2017 Players Championship

2017 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates May 11–14, 2017
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
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TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States

The 2017 Players Championship will be the 44th Players Championship, to be held May 11–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and the 36th edition held at the Stadium Course.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

Course layout

The 2017 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 4235321773844713934422375833,642 4245583581814814495231374623,5737,215
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

Aaron Baddeley (2), Daniel Berger (2), Greg Chalmers, Jason Day (2,4,5,7,8), Sergio García (2), Cody Gribble, Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III (2), Dustin Johnson (2,4,7), Kim Si-woo (2), Russell Knox (2,7), Hideki Matsuyama (2,7), William McGirt (2,8), Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,7), Ryan Moore (2), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez (3), Patrick Reed (2), Jordan Spieth (2,4,6), Brendan Steele (2), Henrik Stenson (2,4), Justin Thomas (2), Jhonattan Vegas (2), Jimmy Walker (2,4), May 7 (through the OHL Classic at Mayakoba)

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

Blayne Barber, Ricky Barnes, Zac Blair, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley, Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey, Roberto Castro, Alex Čejka, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi, Ben Crane, Jon Curran, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner (4), Harris English, Derek Fathauer, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler (5), Jim Furyk, Robert Garrigus, Lucas Glover, Fabián Gómez, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Bill Haas, Adam Hadwin, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, Russell Henley, Jim Herman, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Billy Horschel (6), Charles Howell III, Mark Hubbard, John Huh, Fredrik Jacobson, Zach Johnson (4), Kang Sung-hoon, Smylie Kaufman, Jerry Kelly, Michael Kim, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner, Patton Kizzire, Colt Knost, Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (5), Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, Spencer Levin, David Lingmerth (8), Luke List, Andrew Loupe, Jamie Lovemark, Shane Lowry (7), Peter Malnati, Ben Martin, Graeme McDowell, Troy Merritt, Phil Mickelson (4), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari, Kevin Na, Noh Seung-yul, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan Palmer, Scott Piercy, Chez Reavie, Kyle Reifers, Patrick Rodgers, Justin Rose (4), Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (4,7), John Senden, Webb Simpson (4), Vijay Singh, Brandt Snedeker, Kyle Stanley, Shawn Stefani, Brett Stegmaier, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Hudson Swafford, Vaughn Taylor, David Toms, Cameron Tringale, Tyrone van Aswegen, Harold Varner III, Johnson Wagner, Bubba Watson (4,7), Boo Weekley, Danny Willett (4), Gary Woodland

3. Top 125 (medical)
4. Major champions from the past five years

Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (5), April 9

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Tiger Woods

6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years

March 5, March 26

8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015

Matt Every, March 19

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

May 1

10. Senior Players champion from prior year

Bernhard Langer

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Wesley Bryan

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Grayson Murray

13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

May 1

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

May 5

Past champions expected in the field

Player Country Year(s) won
Jason Day  Australia 2016
Rickie Fowler  United States 2015
Martin Kaymer  Germany 2014
Tiger Woods  United States 2001, 2013
Matt Kuchar  United States 2012
K. J. Choi  South Korea 2011
Henrik Stenson  Sweden 2009
Sergio García  Spain 2008
Phil Mickelson  United States 2007
Adam Scott  Australia 2004

External links

Coordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394

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