This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2006 Players' Championship.
2006 Players Championship
DatesMarch 23–26, 2006
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
CourseTPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Yardage7,098 yards (6,490 m)[1]
Field144 players, 74 after cut
Cut144 (Even)
Purse$8.0 million
Winners share$1.44 million
ChampionStephen Ames
Score274 (−14)
Coordinates30.198°N 81.394°W
Previous2005
Next2007

The 2006 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 33rd Players Championship.

Tournament summary

Stephen Ames shot a final round 67 and completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin, six strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen.[2][3] Ames was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over Sergio García and Vijay Singh.[4]

A month earlier at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Ames lasted only ten holes in the first round, falling to Tiger Woods 9&8.[5]

Defending champion Fred Funk finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for sixteenth place.

This was the final Players held in March until 2019; it moved to mid-May in 2007. The Players was moved back to March starting 2019 as the PGA Championship moves from August to May from 2019 onwards.[6][7][8][9]

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; five yards were added this year and its length was 7,098 yards (6,490 m).[1]

Eligibility requirements

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

Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Peter Lonard, Vijay Singh, Tim Petrovic, Ted Purdy, Justin Leonard, Bart Bryant, Sergio García, Michael Campbell, Pádraig Harrington, Jim Furyk, Sean O'Hair, Jason Bohn, Ben Crane, Retief Goosen, Vaughn Taylor, Brad Faxon, Olin Browne, Mark Calcavecchia, Jason Gore, Robert Gamez, K. J. Choi, Wes Short Jr., Lucas Glover, Carl Pettersson, Heath Slocum, Stuart Appleby, David Toms, Chad Campbell, J. B. Holmes, Arron Oberholser, Rory Sabbatini, Geoff Ogilvy, Kirk Triplett, Luke Donald, Rod Pampling

The top 125 finishers on the 2005 Official PGA Tour money list.[10]

Fred Funk, Davis Love III, Adam Scott, Scott Verplank, Tim Clark, Billy Mayfair, Brandt Jobe, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Shigeki Maruyama, Joe Ogilvie, Fred Couples, Zach Johnson, José María Olazábal, John Daly, Stewart Cink, Tom Lehman, Ernie Els, Tom Pernice Jr., Bo Van Pelt, Darren Clarke, Jonathan Kaye, Justin Rose, Mike Weir, Greg Owen, Jerry Kelly, Mark Hensby, Ryan Palmer, Jeff Brehaut, Pat Perez, Robert Allenby, Woody Austin, Billy Andrade, Kevin Na, Jeff Sluman, Bob Tway, Joey Sindelar, Dudley Hart, Joe Durant, J. L. Lewis, Carlos Franco, Charles Warren, Aaron Baddeley, Harrison Frazar, Brett Quigley, Scott McCarron, Arjun Atwal, Stephen Ames, Bernhard Langer, Steve Lowery, Ian Poulter, J. J. Henry, Daniel Chopra, Tag Ridings, Bob Estes, Loren Roberts, Steve Flesch, Freddie Jacobson, John Senden, Brian Davis, John Rollins, James Driscoll, Kevin Sutherland, Dean Wilson, D. J. Trahan, Hank Kuehne, Stephen Leaney, Jeff Maggert, Robert Damron, Corey Pavin, Jesper Parnevik, Doug Barron, Jonathan Byrd, Craig Barlow, Rich Beem, Rocco Mediate, Brian Gay, Richard S. Johnson, Hidemichi Tanaka, Patrick Sheehan, Todd Fischer, John Huston, Ryuji Imada, Tommy Armour III, Kent Jones, Craig Parry, Nick Price

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 from the 1996 to 1997 and from 2001 to 2005. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.

Nick Faldo, Steve Jones, Mark Brooks, Craig Perks, Shaun Micheel, David Duval, Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton

Winners of the NEC World Series in the last years 10 years (1996–1997).

Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2003–2005).

Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last years (2004–2006).

Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2003–2005).

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

Colin Montgomerie, David Howell, Henrik Stenson, Ángel Cabrera, Nick O'Hern, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjørn, Lee Westwood, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Shingo Katayama

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2006 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2006 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.[10]

Camilo Villegas, Nathan Green

Sources:[11]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 23, 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Jim Furyk65−7
Davis Love III
T3Robert Allenby67−5
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Bernhard Langer
T6Ben Crane68−4
Arron Oberholser
José María Olazábal
John Rollins
Vijay Singh
Bo Van Pelt

Source:[12]

Second round

Friday, March 24, 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Jim Furyk65-71=136−8
T2Stephen Ames71-66=137−7
Adam Scott70-67=137
T4K. J. Choi69-69=138−6
Sergio García70-68=138
Vijay Singh68-70=138
T7Brad Faxon70-69=139−5
Steve Flesch69-70=139
Fred Funk69-70=139
Arron Oberholser68-71=139
José María Olazábal68-71=139
Greg Owen71-68=139
John Rollins68-71=139
Bo Van Pelt68-71=139

Source:[13][14]

Third round

Saturday, March 25, 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Stephen Ames71-66-70=207−9
T2Sergio García70-68-70=208−8
Vijay Singh68-70-70=208
T4Henrik Stenson69-71-70=210−6
Mike Weir71-71-68=210
T6Jim Furyk65-71-75=211−5
Retief Goosen69-71-71=211
Tom Pernice Jr.70-70-71=211
Carl Pettersson71-70-70=211
John Rollins68-71-72=211
Bo Van Pelt68-71-72=211

Source:[15]

Final round

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Stephen Ames71-66-70-67=274−141,440,000
2Retief Goosen69-71-71-69=280−8864,000
T3Jim Furyk65-71-75-72=283−5384,000
Pat Perez71-72-69-71=283
Henrik Stenson69-71-70-73=283
Camilo Villegas74-70-68-71=283
7José María Olazábal68-71-74-71=284−4268,000
T8Ernie Els72-70-72-71=285−3208,000
Carl Pettersson71-70-70-74=285
John Rollins68-71-72-74=285
Vijay Singh68-70-70-77=285
Vaughn Taylor73-71-68-73=285
Bo Van Pelt68-71-72-74=285
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T14Sergio García70-68-70-78=286−2148,000
Phil Mickelson70-73-69-74=286
T16K. J. Choi69-69-77-72=287−1124,000
Brad Faxon70-69-79-69=287
Fred Funk (c)70-69-74-74=287
Charles Warren73-71-72-71=287
T20Darren Clarke73-70-72-73=288E100,000
Brian Davis70-73-73-72=288
T22Freddie Jacobson69-72-74-74=289+176,800
Greg Owen71-68-77-73=289
Craig Parry70-73-70-76=289
Mike Weir71-71-68-79=289
Tiger Woods (c)72-69-73-75=289
T27Jason Bohn71-72-72-75=290+253,250
James Driscoll71-72-70-77=290
Todd Fischer73-68-72-77=290
Richard S. Johnson72-70-75-73=290
Tom Lehman71-71-70-78=290
Tom Pernice Jr.70-70-71-79=290
Ian Poulter72-68-75-75=290
Nick Price (c)72-71-74-73=290
35Fred Couples (c)69-73-75-74=291+343,200
T36Ben Crane68-74-77-73=292+440,200
Joe Durant69-72-75-76=292
T38Robert Allenby67-73-78-75=293+532,800
J. B. Holmes71-73-76-73=293
David Howell71-71-81-70=293
Miguel Ángel Jiménez67-74-82-70=293
Jesper Parnevik72-72-72-77=293
Tim Petrovic73-69-80-71=293
Lee Westwood70-73-73-77=293
T45John Daly70-73-74-77=294+622,020
Carlos Franco71-71-75-77=294
Dudley Hart73-70-75-76=294
J. J. Henry71-73-77-73=294
Peter Lonard71-73-74-76=294
Jeff Maggert73-69-78-74=294
Arron Oberholser68-71-74-81=294
Jeff Sluman70-73-75-76=294
T53Robert Gamez71-72-78-74=295+718,613
Charles Howell III71-73-76-75=295
Adam Scott (c)70-67-82-76=295
T56Bart Bryant73-71-74-78=296+818,160
Steve Lowery73-70-78-75=296
T58Zach Johnson71-73-74-79=297+917,600
Bernhard Langer67-75-79-76=297
Rocco Mediate69-74-77-77=297
Sean O'Hair73-71-75-78=297
Joey Sindelar71-73-80-73=297
T63Steve Flesch69-70-75-84=298+1016,960
Harrison Frazar70-74-76-78=298
Kirk Triplett70-71-76-81=298
T66Rich Beem71-72-71-85=299+1116,480
Olin Browne69-75-76-79=299
Nathan Green72-72-75-80=299
69Thomas Bjørn69-73-80-78=300+1216,160
T70Chad Campbell70-72-79-80=301+1315,920
Shingo Katayama70-73-77-81=301
72Mark Calcavecchia69-73-81-79=302+1415,680
73Woody Austin73-69-83-79=304+1615,520
74Mark Hensby71-73-79-83=306+1815,360
CUTStuart Appleby73-72=145+1
Tommy Armour III73-72=145
Mark Brooks71-74=145
Ángel Cabrera72-73=145
Michael Campbell72-73=145
Stewart Cink73-72=145
Ryuji Imada73-72=145
Justin Leonard (c)75-70=145
Nick O'Hern71-74=145
Tag Ridings70-75=145
John Senden73-72=145
Patrick Sheehan71-74=145
Wes Short Jr.76-69=145
Dean Wilson71-74=145
Doug Barron72-74=146+2
Pádraig Harrington73-73=146
Shaun Micheel75-71=146
Heath Slocum72-74=146
Billy Andrade69-78=147+3
Jeff Brehaut71-76=147
Luke Donald73-74=147
Brian Gay75-72=147
Ted Purdy77-70=147
Brett Quigley73-74=147
John Huston73-75=148+4
Jonathan Kaye77-71=148
Davis Love III (c)65-83=148
Colin Montgomerie72-76=148
Kevin Na74-74=148
Joe Ogilvie80-68=148
Scott Verplank75-73=148
Jonathan Byrd72-77=149+5
Daniel Chopra70-79=149
Tim Clark77-72=149
Robert Damron71-78=149
Bob Estes74-75=149
Tim Herron72-77=149
Brandt Jobe75-74=149
Loren Roberts75-74=149
Kent Jones76-74=150+6
Paul McGinley77-73=150
Rod Pampling74-76=150
Justin Rose78-72=150
David Toms73-77=150
Arjun Atwal76-75=151+7
David Duval (c)71-80=151
Lucas Glover76-75=151
Stephen Leaney72-79=151
Billy Mayfair76-75=151
Kevin Sutherland74-77=151
J. L. Lewis76-76=152+8
Hidemichi Tanaka75-77=152
Aaron Baddeley77-76=153+9
Craig Barlow80-73=153
Ben Curtis73-80=153
Todd Hamilton75-78=153
Rory Sabbatini72-81=153
Bob Tway74-79=153
Jerry Kelly72-82=154+10
Ryan Palmer75-79=154
Corey Pavin74-80=154
Nick Faldo76-79=155+11
Geoff Ogilvy78-77=155
Craig Perks (c)79-76=155
Steve Jones73-84=157+13
Jason Gore77-81=158+14
Scott McCarron82-76=158
D. J. Trahan76-83=159+15
Hank Kuehne80-80=160+16
WDShigeki Maruyama78+6

Source:[16]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Ames−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−9−10−10−11−11−12−14−14−14
Goosen−6−7−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−7−6−7−7−7−8
Furyk−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5
Perez−5−6−6−6−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5
Stenson−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−5
Villegas−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−5
Singh−7−7−7−6−5−5−5−5−3−3−4−3−3−2−2−3−3−3
García −8 −7−6−4−3−3−3−3-4 −3 −3-3-3−2−3−3−3−2
Weir−6−6−5−2−1−1−2−2−3EE+1+1+2+1+1+1+1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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