The 2019 Players Championship was the 46th Players Championship and was played March 14–17 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 38th edition held at the Stadium Course and the first in March in thirteen years.

On January 28, 2019, it was announced the 2019 Players Championship would have a $12.5 million purse, "the biggest prize professional golf has ever seen for a single tournament." It was a 13 percent increase from the 2018 Championship.

Rory McIlroy shot a two-under 70 in the final round for 272 (−16) to win his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk. Defending champion Webb Simpson finished six strokes back, tied for 16th place.

Venue

Course layout

Field The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Keegan Bradley (2,9), Cameron Champ, Bryson DeChambeau (2,8,9), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9,13), J. B. Holmes (2,9), Charles Howell III (2,9,13), Dustin Johnson (2,4,7,9,13), Michael Kim (2), Brooks Koepka (2,4,9,13), Matt Kuchar (2,9,13), Marc Leishman (2,8,9,13), Adam Long, Troy Merritt (2), Phil Mickelson (2,7,9,13), Keith Mitchell (2), Francesco Molinari (2,4,8,9), Kevin Na (2), Andrew Putnam (2,9), Justin Rose (2,7,9), Xander Schauffele (2,6,7,9,13), Webb Simpson (2,5,9), Brandt Snedeker (2), Martin Trainer, Justin Thomas (2,4,7,9,13), Kevin Tway (2), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9), Aaron Wise (2), Tiger Woods (2,6,9)

2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list An Byeong-hun, Abraham Ancer, Ryan Armour, Daniel Berger, Ryan Blaum, Scott Brown, Bronson Burgoon, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (9), Patrick Cantlay (9), Bud Cauley, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Stewart Cink, Austin Cook, Joel Dahmen, Jason Day (4,5,7,9), Jason Dufner (8), Tyler Duncan, Harris English, Tony Finau (9), Tommy Fleetwood (9), Brice Garnett, Brian Gay, Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo, Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brandon Harkins, Tyrrell Hatton (9), Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, Tom Hoge, Billy Horschel (9), Beau Hossler, John Huh, Zach Johnson (4), Kang Sung-hoon, Kim Si-woo (5), Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (9), Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Satoshi Kodaira, Jason Kokrak, Kelly Kraft, Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Andrew Landry, Danny Lee, Luke List, Hideki Matsuyama (7,9), Rory McIlroy (4,6,8,9), Ryan Moore, Trey Mullinax, Grayson Murray, Alex Norén (9), Louis Oosthuizen (9), Ryan Palmer, Pan Cheng-tsung, Scott Piercy, J. T. Poston, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (9), Séamus Power, Jon Rahm (9), Chez Reavie, Patrick Reed (4,9), Patrick Rodgers, Sam Ryder, Rory Sabbatini, Sam Saunders, Ollie Schniederjans, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (9), Cameron Smith (9), J. J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth (4,9), Scott Stallings, Kyle Stanley (9), Brendan Steele, Henrik Stenson (4,9), Kevin Streelman, Brian Stuard, Nick Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Peter Uihlein, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas, Jimmy Walker (4), Nick Watney, Richy Werenski, Gary Woodland (9,13)

Kevin Chappell, James Hahn, Kim Meen-whee, Jamie Lovemark, William McGirt (8), Sean O'Hair, and Pat Perez did not play

3. Top 125 (medical) Lucas Glover

4. Major champions from the past five years Sergio García (9), Martin Kaymer (5), Danny Willett

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years

8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Lucas Bjerregaard, Matt Fitzpatrick, Li Haotong, Shane Lowry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Eddie Pepperell, Matt Wallace

10. Senior Players champion from prior year Vijay Singh

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season Im Sung-jae

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals Denny McCarthy

13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings Michael Thompson (41) Talor Gooch (43) Corey Conners (50) Aaron Baddeley (61) Scott Langley (62) Jim Furyk (64) Dominic Bozzelli (65) Wyndham Clark (72)

Round summaries First round Thursday, March 14, 2019

Keegan Bradley and Tommy Fleetwood shot 7-under-par rounds of 65 to share the lead by one stroke over An Byeong-hun and Brian Harman. Harris English scored an albatross on the par-5 11th hole, the third albatross in as many years at TPC Sawgrass.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Keegan Bradley 65 −7 Tommy FleetwoodT3 An Byeong-hun 66 −6 Brian HarmanT5 Rory McIlroy 67 −5 Ryan Moore Vaughn TaylorT8 Kevin Kisner 68 −4 J. T. Poston Rory Sabbatini Kyle Stanley Brendan Steele

Second round Friday, March 15, 2019 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Tommy Fleetwood 65-67=132 −12 Rory McIlroy 67-65=132T3 Abraham Ancer 69-66=135 −9 Jim Furyk 71-64=135 Brian Harman 66-69=135 Ian Poulter 69-66=135T7 Jason Day 70-66=136 −8 Kevin Kisner 68-68=136 Keith Mitchell 71-65=136T10 An Byeong-hun 66-71=137 −7 Dustin Johnson 69-68=137 Luke List 69-68=137 J. T. Poston 68-69=137 Jon Rahm 69-68=137 Rory Sabbatini 68-69=137 Vaughn Taylor 67-70=137

Third round Saturday, March 16, 2019 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jon Rahm 69-68-64=201 −15T2 Tommy Fleetwood 65-67-70=202 −14 Rory McIlroy 67-65-70=2024 Jason Day 70-66-68=204 −125 Abraham Ancer 69-66-70=205 −11T6 Keegan Bradley 65-73-68=206 −10 Jim Furyk 71-64-71=206 Brian Harman 66-69-71=206 Dustin Johnson 69-68-69=206 Ollie Schniederjans 71-70-65=206 Brandt Snedeker 69-72-65=206

Final round Sunday, March 17, 2019 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Rory McIlroy 67-65-70-70=272 −16 2,250,0002 Jim Furyk 71-64-71-67=273 −15 1,350,000T3 Eddie Pepperell 72-68-68-66=274 −14 725,000 Jhonattan Vegas 72-69-67-66=274T5 Tommy Fleetwood 65-67-70-73=275 −13 456,250 Dustin Johnson 69-68-69-69=275 Brandt Snedeker 69-72-65-69=275T8 Jason Day (c) 70-66-68-72=276 −12 350,000 Brian Harman 66-69-71-70=276 Hideki Matsuyama 71-72-66-67=276 Justin Rose 74-66-68-68=276 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 Abraham Ancer 69-66-70-72=277 −11 253,125 Joel Dahmen 69-71-67-70=277 Jon Rahm 69-68-64-76=277 Adam Scott (c) 70-69-68-70=277T16 Keegan Bradley 65-73-68-72=278 −10 193,750 Ollie Schniederjans 71-70-65-72=278 Webb Simpson (c) 70-70-70-68=278 Nick Taylor 73-69-69-67=278T20 Bryson DeChambeau 70-69-69-71=279 −9 156,250 Ryan Moore 67-74-69-69=279T22 Tony Finau 69-71-68-72=280 −8 125,000 Sergio García (c) 69-70-74-67=280 Kevin Kisner 68-68-71-73=280 J. T. Poston 68-69-73-70=280T26 An Byeong-hun 66-71-73-71=281 −7 94,375 Emiliano Grillo 70-72-73-66=281 Billy Horschel 69-70-73-69=281 Matt Kuchar (c) 69-70-72-70=281T30 Lucas Bjerregaard 70-70-70-72=282 −6 77,625 Tom Hoge 69-71-70-72=282 Matt Wallace 69-73-70-70=282 Gary Woodland 72-69-73-68=282 Tiger Woods (c) 70-71-72-69=282T35 Brice Garnett 71-69-73-70=283 −5 60,312 Charles Howell III 69-70-75-69=283 Russell Knox 70-68-73-72=283 Séamus Power 74-67-73-69=283 Rory Sabbatini 68-69-74-72=283 Justin Thomas 71-72-70-70=283T41 Corey Conners 72-70-68-74=284 −4 45,000 Matt Fitzpatrick 70-71-72-71=284 Denny McCarthy 69-72-72-71=284 Thorbjørn Olesen 70-69-76-69=284 Vaughn Taylor 67-70-71-76=284 Martin Trainer 73-69-72-70=284T47 Bud Cauley 69-70-76-70=285 −3 31,388 Rickie Fowler (c) 74-67-68-76=285 Kang Sung-hoon 73-66-74-72=285 Jason Kokrak 73-68-74-70=285 Kelly Kraft 73-70-71-71=285 Andrew Landry 73-68-73-71=285 Keith Mitchell 71-65-75-74=285 Patrick Reed 69-69-69-78=285 Richy Werenski 72-71-68-74=285T56 Brian Gay 76-67-68-75=286 −2 27,250 Kim Si-woo (c) 73-68-72-73=286 Chris Kirk 74-69-72-71=286 Brooks Koepka 72-71-73-70=286 Luke List 69-68-75-74=286 Francesco Molinari 72-70-72-72=286 Louis Oosthuizen 73-70-73-70=286 Scott Piercy 74-68-72-72=286 Ian Poulter 69-66-75-76=286 Cameron Smith 72-70-73-71=286 Bubba Watson 72-71-70-73=286T67 Daniel Berger 75-68-70-74=287 −1 25,500 Scott Langley 69-72-75-71=287 Jimmy Walker 75-68-73-71=28770 Michael Thompson 69-71-72-76=288 E 25,00071 Martin Kaymer (c) 71-69-73-78=291 +3 24,750T72 Branden Grace 73-70-72-77=292 +4 24,375 Pan Cheng-tsung 72-70-74-76=292T74 Jason Dufner 70-73-74=217 +1 23,750 Tyler Duncan 70-71-76=217 Anirban Lahiri 70-71-76=21777 Patrick Rodgers 72-70-76=218 +2 23,25078 Kevin Na 71-70-78=219 +3 23,000T79 Patton Kizzire 71-70-79=220 +4 22,625 Adam Long 71-72-77=220CUT Beau Hossler 70-74=144 E Im Sung-jae 73-71=144 Marc Leishman 71-73=144 Li Haotong 69-75=144 Troy Merritt 71-73=144 Trey Mullinax 69-75=144 Xander Schauffele 70-74=144 Scott Stallings 71-73=144 Kyle Stanley 68-76=144 Brendan Steele 68-76=144 Kevin Streelman 73-71=144 Dominic Bozzelli 74-71=145 +1 Russell Henley 73-72=145 J. B. Holmes 73-72=145 Ryan Palmer 71-74=145 Chez Reavie 71-74=145 Sam Ryder 74-71=145 Jordan Spieth 76-69=145 Henrik Stenson (c) 75-70=145 Nick Watney 70-75=145 Aaron Wise 71-74=145 Ryan Armour 72-74=146 +2 Ryan Blaum 71-75=146 Patrick Cantlay 75-71=146 Alex Čejka 73-73=146 Harris English 70-76=146 Chesson Hadley 76-70=146 Martin Laird 76-70=146 Alex Norén 70-76=146 Brian Stuard 75-71=146 Stewart Cink 77-70=147 +3 Austin Cook 72-75=147 Talor Gooch 72-75=147 Shane Lowry 73-74=147 Peter Uihlein 72-75=147 Aaron Baddeley 75-73=148 +4 Scott Brown 75-73=148 Lucas Glover 76-72=148 Tyrrell Hatton 74-74=148 Phil Mickelson (c) 74-74=148 Ted Potter Jr. 74-74=148 Sam Saunders 75-73=148 Kevin Tway 76-72=148 Danny Willett 75-73=148 Bronson Burgoon 73-76=149 +5 Charl Schwartzel 75-74=149 Vijay Singh 73-76=149 Brandon Harkins 69-81=150 +6 John Huh 74-76=150 Zach Johnson 73-77=150 Satoshi Kodaira 74-76=150 Grayson Murray 72-78=150 Harold Varner III 74-76=150 Adam Hadwin 76-75=151 +7 Andrew Putnam 76-75=151 Paul Casey 78-74=152 +8 Charley Hoffman 75-77=152 Michael Kim 74-78=152 Danny Lee 75-77=152 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 84-69=153 +9 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 77-76=153WD J. J. Spaun 76 +4 Cameron Champ 78 +6DQ Wyndham Clark

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 McIlroy −14 −14 −14 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 Furyk −9 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −15 Pepperell −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −14 Vegas −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 Fleetwood −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13−12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −14 −13 −13 Rahm −14 −14 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −11 −11

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

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