2006 Players Championship

The 2006 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 33rd Players Championship.

2006 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 23–26, 2006
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,098 yards (6,490 m)[1]
Field144 players, 74 after cut
Cut144 (Even)
Prize fund$8.0 million
Winner's share$1.44 million
Champion
Canada Stephen Ames
274 (−14)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

Stephen Ames shot a final round 67 and completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin, six strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen.[2][3] Ames was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over Sergio García and Vijay Singh.[4]

A month earlier at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Ames lasted only ten holes in the first round, falling to Tiger Woods 9&8.[5]

Defending champion Fred Funk finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for sixteenth place.

This was the final Players held in March until 2019; it moved to mid-May in 2007. The Players was moved back to March starting 2019 as the PGA Championship moves from August to May from 2019 onwards.[6][7][8][9]

Venue
Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; five yards were added this year and its length was 7,098 yards (6,490 m).[1]

Field

Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Tommy Armour III, Arjun Atwal, Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Craig Barlow, Doug Barron, Rich Beem, Thomas Bjørn, Jason Bohn, Jeff Brehaut, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant, Jonathan Byrd, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Robert Damron, Brian Davis, Luke Donald, James Driscoll, Joe Durant, David Duval, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Todd Fischer, Steve Flesch, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Robert Gamez, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Nathan Green, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. J. Henry, Mark Hensby, Tim Herron, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, David Howell, John Huston, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Richard S. Johnson, Zach Johnson, Kent Jones, Steve Jones, Shingo Katayama, Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Hank Kuehne, Bernhard Langer, Stephen Leaney, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Paul McGinley, Rocco Mediate, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Nick O'Hern, Arron Oberholser, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, José María Olazábal, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Nick Price, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Tag Ridings, Loren Roberts, John Rollins, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, John Senden, Patrick Sheehan, Wes Short Jr., Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Jeff Sluman, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Sutherland, Hidemichi Tanaka, Vaughn Taylor, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Charles Warren, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Dean Wilson, Tiger Woods

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 23, 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jim Furyk65−7
United States Davis Love III
T3Australia Robert Allenby67−5
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Germany Bernhard Langer
T6United States Ben Crane68−4
United States Arron Oberholser
Spain José María Olazábal
United States John Rollins
Fiji Vijay Singh
United States Bo Van Pelt

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, March 24, 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jim Furyk65-71=136−8
T2Canada Stephen Ames71-66=137−7
Australia Adam Scott70-67=137
T4South Korea K. J. Choi69-69=138−6
Spain Sergio García70-68=138
Fiji Vijay Singh68-70=138
T7United States Brad Faxon70-69=139−5
United States Steve Flesch69-70=139
United States Fred Funk69-70=139
United States Arron Oberholser68-71=139
Spain José María Olazábal68-71=139
England Greg Owen71-68=139
United States John Rollins68-71=139
United States Bo Van Pelt68-71=139

Source:[11][12]

Third round

Saturday, March 25, 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Canada Stephen Ames71-66-70=207−9
T2Spain Sergio García70-68-70=208−8
Fiji Vijay Singh68-70-70=208
T4Sweden Henrik Stenson69-71-70=210−6
Canada Mike Weir71-71-68=210
T6United States Jim Furyk65-71-75=211−5
South Africa Retief Goosen69-71-71=211
United States Tom Pernice Jr.70-70-71=211
Sweden Carl Pettersson71-70-70=211
United States John Rollins68-71-72=211
United States Bo Van Pelt68-71-72=211

Source:[13]

Final round

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Canada Stephen Ames71-66-70-67=274−141,440,000
2South Africa Retief Goosen69-71-71-69=280−8864,000
T3United States Jim Furyk65-71-75-72=283−5384,000
United States Pat Perez71-72-69-71=283
Sweden Henrik Stenson69-71-70-73=283
Colombia Camilo Villegas74-70-68-71=283
7Spain José María Olazábal68-71-74-71=284−4268,000
T8South Africa Ernie Els72-70-72-71=285−3208,000
Sweden Carl Pettersson71-70-70-74=285
United States John Rollins68-71-72-74=285
Fiji Vijay Singh68-70-70-77=285
United States Vaughn Taylor73-71-68-73=285
United States Bo Van Pelt68-71-72-74=285

Source:[14]

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Canada Ames−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−9−10−10−11−11−12−14−14−14
South Africa Goosen−6−7−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−7−6−7−7−7−8
United States Furyk−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5
United States Perez−5−6−6−6−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5
Sweden Stenson−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−5
Colombia Villegas−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−5
Fiji Singh−7−7−7−6−5−5−5−5−3−3−4−3−3−2−2−3−3−3
Spain García −8 −7−6−4−3−3−3−3-4 −3 −3-3-3−2−3−3−3−2
Canada Weir−6−6−5−2−1−1−2−2−3EE+1+1+2+1+1+1+1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

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