The 2009 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 36th Players Championship.

Tournament summary Henrik Stenson shot a bogey-free 66 in the final round to win at 276 (−12), four strokes ahead of Ian Poulter. Alex Čejka led by five strokes after the third round, but went out in 42 and finished in a tie for ninth. Stenson was the third European to win the title, after Sergio García the previous year and Sandy Lyle in 1987.

Due to 83 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.

Defending champion Sergio García finished ten strokes back, in a tie for 22nd place.

Venue

This was the 28th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Course layout

Eligibility requirements Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.

Ryuji Imada, Phil Mickelson, Kenny Perry, Justin Leonard, Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, Anthony Kim, Pádraig Harrington, Richard S. Johnson, Chez Reavie, Vijay Singh, Parker McLachlin, Carl Pettersson, Camilo Villegas, Will MacKenzie, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Marc Turnesa, Cameron Beckman, Ryan Palmer, Davis Love III, Geoff Ogilvy, Pat Perez, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, YE Yang, Michael Bradley, Retief Goosen, Paul Casey, Ángel Cabrera, Brian Gay, Jerry Kelly, Sean O'Hair

The top 125 finishers on the 2008 Official PGA Tour Money List.

Sergio García, Robert Allenby, Jim Furyk, Mike Weir, K. J. Choi, Ben Curtis, Kevin Sutherland, Trevor Immelman, Ernie Els, Stuart Appleby, Steve Stricker, Chad Campbell, Boo Weekley, D. J. Trahan, Stephen Ames, Ken Duke, Dudley Hart, Hunter Mahan, J. B. Holmes, Woody Austin, Steve Marino, Andrés Romero, Briny Baird, Jeff Quinney, Adam Scott, Mathew Goggin, Nicholas Thompson, Billy Mayfair, Tim Clark, Bart Bryant, Rod Pampling, Aaron Baddeley, Paul Goydos, Daniel Chopra, Freddie Jacobson, Rory Sabbatini, Bubba Watson, Steve Lowery, Charlie Wi, Tommy Armour III, Heath Slocum, Ben Crane, Ian Poulter, Peter Lonard, Luke Donald, Charles Howell III, Matt Kuchar, Johnson Wagner, Rocco Mediate, Nick O'Hern, George McNeill, Scott Verplank, Kevin Streelman, Dean Wilson, Tom Pernice Jr., John Merrick, Steve Elkington, John Senden, Steve Flesch, Ryan Moore, Troy Matteson, Greg Kraft, John Mallinger, Tim Wilkinson, Michael Letzig, Tim Herron, Brian Davis, Cliff Kresge, Vaughn Taylor, Justin Rose, Kevin Na, Jonathan Byrd, Joe Ogilvie, John Rollins, Bill Haas, Lucas Glover, Michael Allen, Tim Petrovic, Scott McCarron, Fred Couples, Charley Hoffman, J. J. Henry, Corey Pavin, Nathan Green, Bo Van Pelt, Eric Axley, Alex Čejka, Jeff Overton, Brett Quigley, Jason Bohn, Brad Adamonis, Martin Laird

Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 2004 to 2008; including 2009 Masters.

Fred Funk, Michael Campbell, Todd Hamilton

Winners of the Tour Championship the last three years (2006–08).

Winners of the World Golf Championship-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2007–2009).

Winner of the World Golf Championships-CA Championship from 2006 to 2009.

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2006–2008).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the completion of the Zurich Classic. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2008 FedEx Cup Points List through the completion of the Zurich Classic.

Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson, Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer, Ross Fisher, Jeev Milkha Singh, Søren Kjeldsen, Graeme McDowell, Thongchai Jaidee

The winner of the 2008 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such exemption will be an addition to the field.)

D. A. Weibring

The leading money winner from the 2008 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.

Matt Bettencourt

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2009 FedExCup Points List below 10th position one week prior, in order of their position on such list.

David Toms, Jason Dufner, Jeff Klauk, Scott Piercy, Bob Estes, Webb Simpson

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Round summaries First round Thursday, May 7, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ben Crane65−7T2 Alex Čejka66−6 Richard S. Johnson John MallingerT5 Brad Adamonis67−5 Jonathan Byrd Jason Dufner Retief Goosen Ian Poulter David Toms Scott Verplank Camilo Villegas Bubba Watson

Second round Friday, May 8, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Alex Čejka66-67=133−112 Ian Poulter67-68=135−9T3 Ángel Cabrera72-65=137−7 Jason Dufner67-70=137 John Mallinger66-71=137 Kevin Na71-66=137 Henrik Stenson68-69=137 David Toms67-70=137T9 Ben Crane65-73=138−6 Richard S. Johnson66-72=138 Jeff Overton71-67=138 Tim Petrovic68-70=138

Third round Saturday, May 9, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Alex Čejka 66-67-72=205 −11T2 Jonathan Byrd 67-72-71=210 −6 Ben Crane 65-73-72=210 Retief Goosen 67-72-71=210 Ian Poulter 67-68-75=210 Henrik Stenson 68-69-73=210 Tiger Woods 71-69-70=210T8 Brian Davis 71-69-71=211 −5 John Mallinger 66-71-74=211 Kevin Na 71-66-74=211

Final leaderboard Sunday, May 10, 2009

Alex Čejka held a five-shot lead entering the final round, but quickly faltered with a six-over front nine and slumped to a closing 79. This opened the door for many, and Henrik Stenson pulled clear with a bogey-free 66 for a four-stroke victory.

Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Henrik Stenson 68-69-73-66=276 −12 1,710,0002 Ian Poulter 67-68-75-70=280 −8 1,026,000T3 John Mallinger 66-71-74-70=281 −7 551,000 Kevin Na 71-66-74-70=281T5 Ben Crane 65-73-72-72=282 −6 346,750 Brian Davis 71-69-71-71=282 Jim Furyk 68-74-71-69=2828 Tiger Woods (c) 71-69-70-73=283 −5 294,500T9 Aaron Baddeley 71-71-76-66=284 −4 237,500 Alex Čejka 66-67-72-79=284 Tim Clark 72-69-74-69=284 Vijay Singh 71-72-74-67=284 David Toms 67-70-77-70=284 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 Robert Allenby 73-66-75-71=285 −3 147,250 Ángel Cabrera 72-65-77-71=285 Paul Casey 70-69-76-70=285 Daniel Chopra 75-65-72-73=285 Jeff Klauk 71-72-71-71=285 Matt Kuchar 72-72-73-68=285 Camilo Villegas 67-72-75-71=285 Mike Weir 72-72-73-68=285T22 Tommy Armour III 74-70-70-72=286 −2 79,325 Woody Austin 72-72-68-74=286 Ben Curtis 71-72-69-74=286 Sergio García (c) 71-73-73-69=286 Retief Goosen 67-72-71-76=286 Geoff Ogilvy 70-72-73-71=286 Kenny Perry 73-71-68-74=286 Scott Piercy 71-72-74-69=286 Justin Rose 70-71-72-73=286 Steve Stricker 71-71-71-73=286T32 Jason Dufner 67-70-77-73=287 −1 53,770 Zach Johnson 72-71-70-74=287 Justin Leonard (c) 70-69-75-73=287 Billy Mayfair 70-74-69-74=287 Kevin Sutherland 73-67-72-75=287T37 Jonathan Byrd 67-72-71-78=288 E 39,900 Luke Donald 74-70-71-73=288 Charley Hoffman 70-69-76-73=288 Jeff Overton 71-67-75-75=288 Tim Petrovic 68-70-75-75=288 John Rollins 68-76-70-74=288 John Senden 72-69-72-75=288 Bubba Watson 67-75-72-74=288T45 Ernie Els 73-69-73-74=289 +1 28,595 Ryuji Imada 72-70-75-72=289 Richard S. Johnson 66-72-74-77=289 Michael Letzig 71-68-74-76=289T49 Stephen Ames (c) 70-71-75-74=290 +2 23,211 Jason Bohn 72-71-74-73=290 Pádraig Harrington 72-72-74-72=290 Freddie Jacobson 70-73-72-75=290 Nick O'Hern 68-73-75-74=290 Scott Verplank 67-74-73-76=290T55 Brad Adamonis 67-76-74-74=291 +3 21,470 Martin Kaymer 71-73-69-78=291 Phil Mickelson (c) 73-71-71-76=291 Heath Slocum 75-69-71-76=291 Mark Wilson 69-72-75-75=291T60 Rocco Mediate 73-71-74-74=292 +4 20,710 Chez Reavie 70-72-75-75=292 Johnson Wagner 69-73-72-78=29263 Michael Allen 71-70-74-78=293 +5 20,330T64 Steve Flesch 75-69-74-76=294 +6 20,045 Jeev Milkha Singh 68-74-76-76=294T66 Cameron Beckman 72-72-73-78=295 +7 19,665 John Merrick 70-72-74-79=295T68 Pat Perez 72-72-74-78=296 +8 19,285 Jeff Quinney 73-70-75-78=29670 Ryan Moore 71-68-75-84=298 +10 19,000T71 K. J. Choi 73-69-77=219 +3 18,430 Nathan Green 74-69-76=219 Robert Karlsson 74-70-75=219 Martin Laird 71-72-76=219 Hunter Mahan 73-71-75=219T76 Stewart Cink 70-73-77=220 +4 17,765 Bob Estes 75-68-77=22078 Graeme McDowell 71-73-77=221 +5 17,480T79 Fred Funk (c) 73-71-78=222 +6 17,005 Dustin Johnson 72-72-78=222 Steve Marino 72-72-78=222 Rod Pampling 70-73-79=222CUT Bart Bryant 74-71=145 +1 Ken Duke 70-75=145 Jerry Kelly 73-72=145 Søren Kjeldsen 70-75=145 Will MacKenzie 73-72=145 Troy Matteson 73-72=145 George McNeill 70-75=145 Joe Ogilvie 72-73=145 Andrés Romero 74-71=145 Adam Scott (c) 71-74=145 Chad Campbell 75-71=146 +2 Steve Elkington (c) 73-73=146 Todd Hamilton 74-72=146 Charles Howell III 73-73=146 Scott McCarron 74-72=146 Nicholas Thompson 73-73=146 Nick Watney 68-78=146 Stuart Appleby 71-76=147 +3 Eric Axley 72-75=147 Bill Haas 74-73=147 Greg Kraft 74-73=147 Cliff Kresge 72-75=147 Davis Love III (c) 73-74=147 D. J. Trahan 74-73=147 Bo Van Pelt 71-76=147 Briny Baird 72-76=148 +4 Ross Fisher 74-74=148 Lucas Glover 73-75=148 Paul Goydos 78-70=148 J. B. Holmes 72-76=148 Thongchai Jaidee 74-74=148 Sean O'Hair 73-75=148 Brett Quigley 72-76=148 Kevin Streelman 74-74=148 Vaughn Taylor 72-76=148 Charlie Wi 74-74=148 J. J. Henry 73-76=149 +5 Parker McLachlin 75-74=149 Dean Wilson 77-72=149 Tim Herron 75-75=150 +6 Peter Lonard 77-73=150 Ryan Palmer 75-75=150 Yang Yong-eun 73-77=150 Fred Couples (c) 80-71=151 +7 Rory McIlroy 74-77=151 Corey Pavin 74-77=151 Marc Turnesa 76-75=151 Mathew Goggin 76-77=153 +9 Tom Pernice Jr. 74-79=153 Rory Sabbatini 81-72=153 Webb Simpson 76-77=153 Tim Wilkinson 77-77=154 +10 Matt Bettencourt 76-79=155 +11 Trevor Immelman 73-82=155 Anthony Kim 73-82=155 Michael Bradley 80-78=158 +14 Steve Lowery 81-78=159 +15WD Boo Weekley 73-67-73=213 −3 Dudley Hart 73 +1 Carl Pettersson 74 +2 Brian Gay 80 +8 Michael Campbell D. A. Weibring

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 Stenson −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 Poulter −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 Mallinger −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 Na −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −7 −7 −7 Crane −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 Davis −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 Furyk −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 Woods −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 Čejka −10 −10 −10 −8 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ --> Source:

References

External links The Players Championship website Full results