2013 Players Championship

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2013 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 9–12, 2013
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 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)
Field145 players, 77 after cut
Cut144 (Even)
Prize fund$9.5 million
Winner's share$1.71 million
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
275 (−13)
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
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The 2013 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 9–12 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 40th Players Championship.

Tiger Woods won his second Players Championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert, and Kevin Streelman.[1][2] Woods previously won twelve years earlier in 2001, after winning the previous three majors and the next for his Tiger Slam.

Defending champion Matt Kuchar finished thirteen strokes back at even par, tied for 48th place.

Venue

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Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 32nd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

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The 2013 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

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The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2012 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Charlie Beljan (3), Jonas Blixt (3), Keegan Bradley (2,3,5,7,9), Scott Brown, Jason Dufner (2,3,9), Ernie Els (2,3,5,9), Derek Ernst, Tommy Gainey (3), Sergio García (2,3,6,9), Brian Gay (3), Russell Henley, J. J. Henry (3), Billy Horschel (9,11), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9,11), Zach Johnson (2,3,9), Matt Kuchar (2,3,6,7,9,11), Martin Laird (3), Marc Leishman (3), Graeme McDowell (3,5,9,11), Rory McIlroy (2,3,5,9), John Merrick (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,9,11), Ryan Moore (2,3,9), Scott Piercy (2,3,9), D. A. Points (3,9,11), Ted Potter Jr. (3), Adam Scott (2,3,5,7,9,11), Webb Simpson (2,3,5,9), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,8,9,11), Scott Stallings (3), Kevin Streelman (3,11), Michael Thompson (3,9), Nick Watney (2,3,7,9), Tiger Woods (2,3,5,7,9,11)

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

Luke Donald (3,7,9), Rickie Fowler (3,9), Jim Furyk (3,8,9), Robert Garrigus (3,9), John Huh (3), Hunter Mahan (3,7,9), Louis Oosthuizen (3,5,9), Carl Pettersson (3,9), Justin Rose (3,7,9), John Senden (3), Steve Stricker (3,9), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Bubba Watson (3,5,9), Lee Westwood (3,9)

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

Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, Bae Sang-moon, Ricky Barnes, Jason Bohn, Jonathan Byrd, Chad Campbell, Roberto Castro, Bud Cauley, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (6), Tim Clark (6,9), Will Claxton, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Jason Day (9), Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, James Driscoll, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Martin Flores, Tom Gillis, Bill Haas (8,9), Brian Harman, Pádraig Harrington (5), David Hearn, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Freddie Jacobson (9), Chris Kirk, Colt Knost, Jason Kokrak, Davis Love III, Jeff Maggert, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, William McGirt, George McNeill, Bryce Molder, Noh Seung-yul, Geoff Ogilvy, Sean O'Hair, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Ian Poulter (7,9), Dicky Pride, John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (5,9), Vijay Singh, Kevin Stadler, Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Henrik Stenson (6,9), Chris Stroud, Daniel Summerhays, Josh Teater, David Toms, Cameron Tringale, Johnson Wagner, Jimmy Walker, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Retief Goosen

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ángel Cabrera, Stewart Cink, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer (9), Yang Yong-eun

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years
7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners only if PGA Tour members)
8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 28

Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Branden Grace, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Thorbjørn Olesen

10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Casey Wittenberg

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 28
12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 28

Erik Compton, Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Scott Langley, Richard H. Lee, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, David Lynn, Brian Stuard, Nicholas Thompson

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

Joe Daley

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Playing in his first Players Championship, Roberto Castro tied the course record at 63 (−9) in relatively benign morning conditions. His round, which consisted of seven birdies, one eagle, and no bogeys, tied the record set by Fred Couples (third round) in 1992 and matched by Greg Norman (first round) in 1994. Zach Johnson and Rory McIlroy were three shots back, with six other players, including Tiger Woods, four shots back.[3]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Roberto Castro 63 −9
T2 United States Zach Johnson 66 −6
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
T4 United States Hunter Mahan 67 −5
United States Ryan Palmer
United States Webb Simpson
United States Steve Stricker
United States Casey Wittenberg
United States Tiger Woods
T10 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 68 −4
United States Jason Bohn
Australia Greg Chalmers
Spain Sergio García
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Sweden David Lingmerth
Sweden Henrik Stenson

Second round

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Unheralded first-round leader Castro fell far back into the pack after a second round 78. The halfway leader was 2008 winner Sergio García after some impressive putting saw him to a 65 and 133 (−11). A stroke back was 2001 winner and world number one Woods, who shot a second straight 67 for a 134, his best 36-hole score at TPC Sawgrass by six strokes.[4] Notables to miss the cut included former winners Phil Mickelson and Tim Clark, and world number four Justin Rose.

Place Player Score To par
1 Spain Sergio García 68-65=133 −11
2 United States Tiger Woods 67-67=134 −10
T3 United States Kevin Chappell 69-66=135 −9
Sweden Henrik Stenson 68-67=135
England Lee Westwood 69-66=135
T6 Sweden David Lingmerth 68-68=136 −8
United States Ryan Palmer 67-69=136
United States Casey Wittenberg 67-69=136
T9 United States Zach Johnson 66-71=137 −7
United States Matt Kuchar 71-66=137
United States Hunter Mahan 67-70=137
Australia Adam Scott 69-68=137

Third round

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

A rain delay on Saturday afternoon left eight players unable to complete their third rounds, with play to be completed Sunday morning. With one hole to play, unheralded rookie David Lingmerth, who had missed five straight cuts since a playoff loss in the early season, led by two from three former winners. 49-year-old Jeff Maggert had earlier shot the round of the day with a 66.

Place Player To par Thru
1 Sweden David Lingmerth −12 17
T2 Sweden Henrik Stenson −10 15
Spain Sergio García 14
United States Tiger Woods
T5 United States Jeff Maggert −9 F
United States Casey Wittenberg 17
United States Ryan Palmer 16
T8 England David Lynn −8 F
United States Hunter Mahan
T10 Australia Greg Chalmers −7 F
Australia Marc Leishman

Sunday, May 12, 2013

A late bogey for Lingmerth, and strong play from the final group, left a three-way tie for the lead on a congested leaderboard at the conclusion of the third round. Lingmerth would play the final round with García, who finished birdie-birdie-par, while co-leader Tiger Woods was one group back, alongside another outsider in former U.S. Amateur runner-up Casey Wittenberg. Ryan Palmer, who had lost a close friend in a traffic accident at the start of the week, was also amongst those one stroke back.

Place Player Score To par
T1 Spain Sergio García 68-65-72=205 −11
Sweden David Lingmerth 68-68-69=205
United States Tiger Woods 67-67-71=205
T4 United States Ryan Palmer 67-69-70=206 −10
Sweden Henrik Stenson 68-67-71=206
United States Casey Wittenberg 67-69-70=206
7 United States Jeff Maggert 70-71-66=207 −9
T8 England David Lynn 72-68-68=208 −8
United States Hunter Mahan 67-70-71=208
T10 Australia Greg Chalmers 68-73-68=209 −7
Australia Marc Leishman 72-66-71=209
England Lee Westwood 69-66-74=209

Final round

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

García and Lingmerth were in the last group, with Woods in the group just ahead. Leading by several shots, Woods double-bogeyed No. 14 with a pulled hook into the water, which brought the field back in play. Woods came back into the lead by making a birdie on No. 16, after a bunker shot ended just a couple feet from the hole. García hit his ball to the center of the No. 16 green and made a two-putt for a birdie, tying Woods for the lead going into No. 17. Lingmerth hit his second shot into the left green side bunker at No. 16, and hit a sand shot to just a few feet; he then converted on his birdie attempt to get one behind the leaders heading into No. 17.

The 17th hole was pivotal, as Woods hit his tee shot to 47 feet (14 m) and two-putted to make par. Lingmerth hit his tee shot to seven feet but did not make the birdie putt, leaving him with a par. García, with a pitching wedge, hit the first tee shot in the water, a few feet short of the island green. On his next attempt, his ball hit the island green surface but bounded back into the water. His third shot hit the center of the green; he ended up with a quadruple-bogey seven that took him out of contention. He took a double-bogey on the final hole to finish six strokes back.

Woods' tee shot at the 18th was a slight draw, to the center of the fairway and the approach shot was within 16 feet (5 m); he two-putted for par and a 70. Lingmerth could have tied Woods with a birdie, but his tee shot with a driver went too long and into the right rough. His approach shot ended up 61 feet (19 m) from the pin and his birdie attempt missed the hole by several inches, ending off the green and he bogeyed. Woods won by two shots, his second win at the event, in his 300th career PGA Tour start.[5]

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Tiger Woods (c) 67-67-71-70=275 −13 1,710,000
T2 Sweden David Lingmerth 68-68-69-72=277 −11 709,333
United States Jeff Maggert 70-71-66-70=277
United States Kevin Streelman 69-70-71-67=277
T5 Scotland Martin Laird 71-67-73-67=278 −10 346,750
United States Ryan Palmer 67-69-70-72=278
Sweden Henrik Stenson (c) 68-67-71-72=278
T8 United States Ben Crane 69-71-72-69=281 −7 237,500
Spain Sergio García (c) 68-65-72-76=281
Australia Marc Leishman 72-66-71-72=281
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 66-72-73-70=281
United States Brandt Snedeker 71-69-71-70=281
England Lee Westwood 69-66-74-72=281
United States Casey Wittenberg 67-69-70-75=281

Source:[6]

Scorecard

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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
United States Woods −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13
Sweden Lingmerth −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −10 −10 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11
United States Maggert −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −10 −11
United States Streelman −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11
Scotland Laird −5 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10
United States Palmer −10 −11 −11 −10 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10
Sweden Stenson −10 −10 −10 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10
Spain García −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −9 −7
United States Wittenberg −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[7]

Spectators

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The attendance of 173,946 set a single-week record and the single-day record was broken with 45,281 on Saturday. TV ratings were up 68 percent from 2012; the final-round ratings were the highest for the tournament since 2001.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Tiger Woods secures fourth victory of 2013 at The Players". BBC Sport. May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Tiger Woods has last laugh in bitter squabble with Sergio Garcia as he takes Players Championship title". Daily Telegraph. May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Evans, Farrell (May 10, 2013). "Roberto Castro's 63 leads Players". ESPN. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  4. ^ "Garcia jumps in front behind birdie-filled second nine at The Players". PGA Tour. May 10, 2013. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  5. ^ "Tiger Woods wins 4th title of year". ESPN. May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  6. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "Leaderboard: 2013 Players Championship". Yahoo! Sports. May 12, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  8. ^ Smits, Garry (May 13, 2013). "Drama boosts TV ratings for Players Championship". Florida Times-Union. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
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