This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2016 Players' Championship.
2016 Players Championship
DatesMay 12–15, 2016
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
CourseTPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Yardage7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field144 players, 76 after cut
Cut142 (−2)
Purse$10.5 million
Winners share$1.89 million
ChampionJason Day
Score273 (−15)
Coordinates30.198°N 81.394°W
Previous2015
Next2017

The 2016 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 12–15 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 43rd Players Championship.

Jason Day, number one in the world rankings and reigning PGA Champion, led wire-to-wire to win his first Players, four strokes ahead of runner-up Kevin Chappell.[1][2] With favorable scoring conditions early, Day was at 129 (−15) after 36 holes and then shot even par on the weekend.

Defending champion Rickie Fowler missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 35th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:[3]

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Day (2,4,7,8,9,13), Jason Dufner (2,4), Tony Finau (2), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9), Fabián Gómez (2), Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo (9), James Hahn (2), J. J. Henry (2), Jim Herman (2), Charley Hoffman (2,9), Zach Johnson (2,4,9), Smylie Kaufman (9), Chris Kirk (2), Kevin Kisner (2,9,13), Russell Knox (2,7,9,13), Danny Lee (2,9), David Lingmerth (2,8,9), Davis Love III (2), Shane Lowry (7,9), Peter Malnati, Hideki Matsuyama (2,9), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (2,4,7,9), Troy Merritt (2), Scott Piercy (2), Adam Scott (2,4,7,9,13), Brandt Snedeker (2,9,13), Jordan Spieth (2,4,6,9,13), Brian Stuard, Vaughn Taylor, Justin Thomas (2,9,13), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9,13), Danny Willett (4,9)

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

Daniel Berger (9), Zac Blair, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4), Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Kevin Chappell, Chad Collins, Erik Compton, Jon Curran, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every (8), Jim Furyk (9), Sergio García (9), Andres Gonzales, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Bill Haas (9), Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brian Harman, Pádraig Harrington, David Hearn, Russell Henley, Morgan Hoffmann, J. B. Holmes (9), Billy Horschel (6,9), Charles Howell III, John Huh, Dustin Johnson (7,9), Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Colt Knost, Brooks Koepka (9), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (5,9), Martin Laird, Marc Leishman (9), Spencer Levin, Hunter Mahan, Ben Martin, William McGirt, George McNeill, Phil Mickelson (4,9), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore (9), Kevin Na (9,13), Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (9), Carlos Ortiz, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Carl Pettersson, Scott Pinckney, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed (7,9,13), Kyle Reifers, Justin Rose (4,9), John Senden, Vijay Singh, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani, Henrik Stenson (6,9), Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Daniel Summerhays, Hudson Swafford, Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Jimmy Walker (9), Boo Weekley, Steve Wheatcroft, Will Wilcox, Mark Wilson, Gary Woodland

3. Top 125 (medical)

Freddie Jacobson

4. Major champions from the past five years

Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (5)

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

K. J. Choi

6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years
8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015
9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Matt Fitzpatrick, Søren Kjeldsen, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger

10. Senior Players champion from prior year

Bernhard Langer

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Patton Kizzire

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Chez Reavie

13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders
14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Ricky Barnes, Kim Si-woo, Jamie Lovemark, Patrick Rodgers, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 12, 2016

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Jason Day63−9
T2Bill Haas65−7
Shane Lowry
Justin Rose
Brendan Steele
Cameron Tringale
T7Daniel Berger66−6
Ernie Els
Brooks Koepka
Francesco Molinari
Hudson Swafford
Boo Weekley

Second round

Friday, May 13, 2016
Saturday, May 14, 2016

A two-hour weather delay on Friday afternoon caused several players to suspend their rounds due to darkness. Among these was Day, who completed the final four holes of his second round on Saturday morning; play resumed at 9:15 a.m. EDT.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Jason Day63-66=129−15
2Shane Lowry65-68=133−11
T3Jonas Blixt67-67=134−10
Alex Čejka67-67=134
Cameron Tringale65-69=134
T6Jerry Kelly67-68=135−9
Colt Knost72-63=135
Russell Knox68-67=135
Francesco Molinari66-69=135
Boo Weekley66-69=135
Gary Woodland67-68=135

Third round

Saturday, May 14, 2016

With the second round completed on Saturday morning, the third round was played in groupings of three from split tees. Scores were significantly higher than the first two rounds, as the course conditions toughened. Ken Duke shot 65 (−7) for the best round of the day and Hideki Matsuyama carded a 67; both joined Alex Čejka in a tie for second, four strokes behind Day, who recorded a one-over 73.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Jason Day63-66-73=202−14
T2Alex Čejka67-67-72=206−10
Ken Duke74-67-65=206
Hideki Matsuyama68-71-67=206
5Francesco Molinari66-69-72=207−9
T6Kevin Chappell71-67-70=208−8
Retief Goosen70-68-70=208
T8Jonas Blixt67-67-75=209−7
Colt Knost72-63-74=209
Cameron Tringale65-69-75=209

Final round

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Jason Day63-66-73-71=273−151,890,000
2Kevin Chappell71-67-70-69=277−111,134,000
T3Ken Duke74-67-65-72=278−10504,000
Colt Knost72-63-74-69=278
Matt Kuchar (c)71-67-72-68=278
Justin Thomas70-68-75-65=278
T7Hideki Matsuyama68-71-67-73=279−9338,625
Francesco Molinari66-69-72-72=279
T9Daniel Berger66-72-73-69=280−8283,500
Alex Čejka67-67-72-74=280
Graeme McDowell72-70-69-69=280
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T12Retief Goosen70-68-70-73=281−7212,625
Rory McIlroy72-64-75-70=281
Bryce Molder70-68-72-71=281
Adam Scott (c)73-65-75-68=281
T16Shane Lowry65-68-78-71=282−6168,000
Cameron Tringale65-69-75-73=282
Boo Weekley66-69-78-69=282
T19Jonas Blixt67-67-75-74=283−5131,775
Jerry Kelly67-68-77-71=283
Russell Knox68-67-80-68=283
Justin Rose65-74-78-66=283
T23Paul Casey68-72-76-68=284−493,450
Kim Si-woo68-70-72-74=284
Ryan Palmer67-70-75-72=284
Scott Piercy70-68-75-71=284
Daniel Summerhays69-71-71-73=284
T28David Hearn71-71-72-71=285−368,325
J. J. Henry70-69-74-72=285
Billy Horschel68-70-75-72=285
Dustin Johnson70-70-77-68=285
Louis Oosthuizen72-67-74-72=285
Vijay Singh70-70-73-72=285
Gary Woodland67-68-76-74=285
T35Keegan Bradley72-67-76-71=286−252,893
Jim Furyk71-70-75-70=286
Brooks Koepka66-70-77-73=286
Danny Lee67-71-72-76=286
T39Chad Campbell68-71-78-70=287−144,100
Jon Curran70-71-79-67=287
Adam Hadwin70-70-74-73=287
Martin Kaymer (c)68-72-76-71=287
T43K. J. Choi (c)73-68-73-74=288E33,670
Bill Haas65-73-77-73=288
James Hahn67-73-79-69=288
Søren Kjeldsen72-70-74-72=288
William McGirt72-65-76-75=288
Bubba Watson69-71-74-74=288
T49Zac Blair71-70-73-75=289+125,914
Jason Dufner70-66-80-73=289
Morgan Hoffmann69-73-75-72=289
Freddie Jacobson70-69-78-72=289
Bernd Wiesberger71-67-78-73=289
T54Sergio García (c)72-66-77-75=290+224,150
Brian Harman69-70-77-74=290
Zach Johnson67-69-80-74=290
T57Brendon de Jonge71-67-76-77=291+323,100
Branden Grace72-70-78-71=291
Ian Poulter69-68-79-75=291
Brendan Steele65-76-74-76=291
Hudson Swafford66-73-77-75=291
Harold Varner III73-66-78-74=291
Jhonattan Vegas67-71-79-74=291
T64Ernie Els66-73-78-75=292+421,735
Marc Leishman70-72-75-75=292
Jamie Lovemark71-71-79-71=292
Sean O'Hair70-67-76-79=292
Kyle Reifers71-70-76-75=292
Johnson Wagner70-71-77-74=292
70Camilo Villegas71-71-78-73=293+521,000
71Steve Wheatcroft68-74-79-73=294+620,790
T72Shawn Stefani74-68-80-73=295+720,475
Will Wilcox68-71-82-74=295
T74Fabián Gómez73-69-79-75=296+820,055
Kevin Streelman72-70-80-74=296
76Patton Kizzire71-70-82-77=300+1219,740
CUTAn Byeong-hun75-68=143−1
Rafa Cabrera-Bello72-71=143
Matt Fitzpatrick69-74=143
Rickie Fowler (c)72-71=143
Charley Hoffman73-70=143
J. B. Holmes70-73=143
David Lingmerth71-72=143
Davis Love III (c)71-72=143
George McNeill70-73=143
Phil Mickelson (c)70-73=143
Kevin Na73-70=143
Carl Pettersson68-75=143
Patrick Reed71-72=143
Jordan Spieth72-71=143
Vaughn Taylor71-72=143
Danny Willett70-73=143
Kiradech Aphibarnrat75-69=144E
Aaron Baddeley69-75=144
Luke Donald70-74=144
Martin Laird71-73=144
Bernhard Langer72-72=144
Greg Owen69-75=144
Chez Reavie73-71=144
John Senden75-69=144
Brian Stuard71-73=144
Scott Brown73-72=145+1
Harris English75-70=145
Andres Gonzales75-70=145
Kevin Kisner74-71=145
Ryan Moore70-75=145
Robert Streb71-74=145
Brendon Todd73-72=145
Mark Wilson74-71=145
Ricky Barnes72-74=146+2
Emiliano Grillo71-75=146
Pádraig Harrington72-74=146
Hunter Mahan77-69=146
Jeff Overton73-73=146
Nick Taylor67-79=146
Graham DeLaet70-77=147+3
Tony Finau72-75=147
Jason Gore72-75=147
Russell Henley74-73=147
Charles Howell III72-75=147
Smylie Kaufman72-75=147
Spencer Levin76-71=147
Troy Merritt73-74=147
Scott Pinckney74-73=147
Patrick Rodgers73-74=147
Brandt Snedeker71-76=147
Chad Collins75-73=148+4
Erik Compton77-71=148
Chesson Hadley78-70=148
Carlos Ortiz77-72=149+5
Henrik Stenson (c)77-73=150+6
Andy Sullivan77-73=150
Jason Bohn74-77=151+7
Matt Every73-78=151
Jim Herman75-76=151
Peter Malnati77-74=151
Matt Jones78-74=152+8
Ben Martin75-77=152
Steven Bowditch80-73=153+9
John Huh77-76=153
Jimmy Walker71-82=153
WDChris Kirk73+1
Jason Kokrak73
Chris Stroud75+3

Source:[6]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Day−14−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−15−15−15
Chappell−9−9−8−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−9−9−9−9−9−10−11−11
Duke−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−9−10−10−10−10−9−10−10−10
Knost−7−8−8−8−6−6−7−8−9−9−9−10−9−10−10−10−10−10
Kuchar−6−7−7−7−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−10−10−10
Thomas−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−7−8−8−9−9−10
Matsuyama−9−9−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−8−8−9−9−9
Molinari−9−10−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−8−8−9−9−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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