2012 Players Championship

2012 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	May 10–13, 2012
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	144 players, 72 after cut
Cut	144 (Even)
Prize fund	$9.5 million
Winner's share	$1.71 million
Champion
	Matt Kuchar
	275 (−13)
Location map
	TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida
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The 2012 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 39th Players Championship and was won by Matt Kuchar, two strokes ahead of four runners-up.^[1]^[2]

Defending champion K. J. Choi missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue

This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2012 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 2011 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Keegan Bradley (2,3,5,9), K. J. Choi (2,3,6,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ben Curtis, Luke Donald (2,3,7,9), Jason Dufner (2,3,9,11), Rickie Fowler (3,9), Harrison Frazar (3), Bill Haas (2,3,8,9), John Huh, Freddie Jacobson (2,3,9), Chris Kirk (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9,11), Rory McIlroy (5,9,11), George McNeill (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,8,9,11), Bryce Molder (3), Kevin Na (3), Sean O'Hair (3), Carl Pettersson (3,9,11), Scott Piercy (3), Justin Rose (2,3,7,9,11), Adam Scott (2,3,7,9), Webb Simpson (2,3,9), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,9), Scott Stallings (3), Kyle Stanley (3,11), Steve Stricker (2,3,9), David Toms (2,3,9), Johnson Wagner (3,11), Nick Watney (2,3,7,9), Mark Wilson (2,3,9,11), Tiger Woods (5,7,9)

Darren Clarke (5) and Dustin Johnson (2,3,9) did not play.

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

Aaron Baddeley (3,9), Jonathan Byrd (3), Jason Day (3,9), Charles Howell III (3), Matt Kuchar (3,9), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Chez Reavie (3), John Senden (3,9), Vijay Singh (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Gary Woodland (3), Yang Yong-eun (3,5)

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

Blake Adams, Robert Allenby, Arjun Atwal, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Kris Blanks, Michael Bradley, Chad Campbell, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink (5), Chris Couch, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Ernie Els (7,9), Jim Furyk (8,9), Tommy Gainey, Sergio García (6,9), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Lucas Glover (5), Retief Goosen, Hunter Haas, Pádraig Harrington (5), David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman (5), Brandt Jobe, Zach Johnson (9), Kang Sung-hoon, Robert Karlsson (9), Jerry Kelly, Martin Laird (9), Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Graeme McDowell (5,9), John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Joe Ogilvie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice Jr., Ian Poulter (7,9), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Kevin Stadler, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Cameron Tringale, Jhonattan Vegas, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Jimmy Walker, Charlie Wi

Paul Goydos, Anthony Kim, Steve Marino, D. A. Points, Charl Schwartzel (5,9), and Bubba Watson (2,3,5,9,11) did not play.

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Bob Estes

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ángel Cabrera, Martin Kaymer (9)

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Tim Clark, Henrik Stenson

7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners only from 2010–11, and only if PGA Tour members)

8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 29

Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Simon Dyson, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Lee Westwood

Thomas Bjørn, Anders Hansen, Kim Kyung-tae, and Paul Lawrie did not play.

10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

J. J. Killeen

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 29

12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 29

Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Brian Harman, Colt Knost, Jeff Maggert, John Mallinger

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

Fred Couples did not play; therefore only 144 players competed.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Martin Laird	65	−7
T1	Ian Poulter	65	−7
3	Blake Adams	66	−6
T4	Ben Crane	67	−5
T4	Kevin Na	67	−5
T6	Bae Sang-moon	68	−4
	Jonathan Byrd
	Ben Curtis
	Brian Davis
	Harrison Frazar
	Bill Haas
	Matt Kuchar
	Adam Scott
	Kevin Stadler
	Michael Thompson
	Jhonattan Vegas

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2012

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Zach Johnson	70-66=136	−8
	Kevin Na	67-69=136
	Matt Kuchar	68-68=136
4	Harris English	70-67=137	−7
T5	Jonathan Byrd	68-70=138	−6
	Adam Scott	68-70=138
	Brian Davis	68-70=138
	Martin Laird	65-73=138
	Charlie Wi	71-67=138
T10	Blake Adams	66-73=139	−5
	Ben Curtis	68-71=139
	Michael Thompson	68-71=139
	Bill Haas	68-71=139
	Kevin Stadler	68-71=139

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Kevin Na	67-69-68=204	−12
2	Matt Kuchar	68-68-69=205	−11
3	Rickie Fowler	72-69-66=207	−9
T4	Zach Johnson	70-66-73=209	−7
T4	Ben Curtis	68-71-70=209	−7
T6	Jhonattan Vegas	68-74-68=210	−6
	Brian Davis	68-70-72=210
	Jonathan Byrd	68-70-72=210
	Martin Laird	65-73-72=210
T10	Johnson Wagner	69-73-69=211	−5
	Bo Van Pelt	71-70-70=211
	Blake Adams	66-73-72=211
	Charlie Wi	71-67-73=211

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Matt Kuchar	68-68-69-70=275	−13	1,710,000
T2	Ben Curtis	68-71-70-68=277	−11	627,000
	Rickie Fowler	72-69-66-70=277
	Zach Johnson	70-66-73-68=277
	Martin Laird	65-73-72-67=277
6	Luke Donald	72-69-72-66=279	−9	342,000
T7	Kevin Na	67-69-68-76=280	−8	296,083
	Bo Van Pelt	71-70-70-69=280
	Jhonattan Vegas	68-74-68-70=280
T10	Carl Pettersson	71-72-69-69=281	−7	247,000
T10	David Toms	69-74-73-65=281	−7	247,000

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Blake Adams	66-73-72-71=282	−6	199,500
	Jonathan Byrd	68-70-72-72=282
	Geoff Ogilvy	70-73-70-69=282
T15	Brendon de Jonge	69-71-72-71=283	−5	137,987
	Bob Estes	73-69-76-65=283
	Peter Hanson	73-71-71-68=283
	Martin Kaymer	73-69-70-71=283
	Spencer Levin	74-68-72-69=283
	David Mathis	72-71-69-71=283
	Adam Scott (c)	68-70-74-71=283
	Henrik Stenson (c)	71-71-71-70=283
T23	Chris Couch	72-71-71-70=284	−4	95,000
T23	John Huh	75-66-72-71=284	−4	95,000
T25	Tim Clark (c)	71-70-71-73=285	−3	66,547
	Brian Davis	68-70-72-75=285
	Jim Furyk	72-70-72-71=285
	Bill Haas	68-71-74-72=285
	Phil Mickelson (c)	71-71-70-73=285
	Pat Perez	69-75-70-71=285
	Ian Poulter	65-76-71-73=285
	John Rollins	72-72-69-72=285
	Kevin Stadler	68-71-73-73=285
	Charlie Wi	71-67-73-74=285
T35	Keegan Bradley	72-70-74-70=286	−2	46,835
	Tom Gillis	70-71-73-72=286
	Jeff Maggert	70-71-71-74=286
	Johnson Wagner	69-73-69-75=286
	Jimmy Walker	71-70-71-74=286
T40	Kris Blanks	69-74-72-72=287	−1	37,050
	J. J. Henry	71-73-74-69=287
	Bryce Molder	72-72-70-73=287
	Álvaro Quirós	72-72-72-71=287
	Tiger Woods (c)	74-68-72-73=287
45	Marc Leishman	73-70-73-72=288	E	31,350
T46	Ricky Barnes	74-69-72-74=289	+1	26,334
	Harrison Frazar	68-76-69-76=289
	Brian Gay	71-72-71-75=289
	Ryan Moore	69-72-75-73=289
	Josh Teater	71-71-76-71=289
T51	Brian Harman	73-68-76-73=290	+2	22,496
	Chris Kirk	71-73-72-74=290
	Justin Rose	76-68-75-71=290
	Kevin Streelman	72-68-72-78=290
	Michael Thompson	68-71-75-76=290
T56	Sergio García (c)	73-71-68-79=291	+3	21,280
	Trevor Immelman	72-72-72-75=291
	Robert Karlsson	70-74-76-71=291
	Rod Pampling	71-72-78-70=291
	Nick Watney	71-70-76-74=291
T61	Robert Allenby	72-72-75-73=292	+4	20,520
	Kang Sung-hoon	75-68-72-77=292
	Lee Westwood	71-70-74-77=292
T64	Stewart Cink	71-72-78-72=293	+5	19,855
	Harris English	70-67-79-77=293
	George McNeill	70-73-82-68=293
	Heath Slocum	73-70-78-72=293
T68	Jason Dufner	73-71-76-75=295	+7	19,285
T68	David Hearn	69-75-77-74=295	+7	19,285
T70	Graham DeLaet	71-73-76-76=296	+8	18,905
T70	Justin Leonard (c)	75-68-74-79=296	+8	18,905
72	Cameron Tringale	73-71-77-76=297	+9	18,620
CUT	Bae Sang-moon	68-77=145	+1
	Ben Crane	67-78=145
	Jason Day	73-72=145
	Pádraig Harrington	69-76=145
	Tim Herron	70-75=145
	Charles Howell III	76-69=145
	Graeme McDowell	74-71=145
	Francesco Molinari	72-73=145
	Joe Ogilvie	72-73=145
	Nick O'Hern	74-71=145
	Louis Oosthuizen	71-74=145
	Ryan Palmer	73-72=145
	John Senden	74-71=145
	Chris DiMarco	73-73=146	+2
	Lucas Glover	74-72=146
	J. J. Killeen	69-77=146
	Davis Love III (c)	72-74=146
	Sean O'Hair	69-77=146
	Webb Simpson	73-73=146
	Kyle Stanley	73-73=146
	Camilo Villegas	75-71=146
	Arjun Atwal	69-78=147	+3
	Chad Campbell	72-75=147
	Ken Duke	73-74=147
	Tommy Gainey	74-73=147
	Brandt Jobe	73-74=147
	John Mallinger	73-74=147
	Jeff Overton	78-69=147
	Scott Piercy	73-74=147
	Chez Reavie	72-75=147
	Rory Sabbatini	76-71=147
	Vijay Singh	73-74=147
	Scott Stallings	72-75=147
	Chris Stroud	73-74=147
	Michael Bradley	74-74=148	+4
	Greg Chalmers	72-76=148
	Ernie Els	74-74=148
	Billy Mayfair	79-69=148
	Rory McIlroy	72-76=148
	John Merrick	70-78=148
	Yang Yong-eun	80-68=148
	Retief Goosen	72-77=149	+5
	Bud Cauley	75-75=150	+6
	Charley Hoffman	79-71=150
	Freddie Jacobson	71-79=150
	Hunter Mahan	74-76=150
	Brandt Snedeker	76-74=150
	Steve Stricker	76-74=150
	Gary Woodland	77-73=150
	K. J. Choi (c)	75-76=151	+7
	Matt Every	77-74=151
	Robert Garrigus	73-78=151
	Brendan Steele	72-79=151
	Mark Wilson	74-77=151
	Matt Bettencourt	75-77=152	+8
	Kevin Chappell	74-78=152
	James Driscoll	73-79=152
	J. B. Holmes	74-78=152
	Ryuji Imada	75-77=152
	Jerry Kelly	82-72=154	+10
	Aaron Baddeley	78-77=155	+11
	Tom Pernice Jr.	80-75=155	+11
	Troy Matteson	79-77=156	+12
	Colt Knost	79-78=157	+13
Andrés Romero	76-82=158	+14
WD	Scott Verplank	72	E
	Briny Baird	76	+4
	Simon Dyson	76	+4
	Ángel Cabrera	78	+6
	Paul Casey
	Hunter Haas
DQ	D. J. Trahan	80	+8

Source:^[3]

Scorecard

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
Kuchar	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−13	−13
Curtis	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−6	−7	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−11
Fowler	−10	−10	−10	−11	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−11	−11
Johnson	−7	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11
Laird	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−11
Na	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:^[4]

References

^ "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
^ Donegan, Lawrence (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ "Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

External links

The Players Championship website

[1] "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2013.

[2] Donegan, Lawrence (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2013.

[tpcpr-3] "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

[ldr-4] "Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

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