2007 Players Championship

The 2007 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 34th Players Championship and was won by Phil Mickelson, two strokes ahead of runner-up Sergio García.^[2]

Tournament summary

With the new PGA Tour season arrangement in 2007, the tournament was played in May for the first time and concluded on Mother's Day. Previous tournaments were typically played in late March, two weeks before the Masters Tournament.

Defending champion Stephen Ames missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue

This was the 26th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The renovated course was lengthened 117 yards (107 m) from the previous year to 7,215 yards (6,597 m).^[1]

Course layout

The 2007 Players Championship

Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
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
Par		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.

Phil Mickelson, Aaron Baddeley, Stuart Appleby, Chris Couch, Jim Furyk, Brett Wetterich, Tim Herron, Jeff Maggert, Carl Pettersson, Vijay Singh, Geoff Ogilvy, Ben Curtis, J. J. Henry, Trevor Immelman, John Senden, Tiger Woods, John Rollins, Corey Pavin, Dean Wilson, Will MacKenzie, Eric Axley, D. J. Trahan, Davis Love III, Troy Matteson, Joe Durant, K. J. Choi, Adam Scott, Paul Goydos, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Henrik Stenson, Fred Funk, Mark Wilson, Mark Calcavecchia, Zach Johnson, Boo Weekley, Nick Watney, Scott Verplank

The top 125 finishers on the 2006 Official PGA Tour money list.^[3]

Luke Donald, David Toms, Rory Sabbatini, Chad Campbell, Stewart Cink, Rod Pampling, Retief Goosen, Brett Quigley, Lucas Glover, Arron Oberholser, Tom Pernice Jr., Stephen Ames, Ernie Els, José María Olazábal, Tim Clark, Mike Weir, Steve Stricker, Vaughn Taylor, Camilo Villegas, Jerry Kelly, Nathan Green, Tom Lehman, Jason Bohn, Frank Lickliter, Shaun Micheel, Sergio García, Richard S. Johnson, Ian Poulter, Chris DiMarco, Daniel Chopra, Robert Allenby, J. B. Holmes, Steve Flesch, Sean O'Hair, Jonathan Byrd, Bo Van Pelt, Billy Mayfair, Bob Estes, Pádraig Harrington, Greg Owen, Bart Bryant, Jesper Parnevik, Jeff Sluman, Ted Purdy, Heath Slocum, Woody Austin, Shigeki Maruyama, Steve Lowery, Ryan Moore, Hunter Mahan, Ryan Palmer, Mathew Goggin, Joe Ogilvie, Billy Andrade, Brian Gay, Bubba Watson, Charles Warren, Ryuji Imada, Nick O'Hern, Daisuke Maruyama, David Howell, Harrison Frazar, Bill Haas, Kent Jones, Briny Baird, Peter Lonard, Kenny Perry, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Gove, Freddie Jacobson, Justin Leonard, Kirk Triplett, Brian Davis, Olin Browne, Kevin Sutherland, Stephen Leaney, Pat Perez, Jason Gore, David Branshaw, Paul Azinger, J. P. Hayes, Shane Bertsch, Mathias Grönberg, Darren Clarke

For the duration of their exemption, PGA Tour members who earned a Tournament Winner exemption prior to March 1, 2004.

Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in 1997 and from 2002 to 2006. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.

Steve Elkington, Craig Perks, Todd Hamilton, Rich Beem, Michael Campbell

Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1997).

Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2004-2006).

Winners of the World Golf Championship-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2005-2007).

Winner of the World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2004-2006).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the Wachovia Championship.

Paul Casey, Colin Montgomerie, Robert Karlsson, Niclas Fasth, Charl Schwartzel

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Wachovia Championship.

The winner of the 2006 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such exemption will be an addition to the field.)

Bobby Wadkins

The leading money winner from the 2006 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.

Ken Duke

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Wachovia Championship, in order of their position on such list.^[3]

Anthony Kim, Jeff Quinney, José Cóceres, John Mallinger, Rocco Mediate, Brandt Snedeker, Robert Garrigus, Bernhard Langer, Steve Marino, Doug LaBelle II, Cliff Kresge

Source:^[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2007

In gusty winds, a record 50 balls found the water at the 17th hole, which broke the single-round tournament record of 45 set in 2000.^[5]

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Phil Mickelson	67	−5
	Rory Sabbatini
3	Chris DiMarco	68	−4
4	Peter Lonard	69	−3
T5	Jason Gore	70	−2
	Tom Lehman
	Rod Pampling
	Carl Pettersson
T9	Rich Beem	71	−1
	K. J. Choi
	Brian Davis
	Jim Furyk
	Retief Goosen
	Nathan Green
	J. P. Hayes
	Jeff Quinney

Source^[5]

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2007

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Phil Mickelson	67-72=139	−5
2	Nathan Green	71-69=140	−4
T3	Peter Lonard	69-72=141	−3
	Sean O'Hair	72-69=141
	Rod Pampling	70-71=141
	Carl Pettersson	70-71=141
T7	Chris DiMarco	68-74=142	−2
	Tom Pernice Jr.	74-68=142
T9	Stewart Cink	74-69=143	−1
	José Cóceres	73-70=143
	Jim Furyk	71-72=143
	Mathew Goggin	72-71=143
	Tom Lehman	70-73=143
	Rocco Mediate	72-71=143
	Kirk Triplett	75-68=143

Source^[6]

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Sean O'Hair	72-69-66=207	−9
2	Phil Mickelson	67-72-69=208	−8
T3	Peter Lonard	69-72-68=209	−7
	Jeff Quinney	71-74-64=209
T5	Aaron Baddeley	72-72-67=211	−5
	José Cóceres	73-70-68=211
	Chris DiMarco	68-74-69=211
	Luke Donald	74-72-65=211
	Carl Pettersson	70-71-70=211
T10	Tim Clark	73-72-67=212	−4
	J. P. Hayes	71-73-68=212
	Geoff Ogilvy	74-71-67=212

Source:^[7]

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Phil Mickelson won his first Players Championship after shooting a final round 69 to pass 54-hole leader Sean O'Hair. Mickelson birdied his first two holes and made his lone bogey at the 18th hole after the tournament was locked up. O'Hair was two strokes behind Mickelson as they headed to the infamous par-3 17th hole, but he hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin on the island green for a quadruple bogey. O'Hair also bogeyed the final hole, and the mistakes dropped him from second to eleventh place, costing him $747,000 in prize money.^[2]

Champion

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Phil Mickelson	67-72-69-69=277	−11	1,620,000
2	Sergio García	73-73-67-66=279	−9	972,000
T3	Stewart Cink	74-69-71-66=280	−8	522,000
	José María Olazábal	78-66-69-67=280
5	José Cóceres	73-70-68-70=281	−7	360,000
T6	J. P. Hayes	71-73-68-70=282	−6	281,700
	Robert Karlsson	77-68-71-66=282
	Peter Lonard	69-72-68-73=282
	Jeff Quinney	71-74-64-73=282
	Adam Scott (c)	74-71-70-67=282

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
11	Sean O'Hair	72-69-66-76=283	−5	225,000
T12	Chris DiMarco	68-74-69-73=284	−4	182,250
	Steve Elkington (c)	73-71-70-70=284
	Mathew Goggin	72-71-71-70=284
	Brandt Snedeker	72-74-68-70=284
T16	Stuart Appleby	74-71-71-69=285	−3	126,257
	Jonathan Byrd	74-71-71-69=285
	Luke Donald	74-72-65-74=285
	Nathan Green	71-69-74-71=285
	J. B. Holmes	76-72-69-68=285
	Zach Johnson	73-73-70-69=285
	Ted Purdy	74-73-67-71=285
T23	K. J. Choi	71-74-70-71=286	−2	80,100
	Jason Gore	70-74-72-70=286
	Tom Lehman	70-73-73-70=286
	Henrik Stenson	72-76-66-72=286
	Kirk Triplett	75-68-73-70=286
T28	Joe Durant	76-71-69-71=287	−1	56,100
	Jim Furyk	71-72-74-70=287
	Retief Goosen	71-74-71-71=287
	Jerry Kelly	73-73-69-72=287
	Cliff Kresge	72-72-69-74=287
	Steve Lowery	78-66-71-72=287
	Tom Pernice Jr.	74-68-72-73=287
	Carl Pettersson	70-71-70-76=287
	Ian Poulter	75-71-72-69=287
T37	Aaron Baddeley	72-72-67-77=288	E	38,700
	Ken Duke	76-72-70-70=288
	Ernie Els	73-73-72-70=288
	Frank Lickliter	77-72-69-70=288
	Geoff Ogilvy	74-71-67-76=288
	Mike Weir	75-72-72-69=288
	Tiger Woods (c)	75-73-73-67=288
T44	Daniel Chopra	74-71-76-68=289	+1	26,010
	Rocco Mediate	72-71-77-69=289
	Rod Pampling	70-71-80-68=289
	Rory Sabbatini	67-79-71-72=289
	Vijay Singh	74-71-70-74=289
	Heath Slocum	78-71-69-71=289
	Scott Verplank	72-77-68-72=289
	Boo Weekley	74-73-71-71=289
T52	Harrison Frazar	74-71-73-72=290	+2	20,880
	Pádraig Harrington	76-70-74-70=290
	Tim Herron	77-71-73-69=290
	John Senden	73-74-71-72=290
	Steve Stricker	72-75-70-73=290
	Brett Wetterich	74-75-71-70=290
T58	Rich Beem	71-73-74-73=291	+3	19,710
	Bernhard Langer	72-77-73-69=291
	Kenny Perry	73-75-73-70=291
	John Rollins	76-71-68-76=291
	Charl Schwartzel	74-75-69-73=291
	Kevin Sutherland	73-71-74-73=291
T64	Paul Azinger	78-71-70-73=292	+4	18,810
	John Mallinger	73-74-72-73=292
	Arron Oberholser	73-73-79-67=292
	David Toms	77-72-73-70=292
T68	Tim Clark	73-72-67-81=293	+5	18,090
	Ryuji Imada	77-71-75-70=293
	Ryan Moore	78-69-75-71=293
	Joey Sindelar	74-75-72-72=293
T72	Mathias Grönberg	75-73-74-72=294	+6	17,460
	Bill Haas	76-73-73-72=294
	Corey Pavin	75-72-71-76=294
T75	Todd Hamilton	75-73-76-71=295	+7	16,830
	Charley Hoffman	75-69-76-75=295
	Davis Love III (c)	77-71-73-74=295
	Ryan Palmer	77-72-71-75=295
79	Charles Howell III	73-74-75-76=298	+10	16,380
CUT	Bart Bryant	76-74=150	+6
	Brian Gay	80-70=150
	Jeff Gove	79-71=150
	J. J. Henry	76-74=150
	Freddie Jacobson	76-74=150
	Kent Jones	80-70=150
	Stephen Leaney	77-73=150
	Justin Leonard (c)	78-72=150
	Hunter Mahan	78-72=150
	Shigeki Maruyama	76-74=150
	Shaun Micheel	75-75=150
	Colin Montgomerie	76-74=150
	Brett Quigley	78-72=150
	D. J. Trahan	76-74=150
	Mark Wilson	79-71=150
	Woody Austin	81-70=151	+7
	Eric Axley	75-76=151
	Shane Bertsch	73-78=151
	Brian Davis	71-80=151
	Bob Estes	82-69=151
	Steve Flesch	79-72=151
	Jeff Maggert	80-71=151
	Nick O'Hern	76-75=151
	Craig Perks (c)	75-76=151
	Vaughn Taylor	75-76=151
	Dean Wilson	75-76=151
	Robert Allenby	74-78=152	+8
	Briny Baird	78-74=152
	Chris Couch	77-75=152
	Trevor Immelman	80-72=152
	Richard S. Johnson	78-74=152
	Doug LaBelle II	77-75=152
	Billy Mayfair	78-74=152
	Joe Ogilvie	79-73=152
	Bo Van Pelt	77-75=152
	Bobby Wadkins	77-75=152
	Charles Warren	78-74=152
	Bubba Watson	77-75=152
	David Branshaw	82-71=153	+9
	Fred Funk (c)	80-73=153
	Will MacKenzie	74-79=153
	Troy Matteson	75-78=153
	Jesper Parnevik	76-77=153
	Camilo Villegas	80-73=153
	Billy Andrade	81-73=154	+10
	Michael Campbell	75-79=154
	Paul Casey	76-78=154
	Ben Curtis	76-78=154
	Niclas Fasth	78-76=154
	Jason Bohn	76-79=155	+11
	Greg Owen	77-78=155
	Pat Perez	77-78=155
	Jeff Sluman	75-80=155
	Nick Watney	75-80=155
	Stephen Ames (c)	77-79=156	+12
	Olin Browne	81-75=156
	Mark Calcavecchia	82-74=156
	Lucas Glover	79-77=156
	Chad Campbell	79-78=157	+13
	Paul Goydos	80-77=157
	Steve Marino	81-78=159	+15
	Robert Garrigus	85-75=160	+16
	Anthony Kim	78-83=161	+17
WD	Daisuke Maruyama	85	+13
	Darren Clarke
	David Howell

Source:^[8]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4
Mickelson	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11
García	−3	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9
Cink	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8
Olazábal	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8
Cóceres	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7
O'Hair	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−6	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[9]

References

External links

• The Players Championship website