2009 Players Championship

2009 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	May 7–10, 2009
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; 30.198°N 81.394°W
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass,; Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field	145 players, 83 after cut; (71 after second cut)
Cut	144 (Even), 218 (+2)
Prize fund	$9.5 million
Winner's share	$1.71 million
Champion
	Henrik Stenson
	276 (−12)
Location Map
	TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida

The 2009 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 7–10 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 36th Players Championship.

Henrik Stenson shot a bogey-free 66 in the final round to win at 276 (−12), four strokes ahead of Ian Poulter.[1][2] Alex Čejka led by five strokes after the third round,[3] but went out in 42 and finished in a tie for ninth.[4][5] Stenson was the third European to win the title, after Sergio García the previous year and Sandy Lyle in 1987.

Due to 83 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.

Defending champion Sergio García finished ten strokes back, in a tie for 22nd place.

Venue

This was the 28th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2009 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	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

Field

Brad Adamonis, Michael Allen, Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Tommy Armour III, Woody Austin, Eric Axley, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Cameron Beckman, Matt Bettencourt, Jason Bohn, Michael Bradley, Bart Bryant, Jonathan Byrd, Ángel Cabrera, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, Paul Casey, Alex Čejka, K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Fred Couples, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner, Ken Duke, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Ross Fisher, Steve Flesch, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Mathew Goggin, Retief Goosen, Paul Goydos, Nathan Green, Bill Haas, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman, Freddie Jacobson, Thongchai Jaidee, Dustin Johnson, Richard S. Johnson, Zach Johnson, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim, Søren Kjeldsen, Jeff Klauk, Greg Kraft, Cliff Kresge, Matt Kuchar, Martin Laird, Justin Leonard, Michael Letzig, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Will MacKenzie, Hunter Mahan, John Mallinger, Steve Marino, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Parker McLachlin, George McNeill, Rocco Mediate, John Merrick, Phil Mickelson, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Nick O'Hern, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry, Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy, Ian Poulter, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, Chez Reavie, John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, John Senden, Webb Simpson, Jeev Milkha Singh, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Nicholas Thompson, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Marc Turnesa, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, D. A. Weibring, Mike Weir, Charlie Wi, Tim Wilkinson, Dean Wilson, Mark Wilson, Tiger Woods, Yang Yong-eun

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Ben Crane	65	−7
T2	Alex Čejka	66	−6
	Richard S. Johnson
	John Mallinger
T5	Brad Adamonis	67	−5
	Jonathan Byrd
	Jason Dufner
	Retief Goosen
	Ian Poulter
	David Toms
	Scott Verplank
	Camilo Villegas
	Bubba Watson

Second round

Friday, May 8, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Alex Čejka	66-67=133	−11
2	Ian Poulter	67-68=135	−9
T3	Ángel Cabrera	72-65=137	−7
	Jason Dufner	67-70=137
	John Mallinger	66-71=137
	Kevin Na	71-66=137
	Henrik Stenson	68-69=137
	David Toms	67-70=137
T9	Ben Crane	65-73=138	−6
	Richard S. Johnson	66-72=138
	Jeff Overton	71-67=138
	Tim Petrovic	68-70=138

Third round

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Alex Čejka	66-67-72=205	−11
T2	Jonathan Byrd	67-72-71=210	−6
	Ben Crane	65-73-72=210
	Retief Goosen	67-72-71=210
	Ian Poulter	67-68-75=210
	Henrik Stenson	68-69-73=210
	Tiger Woods	71-69-70=210
T8	Brian Davis	71-69-71=211	−5
	John Mallinger	66-71-74=211
	Kevin Na	71-66-74=211

Final leaderboard

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Alex Čejka held a five-shot lead entering the final round,[3] but quickly faltered with a six-over front nine and slumped to a closing 79. This opened the door for many, and Henrik Stenson pulled clear with a bogey-free 66 for a four-stroke victory.[1][4][5]

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Henrik Stenson	68-69-73-66=276	−12	1,710,000
2	Ian Poulter	67-68-75-70=280	−8	1,026,000
T3	John Mallinger	66-71-74-70=281	−7	551,000
T3	Kevin Na	71-66-74-70=281	−7	551,000
T5	Ben Crane	65-73-72-72=282	−6	346,750
	Brian Davis	71-69-71-71=282
	Jim Furyk	68-74-71-69=282
8	Tiger Woods (c)	71-69-70-73=283	−5	294,500
T9	Aaron Baddeley	71-71-76-66=284	−4	237,500
	Alex Čejka	66-67-72-79=284
	Tim Clark	72-69-74-69=284
	Vijay Singh	71-72-74-67=284
	David Toms	67-70-77-70=284

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T14	Robert Allenby	73-66-75-71=285	−3	147,250
	Ángel Cabrera	72-65-77-71=285
	Paul Casey	70-69-76-70=285
	Daniel Chopra	75-65-72-73=285
	Jeff Klauk	71-72-71-71=285
	Matt Kuchar	72-72-73-68=285
	Camilo Villegas	67-72-75-71=285
	Mike Weir	72-72-73-68=285
T22	Tommy Armour III	74-70-70-72=286	−2	79,325
	Woody Austin	72-72-68-74=286
	Ben Curtis	71-72-69-74=286
	Sergio García (c)	71-73-73-69=286
	Retief Goosen	67-72-71-76=286
	Geoff Ogilvy	70-72-73-71=286
	Kenny Perry	73-71-68-74=286
	Scott Piercy	71-72-74-69=286
	Justin Rose	70-71-72-73=286
	Steve Stricker	71-71-71-73=286
T32	Jason Dufner	67-70-77-73=287	−1	53,770
	Zach Johnson	72-71-70-74=287
	Justin Leonard (c)	70-69-75-73=287
	Billy Mayfair	70-74-69-74=287
	Kevin Sutherland	73-67-72-75=287
T37	Jonathan Byrd	67-72-71-78=288	E	39,900
	Luke Donald	74-70-71-73=288
	Charley Hoffman	70-69-76-73=288
	Jeff Overton	71-67-75-75=288
	Tim Petrovic	68-70-75-75=288
	John Rollins	68-76-70-74=288
	John Senden	72-69-72-75=288
	Bubba Watson	67-75-72-74=288
T45	Ernie Els	73-69-73-74=289	+1	28,595
	Ryuji Imada	72-70-75-72=289
	Richard S. Johnson	66-72-74-77=289
	Michael Letzig	71-68-74-76=289
T49	Stephen Ames (c)	70-71-75-74=290	+2	23,211
	Jason Bohn	72-71-74-73=290
	Pádraig Harrington	72-72-74-72=290
	Freddie Jacobson	70-73-72-75=290
	Nick O'Hern	68-73-75-74=290
	Scott Verplank	67-74-73-76=290
T55	Brad Adamonis	67-76-74-74=291	+3	21,470
	Martin Kaymer	71-73-69-78=291
	Phil Mickelson (c)	73-71-71-76=291
	Heath Slocum	75-69-71-76=291
	Mark Wilson	69-72-75-75=291
T60	Rocco Mediate	73-71-74-74=292	+4	20,710
	Chez Reavie	70-72-75-75=292
	Johnson Wagner	69-73-72-78=292
63	Michael Allen	71-70-74-78=293	+5	20,330
T64	Steve Flesch	75-69-74-76=294	+6	20,045
T64	Jeev Milkha Singh	68-74-76-76=294	+6	20,045
T66	Cameron Beckman	72-72-73-78=295	+7	19,665
T66	John Merrick	70-72-74-79=295	+7	19,665
T68	Pat Perez	72-72-74-78=296	+8	19,285
T68	Jeff Quinney	73-70-75-78=296	+8	19,285
70	Ryan Moore	71-68-75-84=298	+10	19,000
T71	K. J. Choi	73-69-77=219	+3	18,430
	Nathan Green	74-69-76=219
	Robert Karlsson	74-70-75=219
	Martin Laird	71-72-76=219
	Hunter Mahan	73-71-75=219
T76	Stewart Cink	70-73-77=220	+4	17,765
T76	Bob Estes	75-68-77=220	+4	17,765
78	Graeme McDowell	71-73-77=221	+5	17,480
T79	Fred Funk (c)	73-71-78=222	+6	17,005
	Dustin Johnson	72-72-78=222
	Steve Marino	72-72-78=222
	Rod Pampling	70-73-79=222
CUT	Bart Bryant	74-71=145	+1
	Ken Duke	70-75=145
	Jerry Kelly	73-72=145
	Søren Kjeldsen	70-75=145
	Will MacKenzie	73-72=145
	Troy Matteson	73-72=145
	George McNeill	70-75=145
	Joe Ogilvie	72-73=145
	Andrés Romero	74-71=145
	Adam Scott (c)	71-74=145
	Chad Campbell	75-71=146	+2
	Steve Elkington (c)	73-73=146
	Todd Hamilton	74-72=146
	Charles Howell III	73-73=146
	Scott McCarron	74-72=146
	Nicholas Thompson	73-73=146
	Nick Watney	68-78=146
	Stuart Appleby	71-76=147	+3
	Eric Axley	72-75=147
	Bill Haas	74-73=147
	Greg Kraft	74-73=147
	Cliff Kresge	72-75=147
	Davis Love III (c)	73-74=147
	D. J. Trahan	74-73=147
	Bo Van Pelt	71-76=147
	Briny Baird	72-76=148	+4
	Ross Fisher	74-74=148
	Lucas Glover	73-75=148
	Paul Goydos	78-70=148
	J. B. Holmes	72-76=148
	Thongchai Jaidee	74-74=148
	Sean O'Hair	73-75=148
	Brett Quigley	72-76=148
	Kevin Streelman	74-74=148
	Vaughn Taylor	72-76=148
	Charlie Wi	74-74=148
	J. J. Henry	73-76=149	+5
	Parker McLachlin	75-74=149
	Dean Wilson	77-72=149
	Tim Herron	75-75=150	+6
	Peter Lonard	77-73=150
	Ryan Palmer	75-75=150
	Yang Yong-eun	73-77=150
	Fred Couples (c)	80-71=151	+7
	Rory McIlroy	74-77=151
	Corey Pavin	74-77=151
	Marc Turnesa	76-75=151
	Mathew Goggin	76-77=153	+9
	Tom Pernice Jr.	74-79=153
	Rory Sabbatini	81-72=153
	Webb Simpson	76-77=153
	Tim Wilkinson	77-77=154	+10
	Matt Bettencourt	76-79=155	+11
	Trevor Immelman	73-82=155
	Anthony Kim	73-82=155
	Michael Bradley	80-78=158	+14
	Steve Lowery	81-78=159	+15
WD	Boo Weekley	73-67-73=213	−3
	Dudley Hart	73	+1
	Carl Pettersson	74	+2
	Brian Gay	80	+8
	Michael Campbell
	D. A. Weibring

Source:[6]

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
Stenson	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12
Poulter	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Mallinger	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7
Na	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−7	−7	−7
Crane	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−6	−5	−6
Davis	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Furyk	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6
Woods	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5
Čejka	−10	−10	−10	−8	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:[7]

References

Frenette, Gene (May 11, 2009). "Stenson strips out all drama in final round of Players". Florida Times-Union. (Jacksonville). Retrieved May 1, 2017.
"Stenson wins Players title with perfect round". CNN. May 11, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
"Cejka gains 5-shot lead over Woods". CNN. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
"Stenson pulls away at Players; Tiger 8th". ESPN. Associated Press. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
Shipnuck, Alan (May 18, 2009). "Swede's spot". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
"Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
"THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved August 3, 2018.

External links

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[jftunn-1] Frenette, Gene (May 11, 2009). "Stenson strips out all drama in final round of Players". Florida Times-Union. (Jacksonville). Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[swptwpfr-2] "Stenson wins Players title with perfect round". CNN. May 11, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[cnnthird-3] "Cejka gains 5-shot lead over Woods". CNN. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[espnstpaw-4] "Stenson pulls away at Players; Tiger 8th". ESPN. Associated Press. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[swdspot-5] Shipnuck, Alan (May 18, 2009). "Swede's spot". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[tpcpr-6] "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

[ldr-7] "THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved August 3, 2018.

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