The 2008 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 35th Players Championship.

Tournament summary The event was won by Sergio García in a sudden-death playoff over Paul Goydos. Defending champion Phil Mickelson finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 21st place.

Venue

This was the 27th 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.

Zach Johnson, Rory Sabbatini, K. J. Choi, Woody Austin, Ángel Cabrera, Hunter Mahan, Brian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd, Pádraig Harrington, Joe Ogilvie, Jim Furyk, Steve Flesch, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Chad Campbell, Justin Leonard, George McNeill, Mike Weir, Daniel Chopra, Stephen Ames, D. J. Trahan, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Brian Gay, Ernie Els, Sean O'Hair, Geoff Ogilvy, Greg Kraft, Andrés Romero, Johnson Wagner, Boo Weekley, Adam Scott, Anthony Kim

The top 125 finishers on the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List.

Vijay Singh, Scott Verplank, Mark Calcavecchia, Charles Howell III, Justin Rose, Tim Clark, John Rollins, Stewart Cink, Robert Allenby, Brett Wetterich, Luke Donald, Heath Slocum, David Toms, Carl Pettersson, Jerry Kelly, Ken Duke, John Senden, Henrik Stenson, Camilo Villegas, Nick Watney, Billy Mayfair, Stuart Appleby, Charley Hoffman, John Mallinger, Pat Perez, Lucas Glover, Bubba Watson, Mark Wilson, Jeff Quinney, Bo Van Pelt, Ryan Moore, Rod Pampling, Freddie Jacobson, Ian Poulter, Ryuji Imada, Nathan Green, Kevin Sutherland, Nick O'Hern, Vaughn Taylor, Brian Davis, José Cóceres, Troy Matteson, Robert Garrigus, Peter Lonard, Dean Wilson, Fred Funk, Paul Goydos, Kenny Perry, Steve Marino, Bart Bryant, Rocco Mediate, Bernhard Langer, Charlie Wi, Jason Gore, J. J. Henry, Jesper Parnevik, Charles Warren, Tim Petrovic, Retief Goosen, Michael Allen, Davis Love III, Stephen Leaney, Jeff Overton, Briny Baird, José María Olazábal, Mark Hensby, Mathew Goggin, Bill Haas, Shigeki Maruyama, Tim Herron, Chris DiMarco, Shaun Micheel, Tom Pernice Jr., Tommy Armour III, Steve Elkington, Cameron Beckman, Cliff Kresge, J. P. Hayes, Matt Kuchar, Tom Lehman, Bob Estes, Rich Beem, Alex Čejka, Ryan Armour, Kevin Na, Jeff Maggert, Kevin Stadler, Mathias Grönberg

Winners of the Players Championship, the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 2003 to 2007.

Michael Campbell, Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton

Winners of the Tour Championship the past three years (2005-2007).

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2006-2008).

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2005-2007).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the Wachovia Championship. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2008 FedExCup Points List through the Wachovia Championship.

Sergio García, Lee Westwood, Niclas Fasth, Paul Casey, Richard Sterne, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Søren Hansen

The winner of the 2007 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such an exemption will be an addition to the field.)

The leading money winner from the 2007 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.

Richard Johnson

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2008 FedExCup Points List below 10th position through the Wachovia Championship, in order of their positions on such list.

Dudley Hart, John Merrick, Nicholas Thompson, Aaron Baddeley, Ben Crane, Brett Quigley, Fred Couples, Jason Bohn, Matt Jones, Tim Wilkinson, Dustin Johnson

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Round summaries First round Thursday, May 8, 2008 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Sergio García66−6T2 Paul Goydos68−4 Kenny PerryT4 Steve Elkington69−3 Niclas Fasth Todd Hamilton Ian Poulter Heath SlocumT9 Ángel Cabrera70−2 Fred Couples Ben Crane Miguel Ángel Jiménez Anthony Kim Troy Matteson John Merrick Phil Mickelson José María Olazábal Brett Quigley Kevin Stadler Nicholas Thompson D. J. Trahan Boo Weekley Source:

Second round Friday, May 9, 2008 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Kenny Perry68-70=138−6T2 Sergio García66-73=139−5 Paul Goydos68-71=139 Bernhard Langer72-67=1395 Anthony Kim70-70=140−46 Boo Weekley70-71=141−3T7 Stephen Ames74-68=142−2 Briny Baird71-71=142 Fred Couples70-72=142 Ben Crane70-72=142 John Merrick70-72=142 Kevin Stadler70-72=142 Source:

Third round Saturday, May 10, 2008 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Paul Goydos 68-71-70=209 −72 Kenny Perry 68-70-72=210 −63 Sergio García 66-73-73=212 −4T4 Bernhard Langer 72-67-75=214 −2 Phil Mickelson 70-73-71=214 Jeff Quinney 71-73-70=214T7 Stuart Appleby 72-72-71=215 −1 Briny Baird 71-71-73=215 J. B. Holmes 72-72-71=215 Greg Kraft 75-72-68=215 Tom Lehman 73-73-69=215 Tim Petrovic 73-73-69=215 Boo Weekley 70-71-74=215 Source:

Final round Sunday, May 11, 2008

In windy conditions, the final pairing struggled on the final day; overnight leader Paul Goydos managed a 2-over-par 74, whilst Kenny Perry crashed to an 81 (+9). In the groups ahead, the pairing of Jeff Quinney and Sergio García produced some of the best golf of the day, and García became the clubhouse leader at 5-under-par 283. Goydos still led, but missed a par putt to win on the final hole, forcing a sudden-death playoff.

Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 Sergio García 66-73-73-71=283 −5 Playoff Paul Goydos 68-71-70-74=2833 Jeff Quinney 71-73-70-70=284 −4 646,0004 Briny Baird 71-71-73-72=287 −1 456,0005 Stephen Ames (c) 74-68-74-72=288 E 380,000T6 Ben Crane 70-72-75-72=289 +1 307,562 Ernie Els 72-71-74-72=289 Tom Lehman 73-73-69-74=289 Brett Quigley 70-76-72-71=289T10 Chad Campbell 73-72-77-68=290 +2 218,500 J. B. Holmes 72-72-71-75=290 Greg Kraft 75-72-68-75=290 Henrik Stenson 73-71-75-71=290 Dean Wilson 74-72-75-69=290 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T15 Stuart Appleby 72-72-71-76=291 +3 147,250 Fred Couples (c) 70-72-77-72=291 Bernhard Langer 72-67-75-77=291 Kenny Perry 68-70-72-81=291 Tim Petrovic 73-73-69-76=291 Kevin Stadler 70-72-78-71=291T21 Woody Austin 71-76-73-72=292 +4 95,000 Stewart Cink 71-75-73-73=292 Phil Mickelson (c) 70-73-71-78=292 Ian Poulter 69-74-73-76=292 Nicholas Thompson 70-77-71-74=292 Boo Weekley 70-71-74-77=292T27 Luke Donald 75-72-74-72=293 +5 67,450 Jim Furyk 74-72-71-76=293 John Merrick 70-72-77-74=293 Ryan Moore 72-74-73-74=293 Rory Sabbatini 73-71-75-74=293T32 Aaron Baddeley 71-74-77-72=294 +6 48,260 Jonathan Byrd 76-71-72-75=294 Steve Elkington (c) 69-76-77-72=294 Brian Gay 72-74-75-73=294 Freddie Jacobson 76-70-70-78=294 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-74-76-74=294 Jerry Kelly 74-72-70-78=294 Nick O'Hern 73-74-75-72=294 David Toms 77-70-76-71=294 Mike Weir 71-76-75-72=294T42 Robert Allenby 74-71-77-73=295 +7 29,830 Bart Bryant 73-71-79-72=295 Daniel Chopra 72-72-73-78=295 Ben Curtis 74-72-71-78=295 Søren Hansen 71-73-73-78=295 J. J. Henry 71-73-73-78=295 Anthony Kim 70-70-79-76=295 Pat Perez 72-74-72-77=295 Mark Wilson 76-71-72-76=295T51 Retief Goosen 73-71-77-75=296 +8 22,863 Carl Pettersson 74-71-75-76=296 D. J. Trahan 70-77-75-74=296T54 Chris DiMarco 71-73-78-75=297 +9 21,280 Ken Duke 72-75-76-74=297 Todd Hamilton 69-77-75-76=297 Davis Love III (c) 73-74-70-80=297 Rocco Mediate 74-72-72-79=297 Kevin Na 72-75-76-74=297 José María Olazábal 70-75-80-72=297 Adam Scott (c) 75-71-71-80=297 Johnson Wagner 72-74-77-74=297T63 Nick Watney 76-71-74-77=298 +10 20,235 Charlie Wi 74-73-69-82=29865 Cliff Kresge 74-71-77-77=299 +11 19,950T66 José Cóceres 72-75-71-82=300 +12 19,570 Richard Sterne (golfer) 77-70-76-77=300 Camilo Villegas 74-73-77-76=300T69 Jesper Parnevik 72-74-70-85=301 +13 19,095 Heath Slocum 69-76-78-78=30171 Jason Bohn 74-73-79-76=302 +14 18,81072 Billy Mayfair 72-73-77-81=303 +15 18,620T73 Tommy Armour III 71-76-80-80=307 +19 18,335 Troy Matteson 70-76-80-81=307CUT Alex Čejka 72-76=148 +4 Niclas Fasth 69-79=148 Sean O'Hair 75-73=148 John Senden 76-72=148 Vijay Singh 75-73=148 Brandt Snedeker 72-76=148 Kevin Sutherland 73-75=148 Brian Bateman 74-75=149 +5 Mark Hensby 78-71=149 Ryuji Imada 73-76=149 Justin Leonard (c) 75-74=149 Rod Pampling 72-77=149 Scott Verplank 71-78=149 Bubba Watson 76-73=149 Tim Wilkinson 77-72=149 Michael Allen 73-77=150 +6 Steve Flesch 74-76=150 Nathan Green 78-72=150 Mathias Grönberg 74-76=150 Pádraig Harrington 72-78=150 Richard S. Johnson 77-73=150 Stephen Leaney 77-73=150 John Rollins 78-72=150 Ángel Cabrera 70-81=151 +7 Mark Calcavecchia 76-75=151 Fred Funk (c) 74-77=151 Mathew Goggin 74-77=151 Peter Lonard 77-74=151 George McNeill 77-74=151 Joe Ogilvie 74-77=151 Justin Rose 78-73=151 Lee Westwood 73-78=151 Rich Beem 72-80=152 +8 Michael Campbell 74-78=152 Brian Davis 77-75=152 Bob Estes 77-75=152 Dudley Hart 75-77=152 Matt Jones 75-77=152 John Mallinger 75-77=152 Shaun Micheel 77-75=152 Geoff Ogilvy 77-75=152 Paul Casey 77-76=153 +9 Bill Haas 76-77=153 Charles Howell III 79-74=153 Dustin Johnson 73-80=153 Matt Kuchar 78-75=153 Steve Lowery 77-76=153 Jeff Overton 74-79=153 Steve Stricker 77-76=153 Vaughn Taylor 78-75=153 Brett Wetterich 71-82=153 Tim Herron 73-81=154 +10 Tom Pernice Jr. 75-79=154 Bo Van Pelt 74-80=154 Robert Garrigus 79-76=155 +11 Zach Johnson 76-79=155 Steve Marino 77-79=156 +12 Andrés Romero 77-79=156 K. J. Choi 79-78=157 +13 J. P. Hayes 83-75=158 +14 Tim Clark 77-82=159 +15 Lucas Glover 80-79=159 Charley Hoffman 76-83=159 Charles Warren 77-82=159WD Jeff Maggert 72 E Ryan Armour 81 +9 Shigeki Maruyama 81 Cameron Beckman Jason Gore Hunter Mahan

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 García −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 Goydos −7 −6 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5 Quinney −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 Baird −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 Ames E E E +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 E Perry −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 +1 +1 +2 +3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} Source:

Playoff At the first playoff hole, the infamous par-3 17th, Goydos' went first and his tee shot found water. Garcia stayed dry, stopping from the pin and the playoff was essentially over. Goydos finished the hole with a double bogey to give Garcia three putts to win; he two-putted for par and the title. It was the first playoff at the Players Championship since 1987 and the first to start at the 17th hole. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Sergio García 3 E 1,710,0002 Paul Goydos 5 +2 1,026,000

References

External links The Players Championship website Full results Tournament Summary