2007 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 10–13, 2007
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,215 yards (6,597 m)[1]
Field145 players, 79 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$9.0 million
Winner's share$1.62 million
Champion
United States Phil Mickelson
277 (−11)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 2007 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 34th Players Championship and was won by Phil Mickelson, two strokes ahead of runner-up Sergio García.[2]

Tournament summary

With the new PGA Tour season arrangement in 2007, the tournament was played in May for the first time and concluded on Mother's Day. Previous tournaments were typically played in late March, two weeks before the Masters Tournament.

Defending champion Stephen Ames missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue

This was the 26th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The renovated course was lengthened 117 yards (107 m) from the previous year to 7,215 yards (6,597 m).[1]

Course layout

The 2007 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 n/a 4235321773844713934422375833,642 4245583581814814495231374623,5737,215
Par 45344443536 4543445343672

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, Aaron Baddeley, Stuart Appleby, Chris Couch, Jim Furyk, Brett Wetterich, Tim Herron, Jeff Maggert, Carl Pettersson, Vijay Singh, Geoff Ogilvy, Ben Curtis, J. J. Henry, Trevor Immelman, John Senden, Tiger Woods, John Rollins, Corey Pavin, Dean Wilson, Will MacKenzie, Eric Axley, D. J. Trahan, Davis Love III, Troy Matteson, Joe Durant, K. J. Choi, Adam Scott, Paul Goydos, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Henrik Stenson, Fred Funk, Mark Wilson, Mark Calcavecchia, Zach Johnson, Boo Weekley, Nick Watney, Scott Verplank

The top 125 finishers on the 2006 Official PGA Tour money list.[3]

Luke Donald, David Toms, Rory Sabbatini, Chad Campbell, Stewart Cink, Rod Pampling, Retief Goosen, Brett Quigley, Lucas Glover, Arron Oberholser, Tom Pernice Jr., Stephen Ames, Ernie Els, José María Olazábal, Tim Clark, Mike Weir, Steve Stricker, Vaughn Taylor, Camilo Villegas, Jerry Kelly, Nathan Green, Tom Lehman, Jason Bohn, Frank Lickliter, Shaun Micheel, Sergio García, Richard S. Johnson, Ian Poulter, Chris DiMarco, Daniel Chopra, Robert Allenby, J. B. Holmes, Steve Flesch, Sean O'Hair, Jonathan Byrd, Bo Van Pelt, Billy Mayfair, Bob Estes, Pádraig Harrington, Greg Owen, Bart Bryant, Jesper Parnevik, Jeff Sluman, Ted Purdy, Heath Slocum, Woody Austin, Shigeki Maruyama, Steve Lowery, Ryan Moore, Hunter Mahan, Ryan Palmer, Mathew Goggin, Joe Ogilvie, Billy Andrade, Brian Gay, Bubba Watson, Charles Warren, Ryuji Imada, Nick O'Hern, Daisuke Maruyama, David Howell, Harrison Frazar, Bill Haas, Kent Jones, Briny Baird, Peter Lonard, Kenny Perry, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Gove, Freddie Jacobson, Justin Leonard, Kirk Triplett, Brian Davis, Olin Browne, Kevin Sutherland, Stephen Leaney, Pat Perez, Jason Gore, David Branshaw, Paul Azinger, J. P. Hayes, Shane Bertsch, Mathias Grönberg, Darren Clarke

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 in 1997 and from 2002-2006. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.

Steve Elkington, Craig Perks, Todd Hamilton, Rich Beem, Michael Campbell

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

Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2004-2006).

Winners of the World Golf Championship-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2005-2007).

Winner of the World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2004-2006).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the Wachovia Championship.

Paul Casey, Colin Montgomerie, Robert Karlsson, Niclas Fasth, Charl Schwartzel

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Wachovia Championship.

The winner of the 2006 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such exemption will be an addition to the field.)

Bobby Wadkins

The leading money winner from the 2006 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.

Ken Duke

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Wachovia Championship, in order of their position on such list.[3]

Anthony Kim, Jeff Quinney, José Cóceres, John Mallinger, Rocco Mediate, Brandt Snedeker, Robert Garrigus, Bernhard Langer, Steve Marino, Doug LaBelle II, Cliff Kresge

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2007

In gusty winds, a record 50 balls found the water at the 17th hole, which broke the single-round tournament record of 45 set in 2000.[5]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Phil Mickelson67−5
South Africa Rory Sabbatini
3United States Chris DiMarco68−4
4Australia Peter Lonard69−3
T5United States Jason Gore70−2
United States Tom Lehman
Australia Rod Pampling
Sweden Carl Pettersson
T9United States Rich Beem71−1
South Korea K. J. Choi
England Brian Davis
United States Jim Furyk
South Africa Retief Goosen
Australia Nathan Green
United States J. P. Hayes
United States Jeff Quinney

Source[5]

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Phil Mickelson67-72=139−5
2Australia Nathan Green71-69=140−4
T3Australia Peter Lonard69-72=141−3
United States Sean O'Hair72-69=141
Australia Rod Pampling70-71=141
Sweden Carl Pettersson70-71=141
T7United States Chris DiMarco68-74=142−2
United States Tom Pernice Jr.74-68=142
T9United States Stewart Cink74-69=143−1
Argentina José Cóceres73-70=143
United States Jim Furyk71-72=143
Australia Mathew Goggin72-71=143
United States Tom Lehman70-73=143
United States Rocco Mediate72-71=143
United States Kirk Triplett75-68=143

Source[6]

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Sean O'Hair72-69-66=207−9
2United States Phil Mickelson67-72-69=208−8
T3Australia Peter Lonard69-72-68=209−7
United States Jeff Quinney71-74-64=209
T5Australia Aaron Baddeley72-72-67=211−5
Argentina José Cóceres73-70-68=211
United States Chris DiMarco68-74-69=211
England Luke Donald74-72-65=211
Sweden Carl Pettersson70-71-70=211
T10South Africa Tim Clark73-72-67=212−4
United States J. P. Hayes71-73-68=212
Australia Geoff Ogilvy74-71-67=212

Source:[7]

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Phil Mickelson won his first Players Championship after shooting a final round 69 to pass 54-hole leader Sean O'Hair. Mickelson birdied his first two holes and made his lone bogey at the 18th hole after the tournament was locked up. O'Hair was two strokes behind Mickelson as they headed to the infamous par-3 17th hole, but he hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin on the island green for a quadruple bogey. O'Hair also bogeyed the final hole, and the mistakes dropped him from second to eleventh place, costing him $747,000 in prize money.[2]

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Phil Mickelson67-72-69-69=277−111,620,000
2Spain Sergio García73-73-67-66=279−9972,000
T3United States Stewart Cink74-69-71-66=280−8522,000
Spain José María Olazábal78-66-69-67=280
5Argentina José Cóceres73-70-68-70=281−7360,000
T6United States J. P. Hayes71-73-68-70=282−6281,700
Sweden Robert Karlsson77-68-71-66=282
Australia Peter Lonard69-72-68-73=282
United States Jeff Quinney71-74-64-73=282
Australia Adam Scott (c)74-71-70-67=282

Source:[8]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
United States Mickelson−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−11
Spain García−3−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−8−9−9
United States Cink−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−7−8
Spain Olazábal−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−5−6−7−8−8−8−7−8−8−8
Argentina Cóceres−4−4−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−7−7
United States O'Hair −9 −10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−6−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Ferguson, Doug (May 14, 2007). "Players Championship". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 2C.
  2. 1 2 Ferguson, Doug (May 14, 2007). "Lefty's all right". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  3. 1 2 "Official Money – 2006". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. ↑ "2007 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-31.
  5. 1 2 "Brash Sabbatini scores with gusto at gusty TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 11, 2007. p. C2.
  6. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (May 12, 2007). "Phil's riding dry and high". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. B2.
  7. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (May 13, 2007). "Scare at No. 17 doesn't faze O'Hair". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  8. ↑ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  9. ↑ "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
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