This article is about the golf tournament. For the snooker tournament, see 2022 Players Championship (snooker). For the curling tournament, see 2022 Players' Championship.
2022 Players Championship
DatesMarch 10–14, 2022
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
CourseTPC Sawgrass
(Stadium Course)
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Yardage7,189 yards (6,574 m)
Field144 players, 71 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Purse20,000,000
Winners share3,600,000
ChampionCameron Smith
Score275 (−13)
Previous2021
Next2023
Coordinates30.198°N 81.394°W

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

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

Course layout

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)

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)

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

18. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following The Honda Classic[7][8]

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[7]

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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Tommy Fleetwood66−6
Tom Hoge
T3Daniel Berger67−5
Brice Garnett
Kramer Hickok
Anirban Lahiri
Keith Mitchell
Joaquín Niemann
T9Abraham Ancer68−4
Sam Burns
Brian Harman
Kevin Kisner
Patton Kizzire
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.[13] 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Sam Burns68-69=137−7
Tom Hoge66-71=137
T3Erik van Rooyen71-67=138−6
Harold Varner III69-69=138
T5Abraham Ancer68-71=139−5
Paul Casey70-69=139
Corey Conners70-69=139
Tommy Fleetwood66-73=139
Keith Mitchell67-72=139
Taylor Pendrith68-71=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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Anirban Lahiri67-73-67=207−9
T2Sam Burns68-69-71=208−8
Paul Casey70-69-69=208
Doug Ghim70-70-68=208
Sebastián Muñoz70-73-65=208
T6Tom Hoge66-71-72=209−7
Cameron Smith69-71-69=209
T8Kevin Kisner68-74-68=210−6
Russell Knox70-73-68=210
Shane Lowry73-70-67=210
Louis Oosthuizen69-72-69=210
Kevin Streelman73-71-66=210
Harold Varner III69-69-72=210
Will Zalatoris69-71-70=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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Cameron Smith69-71-69-66=275−133,600,000
2Anirban Lahiri67-73-67-69=276−122,180,000
3Paul Casey70-69-69-69=277−111,380,000
4Kevin Kisner68-74-68-68=278−10980,000
5Keegan Bradley72-71-68-68=279−9820,000
T6Doug Ghim70-70-68-72=280−8675,000
Russell Knox71-71-68-70=280
Harold Varner III69-69-72-70=280
T9Adam Hadwin72-72-70-67=281−7525,000
Viktor Hovland71-73-68-69=281
Dustin Johnson69-73-76-63=281
Sepp Straka69-74-71-67=281
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T13Daniel Berger67-75-70-70=282−6327,222
Tyrrell Hatton70-73-69-70=282
Russell Henley69-73-72-68=282
Max Homa72-73-71-66=282
Shane Lowry73-70-67-72=282
Keith Mitchell67-72-74-69=282
Taylor Pendrith68-71-74-69=282
Brendan Steele73-69-69-71=282
Erik van Rooyen71-67-74-70=282
T22Tommy Fleetwood66-73-72-72=283−5201,000
Patton Kizzire68-76-72-67=283
Joaquín Niemann67-73-73-70=283
Kevin Streelman73-71-66-73=283
T26Sam Burns68-69-71-76=284−4143,000
Corey Conners70-69-75-70=284
Sergio García (c)71-71-71-71=284
Alex Norén69-75-71-69=284
Doc Redman71-70-72-71=284
Patrick Reed73-70-68-73=284
Will Zalatoris69-71-70-74=284
T33Abraham Ancer68-71-74-72=285−3100,111
Joel Dahmen70-71-71-73=285
Tom Hoge66-71-72-76=285
Rory McIlroy (c)73-73-73-66=285
Sebastián Muñoz70-73-65-77=285
Pat Perez70-72-75-68=285
Ian Poulter73-70-71-71=285
Séamus Power71-71-73-70=285
Justin Thomas (c)72-69-72-72=285
T42Kramer Hickok67-75-71-73=286−273,000
Francesco Molinari70-73-69-74=286
Louis Oosthuizen69-72-69-76=286
Scott Stallings71-75-65-75=286
T46Adam Long71-71-75-70=287−157,700
Peter Malnati70-75-72-70=287
Maverick McNealy70-76-70-71=287
Troy Merritt74-71-71-71=287
T50Dylan Frittelli73-72-73-70=288E50,200
Brice Garnett67-76-74-71=288
Aaron Wise71-74-74-69=288
T53Branden Grace71-72-73-73=289+147,800
Jason Kokrak72-72-71-74=289
T55Im Sung-jae72-72-70-76=290+246,200
Lee Kyoung-hoon70-73-76-71=290
Jon Rahm69-72-72-77=290
Scottie Scheffler70-76-68-76=290
Jimmy Walker70-73-71-76=290
T60Denny McCarthy70-76-73-72=291+344,600
Sam Ryder69-74-73-75=291
Michael Thompson72-73-74-72=291
T63Chesson Hadley70-74-71-77=292+443,400
Brian Harman68-74-75-75=292
Hank Lebioda72-70-72-78=292
T66Hayden Buckley72-71-76-74=293+542,400
Nick Watney75-71-75-72=293
T68Lucas Herbert70-74-75-76=295+741,600
Bubba Watson73-68-78-76=295
70Lee Hodges72-74-75-76=297+941,000
WDBilly Horschel[e]74-70-52=196E40,600
CUTCameron Davis71-76=147+3
Jason Day (c)69-78=147
Charley Hoffman74-73=147
Chris Kirk71-76=147
Matt Kuchar (c)74-73=147
Marc Leishman69-78=147
Henrik Norlander73-74=147
Carlos Ortiz73-74=147
Scott Piercy70-77=147
Patrick Rodgers73-74=147
Jhonattan Vegas69-78=147
Matt Fitzpatrick74-74=148+4
Lucas Glover74-74=148
Talor Gooch70-78=148
Garrick Higgo74-74=148
Mackenzie Hughes72-76=148
Collin Morikawa73-75=148
Pan Cheng-tsung69-79=148
Andrew Putnam69-79=148
Justin Rose69-79=148
Charl Schwartzel75-73=148
Adam Scott (c)78-70=148
Hudson Swafford73-75=148
Richy Werenski71-77=148
Cameron Young71-77=148
Joseph Bramlett75-74=149+5
Patrick Cantlay72-77=149
Wyndham Clark73-76=149
Matt Jones79-70=149
Mito Pereira72-77=149
Webb Simpson (c)75-74=149
Brian Stuard73-76=149
Lanto Griffin70-80=150+6
Martin Laird72-78=150
Roger Sloan73-77=150
Gary Woodland71-79=150
Cameron Champ72-79=151+7
Tony Finau76-75=151
Beau Hossler71-80=151
Ryan Palmer71-80=151
Thomas Pieters73-78=151
Xander Schauffele73-78=151
Adam Schenk78-73=151
J. J. Spaun73-78=151
Jordan Spieth72-79=151
Robert Streb74-77=151
Kevin Tway73-78=151
Stewart Cink77-75=152+8
Stephan Jäger77-75=152
Brandt Snedeker72-80=152
Kyle Stanley74-78=152
Brendon Todd78-74=152
Cameron Tringale73-79=152
Matt Wallace76-76=152
James Hahn74-79=153+9
Harry Higgs77-76=153
Zach Johnson73-80=153
Brooks Koepka72-81=153
Matthew NeSmith79-74=153
J. T. Poston78-75=153
Sahith Theegala74-79=153
Lee Westwood73-80=153
Matthew Wolff72-81=153
Brandon Hagy78-76=154+10
Taylor Moore74-80=154
Ryan Brehm74-81=155+11
Brian Gay76-81=157+13
Chez Reavie80-77=157
Emiliano Grillo77-82=159+15
WDHenrik Stenson (c)[f]73-73=146+1
Kim Si-woo (c)[g]76-70=146+4
Danny Lee[h]77-64=141+5
Luke List[i]36+4
Source:[2]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Smith−8−9−10−11−11−12−11−10−9−10−11−12−13−13−13−13−14−13
Lahiri−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−8−9−9−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12
Casey−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−8−9−9−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11
Kisner−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−7−6−7−7−7−8−9−10−10
Bradley−5−5−5−6−5−6−6−6−7−8−9−10−10−10−11−12−11−9
Ghim−8−6−6−7−7−7−7−6−6−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8
Knox−7−8−8−9−8−8−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−8
Varner−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8
Burns−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−6−5−5−4−4−5−5−6−4−4
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

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|- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |}

Source:[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Hideki Matsuyama withdrew on the morning of the first round due to a back injury; he was replaced by Patrick Rodgers.[14]
  2. ^ Bryson DeChambeau withdrew; he was replaced by Hayden Buckley.[6]
  3. ^ Kevin Na withdrew due to the imminent birth of his third child; he was replaced by Taylor Moore.[15]
  4. ^ 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.[16]
  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]

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