2006 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 23–26 2006 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,098 yards (6,490 m) |
Field | 144 players, 74 after cut |
Cut | 144 (Even) |
Prize fund | $8,000,000 |
Winner's share | $1,440,000 |
Champion | |
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274 (−14) | |
«2005 2007» |
The 2006 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour contested from March 23–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 33rd Players Championship. Stephen Ames completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin of six strokes from Retief Goosen.
This was the final edition of the tournament to be played in March; it moved to a May date for 2007.
Venue
Main article: TPC at Sawgrass
This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Its 2006 setup measured 7,098 yards.
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Funk | ![]() | 2005 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 287 | −1 | T16 |
Tiger Woods | ![]() | 2001 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 289 | +1 | T22 |
Nick Price | ![]() | 1993 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 290 | +2 | T27 |
Fred Couples | ![]() | 1984, 1996 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 291 | +3 | 35 |
Adam Scott | ![]() | 2004 | 70 | 67 | 82 | 76 | 295 | +7 | T53 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Justin Leonard | ![]() | 1998 | 75 | 70 | 145 | +1 |
Davis Love III | ![]() | 1992, 2003 | 65 | 83 | 148 | +4 |
David Duval | ![]() | 1999 | 71 | 80 | 151 | +7 |
Craig Perks | ![]() | 2002 | 79 | 76 | 155 | +11 |
Round summaries
First round
# | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Jim Furyk | ![]() | 65 | −7 |
Davis Love III | ![]() | |||
T3 | Robert Allenby | ![]() | 67 | −5 |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez | ![]() | |||
Bernhard Langer | ![]() | |||
T9 | Ben Crane | ![]() | 68 | −4 |
Arron Oberholser | ![]() | |||
José María Olazábal | ![]() | |||
John Rollins | ![]() | |||
Vijay Singh | ![]() | |||
Bo Van Pelt | ![]() |
Second round
# | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Furyk | ![]() | 65-71=136 | −8 |
T2 | Stephen Ames | ![]() | 71-66=137 | −7 |
Adam Scott | ![]() | 70-67=137 | ||
T4 | K. J. Choi | ![]() | 69-69=138 | −6 |
Sergio García | ![]() | 70-68=138 | ||
Vijay Singh | ![]() | 68-70=138 | ||
T7 | Brad Faxon | ![]() | 70-69=141 | −5 |
Steve Flesch | ![]() | 69-70=141 | ||
Fred Funk | ![]() | 69-70=141 | ||
Arron Oberholser | ![]() | 68-71=141 | ||
José María Olazábal | ![]() | 68-71=141 | ||
Greg Owen | ![]() | 71-68=141 | ||
John Rollins | ![]() | 68-71=141 | ||
Bo Van Pelt | ![]() | 68-71=141 |
Third round
# | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stephen Ames | ![]() | 71-66-70=207 | −9 |
T2 | Sergio García | ![]() | 70-68-70=208 | −8 |
Vijay Singh | ![]() | 68-70-70=208 | ||
T4 | Henrik Stenson | ![]() | 69-71-70=210 | −6 |
Mike Weir | ![]() | 71-71-68=210 | ||
T6 | Jim Furyk | ![]() | 65-71-75=211 | −5 |
Retief Goosen | ![]() | 69-71-71=211 | ||
Tom Pernice, Jr. | ![]() | 70-70-71=211 | ||
Carl Pettersson | ![]() | 71-70-70=211 | ||
John Rollins | ![]() | 68-71-72=211 | ||
Bo Van Pelt | ![]() | 68-71-72=211 |
Final round
# | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stephen Ames | ![]() | 71-66-70-67=274 | −14 | 1,440,000 |
2 | Retief Goosen | ![]() | 69-71-71-69=280 | −8 | 864,000 |
T3 | Jim Furyk | ![]() | 65-71-75-72=283 | −5 | 384,000 |
Pat Perez | ![]() | 71-72-69-71=283 | |||
Henrik Stenson | ![]() | 69-71-70-73=283 | |||
Camilo Villegas | ![]() | 74-70-68-71=283 | |||
7 | José María Olazábal | ![]() | 68-71-74-71=284 | −4 | 268,000 |
T8 | Ernie Els | ![]() | 72-70-72-71=285 | −3 | 208,000 |
Carl Pettersson | ![]() | 71-70-70-74=285 | |||
John Rollins | ![]() | 68-71-72-74=285 | |||
Vijay Singh | ![]() | 68-70-70-77=285 | |||
Vaughn Taylor | ![]() | 73-71-68-73=285 | |||
Bo Van Pelt | ![]() | 68-71-72-74=285 |
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
References
External links
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Coordinates: 30°11′48″N 81°23′37″W / 30.19667°N 81.39361°W
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