2010 Players Championship

2010 Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	May 6–9, 2010
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)	TPC at Sawgrass
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field	145 players, 70 after cut
Cut	142 (−2)
Prize fund	$9,500,000
Winner's share	$1,710,000
Champion
Tim Clark
272 (−16)
«2009 2011»

The 2010 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was contested from May 6–9. It was the 37th Players Championship. Tim Clark won the tournament with a Sunday 67 for his first PGA Tour victory.^[1]

Two unusual events occurred during the Players Championship in 2010. For the first time in tournament history, a spectator was arrested and forcibly removed from the course. An intoxicated fan who was screaming and being disruptive refused to listen to course officials, who then called deputies. The man resisted arrest and was tasered. In a separate incident, hours after the first round had ended a car was discovered parked on the 8th green with two occupants inside and the motor running. When the driver refused to follow instructions, law enforcement was called. The green was not damaged and the couple was issued trespass warnings, then escorted off the course.^[2]

Venue

The 2010 Players Championship was the 29th held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Course layout

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2009 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Stephen Ames (3,6), Cameron Beckman (3), Jason Bohn (3), Stewart Cink (2,3,5,9), Ben Crane (3,11), Ernie Els (2,3,7,9,11), Jim Furyk (2,3,9,11), Brian Gay (2,3), Lucas Glover (2,3,5,9), Nathan Green (3), Bill Haas (3,11), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9,11), Zach Johnson (2,3,5,9), Matt Kuchar (3,9,11), Martin Laird (3), Derek Lamely, Hunter Mahan (2,3,9), Troy Matteson (3), Rory McIlroy (9), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11), Ryan Moore (3), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3,5,7,9), Ryan Palmer, Kenny Perry (2,3,9), Ian Poulter (3,7,9), John Rollins (3), Rory Sabbatini (3), Heath Slocum (2,3), Henrik Stenson (6,9), Bo Van Pelt (3), Camilo Villegas (3,8,9,11), Tiger Woods (2,3,5,7,8,9), Yang Yong-eun (2,3,5,9)

• Anthony Kim (3,9,11) and Steve Stricker (2,3,9,11) did not play.

2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Ángel Cabrera (3,5,9), Luke Donald (3,9), Jason Dufner (3), Pádraig Harrington (3,5,9), Jerry Kelly (3), Marc Leishman (3), Steve Marino (3), Kevin Na (3,9), Sean O'Hair (3,9), John Senden (3), David Toms (3), Scott Verplank (3), Nick Watney (3,9), Mike Weir (3)

• Retief Goosen (3,9) did not play.

3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list

Michael Allen, Robert Allenby (9), Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Byrd, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Greg Chalmers, K. J. Choi (9), Daniel Chopra, Tim Clark (9), Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Jason Day, James Driscoll, Bob Estes, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, Sergio García (6,9), Mathew Goggin, Paul Goydos, J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Fredrik Jacobson, Lee Janzen, Richard S. Johnson, Jeff Klauk, Justin Leonard, Michael Letzig, Davis Love III, Bill Lunde, John Mallinger, Scott McCarron, George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, James Nitties, Nick O'Hern, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy, D. A. Points, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, Andrés Romero, Justin Rose, Adam Scott (9), Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh (7,9), Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Stadler, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Roland Thatcher, Nicholas Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson

• Rich Beem, Fred Couples, and Tom Watson did not play.

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

5. Major champions from the past five years

Trevor Immelman

• Michael Campbell did not play.

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Fred Funk

7. WGC winners from the past three years (except WGC-HSBC Champions)

8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 25

Ross Fisher, Thongchai Jaidee, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson

• Søren Hansen, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Edoardo Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Michael Sim (10) did not play.

10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 25

12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 25

Kris Blanks, Chad Collins, Chris Couch, Brendon de Jonge, Rickie Fowler, J. P. Hayes, Spencer Levin, Troy Merritt, Alex Prugh

13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144)

Jay Haas

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Davis Love III	United States	1992, 2003	69	68	71	68	276	−12	T4
Phil Mickelson	United States	2007	70	71	66	74	281	−7	T17
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	70	68	71	74	283	−5	T26
Fred Funk	United States	2005	72	70	66	78	286	−2	T39
Sergio García	Spain	2008	69	70	71	78	288	E	T47
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	72	68	70	79	289	+1	T52
Stephen Ames	Trinidad and Tobago  Canada	2006	70	71	79	71	291	+3	T58
Tiger Woods	United States	2001	70	71	71	-	212	−4	WD

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	2009	69	74	143	−1
Lee Janzen	United States	1995	70	76	146	+4

Round summaries

First round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Robert Allenby	Australia	66	−6
	J. B. Holmes	United States
T3	Jason Bohn	United States	67	−5
	Ben Crane	United States
	Luke Donald	England
	Ryuji Imada	Japan
	Ryan Moore	United States
	Kenny Perry	United States
	Heath Slocum	United States
	Lee Westwood	England

Second round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	England	67-65=132	−12
T2	Ryuji Imada	Japan	67-66=133	−11
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-65=133
	Heath Slocum	United States	67-66=133
5	Lucas Glover	United States	70-65=135	−9
T6	Robert Allenby	Australia	66-70=136	−8
	Ben Crane	United States	67-69=136
	Luke Donald	England	67-69=136
	Charley Hoffman	United States	68-68=136
T10	K. J. Choi	South Korea	69-68=137	−7
	Paul Goydos	United States	69-68=137
	Bill Haas	United States	68-69=137
	Davis Love III	United States	69-68=137
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	72-65=137
	Ryan Moore	United States	67-70=137
	John Rollins	United States	68-69=137
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	68-69=137

Third round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	England	67-65-70=202	−14
2	Robert Allenby	Australia	66-70-67=203	−13
T3	Ben Crane	United States	67-69-68=204	−12
	Lucas Glover	United States	70-65-69=204
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-65-71=204
T6	Tim Clark	South Africa	68-71-66=205	−11
	Charley Hoffman	United States	68-68-69=205
	Heath Slocum	United States	67-66-72=205
	Chris Stroud	United States	70-69-66=205
10	Bo Van Pelt	United States	68-69-69=206	−10

Final round

Tim Clark stormed into contention after a bogey free final round 67. Clark made an 8-foot par putt at 18 and waited in the clubhouse to see if his lead would hold. Lee Westwood, the 54 hole leader, struggled to a 74, including a water ball on the famed 17th hole to end any chances of victory. In the end it came down to Robert Allenby who was 2 back of Clark with 3 holes to play. After just missing an eagle on the par 5 16th, Allenby cut the lead to one with a tap in birdie. Allenby then knocked his tee shot to 10 feet on 17, but again narrowly missed a birdie putt to tie Clark. Allenby had one more chance at 18, but failed to make birdie giving Clark his first PGA Tour victory in his 206th start.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Tim Clark	South Africa	68-71-66-67=272	−16	1,710,000
2	Robert Allenby	Australia	66-70-67-70=273	−15	1,026,000
3	Lucas Glover	United States	70-65-69-70=274	−14	646,000
T4	Ben Crane	United States	67-69-68-72=276	−12	456,000
	Davis Love III	United States	69-68-71-68=276
	Heath Slocum	United States	67-66-72-71=276
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	68-69-69-70=276
	Lee Westwood	England	67-65-70-74=276
9	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-65-71-73=277	−11	275,500
T10	Fredrik Jacobson	Sweden	69-70-69-71=279	−9	237,500
	Andrés Romero	Argentina	69-70-69-71=279
	Chris Stroud	United States	70-69-66-74=279

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
Clark	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16
Allenby	−12	−14	−14	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15
Glover	−12	−11	−11	−10	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−14	−14
Crane	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
Love	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−11	−12	−12
Slocum	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12
Van Pelt	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12
Westwood	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14	−12	−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[3]

References

External links

• The Players Championship website

Coordinates: 30°11′48″N 81°23′37″W / 30.19667°N 81.39361°W / 30.19667; -81.39361