2007 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2007 Players' Championship.
2007 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 10–13, 2007
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
Length7,215 yards (6,597 m)[1]
Field145 players, 79 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$9.0 million
Winner's share$1.62 million
Champion
United States Phil Mickelson
277 (−11)
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 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

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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

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Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

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

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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

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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

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First round

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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 United States Phil Mickelson 67 −5
South Africa Rory Sabbatini
3 United States Chris DiMarco 68 −4
4 Australia Peter Lonard 69 −3
T5 United States Jason Gore 70 −2
United States Tom Lehman
Australia Rod Pampling
Sweden Carl Pettersson
T9 United States Rich Beem 71 −1
South Korea K. J. Choi
England Brian Davis
United States Jim Furyk
South Africa Retief Goosen
Australia Nathan Green
United States J. P. Hayes
United States Jeff Quinney

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Second round

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Friday, May 11, 2007

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

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Third round

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Saturday, May 12, 2007

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

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Final round

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

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Scorecard

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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
United States Mickelson −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11
Spain García −3 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9
United States Cink −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8
Spain Olazábal −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8
Argentina Cóceres −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7
United States 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+

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ferguson, Doug (May 14, 2007). "Players Championship". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 2C.
  2. ^ a b Ferguson, Doug (May 14, 2007). "Lefty's all right". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  3. ^ a b "Official Money – 2006". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. ^ "2007 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-31.
  5. ^ a b "Brash Sabbatini scores with gusto at gusty TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 11, 2007. p. C2.
  6. ^ Ferguson, Doug (May 12, 2007). "Phil's riding dry and high". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. B2.
  7. ^ Ferguson, Doug (May 13, 2007). "Scare at No. 17 doesn't faze O'Hair". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  8. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
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