2014 Players Championship

The 2014 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 8–11 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 41st Players Championship.

Martin Kaymer opened with a 63, led after each round, and won his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk.^[1] It was the first to feature an eight-figure purse,^[2] with a winner's share of $1.8 million.

With defending champion and world number one Tiger Woods out of competition due to back surgery in late March,^[3] four entered this Players Championship with an opportunity to ascend to the top of the world rankings. World number two Adam Scott needed a 16th-place finish, third-ranked Henrik Stenson a top-six finish, number four Bubba Watson a solo runner-up, and fifth-ranked Matt Kuchar a win.^[4] They finished at T38, T34, T48, and T17, respectively, and Woods remained number one.^[5][6][7]

Due to 82 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.

This was the first year for the new playoff format, a three-hole aggregate beginning on the 16th hole,^[8] which was not necessary. After a 90-minute rain delay late in the final round, Kaymer finished with a par in near-darkness.^[1] If he had bogeyed the final hole, the playoff would have begun on Monday morning.

Kaymer was the fourth European to win the Players, following Sandy Lyle, Sergio García, and Henrik Stenson. A month later he won the U.S. Open at Pinehurst and became the fourth to win the Players and a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1978, Open), Hal Sutton (1983, PGA), and Woods (2001, Masters).

Venue

This was the 33rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2014 Players Championship

Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	76.8 / 155	423	532	177	384	471	393	442	237	583	3,642	424	558	358	181	481	449	523	137	462	3,573	7,215
Par		4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	72

Source:^[9]

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Woody Austin, Bae Sang-moon (2), Jonas Blixt (2,8), Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Dufner (2,4,8), Ken Duke (2), Harris English (2,8,12), Matt Every (2,8,12), Bill Haas (2,7,8), Chesson Hadley, Russell Henley (2,8), J. B. Holmes (3), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Zach Johnson (2,8,12), Matt Jones (2,8), Chris Kirk (2,12), Matt Kuchar (2,5,6,8,12), Phil Mickelson (2,4,8), Ryan Moore (2,8), Noh Seung-yul, Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,6,8), Adam Scott (2,4,6,8), John Senden (2), Webb Simpson (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,8,12), Kevin Stadler (2), Scott Stallings (2), Henrik Stenson (2,5,7,8), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,8,12), Boo Weekley (2), Gary Woodland (2,8)

• Jason Day (2,6,8) and Tiger Woods (2,5,6,8) did not play.

2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Charlie Beljan, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Ángel Cabrera, Roberto Castro, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink (4), Tim Clark (5), Erik Compton, Ben Crane, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (8), Luke Donald (8), James Driscoll, Ernie Els (4,8), Derek Ernst, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Jim Furyk (8), Sergio García (8), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover (4), Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Martin Kaymer (4), Jerry Kelly, Jason Kokrak, Martin Laird, Lee Dong-hwan, Richard H. Lee, Scott Langley, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan (6,8), Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, Rory McIlroy (4,8), George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, Geoff Ogilvy, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, D. A. Points, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (6,8), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman (8), Steve Stricker (8), Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney, Lee Westwood (8), Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson

• Bob Estes, David Lynn, Scott Piercy, and Chez Reavie did not play.

3. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Briny Baird, Jonathan Byrd, Retief Goosen, Kevin Na, Shawn Stefani

4. Major champions from the past five years

Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen (8), Yang Yong-eun

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

6. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners from 2011–12 only if PGA Tour members)

7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

8. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Thomas Bjørn, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Stephen Gallacher, Thongchai Jaidee, Joost Luiten, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari

• Victor Dubuisson and Miguel Ángel Jiménez did not play.

9. Senior Players champion from prior year

Kenny Perry

10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Michael Putnam

11. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

John Peterson

12. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

13. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Russell Knox, Will MacKenzie

Tiger Woods (2001, 2013) was recovering from back surgery. This was the third time the defending champion did not compete,
following 1998 (Steve Elkington, sinus surgery) and 1983 (Jerry Pate, neck).

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Martin Kaymer tied the course record by shooting a nine-under-par 63. His round included nine birdies including seven on the front nine (his second nine), setting the nine-hole record with 29 (−7). Russell Henley was two strokes back and Bae Sang-moon was three back.^[10]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Martin Kaymer	63	−9
2	Russell Henley	65	−7
3	Bae Sang-moon	66	−6
T4	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	67	−5
	Sergio García
	Justin Rose
	Jordan Spieth
	Scott Stallings
	Brian Stuard
	Lee Westwood
	Gary Woodland

Second round

Friday, May 9, 2014

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Martin Kaymer	63-69=132	−12
2	Jordan Spieth	67-66=133	−11
3	Russell Henley	65-71=136	−8
T4	Jim Furyk	70-68=138	−6
	Sergio García	67-71=138
	Justin Rose	67-71=138
	Lee Westwood	67-71=138
	Gary Woodland	67-71=138
T9	Bae Sang-moon	66-73=139	−5
	Scott Brown	68-71=139
	Brian Davis	72-67=139
	Bill Haas	68-71=139
	Matt Jones	70-69=139
	George McNeill	71-68=139
	Kevin Na	70-69=139
	Geoff Ogilvy	69-70=139
	Charl Schwartzel	72-67=139
	John Senden	70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Martin Kaymer	63-69-72=204	−12
	Jordan Spieth	67-66-71=204
T3	Sergio García	67-71-69=207	−9
	John Senden	70-69-68=207
T5	Matt Jones	70-69-69=208	−8
	George McNeill	71-68-69=208
	Gary Woodland	67-71-70=208
T8	David Hearn	70-71-68=209	−7
	Francesco Molinari	72-70-67=209
	Justin Rose	67-71-71=209
	Lee Westwood	67-71-71=209

Final round

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Champion

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Martin Kaymer	63-69-72-71=275	−13	1,800,000
2	Jim Furyk	70-68-72-66=276	−12	1,080,000
3	Sergio García (c)	67-71-69-70=277	−11	680,000
T4	Justin Rose	67-71-71-69=278	−10	440,000
	Jordan Spieth	67-66-71-74=278
T6	David Hearn	70-71-68-70=279	−9	313,000
	Rory McIlroy	70-74-69-66=279
	Francesco Molinari	72-70-67-70=279
	Jimmy Walker	75-68-71-65=279
	Lee Westwood	67-71-71-70=279

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Brian Davis	72-67-73-68=280	−8	240,000
	Gary Woodland	67-71-70-72=280
T13	K. J. Choi (c)	74-70-72-65=281	−7	187,500
	Chris Kirk	71-73-70-67=281
	George McNeill	71-68-69-73=281
	Steve Stricker	71-70-71-69=281
T17	Russell Henley	65-71-80-66=282	−6	135,333
	Justin Hicks	73-70-71-68=282
	Morgan Hoffmann	71-70-70-71=282
	Matt Jones	70-69-69-74=282
	Matt Kuchar (c)	71-71-69-71=282
	Brian Stuard	67-76-69-70=282
T23	Marc Leishman	70-72-74-67=283	−5	96,000
	Hideki Matsuyama	70-71-72-70=283
	Daniel Summerhays	74-68-69-72=283
T26	Kevin Chappell	72-68-75-69=284	−4	69,500
	Bill Haas	68-71-72-73=284
	Billy Horschel	72-70-75-67=284
	Zach Johnson	69-71-72-72=284
	Ryan Moore	70-74-67-73=284
	John Senden	70-69-68-77=284
	Brendan Steele	69-73-75-67=284
	Bo Van Pelt	71-70-70-73=284
T34	Erik Compton	72-70-74-69=285	−3	52,750
	Russell Knox	72-72-73-68=285
	Scott Langley	71-72-72-70=285
	Henrik Stenson (c)	71-70-70-74=285
T38	Ángel Cabrera	70-74-71-71=286	−2	38,000
	Stewart Cink	70-70-70-76=286
	Luke Donald	73-69-75-69=286
	Jamie Donaldson	74-67-74-71=286
	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	67-77-72-70=286
	Charley Hoffman	77-67-71-71=286
	Justin Leonard (c)	68-73-70-75=286
	Kevin Na	70-69-76-71=286
	Rory Sabbatini	71-73-69-73=286
	Adam Scott (c)	77-67-69-73=286
T48	Charlie Beljan	73-69-73-72=287	−1	24,072
	Steven Bowditch	72-72-71-72=287
	Jason Dufner	69-74-72-72=287
	Martin Flores	70-71-74-72=287
	Retief Goosen	72-70-75-70=287
	J. J. Henry	74-70-72-71=287
	Jeff Maggert	72-71-74-70=287
	Pat Perez	68-73-75-71=287
	Charl Schwartzel	72-67-77-71=287
	Brandt Snedeker	75-69-67-76=287
	Bubba Watson	69-72-70-76=287
T59	Dustin Johnson	68-74-72-74=288	E	22,000
	Ryan Palmer	71-73-71-73=288
	John Peterson	73-69-72-74=288
T62	Scott Brown	68-71-77-73=289	+1	21,500
	Graeme McDowell	69-71-77-72=289
64	Freddie Jacobson	70-70-75-75=290	+2	21,200
T65	Richard H. Lee	71-71-76-73=291	+3	20,800
	Ian Poulter	74-69-72-76=291
	Scott Stallings	67-77-71-76=291
68	Bae Sang-moon	66-73-79-74=292	+4	20,400
69	Geoff Ogilvy	69-70-76-78=293	+5	20,200
70	Brendon de Jonge	69-74-75-76=294	+6	20,000
71	Kyle Stanley	73-69-76-77=295	+7	19,800
T72	Ernie Els	68-76-75=219	+3	19,400
	John Huh	69-72-78=219
	Noh Seung-yul	76-68-75=219
T75	Jonas Blixt	71-72-77=220	+4	18,900
	John Merrick	72-71-77=220
T77	Stuart Appleby	71-73-77=221	+5	18,400
	Rickie Fowler	71-72-78=221
	John Rollins	73-71-77=221
T80	Joost Luiten	68-72-82=222	+6	17,900
	Chris Stroud	76-67-79=222
82	Jeff Overton	70-72-83=225	+9	17,600
CUT	Keegan Bradley	72-73=145	+1
	Derek Ernst	76-69=145
	Lucas Glover	75-70=145
	Chesson Hadley	73-72=145
	Charles Howell III	71-74=145
	Will MacKenzie	73-72=145
	Phil Mickelson (c)	75-70=145
	Carl Pettersson	74-71=145
	Ted Potter Jr.	73-72=145
	Johnson Wagner	73-72=145
	Charlie Wi	76-69=145
	Jason Bohn	74-72=146	+2
	Jonathan Byrd	72-74=146
	Roberto Castro	72-74=146
	Graham DeLaet	69-77=146
	Ken Duke	72-74=146
	Robert Garrigus	75-71=146
	James Hahn	70-76=146
	Brian Harman	74-72=146
	Thongchai Jaidee	73-73=146
	Jerry Kelly	78-68=146
	Martin Laird	76-70=146
	Kevin Stadler	72-74=146
	Camilo Villegas	70-76=146
	Luke Guthrie	73-74=147	+3
	Kenny Perry	77-70=147
	Josh Teater	71-76=147
	Michael Thompson	71-76=147
	Cameron Tringale	77-70=147
	Aaron Baddeley	73-75=148	+4
	Harris English	73-75=148
	Stephen Gallacher	70-78=148
	David Lingmerth	71-77=148
	Bryce Molder	77-71=148
	Michael Putnam	75-73=148
	Webb Simpson	75-73=148
	Kevin Streelman	69-79=148
	Boo Weekley	75-73=148
	Thomas Bjørn	73-76=149	+5
	Greg Chalmers	74-75=149
	Darren Clarke	76-73=149
	Brian Gay	70-79=149
	J. B. Holmes	76-73=149
	Shawn Stefani	75-74=149
	Yang Yong-eun	75-74=149
	Jason Kokrak	70-80=150	+6
	Andrés Romero	76-74=150
	Nick Watney	71-79=150
	Ben Crane	76-75=151	+7
	Hunter Mahan	73-78=151
	D. A. Points	75-76=151
	Nicholas Thompson	77-74=151
	Tim Clark (c)	71-81=152	+8
	Louis Oosthuizen	77-75=152
	James Driscoll	75-78=153	+9
	Matt Every	76-77=153
	William McGirt	72-81=153
	Patrick Reed	74-79=153
	Mark Wilson	79-74=153
	Woody Austin	78-76=154	+10
WD	Briny Baird	77	+5
	Lee Dong-hwan	78	+6

Source:^[11]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4
Kaymer	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−13	−13	−13	−13
Furyk	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12
García	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−10	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11
Rose	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10
Spieth	−12	−13	−13	−14	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10
Hearn	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
McIlroy	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9
Molinari	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9
Walker	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9
Westwood	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[12]

References

External links

• The Players Championship website