2009 Players Championship

The 2009 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 7–10 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 36th Players Championship.

Tournament summary

Henrik Stenson shot a bogey-free 66 in the final round to win at 276 (−12), four strokes ahead of Ian Poulter.^[1][2] Alex Čejka led by five strokes after the third round,^[3] but went out in 42 and finished in a tie for ninth.^[4][5] Stenson was the third European to win the title, after Sergio García the previous year and Sandy Lyle in 1987.

Due to 83 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.

Defending champion Sergio García finished ten strokes back, in a tie for 22nd place.

Venue

This was the 28th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2009 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

Eligibility requirements

Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.

Ryuji Imada, Phil Mickelson, Kenny Perry, Justin Leonard, Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, Anthony Kim, Pádraig Harrington, Richard S. Johnson, Chez Reavie, Vijay Singh, Parker McLachlin, Carl Pettersson, Camilo Villegas, Will MacKenzie, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Marc Turnesa, Cameron Beckman, Ryan Palmer, Davis Love III, Geoff Ogilvy, Pat Perez, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, YE Yang, Michael Bradley, Retief Goosen, Paul Casey, Ángel Cabrera, Brian Gay, Jerry Kelly, Sean O'Hair

The top 125 finishers on the 2008 Official PGA Tour Money List.^[6]

Sergio García, Robert Allenby, Jim Furyk, Mike Weir, K. J. Choi, Ben Curtis, Kevin Sutherland, Trevor Immelman, Ernie Els, Stuart Appleby, Steve Stricker, Chad Campbell, Boo Weekley, D. J. Trahan, Stephen Ames, Ken Duke, Dudley Hart, Hunter Mahan, J. B. Holmes, Woody Austin, Steve Marino, Andrés Romero, Briny Baird, Jeff Quinney, Adam Scott, Mathew Goggin, Nicholas Thompson, Billy Mayfair, Tim Clark, Bart Bryant, Rod Pampling, Aaron Baddeley, Paul Goydos, Daniel Chopra, Freddie Jacobson, Rory Sabbatini, Bubba Watson, Steve Lowery, Charlie Wi, Tommy Armour III, Heath Slocum, Ben Crane, Ian Poulter, Peter Lonard, Luke Donald, Charles Howell III, Matt Kuchar, Johnson Wagner, Rocco Mediate, Nick O'Hern, George McNeill, Scott Verplank, Kevin Streelman, Dean Wilson, Tom Pernice Jr., John Merrick, Steve Elkington, John Senden, Steve Flesch, Ryan Moore, Troy Matteson, Greg Kraft, John Mallinger, Tim Wilkinson, Michael Letzig, Tim Herron, Brian Davis, Cliff Kresge, Vaughn Taylor, Justin Rose, Kevin Na, Jonathan Byrd, Joe Ogilvie, John Rollins, Bill Haas, Lucas Glover, Michael Allen, Tim Petrovic, Scott McCarron, Fred Couples, Charley Hoffman, J. J. Henry, Corey Pavin, Nathan Green, Bo Van Pelt, Eric Axley, Alex Čejka, Jeff Overton, Brett Quigley, Jason Bohn, Brad Adamonis, Martin Laird

Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 2004-2008; including 2009 Masters.

Fred Funk, Michael Campbell, Todd Hamilton

Winners of the Tour Championship the last three years (2006-08).

Winners of the World Golf Championship-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2007-2009).

Winner of the World Golf Championships-CA Championship from 2006-2009.

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2006-2008).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the completion of the Zurich Classic. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2008 FedEx Cup Points List through the completion of the Zurich Classic.

Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson, Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer, Ross Fisher, Jeev Milkha Singh, Søren Kjeldsen, Graeme McDowell, Thongchai Jaidee

The winner of the 2008 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such exemption will be an addition to the field.)

D. A. Weibring

The leading money winner from the 2008 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.

Matt Bettencourt

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2009 FedExCup Points List below 10th position one week prior, in order of their position on such list.

David Toms, Jason Dufner, Jeff Klauk, Scott Piercy, Bob Estes, Webb Simpson

Source:^[7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Ben Crane	65	−7
T2	Alex Čejka	66	−6
	Richard S. Johnson
	John Mallinger
T5	Brad Adamonis	67	−5
	Jonathan Byrd
	Jason Dufner
	Retief Goosen
	Ian Poulter
	David Toms
	Scott Verplank
	Camilo Villegas
	Bubba Watson

Second round

Friday, May 8, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Alex Čejka	66-67=133	−11
2	Ian Poulter	67-68=135	−9
T3	Ángel Cabrera	72-65=137	−7
	Jason Dufner	67-70=137
	John Mallinger	66-71=137
	Kevin Na	71-66=137
	Henrik Stenson	68-69=137
	David Toms	67-70=137
T9	Ben Crane	65-73=138	−6
	Richard S. Johnson	66-72=138
	Jeff Overton	71-67=138
	Tim Petrovic	68-70=138

Third round

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Alex Čejka	66-67-72=205	−11
T2	Jonathan Byrd	67-72-71=210	−6
	Ben Crane	65-73-72=210
	Retief Goosen	67-72-71=210
	Ian Poulter	67-68-75=210
	Henrik Stenson	68-69-73=210
	Tiger Woods	71-69-70=210
T8	Brian Davis	71-69-71=211	−5
	John Mallinger	66-71-74=211
	Kevin Na	71-66-74=211

Final leaderboard

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Alex Čejka held a five-shot lead entering the final round,^[3] but quickly faltered with a six-over front nine and slumped to a closing 79. This opened the door for many, and Henrik Stenson pulled clear with a bogey-free 66 for a four-stroke victory.^[1][4][5]

Champion

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Henrik Stenson	68-69-73-66=276	−12	1,710,000
2	Ian Poulter	67-68-75-70=280	−8	1,026,000
T3	John Mallinger	66-71-74-70=281	−7	551,000
	Kevin Na	71-66-74-70=281
T5	Ben Crane	65-73-72-72=282	−6	346,750
	Brian Davis	71-69-71-71=282
	Jim Furyk	68-74-71-69=282
8	Tiger Woods (c)	71-69-70-73=283	−5	294,500
T9	Aaron Baddeley	71-71-76-66=284	−4	237,500
	Alex Čejka	66-67-72-79=284
	Tim Clark	72-69-74-69=284
	Vijay Singh	71-72-74-67=284
	David Toms	67-70-77-70=284

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T14	Robert Allenby	73-66-75-71=285	−3	147,250
	Ángel Cabrera	72-65-77-71=285
	Paul Casey	70-69-76-70=285
	Daniel Chopra	75-65-72-73=285
	Jeff Klauk	71-72-71-71=285
	Matt Kuchar	72-72-73-68=285
	Camilo Villegas	67-72-75-71=285
	Mike Weir	72-72-73-68=285
T22	Tommy Armour III	74-70-70-72=286	−2	79,325
	Woody Austin	72-72-68-74=286
	Ben Curtis	71-72-69-74=286
	Sergio García (c)	71-73-73-69=286
	Retief Goosen	67-72-71-76=286
	Geoff Ogilvy	70-72-73-71=286
	Kenny Perry	73-71-68-74=286
	Scott Piercy	71-72-74-69=286
	Justin Rose	70-71-72-73=286
	Steve Stricker	71-71-71-73=286
T32	Jason Dufner	67-70-77-73=287	−1	53,770
	Zach Johnson	72-71-70-74=287
	Justin Leonard (c)	70-69-75-73=287
	Billy Mayfair	70-74-69-74=287
	Kevin Sutherland	73-67-72-75=287
T37	Jonathan Byrd	67-72-71-78=288	E	39,900
	Luke Donald	74-70-71-73=288
	Charley Hoffman	70-69-76-73=288
	Jeff Overton	71-67-75-75=288
	Tim Petrovic	68-70-75-75=288
	John Rollins	68-76-70-74=288
	John Senden	72-69-72-75=288
	Bubba Watson	67-75-72-74=288
T45	Ernie Els	73-69-73-74=289	+1	28,595
	Ryuji Imada	72-70-75-72=289
	Richard S. Johnson	66-72-74-77=289
	Michael Letzig	71-68-74-76=289
T49	Stephen Ames (c)	70-71-75-74=290	+2	23,211
	Jason Bohn	72-71-74-73=290
	Pádraig Harrington	72-72-74-72=290
	Freddie Jacobson	70-73-72-75=290
	Nick O'Hern	68-73-75-74=290
	Scott Verplank	67-74-73-76=290
T55	Brad Adamonis	67-76-74-74=291	+3	21,470
	Martin Kaymer	71-73-69-78=291
	Phil Mickelson (c)	73-71-71-76=291
	Heath Slocum	75-69-71-76=291
	Mark Wilson	69-72-75-75=291
T60	Rocco Mediate	73-71-74-74=292	+4	20,710
	Chez Reavie	70-72-75-75=292
	Johnson Wagner	69-73-72-78=292
63	Michael Allen	71-70-74-78=293	+5	20,330
T64	Steve Flesch	75-69-74-76=294	+6	20,045
	Jeev Milkha Singh	68-74-76-76=294
T66	Cameron Beckman	72-72-73-78=295	+7	19,665
	John Merrick	70-72-74-79=295
T68	Pat Perez	72-72-74-78=296	+8	19,285
	Jeff Quinney	73-70-75-78=296
70	Ryan Moore	71-68-75-84=298	+10	19,000
T71	K. J. Choi	73-69-77=219	+3	18,430
	Nathan Green	74-69-76=219
	Robert Karlsson	74-70-75=219
	Martin Laird	71-72-76=219
	Hunter Mahan	73-71-75=219
T76	Stewart Cink	70-73-77=220	+4	17,765
	Bob Estes	75-68-77=220
78	Graeme McDowell	71-73-77=221	+5	17,480
T79	Fred Funk (c)	73-71-78=222	+6	17,005
	Dustin Johnson	72-72-78=222
	Steve Marino	72-72-78=222
	Rod Pampling	70-73-79=222
CUT	Bart Bryant	74-71=145	+1
	Ken Duke	70-75=145
	Jerry Kelly	73-72=145
	Søren Kjeldsen	70-75=145
	Will MacKenzie	73-72=145
	Troy Matteson	73-72=145
	George McNeill	70-75=145
	Joe Ogilvie	72-73=145
	Andrés Romero	74-71=145
	Adam Scott (c)	71-74=145
	Chad Campbell	75-71=146	+2
	Steve Elkington (c)	73-73=146
	Todd Hamilton	74-72=146
	Charles Howell III	73-73=146
	Scott McCarron	74-72=146
	Nicholas Thompson	73-73=146
	Nick Watney	68-78=146
	Stuart Appleby	71-76=147	+3
	Eric Axley	72-75=147
	Bill Haas	74-73=147
	Greg Kraft	74-73=147
	Cliff Kresge	72-75=147
	Davis Love III (c)	73-74=147
	D. J. Trahan	74-73=147
	Bo Van Pelt	71-76=147
	Briny Baird	72-76=148	+4
	Ross Fisher	74-74=148
	Lucas Glover	73-75=148
	Paul Goydos	78-70=148
	J. B. Holmes	72-76=148
	Thongchai Jaidee	74-74=148
	Sean O'Hair	73-75=148
	Brett Quigley	72-76=148
	Kevin Streelman	74-74=148
	Vaughn Taylor	72-76=148
	Charlie Wi	74-74=148
	J. J. Henry	73-76=149	+5
	Parker McLachlin	75-74=149
	Dean Wilson	77-72=149
	Tim Herron	75-75=150	+6
	Peter Lonard	77-73=150
	Ryan Palmer	75-75=150
	Yang Yong-eun	73-77=150
	Fred Couples (c)	80-71=151	+7
	Rory McIlroy	74-77=151
	Corey Pavin	74-77=151
	Marc Turnesa	76-75=151
	Mathew Goggin	76-77=153	+9
	Tom Pernice Jr.	74-79=153
	Rory Sabbatini	81-72=153
	Webb Simpson	76-77=153
	Tim Wilkinson	77-77=154	+10
	Matt Bettencourt	76-79=155	+11
	Trevor Immelman	73-82=155
	Anthony Kim	73-82=155
	Michael Bradley	80-78=158	+14
	Steve Lowery	81-78=159	+15
WD	Boo Weekley	73-67-73=213	−3
	Dudley Hart	73	+1
	Carl Pettersson	74	+2
	Brian Gay	80	+8
	Michael Campbell
	D. A. Weibring

Source:^[8]

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
Stenson	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12
Poulter	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Mallinger	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7
Na	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−7	−7	−7
Crane	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−6	−5	−6
Davis	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Furyk	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6
Woods	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5
Čejka	−10	−10	−10	−8	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[9]

References

External links

• The Players Championship website
• Full results