This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2005 Players' Championship.
2005 Players Championship
DatesMarch 24–28, 2005
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
CourseTPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Yardage7,093 yards (6,486 m)
Field146 players, 84 after cut
Cut143 (−1)
Purse$8.0 million
Winners share$1.44 million
ChampionFred Funk
Score279 (−9)
Coordinates30.198°N 81.394°W
Previous2004
Next2006

The 2005 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 32nd Players Championship.

Tournament summary

Fred Funk became the oldest champion at age 48, one stroke ahead of runners-up Luke Donald, Tom Lehman, and Scott Verplank.[1] Because of numerous weather delays, the second round was completed on Sunday, the third on Monday morning,[2][3] followed by the final round.[1] Funk played 32 holes on Monday in blustery conditions.

Defending champion Adam Scott finished four strokes back, in a tie for eighth place.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 24th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

Eligibility requirements

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

Zach Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Vijay Singh, Joey Sindelar, Sergio García, Steve Flesch, David Toms, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Adam Scott, Stephen Ames, Mark Hensby, Todd Hamilton, Jonathan Byrd, Carlos Franco, Rod Pampling, Vaughn Taylor, Woody Austin, Bart Bryant, Fred Funk, Andre Stolz, Brent Geiberger, Ryan Palmer, Stuart Appleby, Justin Leonard, Tiger Woods, Geoff Ogilvy, Pádraig Harrington, Kenny Perry

The top 125 finishers on the 2004 Official PGA Tour money list.[4]

Davis Love III, Chris DiMarco, Mike Weir, Rory Sabbatini, Jerry Kelly, Scott Verplank, John Daly, Shigeki Maruyama, Chad Campbell, K. J. Choi, Jay Haas, Darren Clarke, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Jonathan Kaye, Luke Donald, Ted Purdy, Kirk Triplett, Bo Van Pelt, Jesper Parnevik, Jeff Maggert, Robert Allenby, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Pernice Jr., Harrison Frazar, Joe Ogilvie, Fred Couples, Carl Pettersson, Arron Oberholser, Tom Lehman, Alex Čejka, Craig Parry, Chris Riley, Frank Lickliter, Freddie Jacobson, Justin Rose, Patrick Sheehan, Skip Kendall, Tim Petrovic, Stephen Leaney, Briny Baird, Tim Clark, Heath Slocum, Thomas Bjørn, Bob Estes, Brad Faxon, Jeff Sluman, Loren Roberts, Bob Tway, Joe Durant, Shaun Micheel, Bernhard Langer, Kevin Sutherland, Brian Bateman, Kevin Na, Michael Allen, Corey Pavin, John Huston, Tom Byrum, Dudley Hart, J. J. Henry, Todd Fischer, Tommy Armour III, Lee Janzen, Brett Quigley, Matt Gogel, Hank Kuehne, Hunter Mahan, J. L. Lewis, Nick Price, Hidemichi Tanaka, Scott McCarron, José Cóceres, Cameron Beckman, Daniel Chopra, John Rollins, Robert Gamez, Pat Perez, Mark Calcavecchia, Neal Lancaster, John Senden, Chris Smith, Jim Furyk, Dennis Paulson, Peter Lonard, Kent Jones, Jay Williamson, Stephen Allan, Brian Gay, Aaron Baddeley, Billy Andrade, Tag Ridings

For the duration of their exemption, PGA Tour members who earned a Tournament Winner exemption prior to March 1, 2004.

Steve Lowery, Len Mattiace, Peter Jacobsen

Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 1995 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2004. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.

Steve Elkington, Nick Faldo, Steve Jones, Mark Brooks, Hal Sutton, Craig Perks, David Duval, Rich Beem, Ben Curtis

Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1995–1997).

Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

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

Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

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

Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Lee Westwood, Ángel Cabrera, Nick O'Hern, Paul Casey, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, David Howell, Richard Green

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2005 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2005 Official PGA Tour money list below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.[4]

Tom Gillis, Robert Damron, Craig Barlow

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

Sources:[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 24, 2005

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Steve Jones64−8
T2Fred Funk65−7
Zach Johnson
Lee Westwood
T5Luke Donald66−6
Sergio García
J. L. Lewis
T8Bob Estes67−5
Pádraig Harrington
Brett Quigley
Vijay Singh
Bob Tway

Source:[6]

Second round

Friday, March 25, 2005
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Sunday, March 27, 2005

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Luke Donald66-68=134−10
Joe Durant69-65=134
Tim Herron68-66=134
Lee Westwood65-69=134
5Zach Johnson65-70=135−9
6Kirk Triplett70-66=136−8
T7Fred Funk65-72=137−7
Dudley Hart70-67=137
Graeme McDowell71-66=137
Adam Scott69-68=137
Vaughn Taylor70-67=137

Source:[7]

Third round

Sunday, March 27, 2005
Monday, March 28, 2005

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Luke Donald66-68-70=204−12
2Joe Durant69-65-71=205−11
3Tim Herron68-66-72=206−10
4Zach Johnson65-70-72=207−9
T5Fred Funk65-72-71=208−8
Retief Goosen69-70-69=208
Rod Pampling70-70-68=208
T8Steve Elkington72-66-71=209−7
Craig Parry68-70-71=209
rowspan="6" align="center|T10Alex Čejka70-70-70=210−6
Jay Haas69-69-72=210
Nick Price71-70-69=210
Adam Scott69-68-73=210
Vaughn Taylor70-67-73=210
Scott Verplank71-67-72=210

Source:[7][8]

Final round

Monday, March 28, 2005

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Fred Funk65-72-71-71=279−91,440,000
T2Luke Donald66-68-70-76=280−8597,333
Tom Lehman71-69-72-68=280
Scott Verplank71-67-72-70=280
5Joe Durant69-65-71-76=281−7320,000
T6Steve Elkington (c)72-66-71-73=282−6278,000
Tim Herron68-66-72-76=282
T8Zach Johnson65-70-72-76=283−5224,000
J. L. Lewis66-77-70-70=283
Davis Love III (c)72-66-74-71=283
Adam Scott (c)69-68-73-73=283
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T12Mark Calcavecchia71-70-72-71=284−4156,800
Alex Čejka70-70-70-74=284
Retief Goosen69-70-69-76=284
Steve Lowery69-74-72-69=284
Vijay Singh67-74-71-72=284
T17Ernie Els71-71-74-69=285−3112,000
Bob Estes67-73-73-72=285
Joey Sindelar70-71-70-74=285
Kirk Triplett70-66-76-73=285
Mike Weir74-68-69-74=285
T22John Senden74-69-70-73=286−286,400
Lee Westwood65-69-80-72=286
T24Jay Haas69-69-72-77=287−170,400
Nick O'Hern76-65-72-74=287
Brett Quigley67-73-78-69=287
T27Michael Allen71-71-70-76=288E56,800
Nick Faldo71-70-74-73=288
Arron Oberholser73-68-72-75=288
Rod Pampling70-70-68-80=288
Tim Petrovic71-71-71-75=288
T32Jonathan Byrd73-68-73-75=289+142,400
Stewart Cink70-68-73-78=289
Sergio García66-75-70-78=289
Shigeki Maruyama70-68-76-75=289
Joe Ogilvie72-67-72-78=289
Pat Perez70-70-72-77=289
Nick Price (c)71-70-69-79=289
Vaughn Taylor70-67-73-79=289
T40Daniel Chopra68-70-73-79=290+230,400
Hunter Mahan68-75-70-77=290
Graeme McDowell71-66-74-79=290
Phil Mickelson70-68-77-75=290
Craig Parry68-70-71-81=290
Duffy Waldorf72-69-72-77=290
T46Tom Byrum72-71-75-73=291+321,394
Brad Faxon72-69-73-77=291
Richard Green (golfer)75-68-71-77=291
Miguel Ángel Jiménez70-69-82-70=291
Jeff Maggert70-71-71-79=291
Jesper Parnevik69-71-72-79=291
Jeff Sluman71-67-75-78=291
T53Jonathan Kaye72-69-77-75=293+518,613
Heath Slocum70-72-74-77=293
Tiger Woods (c)70-73-75-75=293
T56Tommy Armour III70-73-74-77=294+617,760
Briny Baird68-73-75-78=294
Brian Bateman71-71-75-77=294
Robert Gamez68-75-69-82=294
Ted Purdy69-74-72-79=294
Bob Tway67-71-80-76=294
Jay Williamson72-68-77-77=294
T63Craig Barlow73-70-73-79=295+716,800
Darren Clarke73-70-73-79=295
Robert Damron72-71-76-76=295
Pádraig Harrington67-73-77-78=295
Dudley Hart70-67-76-82=295
T68Lee Janzen (c)73-69-74-80=296+816,160
Kevin Sutherland72-70-74-80=296
David Toms70-71-73-82=296
T71Len Mattiace72-71-76-78=297+915,760
Shaun Micheel68-74-72-83=297
T73Cameron Beckman74-69-73-82=298+1015,440
Mark Hensby72-70-76-80=298
T75Brian Gay71-72-74-82=299+1115,040
Kent Jones74-68-75-82=299
Steve Jones64-77-74-84=299
78Aaron Baddeley73-69-80-78=300+1214,720
T79Steve Flesch72-71-78-81=302+1414,480
Frank Lickliter72-71-73-86=302
81José Cóceres73-70-78-82=303+1514,240
82Tag Ridings72-71-82-79=304+1614,080
CUTRobert Allenby75-69=144E
Mark Brooks70-74=144
Ángel Cabrera73-71=144
Chad Campbell72-72=144
Jim Furyk74-70=144
J. J. Henry72-72=144
Charles Howell III72-72=144
John Huston73-71=144
Peter Jacobsen70-74=144
Bernhard Langer75-69=144
Corey Pavin69-75=144
Tom Pernice Jr.73-71=144
Carl Pettersson73-71=144
Justin Rose77-67=144
Chris Smith73-71=144
Stephen Ames71-74=145+1
Paul Casey74-71=145
Ben Curtis72-73=145
John Daly73-72=145
Tom Gillis74-71=145
Matt Gogel75-70=145
Kenny Perry74-71=145
Loren Roberts74-71=145
Rory Sabbatini75-70=145
Fred Couples (c)74-72=146+2
Todd Fischer70-76=146
Jerry Kelly71-75=146
Skip Kendall73-73=146
Peter Lonard73-73=146
Bo Van Pelt75-71=146
Bart Bryant72-75=147+3
K. J. Choi73-74=147
Tim Clark77-70=147
Chris DiMarco73-74=147
David Howell74-73=147
Craig Perks (c)75-72=147
John Rollins74-73=147
Patrick Sheehan75-72=147
Billy Andrade73-75=148+4
Carlos Franco74-74=148
Harrison Frazar78-70=148
Todd Hamilton74-74=148
Hank Kuehne70-78=148
Geoff Ogilvy74-74=148
Dennis Paulson75-73=148
Ian Poulter70-78=148
Chris Riley76-72=148
Rich Beem72-77=149+5
Stephen Leaney72-77=149
Kevin Na77-72=149
Freddie Jacobson73-77=150+6
Justin Leonard (c)76-74=150
Woody Austin78-73=151+7
Scott McCarron76-76=152+8
Ryan Palmer76-76=152
Stephen Allan77-77=154+10
Andre Stolz78-76=154
David Duval (c)76-79=155+11
Stuart Appleby80-78=158+14
WDBrent Geiberger69-70-78=217+1
Thomas Bjørn69-74=143−1
Hidemichi Tanaka72E
Neal Lancaster81+9
Hal Sutton (c)84+12

Source:[9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Funk−8−8−7−7−7−7−8−9−9−9−9−10−11−10−9−10−9−9
Donald−11−11−12−10−10−10−9−9−8−9−9−8−8−7−7−8−8−8
Lehman−4−5−5−6−7−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−8
Verplank−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−9−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−8
Durant−11−12−11−11−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−9−9−8−8−8−8−7
Elkington−6−6−6−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−8−7−6
Herron−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−8−7−8−8−9−8−7−7−7−7−6
Johnson−9−9−9−10−9−8−8−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−6−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

Source:[10]

References

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