2015 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2015 Players' Championship.

2015 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	May 7–10, 2015
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field	144 players, 75 after cut
Cut	144 (Even)
Prize fund	$10.0 million
Winner's share	$1.80 million
Champion
Rickie Fowler
276 (−12), playoff
«2014 2016»

TPC Sawgrass

Location in the United States

The 2015 Players Championship was the 42nd Players Championship, held May 7–10 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and the 34th Players Championship held at the Stadium Course.

Rickie Fowler won the tournament, beating Kevin Kisner and Sergio García in a playoff.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Trailing by 5 shots with 6 holes to play, Fowler played the last 6 holes at 6-under-par, going birdie-par-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie to force a playoff. After the 3-hole aggregate playoff (holes 16–18) ended with Kisner and Fowler still tied, they returned to the 17th for sudden-death. Fowler put his tee shot to 5 feet on the island green 17th, and made birdie to win.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

Course layout

**The 2015 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
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

Field

The field consists of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Bae Sang-moon (2), Ángel Cabrera (2), Alex Čejka, Ben Crane (2), Jason Day (2,6,8,12), Matt Every (2,8), Jim Furyk (2,8), Bill Haas (2,8), James Hahn (2), Brian Harman (2), Pádraig Harrington, Charley Hoffman (2,8,12), J. B. Holmes (2,8,12), Billy Horschel (2,7,8), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Martin Kaymer (2,4,5,8), Chris Kirk (2,8), Brooks Koepka (8), Hunter Mahan (2,8), Ben Martin (2), Hideki Matsuyama (2,8,12), Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,8), Ryan Moore (2,8,12), Geoff Ogilvy (2), Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,8), Adam Scott (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,4,8,12), Robert Streb (2), Kevin Streelman (2), Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd (2,8), Camilo Villegas (2), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,6,8,12)

Tim Clark (2,5) did not play.

2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, Ricky Barnes, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Steven Bowditch, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Paul Casey (8), Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink, Erik Compton, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner (4), Ernie Els (4), Harris English, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Sergio García (8), Brice Garnett, Robert Garrigus, Retief Goosen, Luke Guthrie, Chesson Hadley, David Hearn, Russell Henley (8), Morgan Hoffmann, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Billy Hurley III, Ryo Ishikawa, Fredrik Jacobson, Zach Johnson (8), Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (5,6,8), Scott Langley, Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Will MacKenzie, Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, George McNeill, Troy Merritt, Phil Mickelson (4,8), Bryce Molder, Kevin Na (8), Noh Seung-yul, Louis Oosthuizen (4,8), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer (8), Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter (6,8), Michael Putnam, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), John Senden, Webb Simpson (4,8), Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani, Henrik Stenson (7,8), Steve Stricker, Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Andrew Svoboda, Michael Thompson, David Toms, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Jhonattan Vegas, Nick Watney, Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (8), Tim Wilkinson, Gary Woodland

Stuart Appleby, Justin Hicks, and Kevin Stadler did not play.

3. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Spencer Levin, Scott Piercy

4. Major champions from the past five years

Darren Clarke

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Tiger Woods (6)

6. WGC winners from the past three years

7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

8. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Jamie Donaldson, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, Thongchai Jaidee, Anirban Lahiri, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett

Victor Dubuisson did not play.

9. Senior Players champion from prior year

Bernhard Langer

10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Adam Hadwin

11. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Derek Fathauer

12. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

13. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Daniel Berger, Sean O'Hair, Justin Thomas

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Sergio García	Spain	2008	69	72	67	68	276	−12	T2
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2009	72	69	73	68	282	−6	T17
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	72	69	69	75	285	−3	T38
K. J. Choi	South Korea	2011	70	74	70	72	286	−2	T42
Martin Kaymer	Germany	2014	69	72	71	76	288	E	T56
Tiger Woods	United States	2001, 2013	73	71	75	72	291	+3	T69

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Matt Kuchar	United States	2012	73	72	145	+1
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	73	73	146	+2
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	73	76	149	+5

Nationalities in the field

North America (88)	South America (4)	Europe (26)	Oceania (12)	Asia (7)	Africa (7)
Canada (4)	Argentina (2)	England (7)	Australia (9)	India (1)	South Africa (6)
United States (84)	Colombia (1)	Northern Ireland (3)	Fiji (1)	Japan (2)	Zimbabwe (1)
	Venezuela (1)	Scotland (2)	New Zealand (2)	South Korea (3)
		Wales (1)		Thailand (1)
		Ireland (2)
		Austria (1)
		Germany (3)
		Netherlands (1)
		Spain (2)
		Sweden (4)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	David Hearn	Canada	67	−5
	Charley Hoffman	United States
	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan
	Kevin Na	United States
T5	Derek Fathauer	United States	68	−4
	Billy Horschel	United States
	Charles Howell III	United States
	Ben Martin	United States
	Troy Merritt	United States
	Brendon Todd	United States

Second round

Friday, May 8, 2015

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jerry Kelly	United States	71-65=136	−8
T1	Kevin Na	United States	67-69=136	−8
T3	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-69=138	−6
	Branden Grace	South Africa	71-67=138
	David Hearn	Canada	67-71=138
	Chris Kirk	United States	70-68=138
T7	Scott Brown	United States	72-67=139	−5
	Bill Haas	United States	72-67=139
	Zach Johnson	United States	71-68=139
	Ben Martin	United States	68-71=139
	Troy Merritt	United States	68-71=139
	Chris Stroud	United States	70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Chris Kirk	United States	70-68-68=206	−10
T2	Bill Haas	United States	72-67-68=207	−9
	Kevin Kisner	United States	73-67-67=207
	Ben Martin	United States	68-71-68=207
T5	Scott Brown	United States	72-67-69=208	−8
	Sergio García	Spain	69-72-67=208
	David Hearn	Canada	67-71-70=208
	Jerry Kelly	United States	71-65-72=208
	Kevin Na	United States	67-69-72=208
	Justin Thomas	United States	73-70-65=208

Final round

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-69-71-67=276	−12	Playoff
	Sergio García	Spain	69-72-67-68=276
	Kevin Kisner	United States	73-67-67-69=276
T4	Bill Haas	United States	72-67-68-70=277	−11	440,000
T4	Ben Martin	United States	68-71-68-70=277	−11	440,000
T6	Kevin Na	United States	67-69-72-71=279	−9	347,500
T6	Rory Sabbatini	South Africa	70-71-69-69=279	−9	347,500
T8	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	70-72-71-67=280	−8	270,000
	Brian Harman	United States	71-69-70-70=280
	Ryo Ishikawa	Japan	71-69-69-71=280
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	69-71-70-70=280
	John Senden	Australia	73-70-67-70=280

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
Fowler	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−10	−11	−12
García	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12
Kisner	−9	−10	−10	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12
Haas	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11
Martin	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−11	−12	−11
Na	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9
Sabbatini	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9
Kirk	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[4]

Playoff

The playoff was the first at The Players to use the 3-hole aggregate format, which began at hole 16. After the three holes, Fowler and Kisner were tied and García was eliminated. The holes scheduled to be used for sudden-death between Fowler and Kisner were the same three holes, but sudden-death began at the 17th hole, which both had birdied twice Sunday. Fowler birdied it again (his fifth on #17 for the week) to win the title.

Place	Player	Country	Three-hole score	Sudden-death score	To par	Money ($)
1	Rickie Fowler	United States	5-2-4=11	2	−2	1,800,000
T2	Kevin Kisner	United States	5-2-4=11	3	−1	880,000
T2	Sergio García	Spain	5-3-5=13		+1	880,000

Scorecard

Hole	16	17	18	17
Par	5	3	4	3
Fowler	E	−1	−1	−2
Kisner	E	−1	−1	−1
García	E	E	+1

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:^[4]

References

↑ "Rickie Fowler's play-off brilliance seals stunning Players Championship win". The Daily Mail. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
↑ "Rickie Fowler Outlasts Logjam to Win Players Championship". The New York Times. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
↑ "Rickie Fowler wins title after superb finish". BBC Sport. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
1 2 "Leaderboard: 2015 Players Championship". Yahoo! Sports. May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.

External links

The Players Championship website

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