2010 Players Championship

2010 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	May 6–9, 2010
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass; Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field	145 players, 70 after cut
Cut	142 (−2)
Prize fund	$9.5 million
Winner's share	$1.71 million
Champion
	Tim Clark
	272 (−16)
Location map
	TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida
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The 2010 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 6–9 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 37th Players Championship.

Tim Clark won with a 67 on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, one stroke ahead of Robert Allenby.^[1]^[2]

Two unusual events occurred during this Players Championship. For the first time in tournament history, a spectator was arrested and forcibly removed from the course. An intoxicated fan who was screaming and being disruptive refused to listen to course officials, who then called deputies. The man resisted arrest and was tasered. In a separate incident, hours after the first round had ended a car was discovered parked on the 8th green with two occupants inside and the motor running. When the driver refused to follow instructions, law enforcement was called. The green was not damaged and the couple was issued trespass warnings, then escorted off the course.^[3]

Defending champion Henrik Stenson missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.

Venue

This was the 29th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2010 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

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2009 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Stephen Ames (3,6), Cameron Beckman (3), Jason Bohn (3), Stewart Cink (2,3,5,9), Ben Crane (3,11), Ernie Els (2,3,7,9,11), Jim Furyk (2,3,9,11), Brian Gay (2,3), Lucas Glover (2,3,5,9), Nathan Green (3), Bill Haas (3,11), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9,11), Zach Johnson (2,3,5,9), Matt Kuchar (3,9,11), Martin Laird (3), Derek Lamely, Hunter Mahan (2,3,9), Troy Matteson (3), Rory McIlroy (9), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11), Ryan Moore (3), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3,5,7,9), Ryan Palmer, Kenny Perry (2,3,9), Ian Poulter (3,7,9), John Rollins (3), Rory Sabbatini (3), Heath Slocum (2,3), Henrik Stenson (6,9), Bo Van Pelt (3), Camilo Villegas (3,8,9,11), Tiger Woods (2,3,5,7,8,9), Yang Yong-eun (2,3,5,9)

Anthony Kim (3,9,11) and Steve Stricker (2,3,9,11) did not play.

2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Ángel Cabrera (3,5,9), Luke Donald (3,9), Jason Dufner (3), Pádraig Harrington (3,5,9), Jerry Kelly (3), Marc Leishman (3), Steve Marino (3), Kevin Na (3,9), Sean O'Hair (3,9), John Senden (3), David Toms (3), Scott Verplank (3), Nick Watney (3,9), Mike Weir (3)

Retief Goosen (3,9) did not play.

3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list

Michael Allen, Robert Allenby (9), Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Byrd, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Greg Chalmers, K. J. Choi (9), Daniel Chopra, Tim Clark (9), Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Jason Day, James Driscoll, Bob Estes, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, Sergio García (6,9), Mathew Goggin, Paul Goydos, J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Lee Janzen, Richard S. Johnson, Jeff Klauk, Justin Leonard, Michael Letzig, Davis Love III, Bill Lunde, John Mallinger, Scott McCarron, George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, James Nitties, Nick O'Hern, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy, D. A. Points, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, Andrés Romero, Justin Rose, Adam Scott (9), Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh (7,9), Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Stadler, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Roland Thatcher, Nicholas Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson

Rich Beem, Fred Couples, and Tom Watson did not play.

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

5. Major champions from the past five years

Trevor Immelman

Michael Campbell did not play.

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Fred Funk

7. WGC winners from the past three years (except WGC-HSBC Champions)

8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 25

Ross Fisher, Thongchai Jaidee, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson

Søren Hansen, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Edoardo Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Michael Sim (10) did not play.

10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 25

12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 25

Kris Blanks, Chad Collins, Chris Couch, Brendon de Jonge, Rickie Fowler, J. P. Hayes, Spencer Levin, Troy Merritt, Alex Prugh

13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144)

Jay Haas

Source:^[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Robert Allenby	66	−6
T1	J. B. Holmes	66	−6
T3	Jason Bohn	67	−5
	Ben Crane
	Luke Donald
	Ryuji Imada
	Ryan Moore
	Kenny Perry
	Heath Slocum
	Lee Westwood

Second round

Friday, May 7, 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	67-65=132	−12
T2	Ryuji Imada	67-66=133	−11
	Francesco Molinari	68-65=133
	Heath Slocum	67-66=133
5	Lucas Glover	70-65=135	−9
T6	Robert Allenby	66-70=136	−8
	Ben Crane	67-69=136
	Luke Donald	67-69=136
	Charley Hoffman	68-68=136
T10	K. J. Choi	69-68=137	−7
	Paul Goydos	69-68=137
	Bill Haas	68-69=137
	Davis Love III	69-68=137
	Graeme McDowell	72-65=137
	Ryan Moore	67-70=137
	John Rollins	68-69=137
	Bo Van Pelt	68-69=137

Third round

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	67-65-70=202	−14
2	Robert Allenby	66-70-67=203	−13
T3	Ben Crane	67-69-68=204	−12
	Lucas Glover	70-65-69=204
	Francesco Molinari	68-65-71=204
T6	Tim Clark	68-71-66=205	−11
	Charley Hoffman	68-68-69=205
	Heath Slocum	67-66-72=205
	Chris Stroud	70-69-66=205
10	Bo Van Pelt	68-69-69=206	−10

Final round

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Three strokes back, Tim Clark shot a bogey-free final round 67, ending with an 8-foot (2.4 m) par putt and was the clubhouse leader. Lee Westwood, the 54-hole leader, was even par through sixteen holes, but a water ball on the famed 17th hole led to a double bogey and ended any chance of victory. In the end it came down to Robert Allenby, in the final pairing and two strokes behind Clark with three holes to play. After just missing an eagle on the par 5 16th, the lead was cut to one. Allenby then knocked his tee shot to 10 feet (3 m) on 17, but again narrowly missed a putt to tie Clark. He had a last chance at 18, but failed to make birdie and Clark gained his first PGA Tour victory in his 206th start.^[2]

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tim Clark	68-71-66-67=272	−16	1,710,000
2	Robert Allenby	66-70-67-70=273	−15	1,026,000
3	Lucas Glover	70-65-69-70=274	−14	646,000
T4	Ben Crane	67-69-68-72=276	−12	358,150
	Davis Love III (c)	69-68-71-68=276
	Heath Slocum	67-66-72-71=276
	Bo Van Pelt	68-69-69-70=276
	Lee Westwood	67-65-70-74=276
9	Francesco Molinari	68-65-71-73=277	−11	275,500
T10	Freddie Jacobson	69-70-69-71=279	−9	237,500
	Andrés Romero	69-70-69-71=279
	Chris Stroud	70-69-66-74=279

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	J. B. Holmes	66-72-72-70=280	−8	178,125
	Matt Kuchar	68-71-70-71=280
	John Rollins	68-69-70-73=280
	Scott Verplank	71-70-69-70=280
T17	Chris Couch	74-68-67-72=281	−7	133,000
	Hunter Mahan	70-69-70-72=281
	Troy Matteson	68-71-71-71=281
	Phil Mickelson (c)	70-71-66-74=281
	Nick Watney	69-71-68-73=281
T22	Charley Hoffman	68-68-69-77=282	−6	95,000
	Zach Johnson	70-70-67-75=282
	Sean O'Hair	70-69-70-73=282
	Kenny Perry	67-71-71-73=282
T26	Luke Donald	67-69-72-75=283	−5	68,875
	Bob Estes	70-69-72-72=283
	Graeme McDowell	72-65-72-74=283
	Jeff Overton	70-72-70-71=283
	Adam Scott (c)	70-68-71-74=283
	Jimmy Walker	71-69-68-75=283
T32	Steve Flesch	71-71-71-71=284	−4	57,475
T32	Steve Marino	73-67-72-72=284	−4	57,475
T34	Greg Chalmers	70-69-70-76=285	−3	49,020
	K. J. Choi	69-68-72-76=285
	Dustin Johnson	71-71-70-73=285
	Martin Kaymer	70-71-68-76=285
	Yang Yong-eun	70-68-73-74=285
T39	Fred Funk (c)	72-70-66-78=286	−2	38,000
	Bill Haas	68-69-70-79=286
	Ryuji Imada	67-66-76-77=286
	Jerry Kelly	73-66-73-74=286
	James Nitties	70-72-72-72=286
	Rory Sabbatini	72-69-71-74=286
T45	Kris Blanks	71-71-75-70=287	−1	30,400
T45	Spencer Levin	71-67-72-77=287	−1	30,400
T47	Jim Furyk	69-73-73-73=288	E	25,118
	Sergio García (c)	69-70-71-78=288
	John Merrick	70-72-71-75=288
	Ryan Moore	67-70-71-80=288
	Alex Prugh	69-73-70-76=288
T52	James Driscoll	71-71-77-70=289	+1	22,277
	Paul Goydos	69-68-71-81=289
	Justin Leonard (c)	72-68-70-79=289
	Oliver Wilson	70-70-70-79=289
T56	Woody Austin	69-72-73-76=290	+2	21,565
T56	Boo Weekley	69-72-68-81=290	+2	21,565
T58	Stephen Ames (c)	70-71-79-71=291	+3	20,805
	Alex Čejka	69-72-76-74=291
	J. J. Henry	68-71-77-75=291
	George McNeill	75-67-72-77=291
	Brett Quigley	72-69-75-75=291
	Kevin Stadler	69-70-78-74=291
T64	Jason Bohn	67-74-71-80=292	+4	20,045
T64	Roland Thatcher	71-68-75-78=292	+4	20,045
T66	Ben Curtis	71-68-75-79=293	+5	19,665
T66	Álvaro Quirós	72-70-75-76=293	+5	19,665
68	Troy Merritt	71-70-76-78=295	+7	19,380
69	Robert Karlsson	71-69-77-79=296	+8	19,190
CUT	Ángel Cabrera	70-73=143	−1
	Paul Casey	73-70=143
	Stewart Cink	73-70=143
	Brian Davis	72-71=143
	J. P. Hayes	74-69=143
	Thongchai Jaidee	71-72=143
	Bryce Molder	71-72=143
	Kevin Na	71-72=143
	Pat Perez	71-72=143
	D. A. Points	73-70=143
	Ian Poulter	72-71=143
	Vijay Singh	69-74=143
	Henrik Stenson (c)	69-74=143
	David Toms	71-72=143
	Camilo Villegas	70-73=143
	Michael Allen	74-70=144	E
	Chad Campbell	75-69=144
	Ross Fisher	69-75=144
	Brian Gay	70-74=144
	Jay Haas	71-73=144
	Derek Lamely	71-73=144
	Bill Lunde	70-74=144
	Scott McCarron	68-76=144
	Geoff Ogilvy	72-72=144
	Nick O'Hern	71-73=144
	Greg Owen	73-71=144
	Justin Rose	72-72=144
	Brandt Snedeker	73-71=144
	Bubba Watson	71-73=144
	Jason Dufner	73-72=145	+1
	Ernie Els	74-71=145
	Harrison Frazar	71-74=145
	Pádraig Harrington	73-72=145
	Rory McIlroy	73-72=145
	Ryan Palmer	73-72=145
	Rod Pampling	74-71=145
	Tim Petrovic	75-70=145
	Jeff Quinney	72-73=145
	Webb Simpson	74-71=145
	Kevin Sutherland	74-71=145
	Vaughn Taylor	72-73=145
	Mark Wilson	71-74=145
	Briny Baird	74-72=146	+2
	Jason Day	74-72=146
	Nathan Green	72-74=146
	Trevor Immelman	71-75=146
	Lee Janzen (c)	70-76=146
	Charl Schwartzel	71-75=146
	John Senden	70-76=146
	Nicholas Thompson	73-73=146
	D. J. Trahan	72-74=146
	Mike Weir	72-74=146
	Ricky Barnes	73-74=147	+3
	Cameron Beckman	71-76=147
	Mark Calcavecchia	73-74=147
	Daniel Chopra	78-69=147
	Brendon de Jonge	70-77=147
	Rickie Fowler	73-74=147
	Marc Leishman	74-73=147
	Charlie Wi	70-77=147
	Jonathan Byrd	73-75=148	+4
	Martin Laird	74-74=148
	Michael Letzig	75-73=148
	Kevin Streelman	75-73=148
Matt Bettencourt	74-75=149	+5
Michael Bradley	73-76=149
Charles Howell III	76-73=149
Richard S. Johnson	76-73=149
John Mallinger	76-73=149
Aaron Baddeley	72-79=151	+7
Scott Piercy	76-75=151	+7
Mathew Goggin	72-80=152	+8
Ted Purdy	73-79=152	+8
Jeff Klauk	75-78=153	+9
Chad Collins	75-79=154	+10
WD	Tiger Woods (c)	70-71-71=212	−4

Source:^[5]

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
Clark	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16
Allenby	−12	−14	−14	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15
Glover	−12	−11	−11	−10	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−14	−14
Crane	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
Love	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−11	−12	−12
Slocum	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12
Van Pelt	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12
Westwood	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14	−12	−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:^[6]

References

^ "PGA Tour Leaderboard – The Players Championship (May 6 - 9, 2010)". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Clark finally breaks through with furious final-round rally at the Players". GOLF. 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^ Andres, Shakaya (May 11, 2010). "Two unusual first-time events mark The Players Championship". Florida Times-Union. (Jacksonville).
^ "2010 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour.
^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2015.

External links

The Players Championship website

[1] "PGA Tour Leaderboard – The Players Championship (May 6 - 9, 2010)". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved May 8, 2014.

[cfbthr-2] "Clark finally breaks through with furious final-round rally at the Players". GOLF. 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[3] Andres, Shakaya (May 11, 2010). "Two unusual first-time events mark The Players Championship". Florida Times-Union. (Jacksonville).

[4] "2010 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour.

[tpcpr-5] "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

[ldr-6] "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2015.

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