2012 Players Championship


The 2012 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 39th Players Championship and was won by Matt Kuchar, two strokes ahead of four runners-up.
Defending champion K. J. Choi missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue

This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at.

Course layout

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2011 Senior Players Championship.
;1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players
Keegan Bradley, K. J. Choi, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner, Rickie Fowler, Harrison Frazar, Bill Haas, John Huh, Fredrik Jacobson, Chris Kirk, Hunter Mahan, Rory McIlroy, George McNeill, Phil Mickelson, Bryce Molder, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Scott Stallings, Kyle Stanley, Steve Stricker, David Toms, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, Tiger Woods
;2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list
Aaron Baddeley, Jonathan Byrd, Jason Day, Charles Howell III, Matt Kuchar, Geoff Ogilvy, Chez Reavie, John Senden, Vijay Singh, Bo Van Pelt, Gary Woodland, Yang Yong-eun
;3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list
Blake Adams, Robert Allenby, Arjun Atwal, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Kris Blanks, Michael Bradley, Chad Campbell, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink, Chris Couch, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Tommy Gainey, Sergio García, Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen, Hunter Haas, Pádraig Harrington, David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman, Brandt Jobe, Zach Johnson, Kang Sung-hoon, Robert Karlsson, Jerry Kelly, Martin Laird, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Graeme McDowell, John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Joe Ogilvie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice Jr., Ian Poulter, John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Kevin Stadler, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Cameron Tringale, Jhonattan Vegas, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Jimmy Walker, Charlie Wi
;4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension
Bob Estes
;5. Major champions from the past five years
Ángel Cabrera, Martin Kaymer
;6. Players Championship winners from the past five years
Tim Clark, Henrik Stenson
;7. WGC winners from the past three years
;8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
;9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 29
Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Simon Dyson, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Lee Westwood
;10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season
J. J. Killeen
;11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 29
;12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 29
Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Brian Harman, Colt Knost, Jeff Maggert, John Mallinger
;13. Senior Players champion from prior year

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Martin Laird65−7
T1Ian Poulter65−7
3Blake Adams66−6
T4Ben Crane67−5
T4Kevin Na67−5
T6Bae Sang-moon68−4
T6Jonathan Byrd68−4
T6Ben Curtis68−4
T6Brian Davis68−4
T6Harrison Frazar68−4
T6Bill Haas68−4
T6Matt Kuchar68−4
T6Adam Scott68−4
T6Kevin Stadler68−4
T6Michael Thompson68−4
T6Jhonattan Vegas68−4

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Zach Johnson70-66=136−8
T1Kevin Na67-69=136−8
T1Matt Kuchar68-68=136−8
4Harris English70-67=137−7
T5Jonathan Byrd68-70=138−6
T5Adam Scott68-70=138−6
T5Brian Davis68-70=138−6
T5Martin Laird65-73=138−6
T5Charlie Wi71-67=138−6
T10Blake Adams66-73=139−5
T10Ben Curtis68-71=139−5
T10Michael Thompson68-71=139−5
T10Bill Haas68-71=139−5
T10Kevin Stadler68-71=139−5

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kevin Na67-69-68=204−12
2Matt Kuchar68-68-69=205−11
3Rickie Fowler72-69-66=207−9
T4Zach Johnson70-66-73=209−7
T4Ben Curtis68-71-70=209−7
T6Jhonattan Vegas68-74-68=210−6
T6Brian Davis68-70-72=210−6
T6Jonathan Byrd68-70-72=210−6
T6Martin Laird65-73-72=210−6
T10Johnson Wagner69-73-69=211−5
T10Bo Van Pelt71-70-70=211−5
T10Blake Adams66-73-72=211−5
T10Charlie Wi71-67-73=211−5

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Kuchar−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−13−13−13−13−14−13−13
Curtis−7−7−6−7−7−7−8−6−7−8−9−10−10−10−9−10−10−11
Fowler−10−10−10−11−9−9−8−8−8−8−9−10−10−10−9−10−11−11
Johnson−7−9−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−11−10−11−11−11
Laird−6−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−9−9−10−11−12−11−11−12−12−11
Na−12−13−13−13−12−11−11−10−9−9−10−9−8−8−8−8−8−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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