This article is about the golf tournament. For the snooker tournament, see 2017 Players Championship (snooker). For the curling tournament, see 2017 Players' Championship.
2017 Players Championship
DatesMay 11–14, 2017
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
CourseTPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Yardage7,189 yards (6,574 m)
Field145 players, 82 after cut
71 after second cut
Cut146 (+2)
222 (+6) after second cut
ChampionKim Si-woo
Score278 (−10)
Coordinates30.198°N 81.394°W
Previous2016
Next2018

The 2017 Players Championship was the 44th Players Championship, held May 11–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and the 36th edition held at the Stadium Course.

Kim Si-woo, age 21, shot a final round 69 to win at 278 (−10), three strokes ahead of runners-up Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter. Starting the final round two strokes back in fourth place, Kim became the championship's youngest winner by over 1½ years, passing Adam Scott (2004).[1][2]

In the preceding six months on the PGA Tour, Kim had missed the cut or withdrawn in most of his events and was without a top twenty finish.[3][4] The win was his second on tour and moved him up 47 places in the world rankings, from 75 to 28.[5]

In the final round, Rafa Cabrera-Bello recorded the first-ever double eagle at the par-5 16th hole, then birdied the par-3 17th.[6] His tee shot on 18 hooked into the water, but he chipped in to save par and tied for fourth.

Defending champion Jason Day shot 80 on Sunday and was seventeen strokes back, tied for sixtieth place.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

The course was shortened by 26 yards (24 m) this year: #12 was reduced by 56 yards while two other holes were lengthened (#7 by 9 yards and #15 by 21 yards).

Course layout

Source:[7][8]

Field

The field consisted of a minimum of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Aaron Baddeley (3), Daniel Berger (3,10), Jonas Blixt (3), Wesley Bryan (10,12), Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell (3,10), Jason Day (3,5,6,8,9,10), Rickie Fowler (3,6,10,14), Sergio García (3,5,10), Cody Gribble, Adam Hadwin (3,10,14), Brian Harman (3), Russell Henley (3), Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III (3), Dustin Johnson (3,5,8,10,14), Kim Si-woo (3), Russell Knox (3,8,10), Marc Leishman (3,9,10), Hideki Matsuyama (3,8,10,14), William McGirt (3,9,10), Rory McIlroy (3,5,7,8,10), Ryan Moore (3,10), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez (4,14), D. A. Points, Jon Rahm (10,14), Patrick Reed (3,10), Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth (3,5,7,10,14), Brendan Steele (3,14), Henrik Stenson (3,5,10), Hudson Swafford (3), Justin Thomas (3,10,14), Jhonattan Vegas (3), Jimmy Walker (3,5,10)

2. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament

Justin Rose (3,5,10,14)

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

Blayne Barber, Ricky Barnes, Zac Blair, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley, Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (10), Roberto Castro, Alex Čejka, K. J. Choi, Ben Crane, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner (5), Harris English, Derek Fathauer, Tony Finau, Jim Furyk, Robert Garrigus, Lucas Glover, Fabián Gómez, Branden Grace (10), Emiliano Grillo (10), Bill Haas (10), James Hahn, David Hearn, Jim Herman, Charley Hoffman (10), J. B. Holmes (10), Billy Horschel (7), Mark Hubbard, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Zach Johnson (5), Kang Sung-hoon, Smylie Kaufman, Jerry Kelly, Michael Kim, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (10), Patton Kizzire, Brooks Koepka (10), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (6,10), Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Danny Lee, Spencer Levin, David Lingmerth (9), Luke List, Andrew Loupe, Jamie Lovemark, Shane Lowry (8), Peter Malnati, Ben Martin, Graeme McDowell, Troy Merritt, Phil Mickelson (5,10), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari (10), Kevin Na, Noh Seung-yul, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (10), Ryan Palmer, Scott Piercy, Chez Reavie, Kyle Reifers, Patrick Rodgers, Charl Schwartzel (10), Adam Scott (5,8,10), Webb Simpson (5), Vijay Singh, Kyle Stanley, Shawn Stefani, Brett Stegmaier, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Vaughn Taylor, Cameron Tringale, Tyrone van Aswegen, Harold Varner III, Johnson Wagner, Bubba Watson (5,8,10), Boo Weekley, Danny Willett (5,10), Gary Woodland (10)

4. Top 125 (medical)

Patrick Cantlay, Brian Gay, Ian Poulter

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (6,10)

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years
7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
8. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years
9. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015

Matt Every

10. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Yuta Ikeda, Alex Norén, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger

11. Senior Players champion from prior year

Bernhard Langer

12. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season
13. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Grayson Murray

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 11, 2017

William McGirt and Mackenzie Hughes shared the lead after both shot 67.[9] Masters champion Sergio García made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole after recovering from a poor start for a round of 73.[10]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Mackenzie Hughes67−5
William McGirt
T3J. B. Holmes68−4
Alex Norén
Jon Rahm
Chez Reavie
T7Daniel Berger69−3
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
Patrick Cantlay
Cody Gribble
Kim Si-woo
David Lingmerth
Francesco Molinari
Louis Oosthuizen
Kyle Stanley
Brendan Steele
Daniel Summerhays

Second round

Friday, May 12, 2017

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Louis Oosthuizen69-66=135−9
Kyle Stanley69-66=135
3J. B. Holmes68-69=137−7
4Vijay Singh70-68=138−6
T5Rafa Cabrera-Bello69-70=139−5
Patrick Cantlay69-70=139
David Hearn70-69=139
Alex Norén68-71=139
Ian Poulter72-67=139
T10Paul Casey71-69=140−4
Lucas Glover70-70=140
Jon Rahm68-72=140
Chez Reavie68-72=140
Webb Simpson71-69=140
Brendan Steele69-71=140

Third round

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Under PGA Tour rules, when more than 78 players make the 36-hole cut, a 54-hole cut is employed to reduce the field to the top 70 and ties. This second cut reduced the field from 82 to 71, which included 2012 champion Matt Kuchar, who fell to 82nd at 225 (+9) after an 81.[11]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1J. B. Holmes68-69-70=207−9
Kyle Stanley69-66-72=207
3Louis Oosthuizen69-66-73=208−8
4Kim Si-woo69-72-68=209−7
T5Emiliano Grillo72-71-67=210−6
Ian Poulter72-67-71=210
T7Patrick Cantlay69-70-72=211−5
Sergio García73-71-67=211
Alex Norén68-71-72=211
T10Rafa Cabrera-Bello69-70-73=212−4
Francesco Molinari69-74-69=212
Pat Perez74-72-66=212

Final round

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Kim Si-woo69-72-68-69=278−101,890,000
T2Louis Oosthuizen69-66-73-73=281−7924,000
Ian Poulter72-67-71-71=281
T4Rafa Cabrera-Bello69-70-73-70=282−6462,000
Kyle Stanley69-66-72-75=282
T6Lucas Glover70-70-73-70=283−5339,937
Francesco Molinari69-74-69-71=283
Adam Scott (c)70-72-71-70=283
Brendan Steele69-71-75-68=283
10Alex Norén68-71-72-73=284−4283,500
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
11Emiliano Grillo72-71-67-75=285−3262,500
T12Dustin Johnson71-73-74-68=286−2212,625
Smylie Kaufman74-67-76-69=286
Chris Kirk74-72-69-71=286
Bernd Wiesberger75-71-68-72=286
T16Blayne Barber70-76-72-69=287−1152,250
Mackenzie Hughes67-75-74-71=287
Brooks Koepka74-69-71-73=287
Webb Simpson71-69-77-70=287
Vijay Singh70-68-79-70=287
Henrik Stenson (c)72-70-74-71=287
T22Patrick Cantlay69-70-72-77=288E92,137
Paul Casey71-69-77-71=288
Yuta Ikeda73-69-72-74=288
Hideki Matsuyama72-71-76-69=288
William McGirt67-75-71-75=288
Noh Seung-yul73-69-75-71=288
Pat Perez74-72-66-76=288
Patrick Reed72-73-74-69=288
T30Sergio García (c)73-71-67-78=289+165,205
Adam Hadwin71-72-76-70=289
Charley Hoffman74-72-72-71=289
Kang Sung-hoon71-75-72-71=289
Ben Martin71-70-73-75=289
T35Kevin Chappell72-72-73-73=290+250,662
Russell Henley75-68-73-74=290
Jim Herman71-75-72-72=290
Rory McIlroy73-71-71-75=290
Cameron Tringale70-71-76-73=290
Harold Varner III71-70-77-72=290
T41Aaron Baddeley70-73-76-72=291+336,750
Tommy Fleetwood74-67-76-74=291
Tyrrell Hatton76-70-71-74=291
J. B. Holmes68-69-70-84=291
Billy Hurley III71-72-76-72=291
Phil Mickelson (c)70-72-78-71=291
Steve Stricker72-70-73-76=291
T48Branden Grace71-75-73-73=292+426,712
Cody Gribble69-75-74-74=292
Zach Johnson72-73-71-76=292
Rod Pampling72-74-74-72=292
Boo Weekley70-76-73-73=292
T53Brian Harman71-75-71-76=293+524,430
Ryan Moore73-72-74-74=293
Daniel Summerhays69-73-75-76=293
T56Roberto Castro71-71-76-76=294+623,625
Kevin Kisner71-75-73-75=294
Chez Reavie68-72-79-75=294
Jimmy Walker71-74-73-76=294
T60Keegan Bradley75-69-73-78=295+722,680
Jason Day (c)70-72-73-80=295
Jason Dufner73-71-77-74=295
Rickie Fowler (c)70-74-72-79=295
Michael Kim72-74-73-76=295
T65Ricky Barnes70-74-76-76=296+821,735
Daniel Berger69-72-77-78=296
Justin Rose74-71-71-80=296
Lee Westwood70-75-76-75=296
T69David Hearn70-69-80-78=297+921,000
Martin Kaymer (c)72-72-75-78=297
Graeme McDowell71-72-74-80=297
T72David Lingmerth69-75-78=222+620,370
Jon Rahm68-72-82=222
Kevin Streelman72-73-77=222
T75Jamie Lovemark75-70-78=223+719,635
Brian Stuard73-73-77=223
Justin Thomas73-71-79=223
Gary Woodland70-75-78=223
T79Alex Čejka75-70-79=224+818,900
Ben Crane71-75-78=224
Grayson Murray74-72-78=224
82Matt Kuchar (c)73-71-81=225+918,480
CUTScott Brown74-73=147+3
K. J. Choi (c)72-75=147
Luke Donald74-73=147
Tony Finau73-74=147
Jim Furyk73-74=147
James Hahn72-75=147
John Huh74-73=147
Jason Kokrak73-74=147
Martin Laird74-73=147
Spencer Levin75-72=147
Luke List78-69=147
Andrew Loupe74-73=147
Hudson Swafford76-71=147
Jhonattan Vegas78-69=147
Wesley Bryan72-76=148+4
Graham DeLaet74-74=148
Russell Knox76-72=148
Marc Leishman73-75=148
Ryan Palmer71-77=148
Cameron Smith71-77=148
Jordan Spieth73-75=148
Jonas Blixt77-72=149+5
Chad Campbell74-75=149
Ross Fisher76-73=149
Matt Fitzpatrick76-73=149
Bill Haas76-73=149
Freddie Jacobson76-73=149
Bernhard Langer71-78=149
Kyle Reifers74-75=149
Patrick Rodgers73-76=149
Shawn Stefani74-75=149
Greg Chalmers73-77=150+6
Ernie Els74-76=150
Brian Gay74-76=150
Anirban Lahiri75-75=150
Shane Lowry74-76=150
Peter Malnati75-75=150
Troy Merritt74-76=150
Charl Schwartzel76-74=150
Robert Streb75-75=150
Jason Bohn75-76=151+7
Fabián Gómez78-73=151
Billy Horschel75-76=151
Mark Hubbard76-75=151
Jerry Kelly74-77=151
Bryce Molder74-77=151
Bubba Watson76-75=151
Matt Every74-78=152+8
Derek Fathauer76-76=152
Sean O'Hair74-78=152
D. A. Points73-79=152
Brett Stegmaier76-76=152
Vaughn Taylor75-77=152
Johnson Wagner74-78=152
Tyrone van Aswegen75-78=153+9
Patton Kizzire77-77=154+10
Robert Garrigus75-80=155+11
Danny Lee78-77=155
Zac Blair76-80=156+12
Harris English84-76=160+16
Scott Piercy80-84=164+20
WDDanny Willett79+7
Kevin Na

Source:[12]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Kim−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10
Oosthuizen−8−9−9−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−8−8−7−6−6−7−7−7
Poulter−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−7
Cabrera-Bello−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−4−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−5−6−6
Stanley−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−6
Glover−3−4−4−4−5−6−7−6−7−7−8−8−7−6−5−5−6−5
Molinari−4−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5
Scott−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−2−3−3−3−3−4−5−5
Steele−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−4−4−5−5−4−3−3−4−4−5
Noren−5−4−4−3−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−3−3−4−4−4
Grillo−6−6−6−5−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−2−2−3−3−3
Cantlay −5  −5  −6  −6  −6  −5  −3  −2 EE−2−2−2E−1−1−1E
Perez−4−3−2−1EE+1+2+2+3+2+1+1+1+1EEE
García−5−6−5−3−3−2−1EEEE−1−2E−1−1−1+1
Holmes−8−9−8−8−7−7−5−4−5−4−5−6−6−5−4−4+1+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double EagleEagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+

Source:[11]

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