2007 Players Championship

The 2007 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 34th Players Championship and was won by Phil Mickelson, two strokes ahead of runner-up Sergio García.[2]

2007 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 10–13, 2007
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
Length7,215 yards (6,597 m)[1]
Field145 players, 79 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$9.0 million
Winner's share$1.62 million
Champion
United States Phil Mickelson
277 (−11)
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

With the new PGA Tour season arrangement in 2007, the tournament was played in May for the first time and concluded on Mother's Day. Previous tournaments were typically played in late March, two weeks before the Masters Tournament.

Defending champion Stephen Ames missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue
Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 26th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The renovated course was lengthened 117 yards (107 m) from the previous year to 7,215 yards (6,597 m).[1]

Course layout
The 2007 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 n/a 4235321773844713934422375833,642 4245583581814814495231374623,5737,215
Par 45344443536 4543445343672

Field

Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Eric Axley, Paul Azinger, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Rich Beem, Shane Bertsch, Jason Bohn, David Branshaw, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant, Jonathan Byrd, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, Paul Casey, K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, José Cóceres, Chris Couch, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald, Ken Duke, Joe Durant, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Niclas Fasth, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Mathew Goggin, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Jeff Gove, Paul Goydos, Nathan Green, Mathias Grönberg, Bill Haas, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington, J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, David Howell, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman, Freddie Jacobson, Richard S. Johnson, Zach Johnson, Kent Jones, Robert Karlsson, Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim, Cliff Kresge, Doug LaBelle II, Bernhard Langer, Stephen Leaney, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Frank Lickliter, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Will MacKenzie, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan, John Mallinger, Steve Marino, Daisuke Maruyama, Shigeki Maruyama, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Rocco Mediate, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie, Ryan Moore, Sean O'Hair, Nick O'Hern, Arron Oberholser, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, José María Olazábal, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Jesper Parnevik, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, John Rollins, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, John Senden, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Jeff Sluman, Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Kirk Triplett, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Bobby Wadkins, Charles Warren, Nick Watney, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, Mike Weir, Brett Wetterich, Dean Wilson, Mark Wilson, Tiger Woods

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2007

In gusty winds, a record 50 balls found the water at the 17th hole, which broke the single-round tournament record of 45 set in 2000.[3]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Phil Mickelson67−5
South Africa Rory Sabbatini
3United States Chris DiMarco68−4
4Australia Peter Lonard69−3
T5United States Jason Gore70−2
United States Tom Lehman
Australia Rod Pampling
Sweden Carl Pettersson
T9United States Rich Beem71−1
South Korea K. J. Choi
England Brian Davis
United States Jim Furyk
South Africa Retief Goosen
Australia Nathan Green
United States J. P. Hayes
United States Jeff Quinney

Source[3]

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Phil Mickelson67-72=139−5
2Australia Nathan Green71-69=140−4
T3Australia Peter Lonard69-72=141−3
United States Sean O'Hair72-69=141
Australia Rod Pampling70-71=141
Sweden Carl Pettersson70-71=141
T7United States Chris DiMarco68-74=142−2
United States Tom Pernice Jr.74-68=142
T9United States Stewart Cink74-69=143−1
Argentina José Cóceres73-70=143
United States Jim Furyk71-72=143
Australia Mathew Goggin72-71=143
United States Tom Lehman70-73=143
United States Rocco Mediate72-71=143
United States Kirk Triplett75-68=143

Source[4]

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Sean O'Hair72-69-66=207−9
2United States Phil Mickelson67-72-69=208−8
T3Australia Peter Lonard69-72-68=209−7
United States Jeff Quinney71-74-64=209
T5Australia Aaron Baddeley72-72-67=211−5
Argentina José Cóceres73-70-68=211
United States Chris DiMarco68-74-69=211
England Luke Donald74-72-65=211
Sweden Carl Pettersson70-71-70=211
T10South Africa Tim Clark73-72-67=212−4
United States J. P. Hayes71-73-68=212
Australia Geoff Ogilvy74-71-67=212

Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2007

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 two strokes behind Mickelson as they headed to the infamous par-3 17th hole, but he hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin on the island green for a quadruple bogey. O'Hair also bogeyed the final hole, and the mistakes dropped him from second to eleventh place, costing him $747,000 in prize money.[2]

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Phil Mickelson67-72-69-69=277−111,620,000
2Spain Sergio García73-73-67-66=279−9972,000
T3United States Stewart Cink74-69-71-66=280−8522,000
Spain José María Olazábal78-66-69-67=280
5Argentina José Cóceres73-70-68-70=281−7360,000
T6United States J. P. Hayes71-73-68-70=282−6281,700
Sweden Robert Karlsson77-68-71-66=282
Australia Peter Lonard69-72-68-73=282
United States Jeff Quinney71-74-64-73=282
Australia Adam Scott (c)74-71-70-67=282

Source:[6]

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
United States Mickelson−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−11
Spain García−3−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−8−9−9
United States Cink−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−7−8
Spain Olazábal−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−5−6−7−8−8−8−7−8−8−8
Argentina Cóceres−4−4−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−7−7
United States O'Hair −9 −10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−6−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[7]

References
  1. Ferguson, Doug (May 14, 2007). "Players Championship". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 2C.
  2. Ferguson, Doug (May 14, 2007). "Lefty's all right". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  3. "Brash Sabbatini scores with gusto at gusty TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 11, 2007. p. C2.
  4. Ferguson, Doug (May 12, 2007). "Phil's riding dry and high". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. B2.
  5. Ferguson, Doug (May 13, 2007). "Scare at No. 17 doesn't faze O'Hair". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  6. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  7. "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
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