2014 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2014 Players' Championship.

2014 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 8–11, 2014
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)
Field144 players, 82 after cut
(71 after second cut)
Cut144 (Even), 218 (+2)
Prize fund$10.0 million
Winner's share$1.80 million
Champion
Germany Martin Kaymer
275 (−13)
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
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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

The 2014 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 76.8 / 155 423 532 177 384 471 393 442 237 583 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

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]

Place Player Score To par
1 Germany Martin Kaymer 63 −9
2 United States Russell Henley 65 −7
3 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 66 −6
T4 Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 67 −5
Spain Sergio García
England Justin Rose
United States Jordan Spieth
United States Scott Stallings
United States Brian Stuard
England Lee Westwood
United States Gary Woodland

Second round

Friday, May 9, 2014

Place Player Score To par
1 Germany Martin Kaymer 63-69=132 −12
2 United States Jordan Spieth 67-66=133 −11
3 United States Russell Henley 65-71=136 −8
T4 United States Jim Furyk 70-68=138 −6
Spain Sergio García 67-71=138
England Justin Rose 67-71=138
England Lee Westwood 67-71=138
United States Gary Woodland 67-71=138
T9 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 66-73=139 −5
United States Scott Brown 68-71=139
England Brian Davis 72-67=139
United States Bill Haas 68-71=139
Australia Matt Jones 70-69=139
United States George McNeill 71-68=139
United States Kevin Na 70-69=139
Australia Geoff Ogilvy 69-70=139
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 72-67=139
Australia John Senden 70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Place Player Score To par
T1 Germany Martin Kaymer 63-69-72=204 −12
United States Jordan Spieth 67-66-71=204
T3 Spain Sergio García 67-71-69=207 −9
Australia John Senden 70-69-68=207
T5 Australia Matt Jones 70-69-69=208 −8
United States George McNeill 71-68-69=208
United States Gary Woodland 67-71-70=208
T8 Canada David Hearn 70-71-68=209 −7
Italy Francesco Molinari 72-70-67=209
England Justin Rose 67-71-71=209
England Lee Westwood 67-71-71=209

Final round

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Germany Martin Kaymer 63-69-72-71=275 −13 1,800,000
2 United States Jim Furyk 70-68-72-66=276 −12 1,080,000
3 Spain Sergio García (c) 67-71-69-70=277 −11 680,000
T4 England Justin Rose 67-71-71-69=278 −10 440,000
United States Jordan Spieth 67-66-71-74=278
T6 Canada David Hearn 70-71-68-70=279 −9 313,000
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 70-74-69-66=279
Italy Francesco Molinari 72-70-67-70=279
United States Jimmy Walker 75-68-71-65=279
England Lee Westwood 67-71-71-70=279

Source:[11]

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
Germany Kaymer −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −13 −13 −13 −13
United States Furyk −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12
Spain García −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11
England Rose −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10
United States Spieth −12 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10
Canada Hearn −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9
Northern Ireland McIlroy −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9
Italy Molinari −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9
United States Walker −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −9
England 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

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[12]

References

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