2004 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2004 Players' Championship.
2004 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 25–28, 2004
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,093 yards (6,486 m)[1]
Field148 players, 83 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$8.0 million
Winner's share$1.44 million
Champion
Australia Adam Scott
276 (−12)
Location map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida
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The 2004 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 25–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 31st Players Championship.

Tournament summary

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Adam Scott, age 23, held on for his second PGA Tour title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Pádraig Harrington, who started the final round five shots behind. With a two-shot lead on the 72nd hole, Scott put his approach shot in the water then sank a 10-foot (3 m) putt for bogey to win.[2][3]

Defending champion Davis Love III finished twelve strokes back, in a tie for 33rd place.

Scott was the youngest champion for thirteen years, until Kim Si-woo won at age 21 in 2017. Previously, it was Fred Couples, age 24 in 1984.

Venue

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Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 23rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).[1]

Eligibility requirements

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1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.

Ben Crane, Mike Weir, Davis Love III, Fred Couples, Steve Flesch, David Toms, Vijay Singh, Kenny Perry, Rory Sabbatini, Jonathan Kaye, Tiger Woods, Ben Curtis, Craig Stadler, Peter Jacobsen, Shaun Micheel, Darren Clarke, Kirk Triplett, Adam Scott, Bob Tway, J. L. Lewis, Tommy Armour III, John Huston, Stuart Appleby, Shigeki Maruyama, Retief Goosen, Chad Campbell, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, John Daly, Heath Slocum, Craig Parry, Todd Hamilton

2. The top 125 finishers on the 2003 Official PGA Tour Money List.[4]

Brad Faxon, Charles Howell III, Jay Haas, Justin Leonard, Chris DiMarco, Scott Verplank, Nick Price, Briny Baird, Chris Riley, Robert Allenby, Tim Herron, Jerry Kelly, Fred Funk, K. J. Choi, Bob Estes, Stewart Cink, Tim Petrovic, John Rollins, Jeff Sluman, Robert Gamez, Woody Austin, Geoff Ogilvy, Jonathan Byrd, Frank Lickliter, Peter Lonard, Brenden Pappas, Loren Roberts, Tim Clark, Scott McCarron, Len Mattiace, Tom Pernice Jr., Duffy Waldorf, Scott Hoch, Alex Čejka, Tom Lehman, Lee Janzen, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Kevin Sutherland, Rod Pampling, Hidemichi Tanaka, Skip Kendall, Rich Beem, Stephen Ames, Aaron Baddeley, Carl Pettersson, Hal Sutton, Steve Lowery, Matt Gogel, Billy Mayfair, Glen Day, Brett Quigley, Harrison Frazar, David Gossett, Jeff Maggert, Cliff Kresge, Paul Stankowski, Luke Donald, Brandt Jobe, Joey Sindelar, David Peoples, Carlos Franco, Sergio García, J. J. Henry, Billy Andrade, Dean Wilson, Jeff Brehaut, Craig Barlow, Jay Williamson, Todd Fischer, Arron Oberholser, Patrick Sheehan, Stephen Allan, Cameron Beckman, John Senden, Tom Byrum, Neal Lancaster, Brent Geiberger, J. P. Hayes, David Frost, Robert Damron, Pat Perez, Jesper Parnevik, Notah Begay III, Richard S. Johnson, Bernhard Langer, Kent Jones, Pat Bates, Glen Hnatiuk, Esteban Toledo

3. Members in the top 125 non-members category whose official money for the previous year equals or exceeds the amount of official money earned by the player finishing in the 125th position on the 2003 Official PGA Tour Money List.

Pádraig Harrington, Hank Kuehne, Freddie Jacobson, Stephen Leaney, Justin Rose, Thomas Bjørn

4. PGA Tour members from the current Tournament Winners category

Steve Stricker, Matt Kuchar, Spike McRoy, Chris Smith, Gene Sauers, Bob Burns

5. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 1994 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for 5 years.

Greg Norman, Steve Elkington, José María Olazábal, Nick Faldo, Corey Pavin, Mark Brooks, Craig Perks, Paul Lawrie

6. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1994–1997).

7. Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2001–2003).

8. Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

9. Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2001–2003).

10. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational.

Paul Casey, Colin Montgomerie, Trevor Immelman, Ian Poulter, Brian Davis

11. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2004 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.

12. If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2004 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.

John Riegger

13. The Players Championship committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Note: Such a player would be added to the field.)

Source:[5]

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, March 25, 2004

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Adam Scott 65 −7
T2 United States Kevin Sutherland 66 −6
United States Duffy Waldorf
T4 Denmark Thomas Bjørn 67 −5
United States Bob Burns
South Korea K. J. Choi
T7 South Africa Ernie Els 68 −4
Spain Sergio García
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
United States Brandt Jobe
United States Scott Verplank

Source:[6]

Second round

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Friday, March 26, 2004

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Jerry Kelly 69-66=135 −9
United States Kevin Sutherland 66-69=135
T3 South Africa Ernie Els 68-69=137 −7
Australia Adam Scott 65-72=137
T5 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 68-70=138 −6
Fiji Vijay Singh 70-68=138
T7 United States Bob Burns 67-72=139 −5
United States Phil Mickelson 70-69=139
United States Jeff Sluman 69-70=139
United States Duffy Waldorf 66-73=139

Source:[1]

Third round

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Saturday, March 27, 2004

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Adam Scott 65-72-69=206 −10
T2 United States Frank Lickliter 69-71-68=208 −8
United States Kevin Sutherland 66-69-73=208
T4 South Africa Ernie Els 68-69-72=209 −7
United States Jerry Kelly 69-66-74=209
United States Phil Mickelson 70-69-70=209
United States Kenny Perry 69-71-69=209
United States Paul Stankowski 73-70-66=209
T9 Australia Craig Parry 74-72-64=210 −6
Fiji Vijay Singh 70-68-72=210
United States Duffy Waldorf 66-73-71=210

Source:[7]

Final round

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Sunday, March 28, 2004

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Australia Adam Scott 65-72-69-70=276 −12 1,440,000
2 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 68-70-73-66=277 −11 864,000
T3 United States Frank Lickliter 69-71-68-72=280 −8 416,000
United States Phil Mickelson 70-69-70-71=280
United States Kenny Perry 69-71-69-71=280
T6 United States Jay Haas 72-73-70-66=281 −7 268,000
United States Jerry Kelly 69-66-74-72=281
United States Kevin Sutherland 66-69-73-73=281
9 United States Shaun Micheel 70-76-69-67=282 −6 232,000
T10 United States Bob Burns 67-72-72-72=283 −5 200,000
England Paul Casey 72-70-69-72=283
United States Fred Funk 73-71-68-71=283

Source:[8]

Scorecard

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Final round

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
Australia Scott −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12
Republic of Ireland Harrington −5 −4 −3 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −10 −10 −11
United States Lickliter −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8
United States Mickelson −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8
United States Perry −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −8 −9 −9 −8
United States Sutherland −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey

Source:[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 27, 2004. p. 2C.
  2. ^ Van Sickle, Gary (April 6, 2004). "Tiger Twin". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  3. ^ "Scott survives shaky finish at TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 29, 2004. p. 1C.
  4. ^ "Official Money – 2003". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  5. ^ "2004 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-31.
  6. ^ "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 26, 2004. p. 2C.
  7. ^ "The Players Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 29, 2004. p. 2C.
  8. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "The Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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