Gary Woodland (2,8) Jason Day (2,6,8) and Tiger Woods (2,5,6,8) did not play. 2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Charlie Beljan, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Ángel Cabrera, Roberto Castro, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink (4), Tim Clark (5), Erik Compton, Ben Crane, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (8), Luke Donald (8), James Driscoll, Ernie Els (4,8), Derek Ernst, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Jim Furyk (8), Sergio García (8), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover (4), Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Martin Kaymer (4), Jerry Kelly, Jason Kokrak, Martin Laird, Lee Dong-hwan, Richard H. Lee, Scott Langley, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan (6,8), Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, Rory McIlroy (4,8), George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, Geoff Ogilvy, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, D. A. Points, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (6,8), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman (8), Steve Stricker (8), Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney, Lee Westwood (8), Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson Bob Estes, David Lynn, Scott Piercy, and Chez Reavie did not play. 3. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension Briny Baird, Jonathan Byrd, Retief Goosen, Kevin Na, Shawn Stefani 4. Major champions from the past five years Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen (8), Yang Yong-eun 5. Players Championship winners from the past five years 6. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners from 2011–12 only if PGA Tour members) 7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years 8. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking Thomas Bjørn, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Stephen Gallacher, Thongchai Jaidee, Joost Luiten, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari Victor Dubuisson and Miguel Ángel Jiménez did not play. 9. Senior Players champion from prior year Kenny Perry 10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season Michael Putnam 11. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals John Peterson 12. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders 13. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings Russell Knox, Will MacKenzie Tiger Woods (2001, 2013) was recovering from back surgery. This was the third time the defending champion did not compete,following 1998 (Steve Elkington, sinus surgery) and 1983 (Jerry Pate, neck). Round summaries First round Thursday, May 8, 2014 Martin Kaymer tied the course record by shooting a nine-under-par 63. His round included nine birdies including seven on the front nine (his second nine), setting the nine-hole record with 29 (−7). Russell Henley was two strokes back and Bae Sang-moon was three back.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/10903713/martin-kaymer-ties-course-record-63-tpc-sawgrass Martin Kaymer up 2 after tying mark ESPN Associated Press May 8, 2014 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 DEU Martin Kaymer 63 −92 USA Russell Henley 65 −73 KOR Bae Sang-moon 66 −6T4 ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 67 −5 ESP Sergio García ENG Justin Rose USA Jordan Spieth USA Scott Stallings USA Brian Stuard ENG Lee Westwood USA Gary Woodland Second round Friday, May 9, 2014 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 DEU Martin Kaymer 63-69=132 −122 USA Jordan Spieth 67-66=133 −113 USA Russell Henley 65-71=136 −8T4 USA Jim Furyk 70-68=138 −6 ESP Sergio García 67-71=138 ENG Justin Rose 67-71=138 ENG Lee Westwood 67-71=138 USA Gary Woodland 67-71=138T9 KOR Bae Sang-moon 66-73=139 −5 USA Scott Brown 68-71=139 ENG Brian Davis 72-67=139 USA Bill Haas 68-71=139 AUS Matt Jones 70-69=139 USA George McNeill 71-68=139 USA Kevin Na 70-69=139 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 69-70=139 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 72-67=139 AUS John Senden 70-69=139 Third round Saturday, May 10, 2014 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 GER Martin Kaymer 63-69-72=204 −12 USA Jordan Spieth 67-66-71=204 T3 ESP Sergio García67-71-69=207 −9 AUS John Senden 70-69-68=207 T5 AUS Matt Jones 70-69-69=208 −8 USA George McNeill 71-68-69=208 USA Gary Woodland 67-71-70=208T8 CAN David Hearn 70-71-68=209 −7 ITA Francesco Molinari 72-70-67=209 ENG Justin Rose 67-71-71=209 ENG Lee Westwood 67-71-71=209 Final round Sunday, May 11, 2014 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 DEU Martin Kaymer 63-69-72-71=275 −13 1,800,0002 USA Jim Furyk 70-68-72-66=276 −12 1,080,0003 ESP Sergio García (c) 67-71-69-70=277 −11 680,000T4 ENG Justin Rose 67-71-71-69=278 −10 440,000 USA Jordan Spieth 67-66-71-74=278T6 CAN David Hearn 70-71-68-70=279 −9 313,000 NIR Rory McIlroy 70-74-69-66=279 ITA Francesco Molinari 72-70-67-70=279 USA Jimmy Walker 75-68-71-65=279 ENG Lee Westwood 67-71-71-70=279 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 ENG Brian Davis 72-67-73-68=280 −8 240,000 USA Gary Woodland 67-71-70-72=280T13 KOR K. J. Choi (c) 74-70-72-65=281 −7 187,500 USA Chris Kirk 71-73-70-67=281 USA George McNeill 71-68-69-73=281 USA Steve Stricker 71-70-71-69=281T17 USA Russell Henley 65-71-80-66=282 −6 135,333 USA Justin Hicks 73-70-71-68=282 USA Morgan Hoffmann 71-70-70-71=282 AUS Matt Jones 70-69-69-74=282 USA Matt Kuchar (c) 71-71-69-71=282 USA Brian Stuard 67-76-69-70=282T23 AUS Marc Leishman 70-72-74-67=283 −5 96,000 JPN Hideki Matsuyama 70-71-72-70=283 USA Daniel Summerhays 74-68-69-72=283T26 USA Kevin Chappell 72-68-75-69=284 −4 69,500 USA Bill Haas 68-71-72-73=284 USA Billy Horschel 72-70-75-67=284 USA Zach Johnson 69-71-72-72=284 USA Ryan Moore 70-74-67-73=284 AUS John Senden 70-69-68-77=284 USA Brendan Steele 69-73-75-67=284 USA Bo Van Pelt 71-70-70-73=284T34 USA Erik Compton 72-70-74-69=285 −3 52,750 SCO Russell Knox 72-72-73-68=285 USA Scott Langley 71-72-72-70=285 SWE Henrik Stenson (c) 71-70-70-74=285T38 ARG Ángel Cabrera 70-74-71-71=286 −2 38,000 USA Stewart Cink 70-70-70-76=286 ENG Luke Donald 73-69-75-69=286 WAL Jamie Donaldson 74-67-74-71=286 ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 67-77-72-70=286 USA Charley Hoffman 77-67-71-71=286 USA Justin Leonard (c) 68-73-70-75=286 USA Kevin Na 70-69-76-71=286 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 71-73-69-73=286 AUS Adam Scott (c) 77-67-69-73=286T48 USA Charlie Beljan 73-69-73-72=287 −1 24,072 AUS Steven Bowditch 72-72-71-72=287 USA Jason Dufner 69-74-72-72=287 USA Martin Flores 70-71-74-72=287 ZAF Retief Goosen 72-70-75-70=287 USA J. J. Henry 74-70-72-71=287 USA Jeff Maggert 72-71-74-70=287 USA Pat Perez 68-73-75-71=287 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 72-67-77-71=287 USA Brandt Snedeker 75-69-67-76=287 USA Bubba Watson 69-72-70-76=287T59 USA Dustin Johnson 68-74-72-74=288 E 22,000 USA Ryan Palmer 71-73-71-73=288 USA John Peterson 73-69-72-74=288T62 USA Scott Brown 68-71-77-73=289 +1 21,500 NIR Graeme McDowell 69-71-77-72=28964 SWE Freddie Jacobson 70-70-75-75=290 +2 21,200T65 USA Richard H. Lee 71-71-76-73=291 +3 20,800 ENG Ian Poulter 74-69-72-76=291 USA Scott Stallings 67-77-71-76=29168 KOR Bae Sang-moon 66-73-79-74=292 +4 20,40069 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 69-70-76-78=293 +5 20,20070 ZWE Brendon de Jonge 69-74-75-76=294 +6 20,00071 USA Kyle Stanley 73-69-76-77=295 +7 19,800T72 ZAF Ernie Els 68-76-75=219 +3 19,400 USA John Huh 69-72-78=219 KOR Noh Seung-yul 76-68-75=219T75 SWE Jonas Blixt 71-72-77=220 +4 18,900 USA John Merrick 72-71-77=220T77 AUS Stuart Appleby 71-73-77=221 +5 18,400 USA Rickie Fowler 71-72-78=221 USA John Rollins 73-71-77=221T80 NLD Joost Luiten 68-72-82=222 +6 17,900 USA Chris Stroud 76-67-79=22282 USA Jeff Overton 70-72-83=225 +9 17,600CUT USA Keegan Bradley 72-73=145 +1 USA Derek Ernst 76-69=145 USA Lucas Glover 75-70=145 USA Chesson Hadley 73-72=145 USA Charles Howell III 71-74=145 USA Will MacKenzie 73-72=145 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 75-70=145 SWE Carl Pettersson 74-71=145 USA Ted Potter Jr. 73-72=145 USA Johnson Wagner 73-72=145 KOR Charlie Wi 76-69=145 USA Jason Bohn 74-72=146 +2 USA Jonathan Byrd 72-74=146 USA Roberto Castro 72-74=146 CAN Graham DeLaet 69-77=146 USA Ken Duke 72-74=146 USA Robert Garrigus 75-71=146 USA James Hahn 70-76=146 USA Brian Harman 74-72=146 THA Thongchai Jaidee 73-73=146 USA Jerry Kelly 78-68=146 SCO Martin Laird 76-70=146 USA Kevin Stadler 72-74=146 COL Camilo Villegas 70-76=146 USA Luke Guthrie 73-74=147 +3 USA Kenny Perry 77-70=147 USA Josh Teater 71-76=147 USA Michael Thompson 71-76=147 USA Cameron Tringale 77-70=147 AUS Aaron Baddeley 73-75=148 +4 USA Harris English 73-75=148 SCO Stephen Gallacher 70-78=148 SWE David Lingmerth 71-77=148 USA Bryce Molder 77-71=148 USA Michael Putnam 75-73=148 USA Webb Simpson 75-73=148 USA Kevin Streelman 69-79=148 USA Boo Weekley 75-73=148 DNK Thomas Bjørn 73-76=149 +5 AUS Greg Chalmers 74-75=149 NIR Darren Clarke 76-73=149 USA Brian Gay 70-79=149 USA J. B. Holmes 76-73=149 USA Shawn Stefani 75-74=149 KOR Yang Yong-eun 75-74=149 USA Jason Kokrak 70-80=150 +6 ARG Andrés Romero 76-74=150 USA Nick Watney 71-79=150 USA Ben Crane 76-75=151 +7 USA Hunter Mahan 73-78=151 USA D. A. Points 75-76=151 USA Nicholas Thompson 77-74=151 ZAF Tim Clark (c) 71-81=152 +8 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 77-75=152 USA James Driscoll 75-78=153 +9 USA Matt Every 76-77=153 USA William McGirt 72-81=153 USA Patrick Reed 74-79=153 USA Mark Wilson 79-74=153 USA Woody Austin 78-76=154 +10WD USA Briny Baird 77 +5 KOR Lee Dong-hwan 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 Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534GER Kaymer −12−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−14−14−15−15−15−15−13−13−13−13USA Furyk −7−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12ESP García −9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−10−11−11−10−10−10−10−11ENG Rose −7−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−9−8−7−7−7−8−8−9−10USA Spieth −12−13−13−14−13−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−10−9−10−10−10CAN Hearn −7−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9NIR McIlroy −2−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−5−6−7−7−6−6−7−8−9ITA Molinari −8−9−9−9−9−10−9−9−9−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−9USA Walker −2−3−4−5−5−4−5−5−6−6−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−9ENG Westwood −7−7−7−7−7−7−8−7−8−8−9−9−9−10−9−9−9−9 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://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2014/13 Yahoo! Sports Leaderboard: 2014 Players Championship May 11, 2014 May 21, 2014 References External links The Players Championship website 2014 Category:2014 in golf Category:2014 in sports in Florida Category:May 2014 sports events in the United States