2007 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | May 10–13, 2007 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,215 yards (6,597 m) |
Field | 145 players, 79 after cut |
Cut | 149 (+5) |
Prize fund | $9,000,000 |
Winner's share | $1,610,000 |
Champion | |
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277 (−11) | |
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The 2007 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour contested from May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 34th Players Championship. The tournament was won by Phil Mickelson by two shots over Sergio García
With the new PGA Tour season arrangement the tournament was played in May for the first time. The tournament was typically played in March.
Venue
This was the 26th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The course was lengthened to 7,215 yards from the 2006 length of 7,098 yards.
Course layout
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yardage | n/a | 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 |
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Scott | ![]() | 2004 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 282 | −6 | T6 |
Steve Elkington | ![]() | 1991, 1997 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 284 | −4 | T12 |
Tiger Woods | ![]() | 2001 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 288 | E | T37 |
Davis Love III | ![]() | 1992, 2003 | 77 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 295 | +7 | T75 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Justin Leonard | ![]() | 1998 | 78 | 72 | 150 | +6 |
Craig Perks | ![]() | 2002 | 75 | 76 | 151 | +7 |
Fred Funk | ![]() | 2005 | 80 | 73 | 153 | +9 |
Stephen Ames | ![]() | 2006 | 77 | 79 | 156 | +12 |
Round summaries
First round
Second round
# | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Phil Mickelson | ![]() | 67-72=139 | −5 |
2 | Nathan Green | ![]() | 71-69=140 | −4 |
T3 | Peter Lonard | ![]() | 69-72=141 | −3 |
Sean O'Hair | ![]() | 72-69=141 | ||
Rod Pampling | ![]() | 70-71=141 | ||
Carl Pettersson | ![]() | 70-71=141 | ||
T7 | Chris DiMarco | ![]() | 68-74=142 | −2 |
Tom Pernice, Jr. | ![]() | 74-68=142 | ||
T9 | Stewart Cink | ![]() | 74-69=143 | −1 |
José Cóceres | ![]() | 73-70=143 | ||
Jim Furyk | ![]() | 71-72=143 | ||
Mathew Goggin | ![]() | 72-71=143 | ||
Tom Lehman | ![]() | 70-73=143 | ||
Rocco Mediate | ![]() | 72-71=143 | ||
Kirk Triplett | ![]() | 75-68=143 |
Third round
# | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sean O'Hair | ![]() | 72-69-66=207 | −9 |
2 | Phil Mickelson | ![]() | 67-72-69=208 | −8 |
3 | Peter Lonard | ![]() | 69-72-68=209 | −7 |
Jeff Quinney | ![]() | 71-74-64=209 | ||
T5 | 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=211 | ||
T10 | Tim Clark | ![]() | 73-72-67=212 | −4 |
J. P. Hayes | ![]() | 71-73-68=212 | ||
Geoff Ogilvy | ![]() | 74-71-67=212 |
Final round
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 still in contention heading to the infamous 17th hole, but hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin. The mistakes moved O'Hair from 2nd to 11th, costing him $747,000 in prize money.
# | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
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1 | Phil Mickelson | ![]() | 67-72-69-69=277 | −11 | 1,610,000 |
2 | Sergio García | ![]() | 73-73-67-66=279 | −9 | 972,000 |
T3 | Stewart Cink | ![]() | 74-69-71-66=280 | −8 | 522,000 |
José María Olazábal | ![]() | 78-66-69-67=280 | |||
5 | José Cóceres | ![]() | 73-70-68-70=281 | −7 | 360,000 |
T6 | 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 | |||
Adam Scott | ![]() | 74-71-70-67=282 | |||
Jeff Quinney | ![]() | 71-74-64-73=282 |
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[1]
References
- ↑ "THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
External links
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