The 2007 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 34th Players Championship and was won by Phil Mickelson, two strokes ahead of runner-up Sergio García.
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 from the previous year to .
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.
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.
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 to 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.
Anthony Kim, Jeff Quinney, José Cóceres, John Mallinger, Rocco Mediate, Brandt Snedeker, Robert Garrigus, Bernhard Langer, Steve Marino, Doug LaBelle II, Cliff Kresge
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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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Phil Mickelson67−5 Rory Sabbatini3 Chris DiMarco68−44 Peter Lonard69−3T5 Jason Gore70−2 Tom Lehman Rod Pampling Carl PetterssonT9 Rich Beem71−1 K. J. Choi Brian Davis Jim Furyk Retief Goosen Nathan Green J. P. Hayes Jeff Quinney Source
Second round Friday, May 11, 2007 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Phil Mickelson67-72=139−52 Nathan Green71-69=140−4T3 Peter Lonard69-72=141−3 Sean O'Hair72-69=141 Rod Pampling70-71=141 Carl Pettersson70-71=141T7 Chris DiMarco68-74=142−2 Tom Pernice Jr.74-68=142T9 Stewart Cink74-69=143−1 José Cóceres73-70=143 Jim Furyk71-72=143 Mathew Goggin72-71=143 Tom Lehman70-73=143 Rocco Mediate72-71=143 Kirk Triplett75-68=143 Source
Third round Saturday, May 12, 2007 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Sean O'Hair 72-69-66=207 −92 Phil Mickelson 67-72-69=208 −8T3 Peter Lonard 69-72-68=209 −7 Jeff Quinney 71-74-64=209T5 Aaron Baddeley 72-72-67=211 −5 José Cóceres 73-70-68=211 Chris DiMarco 68-74-69=211 Luke Donald 74-72-65=211 Carl Pettersson 70-71-70=211T10 Tim Clark 73-72-67=212 −4 J. P. Hayes 71-73-68=212 Geoff Ogilvy 74-71-67=212 Source:
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 $747,000 in prize money.
Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Phil Mickelson 67-72-69-69=277 −11 1,620,0002 Sergio García 73-73-67-66=279 −9 972,000T3 Stewart Cink 74-69-71-66=280 −8 522,000 José María Olazábal 78-66-69-67=2805 José Cóceres 73-70-68-70=281 −7 360,000T6 J. P. Hayes 71-73-68-70=282 −6 281,700 Robert Karlsson 77-68-71-66=282 Peter Lonard 69-72-68-73=282 Jeff Quinney 71-74-64-73=282 Adam Scott (c) 74-71-70-67=282 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 Sean O'Hair 72-69-66-76=283 −5 225,000T12 Chris DiMarco 68-74-69-73=284 −4 182,250 Steve Elkington (c) 73-71-70-70=284 Mathew Goggin 72-71-71-70=284 Brandt Snedeker 72-74-68-70=284T16 Stuart Appleby 74-71-71-69=285 −3 126,257 Jonathan Byrd 74-71-71-69=285 Luke Donald 74-72-65-74=285 Nathan Green 71-69-74-71=285 J. B. Holmes 76-72-69-68=285 Zach Johnson 73-73-70-69=285 Ted Purdy 74-73-67-71=285T23 K. J. Choi 71-74-70-71=286 −2 80,100 Jason Gore 70-74-72-70=286 Tom Lehman 70-73-73-70=286 Henrik Stenson 72-76-66-72=286 Kirk Triplett 75-68-73-70=286T28 Joe Durant 76-71-69-71=287 −1 56,100 Jim Furyk 71-72-74-70=287 Retief Goosen 71-74-71-71=287 Jerry Kelly 73-73-69-72=287 Cliff Kresge 72-72-69-74=287 Steve Lowery 78-66-71-72=287 Tom Pernice Jr. 74-68-72-73=287 Carl Pettersson 70-71-70-76=287 Ian Poulter 75-71-72-69=287T37 Aaron Baddeley 72-72-67-77=288 E 38,700 Ken Duke 76-72-70-70=288 Ernie Els 73-73-72-70=288 Frank Lickliter 77-72-69-70=288 Geoff Ogilvy 74-71-67-76=288 Mike Weir 75-72-72-69=288 Tiger Woods (c) 75-73-73-67=288T44 Daniel Chopra 74-71-76-68=289 +1 26,010 Rocco Mediate 72-71-77-69=289 Rod Pampling 70-71-80-68=289 Rory Sabbatini 67-79-71-72=289 Vijay Singh 74-71-70-74=289 Heath Slocum 78-71-69-71=289 Scott Verplank 72-77-68-72=289 Boo Weekley 74-73-71-71=289T52 Harrison Frazar 74-71-73-72=290 +2 20,880 Pádraig Harrington 76-70-74-70=290 Tim Herron 77-71-73-69=290 John Senden 73-74-71-72=290 Steve Stricker 72-75-70-73=290 Brett Wetterich 74-75-71-70=290T58 Rich Beem 71-73-74-73=291 +3 19,710 Bernhard Langer 72-77-73-69=291 Kenny Perry 73-75-73-70=291 John Rollins 76-71-68-76=291 Charl Schwartzel 74-75-69-73=291 Kevin Sutherland 73-71-74-73=291T64 Paul Azinger 78-71-70-73=292 +4 18,810 John Mallinger 73-74-72-73=292 Arron Oberholser 73-73-79-67=292 David Toms 77-72-73-70=292T68 Tim Clark 73-72-67-81=293 +5 18,090 Ryuji Imada 77-71-75-70=293 Ryan Moore 78-69-75-71=293 Joey Sindelar 74-75-72-72=293T72 Mathias Grönberg 75-73-74-72=294 +6 17,460 Bill Haas 76-73-73-72=294 Corey Pavin 75-72-71-76=294T75 Todd Hamilton 75-73-76-71=295 +7 16,830 Charley Hoffman 75-69-76-75=295 Davis Love III (c) 77-71-73-74=295 Ryan Palmer 77-72-71-75=29579 Charles Howell III 73-74-75-76=298 +10 16,380CUT Bart Bryant 76-74=150 +6 Brian Gay 80-70=150 Jeff Gove 79-71=150 J. J. Henry 76-74=150 Freddie Jacobson 76-74=150 Kent Jones 80-70=150 Stephen Leaney 77-73=150 Justin Leonard (c) 78-72=150 Hunter Mahan 78-72=150 Shigeki Maruyama 76-74=150 Shaun Micheel 75-75=150 Colin Montgomerie 76-74=150 Brett Quigley 78-72=150 D. J. Trahan 76-74=150 Mark Wilson 79-71=150 Woody Austin 81-70=151 +7 Eric Axley 75-76=151 Shane Bertsch 73-78=151 Brian Davis 71-80=151 Bob Estes 82-69=151 Steve Flesch 79-72=151 Jeff Maggert 80-71=151 Nick O'Hern 76-75=151 Craig Perks (c) 75-76=151 Vaughn Taylor 75-76=151 Dean Wilson 75-76=151 Robert Allenby 74-78=152 +8 Briny Baird 78-74=152 Chris Couch 77-75=152 Trevor Immelman 80-72=152 Richard S. Johnson 78-74=152 Doug LaBelle II 77-75=152 Billy Mayfair 78-74=152 Joe Ogilvie 79-73=152 Bo Van Pelt 77-75=152 Bobby Wadkins 77-75=152 Charles Warren 78-74=152 Bubba Watson 77-75=152 David Branshaw 82-71=153 +9 Fred Funk (c) 80-73=153 Will MacKenzie 74-79=153 Troy Matteson 75-78=153 Jesper Parnevik 76-77=153 Camilo Villegas 80-73=153 Billy Andrade 81-73=154 +10 Michael Campbell 75-79=154 Paul Casey 76-78=154 Ben Curtis 76-78=154 Niclas Fasth 78-76=154 Jason Bohn 76-79=155 +11 Greg Owen 77-78=155 Pat Perez 77-78=155 Jeff Sluman 75-80=155 Nick Watney 75-80=155 Stephen Ames (c) 77-79=156 +12 Olin Browne 81-75=156 Mark Calcavecchia 82-74=156 Lucas Glover 79-77=156 Chad Campbell 79-78=157 +13 Paul Goydos 80-77=157 Steve Marino 81-78=159 +15 Robert Garrigus 85-75=160 +16 Anthony Kim 78-83=161 +17WD Daisuke Maruyama 85 +13 Darren Clarke David Howell
Scorecard Hole123456789101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 Mickelson −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 García −3 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 Cink −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 Olazábal −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 Cóceres −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 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 {|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:
References
External links The Players Championship website