2022 Players Championship

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The 2022 Players Championship was the 48th Players Championship, held March 10–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 41st edition at the Stadium Course and concluded on Monday due to weather delays. The purse was increased by a third this year to twenty million dollars.

Cameron Smith shot a six-under-par 66 in the final round to finish at 275 (−13) to win his first Players Championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Anirban Lahiri, the 54-hole leader.[1] Defending champion Justin Thomas finished ten strokes back, tied for 33rd place.[2]

Venue

Course layout

The 2022 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
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 72
Round 1 432 527 186 376 474 381 456 237 583 3,652 406 557 369 182 460 450 506 137 462 3,529 7,181
Round 2 419 536 167 384 459 386 449 204 577 3,581 424 547 352 185 474 461 532 136 436 3,547 7,128
Round 3 425 533 165 388 470 383 440 219 574 3,597 404 532 341 175 486 449 522 123 459 3,491 7,088
Round 4 412 538 185 388 458 390 427 231 586 3,615 423 540 300 152 463 448 521 135 445 3,427 7,042

Source:[3]

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting various criteria; they include tournament winners on the PGA Tour since the previous Players Championship, recent winners of major championships, The Players and World Golf Championships, and leading players in the FedEx Cup standings from the current and preceding seasons.[4][5]

Eligibility criteria

This list details the eligibility criteria for the 2022 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were eligible is indicated in parentheses.[4]

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since the 2021 Players Championship

2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2017–2021)

3. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2016–2021)

4. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2016–2021)

5. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2016–2021)

  • Jimmy Walker

6. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2016–2021)

7. Recent winners of the FedEx Cup (2018/19–2020/21)

8. Recent winners of the WGC Championship (2019–2021)

9. Recent winners of the WGC Match Play (2018–2021)

10. Recent winners of the WGC Invitational (2018–2021)

11. Recent winners of the WGC-HSBC Champions (2018–2019)

12. Recent winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (2019–2022)

13. Recent winners of the Memorial Tournament (2018–2021)

14. Recent winners of the Genesis Invitational (2020–2022)

  • Adam Scott (16,18)

15. Winner of the Olympic Golf Competition in 2021

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

17. The top 125 players who fulfilled the terms of a major medical extension

  • Danny Lee

18. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following The Honda Classic[9][10]

19. Senior Players champion from previous year

20. Leading points winners from the Korn Ferry Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Finals during the previous year

21. Top 10 in the current season's FedEx Cup points standings after The Honda Classic

22. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings after The Honda Classic[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 10, 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Overnight rain delayed the start by an hour and further delays during the day meant that only 66 of the 144 players completed their opening round on Thursday, while 12 players did not start their rounds. Tommy Fleetwood and Tom Hoge were top of the leaderboard after opening rounds of 66, 6-under-par, when play was suspended due to darkness.[13] Harold Varner III had earlier led at 7-under-par, but he made a triple-bogey 6 at the 17th hole and, after a bogey at the last, finished with 69.[14] The first round resumed on Friday, but after another weather delay, the course was declared unplayable by Tour officials with 47 of the 144 players not having completed their opening round.[15] Play resumed at noon on Saturday in windy conditions. The first round was completed in the early afternoon, 54 hours after it has started. Fleetwood and Hoge still led with six players a stroke behind.[16]

Place Player Score To par
T1 England Tommy Fleetwood 66 −6
United States Tom Hoge
T3 United States Daniel Berger 67 −5
United States Brice Garnett
United States Kramer Hickok
India Anirban Lahiri
United States Keith Mitchell
Chile Joaquín Niemann
T9 Mexico Abraham Ancer 68 −4
United States Sam Burns
United States Brian Harman
United States Kevin Kisner
United States Patton Kizzire
Canada Taylor Pendrith
Source:[2]

Second round

Saturday, March 12, 2022
Sunday, March 13, 2022

The second round started at noon on Saturday, before the first round was completed. In windy conditions, less than half the field were able to complete their rounds and a number of groups did not start their rounds.[16] 71 players made the cut at 146 (+2), when the second round was completed at about 3 pm on Sunday. The co-leaders were Sam Burns and Tom Hoge at 137, 7-under-par.

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Sam Burns 68-69=137 −7
United States Tom Hoge 66-71=137
T3 South Africa Erik van Rooyen 71-67=138 −6
United States Harold Varner III 69-69=138
T5 Mexico Abraham Ancer 68-71=139 −5
England Paul Casey 70-69=139
Canada Corey Conners 70-69=139
England Tommy Fleetwood 66-73=139
United States Keith Mitchell 67-72=139
Canada Taylor Pendrith 68-71=139
Source:[2]

Third round

Sunday, March 13, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022

The third round started at 3:15 pm on Sunday using both the first and tenth tees.

Place Player Score To par
1  India Anirban Lahiri  67-73-67=207 −9
T2 United States Sam Burns 68-69-71=208 −8
England Paul Casey 70-69-69=208
United States Doug Ghim 70-70-68=208
Colombia Sebastián Muñoz 70-73-65=208
T6 United States Tom Hoge 66-71-72=209 −7
Australia Cameron Smith 69-71-69=209
T8 United States Kevin Kisner 68-74-68=210 −6
Scotland Russell Knox 70-73-68=210
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 73-70-67=210
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 69-72-69=210
United States Kevin Streelman 73-71-66=210
United States Harold Varner III 69-69-72=210
United States Will Zalatoris 69-71-70=210
Source:[2]

Final round

Monday, March 14, 2022

The final round started at 11:00 am using both the first and tenth tees.

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Australia Cameron Smith 69-71-69-66=275 −13 3,600,000
2 India Anirban Lahiri 67-73-67-69=276 −12 2,180,000
3 England Paul Casey 70-69-69-69=277 −11 1,380,000
4 United States Kevin Kisner 68-74-68-68=278 −10 980,000
5 United States Keegan Bradley 72-71-68-68=279 −9 820,000
T6 United States Doug Ghim 70-70-68-72=280 −8 675,000
Scotland Russell Knox 71-71-68-70=280
United States Harold Varner III 69-69-72-70=280
T9 Canada Adam Hadwin 72-72-70-67=281 −7 525,000
Norway Viktor Hovland 71-73-68-69=281
United States Dustin Johnson 69-73-76-63=281
Austria Sepp Straka 69-74-71-67=281
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T13 United States Daniel Berger 67-75-70-70=282 −6  327,222
England Tyrrell Hatton 70-73-69-70=282
United States Russell Henley 69-73-72-68=282
United States Max Homa 72-73-71-66=282
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 73-70-67-72=282
United States Keith Mitchell 67-72-74-69=282
Canada Taylor Pendrith 68-71-74-69=282
United States Brendan Steele 73-69-69-71=282
South Africa Erik van Rooyen 71-67-74-70=282
T26 England Tommy Fleetwood 66-73-72-72=283 −5  201,000
United States Patton Kizzire 68-76-72-67=283
Chile Joaquín Niemann 67-73-73-70=283
United States Kevin Streelman 73-71-66-73=283
T26 United States Sam Burns 68-69-71-76=284 −4  143,000
Canada Corey Conners 70-69-75-70=284
Spain Sergio García (c) 71-71-71-71=284
Sweden Alex Norén 69-75-71-69=284
United States Doc Redman 71-70-72-71=284
United States Patrick Reed 73-70-68-73=284
United States Will Zalatoris 69-71-70-74=284
T33 Mexico Abraham Ancer 68-71-74-72=285 −3  100,111
United States Joel Dahmen 70-71-71-73=285
United States Tom Hoge 66-71-72-76=285
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (c) 73-73-73-66=285
Colombia Sebastián Muñoz 70-73-65-77=285
United States Pat Perez 70-72-75-68=285
England Ian Poulter 73-70-71-71=285
Republic of Ireland Séamus Power 71-71-73-70=285
United States Justin Thomas (c) 72-69-72-72=285
T42 United States Kramer Hickok 67-75-71-73=286 −2  73,000
Italy Francesco Molinari 70-73-69-74=286
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 69-72-69-76=286
United States Scott Stallings 71-75-65-75=286
T46 United States Adam Long 71-71-75-70=287 −1  57,700
United States Peter Malnati 70-75-72-70=287
United States Maverick McNealy 70-76-70-71=287
United States Troy Merritt 74-71-71-71=287
T50 South Africa Dylan Frittelli 73-72-73-70=288 E  50,200
United States Brice Garnett 67-76-74-71=288
United States Aaron Wise 71-74-74-69=288
T53 South Africa Branden Grace 71-72-73-73=289 +1  47,800
United States Jason Kokrak 72-72-71-74=289
T55 South Korea Im Sung-jae 72-72-70-76=290 +2  46,200
South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon 70-73-76-71=290
Spain Jon Rahm 69-72-72-77=290
United States Scottie Scheffler 70-76-68-76=290
United States Jimmy Walker 70-73-71-76=290
T60 United States Denny McCarthy 70-76-73-72=291 +3  44,600
United States Sam Ryder 69-74-73-75=291
United States Michael Thompson 72-73-74-72=291
T63 United States Chesson Hadley 70-74-71-77=292 +4  43,400
United States Brian Harman 68-74-75-75=292
United States Hank Lebioda 72-70-72-78=292
T66 United States Hayden Buckley 72-71-76-74=293 +5  42,400
United States Nick Watney 75-71-75-72=293
T68 Australia Lucas Herbert 70-74-75-76=295 +7  41,600
United States Bubba Watson 73-68-78-76=295
70 United States Lee Hodges 72-74-75-76=297 +9 41,000
WD United States Billy Horschel[e] 74-70-52=196 E 40,600
CUT  Australia Cameron Davis 71-76=147 +3 
Australia Jason Day (c) 69-78=147
United States Charley Hoffman 74-73=147
United States Chris Kirk 71-76=147
United States Matt Kuchar (c) 74-73=147
Australia Marc Leishman 69-78=147
Sweden Henrik Norlander 73-74=147
Mexico Carlos Ortiz 73-74=147
United States Scott Piercy 70-77=147
United States Patrick Rodgers 73-74=147
Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas 69-78=147
England Matt Fitzpatrick 74-74=148 +4
United States Lucas Glover 74-74=148
United States Talor Gooch 70-78=148
South Africa Garrick Higgo 74-74=148
Canada Mackenzie Hughes 72-76=148
United States Collin Morikawa 73-75=148
Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung 69-79=148
United States Andrew Putnam 69-79=148
England Justin Rose 69-79=148
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 75-73=148
Australia Adam Scott (c) 78-70=148
United States Hudson Swafford 73-75=148
United States Richy Werenski 71-77=148
United States Cameron Young 71-77=148
United States Joseph Bramlett 75-74=149 +5
United States Patrick Cantlay 72-77=149
United States Wyndham Clark 73-76=149
Australia Matt Jones 79-70=149
Chile Mito Pereira 72-77=149
United States Webb Simpson (c) 75-74=149
United States Brian Stuard 73-76=149
United States Lanto Griffin 70-80=150 +6
Scotland Martin Laird 72-78=150
Canada Roger Sloan 73-77=150
United States Gary Woodland 71-79=150
United States Cameron Champ 72-79=151 +7
United States Tony Finau 76-75=151
United States Beau Hossler 71-80=151
United States Ryan Palmer 71-80=151
Belgium Thomas Pieters 73-78=151
United States Xander Schauffele 73-78=151
United States Adam Schenk 78-73=151
United States J. J. Spaun 73-78=151
United States Jordan Spieth 72-79=151
United States Robert Streb 74-77=151
United States Kevin Tway 73-78=151
United States Stewart Cink 77-75=152 +8
Germany Stephan Jäger 77-75=152
United States Brandt Snedeker 72-80=152
United States Kyle Stanley 74-78=152
United States Brendon Todd 78-74=152
United States Cameron Tringale 73-79=152
England Matt Wallace 76-76=152
United States James Hahn 74-79=153 +9
United States Harry Higgs 77-76=153
United States Zach Johnson 73-80=153
United States Brooks Koepka 72-81=153
United States Matthew NeSmith 79-74=153
United States J. T. Poston 78-75=153
United States Sahith Theegala 74-79=153
England Lee Westwood 73-80=153
United States Matthew Wolff 72-81=153
United States Brandon Hagy 78-76=154 +10
United States Taylor Moore 74-80=154
United States Ryan Brehm 74-81=155 +11
United States Brian Gay 76-81=157 +13
United States Chez Reavie 80-77=157
Argentina Emiliano Grillo 77-82=159 +15
WD Sweden Henrik Stenson (c)[f] 73-73=146 +1
South Korea Kim Si-woo (c)[g] 76-70=146 +4
New Zealand Danny Lee[h] 77-64=141 +5
United States Luke List[i] 36 +4
Source:[2]

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
Australia Smith −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −10 −9 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13
India Lahiri −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −8 −9 −9 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12
England Casey −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11
United States Kisner −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10
United States Bradley −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −11 −9
United States Ghim −8 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8
Scotland Knox −7 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8
United States Varner −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8
United States Burns −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −4 −4
Colombia Muñoz −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −5 −4 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Hideki Matsuyama withdrew on the morning of the first round due to a back injury; he was replaced by Patrick Rodgers.[6]
  2. ^ a b Bryson DeChambeau withdrew; he was replaced by Hayden Buckley.[7]
  3. ^ a b Kevin Na withdrew due to the imminent birth of his third child; he was replaced by Taylor Moore.[12]
  4. ^ a b Tyler McCumber withdrew due to a shoulder injury on Friday morning, which because of weather delays on Thursday was still before the start of his first round; he was replaced by Michael Thompson, who got the place after Aaron Rai withdrew as an alternate.[8]
  5. ^ Horschel withdrew before the start of play on Monday due to illness; he had completed 13 holes of his third round.[17]
  6. ^ Stenson withdrew before the start of play on Sunday; he had completed 17 holes of his second round.[18]
  7. ^ Kim withdrew before the start of play on Sunday; he had completed 17 holes of his second round.
  8. ^ Lee withdrew before the start of play on Sunday; he had completed 16 holes of his second round.
  9. ^ List withdrew on Friday morning due to a neck injury; he had completed 8 holes of his first round.[19]

References

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  6. ^ Schlabach, Mark (March 10, 2022). "Hideki Matsuyama withdraws from Players Championship due to back injury". ESPN. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c Herrington, Ryan (March 6, 2022). "Players 2022: Bryson DeChambeau withdraws from TPC Sawgrass". Golf Digest. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  8. ^ Shedloski, Dave (March 11, 2022). "Players 2022: Alternate's patience pays off after waiting overnight to get into TPC Sawgrass field". Golf Digest. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Bolton, Rob (February 27, 2022). "2021-22 Qualifiers for the Players and the majors". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking; Week 9 2022" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. February 28, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  11. ^ "Steve Stricker will miss the Players after mystery ailment". PGA Tour. February 22, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  12. ^ Schmitt, Tim (March 7, 2022). "Kevin Na withdraws from 2022 Players Championship with third child on the way". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  13. ^ Scrivener, Peter (March 10, 2022). "Players Championship: TPC Sawgrass evacuated as thunderstorms roll into Florida". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Tommy Fleetwood, Tom Hoge share lead at The Players Championship". PGA Tour. Associated Press. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  15. ^ Lavner, Ryan (March 11, 2022). "Round 1 of Players Championship stretches into Saturday, with Monday a lock". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  16. ^ a b Scrivener, Peter (March 13, 2022). "Players Championship: Tommy Fleetwood shares lead at windy TPC Sawgrass in round two". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  17. ^ Lavner, Ryan (March 14, 2022). "Billy Horschel (illness) withdraws before play resumes at Players". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  18. ^ Chivers, Matt (March 13, 2022). "Henrik Stenson withdraws from Players Championship with one hole left". Golf Magic. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  19. ^ DiMeglio, Steve (March 12, 2022). "Luke List WDs from Players Championship; Michael Thompson off to great start in surprise appearance". Golfweek. Golf Digest. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

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