2019 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the snooker tournament, see 2019 Players Championship (snooker). For the curling tournament, see 2019 Players' Championship.

The 2019 Players Championship was the 46th Players Championship and was played March 14–17 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 38th edition held at the Stadium Course and the first in March in thirteen years.

2019 Players Championship

Official Poster of the 2019 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 14–17, 2019
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,189 yards (6,574 m)
Field	144 players, 80 after cut 73 after second cut
Cut	143 (−1)
Prize fund	$12.5 million
Winner's share	$2.25 million
Champion
Rory McIlroy
272 (−16)
Location map
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On January 28, 2019, it was announced the 2019 Players Championship would have a $12.5 million purse, "the biggest prize professional golf has ever seen for a single tournament." It was a 13 percent increase from the 2018 Championship.^[1]

Rory McIlroy shot a two-under 70 in the final round for 272 (−16) to win his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk. Defending champion Webb Simpson finished six strokes back, tied for 16th place.^[2][3]

Venue

Main article: TPC Sawgrass

Course layout

The 2019 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	76.4 / 155	423	532	177	384	471	393	451	237	583	3,651	424	558	302	181	481	470	523	137	462	3,538	7,189
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 the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Keegan Bradley (2,9), Cameron Champ, Bryson DeChambeau (2,8,9), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9,13), J. B. Holmes (2,9), Charles Howell III (2,9,13), Dustin Johnson (2,4,7,9,13), Michael Kim (2), Brooks Koepka (2,4,9,13), Matt Kuchar (2,9,13), Marc Leishman (2,8,9,13), Adam Long, Troy Merritt (2), Phil Mickelson (2,7,9,13), Keith Mitchell (2), Francesco Molinari (2,4,8,9), Kevin Na (2), Andrew Putnam (2,9), Justin Rose (2,7,9), Xander Schauffele (2,6,7,9,13), Webb Simpson (2,5,9), Brandt Snedeker (2), Martin Trainer, Justin Thomas (2,4,7,9,13), Kevin Tway (2), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9), Aaron Wise (2), Tiger Woods (2,6,9)

2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

An Byeong-hun, Abraham Ancer, Ryan Armour, Daniel Berger, Ryan Blaum, Scott Brown, Bronson Burgoon, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (9), Patrick Cantlay (9), Bud Cauley, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Stewart Cink, Austin Cook, Joel Dahmen, Jason Day (4,5,7,9), Jason Dufner (8), Tyler Duncan, Harris English, Tony Finau (9), Tommy Fleetwood (9), Brice Garnett, Brian Gay, Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo, Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brandon Harkins, Tyrrell Hatton (9), Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, Tom Hoge, Billy Horschel (9), Beau Hossler, John Huh, Zach Johnson (4), Kang Sung-hoon, Kim Si-woo (5), Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (9), Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Satoshi Kodaira, Jason Kokrak, Kelly Kraft, Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Andrew Landry, Danny Lee, Luke List, Hideki Matsuyama (7,9), Rory McIlroy (4,6,8,9), Ryan Moore, Trey Mullinax, Grayson Murray, Alex Norén (9), Louis Oosthuizen (9), Ryan Palmer, Pan Cheng-tsung, Scott Piercy, J. T. Poston, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (9), Séamus Power, Jon Rahm (9), Chez Reavie, Patrick Reed (4,9), Patrick Rodgers, Sam Ryder, Rory Sabbatini, Sam Saunders, Ollie Schniederjans, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (9), Cameron Smith (9), J. J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth (4,9), Scott Stallings, Kyle Stanley (9), Brendan Steele, Henrik Stenson (4,9), Kevin Streelman, Brian Stuard, Nick Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Peter Uihlein, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas, Jimmy Walker (4), Nick Watney, Richy Werenski, Gary Woodland (9,13)

• Kevin Chappell, James Hahn, Kim Meen-whee, Jamie Lovemark, William McGirt (8), Sean O'Hair, and Pat Perez did not play

3. Top 125 (medical)

Lucas Glover

4. Major champions from the past five years

Sergio García (9), Martin Kaymer (5), Danny Willett

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years

8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Lucas Bjerregaard, Matt Fitzpatrick, Li Haotong, Shane Lowry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Eddie Pepperell, Matt Wallace

10. Senior Players champion from prior year

Vijay Singh

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Im Sung-jae

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Denny McCarthy

13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

• Michael Thompson (41)
• Talor Gooch (43)
• Corey Conners (50)
• Aaron Baddeley (61)
• Scott Langley (62)
• Jim Furyk (64)
• Dominic Bozzelli (65)
• Wyndham Clark (72)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Keegan Bradley and Tommy Fleetwood shot 7-under-par rounds of 65 to share the lead by one stroke over An Byeong-hun and Brian Harman.^[4] Harris English scored an albatross on the par-5 11th hole, the third albatross in as many years at TPC Sawgrass.^[5]

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Keegan Bradley	65	−7
	Tommy Fleetwood
T3	An Byeong-hun	66	−6
	Brian Harman
T5	Rory McIlroy	67	−5
	Ryan Moore
	Vaughn Taylor
T8	Kevin Kisner	68	−4
	J. T. Poston
	Rory Sabbatini
	Kyle Stanley
	Brendan Steele

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, March 15, 2019

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Tommy Fleetwood	65-67=132	−12
	Rory McIlroy	67-65=132
T3	Abraham Ancer	69-66=135	−9
	Jim Furyk	71-64=135
	Brian Harman	66-69=135
	Ian Poulter	69-66=135
T7	Jason Day	70-66=136	−8
	Kevin Kisner	68-68=136
	Keith Mitchell	71-65=136
T10	An Byeong-hun	66-71=137	−7
	Dustin Johnson	69-68=137
	Luke List	69-68=137
	J. T. Poston	68-69=137
	Jon Rahm	69-68=137
	Rory Sabbatini	68-69=137
	Vaughn Taylor	67-70=137

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jon Rahm	69-68-64=201	−15
T2	Tommy Fleetwood	65-67-70=202	−14
	Rory McIlroy	67-65-70=202
4	Jason Day	70-66-68=204	−12
5	Abraham Ancer	69-66-70=205	−11
T6	Keegan Bradley	65-73-68=206	−10
	Jim Furyk	71-64-71=206
	Brian Harman	66-69-71=206
	Dustin Johnson	69-68-69=206
	Ollie Schniederjans	71-70-65=206
	Brandt Snedeker	69-72-65=206

Source:^[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Champion

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Rory McIlroy	67-65-70-70=272	−16	2,250,000
2	Jim Furyk	71-64-71-67=273	−15	1,350,000
T3	Eddie Pepperell	72-68-68-66=274	−14	725,000
	Jhonattan Vegas	72-69-67-66=274
T5	Tommy Fleetwood	65-67-70-73=275	−13	456,250
	Dustin Johnson	69-68-69-69=275
	Brandt Snedeker	69-72-65-69=275
T8	Jason Day (c)	70-66-68-72=276	−12	350,000
	Brian Harman	66-69-71-70=276
	Hideki Matsuyama	71-72-66-67=276
	Justin Rose	74-66-68-68=276

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Abraham Ancer	69-66-70-72=277	−11	253,125
	Joel Dahmen	69-71-67-70=277
	Jon Rahm	69-68-64-76=277
	Adam Scott (c)	70-69-68-70=277
T16	Keegan Bradley	65-73-68-72=278	−10	193,750
	Ollie Schniederjans	71-70-65-72=278
	Webb Simpson (c)	70-70-70-68=278
	Nick Taylor	73-69-69-67=278
T20	Bryson DeChambeau	70-69-69-71=279	−9	156,250
	Ryan Moore	67-74-69-69=279
T22	Tony Finau	69-71-68-72=280	−8	125,000
	Sergio García (c)	69-70-74-67=280
	Kevin Kisner	68-68-71-73=280
	J. T. Poston	68-69-73-70=280
T26	An Byeong-hun	66-71-73-71=281	−7	94,375
	Emiliano Grillo	70-72-73-66=281
	Billy Horschel	69-70-73-69=281
	Matt Kuchar (c)	69-70-72-70=281
T30	Lucas Bjerregaard	70-70-70-72=282	−6	77,625
	Tom Hoge	69-71-70-72=282
	Matt Wallace	69-73-70-70=282
	Gary Woodland	72-69-73-68=282
	Tiger Woods (c)	70-71-72-69=282
T35	Brice Garnett	71-69-73-70=283	−5	60,312
	Charles Howell III	69-70-75-69=283
	Russell Knox	70-68-73-72=283
	Séamus Power	74-67-73-69=283
	Rory Sabbatini	68-69-74-72=283
	Justin Thomas	71-72-70-70=283
T41	Corey Conners	72-70-68-74=284	−4	45,000
	Matt Fitzpatrick	70-71-72-71=284
	Denny McCarthy	69-72-72-71=284
	Thorbjørn Olesen	70-69-76-69=284
	Vaughn Taylor	67-70-71-76=284
	Martin Trainer	73-69-72-70=284
T47	Bud Cauley	69-70-76-70=285	−3	31,388
	Rickie Fowler (c)	74-67-68-76=285
	Kang Sung-hoon	73-66-74-72=285
	Jason Kokrak	73-68-74-70=285
	Kelly Kraft	73-70-71-71=285
	Andrew Landry	73-68-73-71=285
	Keith Mitchell	71-65-75-74=285
	Patrick Reed	69-69-69-78=285
	Richy Werenski	72-71-68-74=285
T56	Brian Gay	76-67-68-75=286	−2	27,250
	Kim Si-woo (c)	73-68-72-73=286
	Chris Kirk	74-69-72-71=286
	Brooks Koepka	72-71-73-70=286
	Luke List	69-68-75-74=286
	Francesco Molinari	72-70-72-72=286
	Louis Oosthuizen	73-70-73-70=286
	Scott Piercy	74-68-72-72=286
	Ian Poulter	69-66-75-76=286
	Cameron Smith	72-70-73-71=286
	Bubba Watson	72-71-70-73=286
T67	Daniel Berger	75-68-70-74=287	−1	25,500
	Scott Langley	69-72-75-71=287
	Jimmy Walker	75-68-73-71=287
70	Michael Thompson	69-71-72-76=288	E	25,000
71	Martin Kaymer (c)	71-69-73-78=291	+3	24,750
T72	Branden Grace	73-70-72-77=292	+4	24,375
	Pan Cheng-tsung	72-70-74-76=292
T74	Jason Dufner	70-73-74=217	+1	23,750
	Tyler Duncan	70-71-76=217
	Anirban Lahiri	70-71-76=217
77	Patrick Rodgers	72-70-76=218	+2	23,250
78	Kevin Na	71-70-78=219	+3	23,000
T79	Patton Kizzire	71-70-79=220	+4	22,625
	Adam Long	71-72-77=220
CUT	Beau Hossler	70-74=144	E
	Im Sung-jae	73-71=144
	Marc Leishman	71-73=144
	Li Haotong	69-75=144
	Troy Merritt	71-73=144
	Trey Mullinax	69-75=144
	Xander Schauffele	70-74=144
	Scott Stallings	71-73=144
	Kyle Stanley	68-76=144
	Brendan Steele	68-76=144
	Kevin Streelman	73-71=144
	Dominic Bozzelli	74-71=145	+1
	Russell Henley	73-72=145
	J. B. Holmes	73-72=145
	Ryan Palmer	71-74=145
	Chez Reavie	71-74=145
	Sam Ryder	74-71=145
	Jordan Spieth	76-69=145
	Henrik Stenson (c)	75-70=145
	Nick Watney	70-75=145
	Aaron Wise	71-74=145
	Ryan Armour	72-74=146	+2
	Ryan Blaum	71-75=146
	Patrick Cantlay	75-71=146
	Alex Čejka	73-73=146
	Harris English	70-76=146
	Chesson Hadley	76-70=146
	Martin Laird	76-70=146
	Alex Norén	70-76=146
	Brian Stuard	75-71=146
	Stewart Cink	77-70=147	+3
	Austin Cook	72-75=147
	Talor Gooch	72-75=147
	Shane Lowry	73-74=147
	Peter Uihlein	72-75=147
	Aaron Baddeley	75-73=148	+4
	Scott Brown	75-73=148
	Lucas Glover	76-72=148
	Tyrrell Hatton	74-74=148
	Phil Mickelson (c)	74-74=148
	Ted Potter Jr.	74-74=148
	Sam Saunders	75-73=148
	Kevin Tway	76-72=148
	Danny Willett	75-73=148
	Bronson Burgoon	73-76=149	+5
	Charl Schwartzel	75-74=149
	Vijay Singh	73-76=149
	Brandon Harkins	69-81=150	+6
	John Huh	74-76=150
	Zach Johnson	73-77=150
	Satoshi Kodaira	74-76=150
	Grayson Murray	72-78=150
	Harold Varner III	74-76=150
	Adam Hadwin	76-75=151	+7
	Andrew Putnam	76-75=151
	Paul Casey	78-74=152	+8
	Charley Hoffman	75-77=152
	Michael Kim	74-78=152
	Danny Lee	75-77=152
	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	84-69=153	+9
	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	77-76=153
WD	J. J. Spaun	76	+4
	Cameron Champ	78	+6
DQ	Wyndham Clark

Source:^[7]

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
McIlroy	−14	−14	−14	−12	−12	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−15	−15	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16
Furyk	−9	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−15
Pepperell	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−13	−14	−14
Vegas	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14
Fleetwood	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−14	−13	−13
Rahm	−14	−14	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−14	−14	−13	−13	−11	−11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[6]