This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2014 Players' Championship.
2014 Players Championship
DatesMay 8–11, 2014
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
CourseTPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Yardage7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field144 players, 82 after cut
(71 after second cut)
Cut144 (Even), 218 (+2)
Purse$10.0 million
Winners share$1.80 million
ChampionMartin Kaymer
Score275 (−13)
Coordinates30.198°N 81.394°W
Previous2013
Next2015

The 2014 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 8–11 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 41st Players Championship.

Martin Kaymer opened with a 63, led after each round, and won his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk.[1] It was the first to feature an eight-figure purse,[2] with a winner's share of $1.8 million.

With defending champion and world number one Tiger Woods out of competition due to back surgery in late March,[3] four entered this Players Championship with an opportunity to ascend to the top of the world rankings. World number two Adam Scott needed a 16th-place finish, third-ranked Henrik Stenson a top-six finish, number four Bubba Watson a solo runner-up, and fifth-ranked Matt Kuchar a win.[4] They finished at T38, T34, T48, and T17, respectively, and Woods remained number one.[5][6][7]

Due to 82 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.

This was the first year for the new playoff format, a three-hole aggregate beginning on the 16th hole,[8] which was not necessary. After a 90-minute rain delay late in the final round, Kaymer finished with a par in near-darkness.[1] If he had bogeyed the final hole, the playoff would have begun on Monday morning.

Kaymer was the fourth European to win the Players, following Sandy Lyle, Sergio García, and Henrik Stenson. A month later he won the U.S. Open at Pinehurst and became the fourth to win the Players and a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1978, Open), Hal Sutton (1983, PGA), and Woods (2001, Masters).

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 33rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

Source:[9]

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Woody Austin, Bae Sang-moon (2), Jonas Blixt (2,8), Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Dufner (2,4,8), Ken Duke (2), Harris English (2,8,12), Matt Every (2,8,12), Bill Haas (2,7,8), Chesson Hadley, Russell Henley (2,8), J. B. Holmes (3), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Zach Johnson (2,8,12), Matt Jones (2,8), Chris Kirk (2,12), Matt Kuchar (2,5,6,8,12), Phil Mickelson (2,4,8), Ryan Moore (2,8), Noh Seung-yul, Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,6,8), Adam Scott (2,4,6,8), John Senden (2), Webb Simpson (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,8,12), Kevin Stadler (2), Scott Stallings (2), Henrik Stenson (2,5,7,8), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,8,12), Boo Weekley (2), Gary Woodland (2,8)

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

Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Charlie Beljan, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Ángel Cabrera, Roberto Castro, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink (4), Tim Clark (5), Erik Compton, Ben Crane, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (8), Luke Donald (8), James Driscoll, Ernie Els (4,8), Derek Ernst, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Jim Furyk (8), Sergio García (8), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover (4), Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Martin Kaymer (4), Jerry Kelly, Jason Kokrak, Martin Laird, Lee Dong-hwan, Richard H. Lee, Scott Langley, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan (6,8), Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, Rory McIlroy (4,8), George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, Geoff Ogilvy, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, D. A. Points, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (6,8), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman (8), Steve Stricker (8), Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney, Lee Westwood (8), Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson

3. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Briny Baird, Jonathan Byrd, Retief Goosen, Kevin Na, Shawn Stefani

4. Major champions from the past five years

Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen (8), Yang Yong-eun

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years
6. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners from 2011–12 only if PGA Tour members)
7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
8. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Thomas Bjørn, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Stephen Gallacher, Thongchai Jaidee, Joost Luiten, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari

9. Senior Players champion from prior year

Kenny Perry

10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Michael Putnam

11. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

John Peterson

12. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders
13. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Russell Knox, Will MacKenzie

Tiger Woods (2001, 2013) was recovering from back surgery. This was the third time the defending champion did not compete,
following 1998 (Steve Elkington, sinus surgery) and 1983 (Jerry Pate, neck).

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Martin Kaymer tied the course record by shooting a nine-under-par 63. His round included nine birdies including seven on the front nine (his second nine), setting the nine-hole record with 29 (−7). Russell Henley was two strokes back and Bae Sang-moon was three back.[10]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Martin Kaymer63−9
2Russell Henley65−7
3Bae Sang-moon66−6
T4Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño67−5
Sergio García
Justin Rose
Jordan Spieth
Scott Stallings
Brian Stuard
Lee Westwood
Gary Woodland

Second round

Friday, May 9, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Martin Kaymer63-69=132−12
2Jordan Spieth67-66=133−11
3Russell Henley65-71=136−8
T4Jim Furyk70-68=138−6
Sergio García67-71=138
Justin Rose67-71=138
Lee Westwood67-71=138
Gary Woodland67-71=138
T9Bae Sang-moon66-73=139−5
Scott Brown68-71=139
Brian Davis72-67=139
Bill Haas68-71=139
Matt Jones70-69=139
George McNeill71-68=139
Kevin Na70-69=139
Geoff Ogilvy69-70=139
Charl Schwartzel72-67=139
John Senden70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, May 10, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Martin Kaymer63-69-72=204−12
Jordan Spieth67-66-71=204
T3Sergio García67-71-69=207−9
John Senden70-69-68=207
T5Matt Jones70-69-69=208−8
George McNeill71-68-69=208
Gary Woodland67-71-70=208
T8David Hearn70-71-68=209−7
Francesco Molinari72-70-67=209
Justin Rose67-71-71=209
Lee Westwood67-71-71=209

Final round

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Martin Kaymer63-69-72-71=275−131,800,000
2Jim Furyk70-68-72-66=276−121,080,000
3Sergio García (c)67-71-69-70=277−11680,000
T4Justin Rose67-71-71-69=278−10440,000
Jordan Spieth67-66-71-74=278
T6David Hearn70-71-68-70=279−9313,000
Rory McIlroy70-74-69-66=279
Francesco Molinari72-70-67-70=279
Jimmy Walker75-68-71-65=279
Lee Westwood67-71-71-70=279
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T11Brian Davis72-67-73-68=280−8240,000
Gary Woodland67-71-70-72=280
T13K. J. Choi (c)74-70-72-65=281−7187,500
Chris Kirk71-73-70-67=281
George McNeill71-68-69-73=281
Steve Stricker71-70-71-69=281
T17Russell Henley65-71-80-66=282−6135,333
Justin Hicks73-70-71-68=282
Morgan Hoffmann71-70-70-71=282
Matt Jones70-69-69-74=282
Matt Kuchar (c)71-71-69-71=282
Brian Stuard67-76-69-70=282
T23Marc Leishman70-72-74-67=283−596,000
Hideki Matsuyama70-71-72-70=283
Daniel Summerhays74-68-69-72=283
T26Kevin Chappell72-68-75-69=284−469,500
Bill Haas68-71-72-73=284
Billy Horschel72-70-75-67=284
Zach Johnson69-71-72-72=284
Ryan Moore70-74-67-73=284
John Senden70-69-68-77=284
Brendan Steele69-73-75-67=284
Bo Van Pelt71-70-70-73=284
T34Erik Compton72-70-74-69=285−352,750
Russell Knox72-72-73-68=285
Scott Langley71-72-72-70=285
Henrik Stenson (c)71-70-70-74=285
T38Ángel Cabrera70-74-71-71=286−238,000
Stewart Cink70-70-70-76=286
Luke Donald73-69-75-69=286
Jamie Donaldson74-67-74-71=286
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño67-77-72-70=286
Charley Hoffman77-67-71-71=286
Justin Leonard (c)68-73-70-75=286
Kevin Na70-69-76-71=286
Rory Sabbatini71-73-69-73=286
Adam Scott (c)77-67-69-73=286
T48Charlie Beljan73-69-73-72=287−124,072
Steven Bowditch72-72-71-72=287
Jason Dufner69-74-72-72=287
Martin Flores70-71-74-72=287
Retief Goosen72-70-75-70=287
J. J. Henry74-70-72-71=287
Jeff Maggert72-71-74-70=287
Pat Perez68-73-75-71=287
Charl Schwartzel72-67-77-71=287
Brandt Snedeker75-69-67-76=287
Bubba Watson69-72-70-76=287
T59Dustin Johnson68-74-72-74=288E22,000
Ryan Palmer71-73-71-73=288
John Peterson73-69-72-74=288
T62Scott Brown68-71-77-73=289+121,500
Graeme McDowell69-71-77-72=289
64Freddie Jacobson70-70-75-75=290+221,200
T65Richard H. Lee71-71-76-73=291+320,800
Ian Poulter74-69-72-76=291
Scott Stallings67-77-71-76=291
68Bae Sang-moon66-73-79-74=292+420,400
69Geoff Ogilvy69-70-76-78=293+520,200
70Brendon de Jonge69-74-75-76=294+620,000
71Kyle Stanley73-69-76-77=295+719,800
T72Ernie Els68-76-75=219+319,400
John Huh69-72-78=219
Noh Seung-yul76-68-75=219
T75Jonas Blixt71-72-77=220+418,900
John Merrick72-71-77=220
T77Stuart Appleby71-73-77=221+518,400
Rickie Fowler71-72-78=221
John Rollins73-71-77=221
T80Joost Luiten68-72-82=222+617,900
Chris Stroud76-67-79=222
82Jeff Overton70-72-83=225+917,600
CUTKeegan Bradley72-73=145+1
Derek Ernst76-69=145
Lucas Glover75-70=145
Chesson Hadley73-72=145
Charles Howell III71-74=145
Will MacKenzie73-72=145
Phil Mickelson (c)75-70=145
Carl Pettersson74-71=145
Ted Potter Jr.73-72=145
Johnson Wagner73-72=145
Charlie Wi76-69=145
Jason Bohn74-72=146+2
Jonathan Byrd72-74=146
Roberto Castro72-74=146
Graham DeLaet69-77=146
Ken Duke72-74=146
Robert Garrigus75-71=146
James Hahn70-76=146
Brian Harman74-72=146
Thongchai Jaidee73-73=146
Jerry Kelly78-68=146
Martin Laird76-70=146
Kevin Stadler72-74=146
Camilo Villegas70-76=146
Luke Guthrie73-74=147+3
Kenny Perry77-70=147
Josh Teater71-76=147
Michael Thompson71-76=147
Cameron Tringale77-70=147
Aaron Baddeley73-75=148+4
Harris English73-75=148
Stephen Gallacher70-78=148
David Lingmerth71-77=148
Bryce Molder77-71=148
Michael Putnam75-73=148
Webb Simpson75-73=148
Kevin Streelman69-79=148
Boo Weekley75-73=148
Thomas Bjørn73-76=149+5
Greg Chalmers74-75=149
Darren Clarke76-73=149
Brian Gay70-79=149
J. B. Holmes76-73=149
Shawn Stefani75-74=149
Yang Yong-eun75-74=149
Jason Kokrak70-80=150+6
Andrés Romero76-74=150
Nick Watney71-79=150
Ben Crane76-75=151+7
Hunter Mahan73-78=151
D. A. Points75-76=151
Nicholas Thompson77-74=151
Tim Clark (c)71-81=152+8
Louis Oosthuizen77-75=152
James Driscoll75-78=153+9
Matt Every76-77=153
William McGirt72-81=153
Patrick Reed74-79=153
Mark Wilson79-74=153
Woody Austin78-76=154+10
WDBriny Baird77+5
Lee Dong-hwan78+6

Source:[11]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Kaymer−12−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−14−14−15−15−15−15−13−13−13−13
Furyk−7−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12
García−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−10−11−11−10−10−10−10−11
Rose−7−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−9−8−7−7−7−8−8−9−10
Spieth−12−13−13−14−13−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−10−9−10−10−10
Hearn−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9
McIlroy−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−5−6−7−7−6−6−7−8−9
Molinari−8−9−9−9−9−10−9−9−9−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−9
Walker−2−3−4−5−5−4−5−5−6−6−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−9
Westwood−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−7−8−8−9−9−9−10−9−9−9−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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|- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:[12]

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