The 2012 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 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

This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Course layout

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) Darren Clarke (5) and Dustin Johnson (2,3,9) did not play.

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 Paul Goydos, Anthony Kim, Steve Marino, D. A. Points, Charl Schwartzel (5,9), and Bubba Watson (2,3,5,9,11) did not play.

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 Thomas Bjørn, Anders Hansen, Kim Kyung-tae, and Paul Lawrie did not play.

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 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Martin Laird65−7 Ian Poulter3 Blake Adams66−6T4 Ben Crane67−5 Kevin NaT6 Bae Sang-moon68−4 Jonathan Byrd Ben Curtis Brian Davis Harrison Frazar Bill Haas Matt Kuchar Adam Scott Kevin Stadler Michael Thompson Jhonattan Vegas

Second round Friday, May 11, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Zach Johnson70-66=136−8 Kevin Na67-69=136 Matt Kuchar68-68=1364 Harris English70-67=137−7T5 Jonathan Byrd68-70=138−6 Adam Scott68-70=138 Brian Davis68-70=138 Martin Laird65-73=138 Charlie Wi71-67=138T10 Blake Adams66-73=139−5 Ben Curtis68-71=139 Michael Thompson68-71=139 Bill Haas68-71=139 Kevin Stadler68-71=139

Third round Saturday, May 12, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Kevin Na67-69-68=204−122 Matt Kuchar68-68-69=205−113 Rickie Fowler72-69-66=207−9T4 Zach Johnson70-66-73=209−7 Ben Curtis68-71-70=209T6 Jhonattan Vegas68-74-68=210−6 Brian Davis68-70-72=210 Jonathan Byrd68-70-72=210 Martin Laird65-73-72=210T10 Johnson Wagner69-73-69=211−5 Bo Van Pelt71-70-70=211 Blake Adams66-73-72=211 Charlie Wi71-67-73=211

Final round Sunday, May 13, 2012 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Matt Kuchar 68-68-69-70=275 −13 1,710,000T2 Ben Curtis 68-71-70-68=277 −11 627,000 Rickie Fowler 72-69-66-70=277 Zach Johnson 70-66-73-68=277 Martin Laird 65-73-72-67=2776 Luke Donald 72-69-72-66=279 −9 342,000T7 Kevin Na 67-69-68-76=280 −8 296,083 Bo Van Pelt 71-70-70-69=280 Jhonattan Vegas 68-74-68-70=280T10 Carl Pettersson 71-72-69-69=281 −7 247,000 David Toms 69-74-73-65=281 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 Blake Adams 66-73-72-71=282 −6 199,500 Jonathan Byrd 68-70-72-72=282 Geoff Ogilvy 70-73-70-69=282T15 Brendon de Jonge 69-71-72-71=283 −5 137,987 Bob Estes 73-69-76-65=283 Peter Hanson 73-71-71-68=283 Martin Kaymer 73-69-70-71=283 Spencer Levin 74-68-72-69=283 David Mathis 72-71-69-71=283 Adam Scott (c) 68-70-74-71=283 Henrik Stenson (c) 71-71-71-70=283T23 Chris Couch 72-71-71-70=284 −4 95,000 John Huh 75-66-72-71=284T25 Tim Clark (c) 71-70-71-73=285 −3 66,547 Brian Davis 68-70-72-75=285 Jim Furyk 72-70-72-71=285 Bill Haas 68-71-74-72=285 Phil Mickelson (c) 71-71-70-73=285 Pat Perez 69-75-70-71=285 Ian Poulter 65-76-71-73=285 John Rollins 72-72-69-72=285 Kevin Stadler 68-71-73-73=285 Charlie Wi 71-67-73-74=285T35 Keegan Bradley 72-70-74-70=286 −2 46,835 Tom Gillis 70-71-73-72=286 Jeff Maggert 70-71-71-74=286 Johnson Wagner 69-73-69-75=286 Jimmy Walker 71-70-71-74=286T40 Kris Blanks 69-74-72-72=287 −1 37,050 J. J. Henry 71-73-74-69=287 Bryce Molder 72-72-70-73=287 Álvaro Quirós 72-72-72-71=287 Tiger Woods (c) 74-68-72-73=28745 Marc Leishman 73-70-73-72=288 E 31,350T46 Ricky Barnes 74-69-72-74=289 +1 26,334 Harrison Frazar 68-76-69-76=289 Brian Gay 71-72-71-75=289 Ryan Moore 69-72-75-73=289 Josh Teater 71-71-76-71=289T51 Brian Harman 73-68-76-73=290 +2 22,496 Chris Kirk 71-73-72-74=290 Justin Rose 76-68-75-71=290 Kevin Streelman 72-68-72-78=290 Michael Thompson 68-71-75-76=290T56 Sergio García (c) 73-71-68-79=291 +3 21,280 Trevor Immelman 72-72-72-75=291 Robert Karlsson 70-74-76-71=291 Rod Pampling 71-72-78-70=291 Nick Watney 71-70-76-74=291T61 Robert Allenby 72-72-75-73=292 +4 20,520 Kang Sung-hoon 75-68-72-77=292 Lee Westwood 71-70-74-77=292T64 Stewart Cink 71-72-78-72=293 +5 19,855 Harris English 70-67-79-77=293 George McNeill 70-73-82-68=293 Heath Slocum 73-70-78-72=293T68 Jason Dufner 73-71-76-75=295 +7 19,285 David Hearn 69-75-77-74=295T70 Graham DeLaet 71-73-76-76=296 +8 18,905 Justin Leonard (c) 75-68-74-79=29672 Cameron Tringale 73-71-77-76=297 +9 18,620CUT Bae Sang-moon 68-77=145 +1 Ben Crane 67-78=145 Jason Day 73-72=145 Pádraig Harrington 69-76=145 Tim Herron 70-75=145 Charles Howell III 76-69=145 Graeme McDowell 74-71=145 Francesco Molinari 72-73=145 Joe Ogilvie 72-73=145 Nick O'Hern 74-71=145 Louis Oosthuizen 71-74=145 Ryan Palmer 73-72=145 John Senden 74-71=145 Chris DiMarco 73-73=146 +2 Lucas Glover 74-72=146 J. J. Killeen 69-77=146 Davis Love III (c) 72-74=146 Sean O'Hair 69-77=146 Webb Simpson 73-73=146 Kyle Stanley 73-73=146 Camilo Villegas 75-71=146 Arjun Atwal 69-78=147 +3 Chad Campbell 72-75=147 Ken Duke 73-74=147 Tommy Gainey 74-73=147 Brandt Jobe 73-74=147 John Mallinger 73-74=147 Jeff Overton 78-69=147 Scott Piercy 73-74=147 Chez Reavie 72-75=147 Rory Sabbatini 76-71=147 Vijay Singh 73-74=147 Scott Stallings 72-75=147 Chris Stroud 73-74=147 Michael Bradley 74-74=148 +4 Greg Chalmers 72-76=148 Ernie Els 74-74=148 Billy Mayfair 79-69=148 Rory McIlroy 72-76=148 John Merrick 70-78=148 Yang Yong-eun 80-68=148 Retief Goosen 72-77=149 +5 Bud Cauley 75-75=150 +6 Charley Hoffman 79-71=150 Freddie Jacobson 71-79=150 Hunter Mahan 74-76=150 Brandt Snedeker 76-74=150 Steve Stricker 76-74=150 Gary Woodland 77-73=150 K. J. Choi (c) 75-76=151 +7 Matt Every 77-74=151 Robert Garrigus 73-78=151 Brendan Steele 72-79=151 Mark Wilson 74-77=151 Matt Bettencourt 75-77=152 +8 Kevin Chappell 74-78=152 James Driscoll 73-79=152 J. B. Holmes 74-78=152 Ryuji Imada 75-77=152 Jerry Kelly 82-72=154 +10 Aaron Baddeley 78-77=155 +11 Tom Pernice Jr. 80-75=155 Troy Matteson 79-77=156 +12 Colt Knost 79-78=157 +13 Andrés Romero 76-82=158 +14WD Scott Verplank 72 E Briny Baird 76 +4 Simon Dyson 76 Ángel Cabrera 78 +6 Paul Casey Hunter Haas DQ D. J. Trahan 80 +8

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 Kuchar −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 Curtis −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −11 Fowler −10 −10 −10 −11 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −11 −11 Johnson −7 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 Laird −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 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 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:

References

External links The Players Championship website