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2012 Players Championship
The 2012 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 39th Players Championship and was won by Matt Kuchar, two strokes ahead of four runners-up.

Defending champion K. J. Choi missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2012 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 423 532 177 384 471 393 442 237 583 3,642 424 558 358 181 481 449 523 137 462 3,573 7,215
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 72

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2011 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Keegan Bradley (2,3,5,9), K. J. Choi (2,3,6,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ben Curtis, Luke Donald (2,3,7,9), Jason Dufner (2,3,9,11), Rickie Fowler (3,9), Harrison Frazar (3), Bill Haas (2,3,8,9), John Huh, Freddie Jacobson (2,3,9), Chris Kirk (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9,11), Rory McIlroy (5,9,11), George McNeill (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,8,9,11), Bryce Molder (3), Kevin Na (3), Sean O'Hair (3), Carl Pettersson (3,9,11), Scott Piercy (3), Justin Rose (2,3,7,9,11), Adam Scott (2,3,7,9), Webb Simpson (2,3,9), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,9), Scott Stallings (3), Kyle Stanley (3,11), Steve Stricker (2,3,9), David Toms (2,3,9), Johnson Wagner (3,11), Nick Watney (2,3,7,9), Mark Wilson (2,3,9,11), Tiger Woods (5,7,9)

2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Aaron Baddeley (3,9), Jonathan Byrd (3), Jason Day (3,9), Charles Howell III (3), Matt Kuchar (3,9), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Chez Reavie (3), John Senden (3,9), Vijay Singh (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Gary Woodland (3), Yang Yong-eun (3,5)

3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list

Blake Adams, Robert Allenby, Arjun Atwal, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Kris Blanks, Michael Bradley, Chad Campbell, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink (5), Chris Couch, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Ernie Els (7,9), Jim Furyk (8,9), Tommy Gainey, Sergio García (6,9), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Lucas Glover (5), Retief Goosen, Hunter Haas, Pádraig Harrington (5), David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman (5), Brandt Jobe, Zach Johnson (9), Kang Sung-hoon, Robert Karlsson (9), Jerry Kelly, Martin Laird (9), Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Graeme McDowell (5,9), John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Joe Ogilvie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice Jr., Ian Poulter (7,9), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Kevin Stadler, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Cameron Tringale, Jhonattan Vegas, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Jimmy Walker, Charlie Wi

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Bob Estes

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ángel Cabrera, Martin Kaymer (9)

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Tim Clark, Henrik Stenson

7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners only from 2010–11, and only if PGA Tour members)
8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 29

Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Simon Dyson, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Lee Westwood

10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

J. J. Killeen

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 29
12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 29

Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Brian Harman, Colt Knost, Jeff Maggert, John Mallinger

13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144)
  • Fred Couples did not play; therefore only 144 players competed.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Place Player Score To par
T1 Scotland Martin Laird 65 −7
England Ian Poulter
3 United States Blake Adams 66 −6
T4 United States Ben Crane 67 −5
United States Kevin Na
T6 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 68 −4
United States Jonathan Byrd
United States Ben Curtis
England Brian Davis
United States Harrison Frazar
United States Bill Haas
United States Matt Kuchar
Australia Adam Scott
United States Kevin Stadler
United States Michael Thompson
Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2012

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Zach Johnson 70-66=136 −8
United States Kevin Na 67-69=136
United States Matt Kuchar 68-68=136
4 United States Harris English 70-67=137 −7
T5 United States Jonathan Byrd 68-70=138 −6
Australia Adam Scott 68-70=138
England Brian Davis 68-70=138
Scotland Martin Laird 65-73=138
South Korea Charlie Wi 71-67=138
T10 United States Blake Adams 66-73=139 −5
United States Ben Curtis 68-71=139
United States Michael Thompson 68-71=139
United States Bill Haas 68-71=139
United States Kevin Stadler 68-71=139

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Kevin Na 67-69-68=204 −12
2 United States Matt Kuchar 68-68-69=205 −11
3 United States Rickie Fowler 72-69-66=207 −9
T4 United States Zach Johnson 70-66-73=209 −7
United States Ben Curtis 68-71-70=209
T6 Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas 68-74-68=210 −6
England Brian Davis 68-70-72=210
United States Jonathan Byrd 68-70-72=210
Scotland Martin Laird 65-73-72=210
T10 United States Johnson Wagner 69-73-69=211 −5
United States Bo Van Pelt 71-70-70=211
United States Blake Adams 66-73-72=211
South Korea Charlie Wi 71-67-73=211

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Matt Kuchar 68-68-69-70=275 −13 1,710,000
T2 United States Ben Curtis 68-71-70-68=277 −11 627,000
United States Rickie Fowler 72-69-66-70=277
United States Zach Johnson 70-66-73-68=277
Scotland Martin Laird 65-73-72-67=277
6 England Luke Donald 72-69-72-66=279 −9 342,000
T7 United States Kevin Na 67-69-68-76=280 −8 296,083
United States Bo Van Pelt 71-70-70-69=280
Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas 68-74-68-70=280
T10 Sweden Carl Pettersson 71-72-69-69=281 −7 247,000
United States David Toms 69-74-73-65=281

Source:

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4
United States Kuchar −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13
United States Curtis −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −11
United States Fowler −10 −10 −10 −11 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −11 −11
United States Johnson −7 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11
Scotland Laird −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11
United States Na −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −10 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:

References

  1. ^ "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Donegan, Lawrence (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  3. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
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