2016 Players Championship

the golf tournament the curling tournament 2016 Players' Championship September 2018 2016 Players Championship 220 May 12–15, 2016 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 7215 yd 144 players, 76 after cut 142 (−2) $10.5 million $1.89 million AUS Jason Day 273 (−15) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 2015 2017 The 2016 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 12–15 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 43rd Players Championship. Jason Day, number one in the world rankings and reigning PGA Champion, led wire-to-wire to win his first Players, four strokes ahead of runner-up Kevin Chappell.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/may/15/jason-day-players-championship Jason Day extends his hot streak by easing to Players Championship Ewan Murray May 15, 2016 The Guardian May 16, 2016https://www.telegraph.co.uk/golf/2016/05/16/jason-day-wins-players-championship-as-australian-enters-tiger-w/ Jason Day wins Players Championship as Australian enters Tiger Woods territory May 16, 2016 Daily Telegraph James Corrigan May 16, 2016 With favorable scoring conditions early, Day was at 129 (−15) after 36 holes and then shot even par on the weekend. Defending champion Rickie Fowler missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke. Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the 35th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7215 yd. Course layout The 2016 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:http://www.pgatour.com/inside-the-field/2016/05/10/the-players-championship.html Inside the Field: The Players Championship PGA Tour May 10, 2016 1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Day (2,4,7,8,9,13), Jason Dufner (2,4), Tony Finau (2), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9), Fabián Gómez (2), Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo (9), James Hahn (2), J. J. Henry (2), Jim Herman (2), Charley Hoffman (2,9), Zach Johnson (2,4,9), Smylie Kaufman (9), Chris Kirk (2), Kevin Kisner (2,9,13), Russell Knox (2,7,9,13), Danny Lee (2,9), David Lingmerth (2,8,9), Davis Love III (2), Shane Lowry (7,9), Peter Malnati, Hideki Matsuyama (2,9), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (2,4,7,9), Troy Merritt (2), Scott Piercy (2), Adam Scott (2,4,7,9,13), Brandt Snedeker (2,9,13), Jordan Spieth (2,4,6,9,13), Brian Stuard, Vaughn Taylor, Justin Thomas (2,9,13), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9,13), Danny Willett (4,9) Charl Schwartzel (2,9) did not play. 2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list Daniel Berger (9), Zac Blair, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4), Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Kevin Chappell, Chad Collins, Erik Compton, Jon Curran, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every (8), Jim Furyk (9), Sergio García (9), Andres Gonzales, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Bill Haas (9), Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brian Harman, Pádraig Harrington, David Hearn, Russell Henley, Morgan Hoffmann, J. B. Holmes (9), Billy Horschel (6,9), Charles Howell III, John Huh, Dustin Johnson (7,9), Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Colt Knost, Brooks Koepka (9), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (5,9), Martin Laird, Marc Leishman (9), Spencer Levin, Hunter Mahan, Ben Martin, William McGirt, George McNeill, Phil Mickelson (4,9), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore (9), Kevin Na (9,13), Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (9), Carlos Ortiz, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Carl Pettersson, Scott Pinckney, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed (7,9,13), Kyle Reifers, Justin Rose (4,9), John Senden, Vijay Singh, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani, Henrik Stenson (6,9), Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Daniel Summerhays, Hudson Swafford, Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Jimmy Walker (9), Boo Weekley, Steve Wheatcroft, Will Wilcox, Mark Wilson, Gary Woodland Bae Sang-moon, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Ryo Ishikawa, Pat Perez, John Peterson, Rory Sabbatini, Webb Simpson (4), Nick Watney, and Lee Westwood (9) did not play. 3. Top 125 (medical) Freddie Jacobson 4. Major champions from the past five years Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (5) Darren Clarke did not play. 5. Players Championship winners from the past five years K. J. Choi Tiger Woods (7) did not play. 6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years 7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years 8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015 9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Matt Fitzpatrick, Søren Kjeldsen, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger Thongchai Jaidee and Kim Kyung-tae did not play. 10. Senior Players champion from prior year Bernhard Langer 11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season Patton Kizzire 12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals Chez Reavie 13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders 14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings Ricky Barnes, Kim Si-woo, Jamie Lovemark, Patrick Rodgers, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas These players were all in the first 73 places in the standings, as of May 2.http://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.02394.2016.html FedEx Cup Season Points PGA Tour May 2, 2016 Aaron Baddeley – replaced Webb Simpsonhttp://jacksonville.com/sports/golf/2016-05-10/story/us-open-champion-webb-simpson-withdraws-players-after-birth-fourth U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson withdraws from Players after birth of fourth child The Florida Times-Union Jacksonville, Florida Garry Smits May 10, 2016 Round summaries First round Thursday, May 12, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Jason Day 63 −9T2 USA Bill Haas 65 −7 IRL Shane Lowry ENG Justin Rose USA Brendan Steele USA Cameron TringaleT7 USA Daniel Berger 66 −6 ZAF Ernie Els USA Brooks Koepka ITA Francesco Molinari USA Hudson Swafford USA Boo Weekley Second round Friday, May 13, 2016 Saturday, May 14, 2016 A two-hour weather delay on Friday afternoon caused several players to suspend their rounds due to darkness. Among these was Day, who completed the final four holes of his second round on Saturday morning; play resumed at 9:15 a.m. EDT. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Jason Day 63-66=129 −152 IRL Shane Lowry 65-68=133 −11T3 SWE Jonas Blixt 67-67=134 −10 DEU Alex Čejka 67-67=134 USA Cameron Tringale 65-69=134 T6 USA Jerry Kelly 67-68=135 −9 USA Colt Knost 72-63=135 SCO Russell Knox 68-67=135 ITA Francesco Molinari 66-69=135 USA Boo Weekley 66-69=135 USA Gary Woodland 67-68=135 Third round Saturday, May 14, 2016 With the second round completed on Saturday morning, the third round was played in groupings of three from split tees. Scores were significantly higher than the first two rounds, as the course conditions toughened. Ken Duke shot 65 (−7) for the best round of the day and Hideki Matsuyama carded a 67; both joined Alex Čejka in a tie for second, four strokes behind Day, who recorded a one-over 73. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Jason Day 63-66-73=202 −14T2 DEU Alex Čejka 67-67-72=206 −10 USA Ken Duke 74-67-65=206 JPN Hideki Matsuyama 68-71-67=206 5 ITA Francesco Molinari 66-69-72=207 −9T6 USA Kevin Chappell 71-67-70=208 −8 ZAF Retief Goosen 70-68-70=208 T8 SWE Jonas Blixt 67-67-75=209 −7 USA Colt Knost 72-63-74=209 USA Cameron Tringale 65-69-75=209 Final round Sunday, May 15, 2016 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 AUS Jason Day 63-66-73-71=273 −15 1,890,0002 USA Kevin Chappell 71-67-70-69=277 −11 1,134,000T3 USA Ken Duke 74-67-65-72=278 −10 504,000 USA Colt Knost 72-63-74-69=278 USA Matt Kuchar (c) 71-67-72-68=278 USA Justin Thomas 70-68-75-65=278T7 JPN Hideki Matsuyama 68-71-67-73=279 −9 338,625 ITA Francesco Molinari 66-69-72-72=279T9 USA Daniel Berger 66-72-73-69=280 −8 283,500 DEU Alex Čejka 67-67-72-74=280 NIR Graeme McDowell 72-70-69-69=280 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 ZAF Retief Goosen 70-68-70-73=281 −7 212,625 NIR Rory McIlroy 72-64-75-70=281 USA Bryce Molder 70-68-72-71=281 AUS Adam Scott (c) 73-65-75-68=281T16 IRL Shane Lowry 65-68-78-71=282 −6 168,000 USA Cameron Tringale 65-69-75-73=282 USA Boo Weekley 66-69-78-69=282T19 SWE Jonas Blixt 67-67-75-74=283 −5 131,775 USA Jerry Kelly 67-68-77-71=283 SCO Russell Knox 68-67-80-68=283 ENG Justin Rose 65-74-78-66=283T23 ENG Paul Casey 68-72-76-68=284 −4 93,450 KOR Kim Si-woo 68-70-72-74=284 USA Ryan Palmer 67-70-75-72=284 USA Scott Piercy 70-68-75-71=284 USA Daniel Summerhays 69-71-71-73=284T28 CAN David Hearn 71-71-72-71=285 −3 68,325 USA J. J. Henry 70-69-74-72=285 USA Billy Horschel 68-70-75-72=285 USA Dustin Johnson 70-70-77-68=285 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 72-67-74-72=285 FJI Vijay Singh 70-70-73-72=285 USA Gary Woodland 67-68-76-74=285T35 USA Keegan Bradley 72-67-76-71=286 −2 52,893 USA Jim Furyk 71-70-75-70=286 USA Brooks Koepka 66-70-77-73=286 NZL Danny Lee 67-71-72-76=286T39 USA Chad Campbell 68-71-78-70=287 −1 44,100 USA Jon Curran 70-71-79-67=287 CAN Adam Hadwin 70-70-74-73=287 DEU Martin Kaymer (c) 68-72-76-71=287T43 KOR K. J. Choi (c) 73-68-73-74=288 E 33,670 USA Bill Haas 65-73-77-73=288 USA James Hahn 67-73-79-69=288 DNK Søren Kjeldsen 72-70-74-72=288 USA William McGirt 72-65-76-75=288 USA Bubba Watson 69-71-74-74=288T49 USA Zac Blair 71-70-73-75=289 +1 25,914 USA Jason Dufner 70-66-80-73=289 USA Morgan Hoffmann 69-73-75-72=289 SWE Freddie Jacobson 70-69-78-72=289 AUT Bernd Wiesberger 71-67-78-73=289T54 ESP Sergio García (c) 72-66-77-75=290 +2 24,150 USA Brian Harman 69-70-77-74=290 USA Zach Johnson 67-69-80-74=290T57 ZWE Brendon de Jonge 71-67-76-77=291 +3 23,100 ZAF Branden Grace 72-70-78-71=291 ENG Ian Poulter 69-68-79-75=291 USA Brendan Steele 65-76-74-76=291 USA Hudson Swafford 66-73-77-75=291 USA Harold Varner III 73-66-78-74=291 VEN Jhonattan Vegas 67-71-79-74=291T64 ZAF Ernie Els 66-73-78-75=292 +4 21,735 AUS Marc Leishman 70-72-75-75=292 USA Jamie Lovemark 71-71-79-71=292 USA Sean O'Hair 70-67-76-79=292 USA Kyle Reifers 71-70-76-75=292 USA Johnson Wagner 70-71-77-74=29270 COL Camilo Villegas 71-71-78-73=293 +5 21,00071 USA Steve Wheatcroft 68-74-79-73=294 +6 20,790T72 USA Shawn Stefani 74-68-80-73=295 +7 20,475 USA Will Wilcox 68-71-82-74=295T74 ARG Fabián Gómez 73-69-79-75=296 +8 20,055 USA Kevin Streelman 72-70-80-74=29676 USA Patton Kizzire 71-70-82-77=300 +12 19,740CUT KOR An Byeong-hun 75-68=143 −1 ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello 72-71=143 ENG Matt Fitzpatrick 69-74=143 USA Rickie Fowler (c) 72-71=143 USA Charley Hoffman 73-70=143 USA J. B. Holmes 70-73=143 SWE David Lingmerth 71-72=143 USA Davis Love III (c) 71-72=143 USA George McNeill 70-73=143 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 70-73=143 USA Kevin Na 73-70=143 SWE Carl Pettersson 68-75=143 USA Patrick Reed 71-72=143 USA Jordan Spieth 72-71=143 USA Vaughn Taylor 71-72=143 ENG Danny Willett 70-73=143 THA Kiradech Aphibarnrat 75-69=144 E AUS Aaron Baddeley 69-75=144 ENG Luke Donald 70-74=144 SCO Martin Laird 71-73=144 DEU Bernhard Langer 72-72=144 ENG Greg Owen 69-75=144 USA Chez Reavie 73-71=144 AUS John Senden 75-69=144 USA Brian Stuard 71-73=144 USA Scott Brown 73-72=145 +1 USA Harris English 75-70=145 USA Andres Gonzales 75-70=145 USA Kevin Kisner 74-71=145 USA Ryan Moore 70-75=145 USA Robert Streb 71-74=145 USA Brendon Todd 73-72=145 USA Mark Wilson 74-71=145 USA Ricky Barnes 72-74=146 +2 ARG Emiliano Grillo 71-75=146 IRL Pádraig Harrington 72-74=146 USA Hunter Mahan 77-69=146 USA Jeff Overton 73-73=146 CAN Nick Taylor 67-79=146 CAN Graham DeLaet 70-77=147 +3 USA Tony Finau 72-75=147 USA Jason Gore 72-75=147 USA Russell Henley 74-73=147 USA Charles Howell III 72-75=147 USA Smylie Kaufman 72-75=147 USA Spencer Levin 76-71=147 USA Troy Merritt 73-74=147 USA Scott Pinckney 74-73=147 USA Patrick Rodgers 73-74=147 USA Brandt Snedeker 71-76=147 USA Chad Collins 75-73=148 +4 USA Erik Compton 77-71=148 USA Chesson Hadley 78-70=148 MEX Carlos Ortiz 77-72=149 +5 SWE Henrik Stenson (c) 77-73=150 +6 ENG Andy Sullivan 77-73=150 USA Jason Bohn 74-77=151 +7 USA Matt Every 73-78=151 USA Jim Herman 75-76=151 USA Peter Malnati 77-74=151 AUS Matt Jones 78-74=152 +8 USA Ben Martin 75-77=152 AUS Steven Bowditch 80-73=153 +9 USA John Huh 77-76=153 USA Jimmy Walker 71-82=153WD USA Chris Kirk 73 +1 USA Jason Kokrak 73 USA Chris Stroud 75 +3 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 454344534AUS Day −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15USA Chappell −9 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11USA Duke −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10USA Knost −7 −8 −8 −8 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10USA Kuchar −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10USA Thomas −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10JPN Matsuyama −9 −9 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9ITA Molinari −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 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 |} Source:http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=2492 ESPN (Golf: PGA Tour) The Players Championship May 15, 2016 May 1, 2017 References External links http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-players-championship.html 2016 Category:2016 in golf Category:2016 in sports in Florida Category:May 2016 sports events in the United States