2013 Players Championship

The 2013 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 9–12 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 40th Players Championship.

Tiger Woods won his second Players Championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert, and Kevin Streelman.^[1][2] Woods previously won twelve years earlier in 2001, after winning the previous three majors and the next for his Tiger Slam.

Defending champion Matt Kuchar finished thirteen strokes back at even par, tied for 48th place.

Venue

This was the 32nd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout

The 2013 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

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2012 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Charlie Beljan (3), Jonas Blixt (3), Keegan Bradley (2,3,5,7,9), Scott Brown, Jason Dufner (2,3,9), Ernie Els (2,3,5,9), Derek Ernst, Tommy Gainey (3), Sergio García (2,3,6,9), Brian Gay (3), Russell Henley, J. J. Henry (3), Billy Horschel (9,11), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9,11), Zach Johnson (2,3,9), Matt Kuchar (2,3,6,7,9,11), Martin Laird (3), Marc Leishman (3), Graeme McDowell (3,5,9,11), Rory McIlroy (2,3,5,9), John Merrick (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,9,11), Ryan Moore (2,3,9), Scott Piercy (2,3,9), D. A. Points (3,9,11), Ted Potter Jr. (3), Adam Scott (2,3,5,7,9,11), Webb Simpson (2,3,5,9), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,8,9,11), Scott Stallings (3), Kevin Streelman (3,11), Michael Thompson (3,9), Nick Watney (2,3,7,9), Tiger Woods (2,3,5,7,9,11)

2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Luke Donald (3,7,9), Rickie Fowler (3,9), Jim Furyk (3,8,9), Robert Garrigus (3,9), John Huh (3), Hunter Mahan (3,7,9), Louis Oosthuizen (3,5,9), Carl Pettersson (3,9), Justin Rose (3,7,9), John Senden (3), Steve Stricker (3,9), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Bubba Watson (3,5,9), Lee Westwood (3,9)

3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list

Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, Bae Sang-moon, Ricky Barnes, Jason Bohn, Jonathan Byrd, Chad Campbell, Roberto Castro, Bud Cauley, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (6), Tim Clark (6,9), Will Claxton, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Jason Day (9), Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, James Driscoll, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Martin Flores, Tom Gillis, Bill Haas (8,9), Brian Harman, Pádraig Harrington (5), David Hearn, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Freddie Jacobson (9), Chris Kirk, Colt Knost, Jason Kokrak, Davis Love III, Jeff Maggert, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, William McGirt, George McNeill, Bryce Molder, Noh Seung-yul, Geoff Ogilvy, Sean O'Hair, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Ian Poulter (7,9), Dicky Pride, John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (5,9), Vijay Singh, Kevin Stadler, Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Henrik Stenson (6,9), Chris Stroud, Daniel Summerhays, Josh Teater, David Toms, Cameron Tringale, Johnson Wagner, Jimmy Walker, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson

• Blake Adams, Bob Estes, Harrison Frazar, J. B. Holmes, Troy Kelly, Spencer Levin, John Mallinger, Kevin Na, and Jhonattan Vegas did not play.

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Retief Goosen

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ángel Cabrera, Stewart Cink, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer (9), Yang Yong-eun

• Darren Clarke did not play.

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners only if PGA Tour members)

8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 28

Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Branden Grace, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Thorbjørn Olesen

• George Coetzee, Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, Paul Lawrie, and Richard Sterne did not play.

10. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Casey Wittenberg

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 28

12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 28

Erik Compton, Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Scott Langley, Richard H. Lee, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, David Lynn, Brian Stuard, Nicholas Thompson

13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144)

Joe Daley

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Playing in his first Players Championship, Roberto Castro tied the course record at 63 (−9) in relatively benign morning conditions. His round, which consisted of seven birdies, one eagle, and no bogeys, tied the record set by Fred Couples (third round) in 1992 and matched by Greg Norman (first round) in 1994. Zach Johnson and Rory McIlroy were three shots back, with six other players, including Tiger Woods, four shots back.^[3]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Roberto Castro	63	−9
T2	Zach Johnson	66	−6
	Rory McIlroy
T4	Hunter Mahan	67	−5
	Ryan Palmer
	Webb Simpson
	Steve Stricker
	Casey Wittenberg
	Tiger Woods
T10	Bae Sang-moon	68	−4
	Jason Bohn
	Greg Chalmers
	Sergio García
	Pádraig Harrington
	David Lingmerth
	Henrik Stenson

Second round

Friday, May 10, 2013

Unheralded first-round leader Castro fell far back into the pack after a second round 78. The halfway leader was 2008 winner Sergio García after some impressive putting saw him to a 65 and 133 (−11). A stroke back was 2001 winner and world number one Woods, who shot a second straight 67 for a 134, his best 36-hole score at TPC Sawgrass by six strokes.^[4] Notables to miss the cut included former winners Phil Mickelson and Tim Clark, and world number four Justin Rose.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Sergio García	68-65=133	−11
2	Tiger Woods	67-67=134	−10
T3	Kevin Chappell	69-66=135	−9
	Henrik Stenson	68-67=135
	Lee Westwood	69-66=135
T6	David Lingmerth	68-68=136	−8
	Ryan Palmer	67-69=136
	Casey Wittenberg	67-69=136
T9	Zach Johnson	66-71=137	−7
	Matt Kuchar	71-66=137
	Hunter Mahan	67-70=137
	Adam Scott	69-68=137

Third round

Saturday, May 11, 2013

A rain delay on Saturday afternoon left eight players unable to complete their third rounds, with play to be completed Sunday morning. With one hole to play, unheralded rookie David Lingmerth, who had missed five straight cuts since a playoff loss in the early season, led by two from three former winners. 49-year-old Jeff Maggert had earlier shot the round of the day with a 66.

Place	Player	To par	Thru
1	David Lingmerth	−12	17
T2	Henrik Stenson	−10	15
	Sergio García		14
	Tiger Woods
T5	Jeff Maggert	−9	F
	Casey Wittenberg		17
	Ryan Palmer		16
T8	David Lynn	−8	F
	Hunter Mahan
T10	Greg Chalmers	−7	F
	Marc Leishman

Sunday, May 12, 2013

A late bogey for Lingmerth, and strong play from the final group, left a three-way tie for the lead on a congested leaderboard at the conclusion of the third round. Lingmerth would play the final round with García, who finished birdie-birdie-par, while co-leader Tiger Woods was one group back, alongside another outsider in former U.S. Amateur runner-up Casey Wittenberg. Ryan Palmer, who had lost a close friend in a traffic accident at the start of the week, was also amongst those one stroke back.

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Sergio García	68-65-72=205	−11
	David Lingmerth	68-68-69=205
	Tiger Woods	67-67-71=205
T4	Ryan Palmer	67-69-70=206	−10
	Henrik Stenson	68-67-71=206
	Casey Wittenberg	67-69-70=206
7	Jeff Maggert	70-71-66=207	−9
T8	David Lynn	72-68-68=208	−8
	Hunter Mahan	67-70-71=208
T10	Greg Chalmers	68-73-68=209	−7
	Marc Leishman	72-66-71=209
	Lee Westwood	69-66-74=209

Final round

Sunday, May 12, 2013

García and Lingmerth were in the last group, with Woods in the group just ahead. Leading by several shots, Woods double-bogeyed No. 14 with a pulled hook into the water, which brought the field back in play. Woods came back into the lead by making a birdie on No. 16, after a bunker shot ended just a couple feet from the hole. García hit his ball to the center of the No. 16 green and made a two-putt for a birdie, tying Woods for the lead going into No. 17. Lingmerth hit his second shot into the left green side bunker at No. 16, and hit a sand shot to just a few feet; he then converted on his birdie attempt to get one behind the leaders heading into No. 17.

The 17th hole was pivotal, as Woods hit his tee shot to 47 feet (14 m) and two-putted to make par. Lingmerth hit his tee shot to seven feet but did not make the birdie putt, leaving him with a par. García, with a pitching wedge, hit the first tee shot in the water, a few feet short of the island green. On his next attempt, his ball hit the island green surface but bounded back into the water. His third shot hit the center of the green; he ended up with a quadruple-bogey seven that took him out of contention. He took a double-bogey on the final hole to finish six strokes back.

Woods' tee shot at the 18th was a slight draw, to the center of the fairway and the approach shot was within 16 feet (5 m); he two-putted for par and a 70. Lingmerth could have tied Woods with a birdie, but his tee shot with a driver went too long and into the right rough. His approach shot ended up 61 feet (19 m) from the pin and his birdie attempt missed the hole by several inches, ending off the green and he bogeyed. Woods won by two shots, his second win at the event, in his 300th career PGA Tour start.^[5]

Champion

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods (c)	67-67-71-70=275	−13	1,710,000
T2	David Lingmerth	68-68-69-72=277	−11	709,333
	Jeff Maggert	70-71-66-70=277
	Kevin Streelman	69-70-71-67=277
T5	Martin Laird	71-67-73-67=278	−10	346,750
	Ryan Palmer	67-69-70-72=278
	Henrik Stenson (c)	68-67-71-72=278
T8	Ben Crane	69-71-72-69=281	−7	237,500
	Sergio García (c)	68-65-72-76=281
	Marc Leishman	72-66-71-72=281
	Rory McIlroy	66-72-73-70=281
	Brandt Snedeker	71-69-71-70=281
	Lee Westwood	69-66-74-72=281
	Casey Wittenberg	67-69-70-75=281

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T15	Brendon de Jonge	72-69-70-71=282	−6	156,750
	Tim Herron	71-69-74-68=282
	Webb Simpson	67-71-74-70=282
	Jimmy Walker	72-71-72-67=282
T19	Roberto Castro	63-78-71-71=283	−5	107,214
	Jason Day	69-75-71-68=283
	Luke Donald	72-69-73-69=283
	Zach Johnson	66-71-76-70=283
	Hunter Mahan	67-70-71-75=283
	Louis Oosthuizen	69-75-67-72=283
	Adam Scott (c)	69-68-75-71=283
T26	Graham DeLaet	71-70-74-69=284	−4	67,450
	James Driscoll	75-68-70-71=284
	Matt Every	70-71-71-72=284
	David Hearn	72-71-71-70=284
	David Lynn	72-68-68-76=284
	Jeff Overton	71-70-69-74=284
	Daniel Summerhays	69-74-69-72=284
T33	Bae Sang-moon	68-71-75-71=285	−3	52,487
	Harris English	70-71-73-71=285
	Kyle Stanley	75-68-68-74=285
	Chris Stroud	73-69-69-74=285
T37	Greg Chalmers	68-73-68-77=286	−2	41,800
	Charley Hoffman	70-74-71-71=286
	Jerry Kelly	71-68-73-74=286
	Andrés Romero	69-72-71-74=286
	Steve Stricker	67-71-72-76=286
	Bubba Watson	73-70-70-73=286
T43	Chad Campbell	71-72-74-70=287	−1	31,350
	Martin Kaymer	73-69-76-69=287
	William McGirt	70-74-70-73=287
	Sean O'Hair	70-71-69-77=287
	John Senden	73-70-71-73=287
T48	K. J. Choi (c)	69-73-74-72=288	E	23,614
	Branden Grace	73-71-67-77=288
	Freddie Jacobson	72-71-71-74=288
	Matt Kuchar (c)	71-66-75-76=288
	Davis Love III (c)	70-72-70-76=288
	D. A. Points	72-70-77-69=288
	Boo Weekley	71-71-73-73=288
T55	Jason Bohn	68-74-75-72=289	+1	21,280
	Ángel Cabrera	74-70-69-76=289
	Chris Kirk	70-69-75-75=289
	Justin Leonard (c)	70-74-74-71=289
	Charl Schwartzel	72-71-75-71=289
	Michael Thompson	69-75-72-73=289
	Charlie Wi	74-70-75-70=289
T62	Jason Dufner	71-67-72-80=290	+2	20,235
	James Hahn	70-74-73-73=290
	Josh Teater	72-72-76-70=290
	Bo Van Pelt	69-74-79-68=290
T66	Charles Howell III	71-67-77-76=291	+3	19,665
	Noh Seung-yul	70-74-73-74=291
T68	Kevin Chappell	69-66-78-79=292	+4	19,190
	John Huh	70-72-73-77=292
	Carl Pettersson	70-72-75-75=292
71	Rory Sabbatini	75-68-76-74=293	+5	18,810
T72	Ricky Barnes	71-71-74-78=294	+6	18,430
	Brian Davis	78-66-75-75=294
	Peter Hanson	70-70-72-82=294
T75	Ben Curtis	69-72-80-74=295	+7	17,955
	Pádraig Harrington	68-76-75-76=295
77	Jonas Blixt	69-75-77-76=297	+9	17,670
CUT	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	75-70=145	+1
	Rickie Fowler	73-72=145
	Jim Furyk	72-73=145
	Robert Garrigus	72-73=145
	Russell Henley	69-76=145
	Jason Kokrak	69-76=145
	Phil Mickelson (c)	72-73=145
	Vijay Singh	74-71=145
	Brendan Steele	74-71=145
	Nicholas Thompson	69-76=145
	Cameron Tringale	70-75=145
	Charlie Beljan	72-74=146	+2
	Ernie Els	73-73=146
	J. J. Henry	74-72=146
	Graeme McDowell	70-76=146
	Francesco Molinari	74-72=146
	Ian Poulter	75-71=146
	Justin Rose	72-74=146
	Kevin Stadler	78-68=146
	Nick Watney	76-70=146
	Keegan Bradley	70-77=147	+3
	Ken Duke	71-76=147
	Brian Gay	72-75=147
	Tom Gillis	77-70=147
	Billy Horschel	76-71=147
	Matt Jones	70-77=147
	Scott Langley	76-71=147
	Scott Piercy	70-77=147
	Dicky Pride	73-74=147
	Brian Stuard	73-74=147
	Robert Allenby	73-75=148	+4
	Scott Brown	74-74=148
	Tim Clark (c)	72-76=148
	Martin Flores	76-72=148
	Bill Haas	75-73=148
	Bryce Molder	74-74=148
	Mark Wilson	74-74=148
	Jonathan Byrd	74-75=149	+5
	Stewart Cink	76-73=149
	Lucas Glover	73-76=149
	Luke Guthrie	76-73=149
	Ryan Moore	76-73=149
	Geoff Ogilvy	75-74=149
	Thorbjørn Olesen	73-76=149
	Pat Perez	74-75=149
	Scott Stallings	71-78=149
	David Toms	79-70=149
	Bud Cauley	78-72=150	+6
	Erik Compton	80-70=150
	Troy Matteson	75-75=150
	Ted Potter Jr.	75-75=150
	Will Claxton	77-74=151	+7
	John Merrick	74-77=151
	Johnson Wagner	77-74=151
	Richard H. Lee	76-76=152	+8
	David Mathis	78-74=152
	George McNeill	70-82=152
	Brian Harman	72-81=153	+9
	Yang Yong-eun	73-81=154	+10
	Aaron Baddeley	78-77=155	+11
	Joe Daley	78-77=155
	Derek Ernst	74-81=155
	Tommy Gainey	75-80=155
	John Rollins	77-79=156	+12
Greg Owen	76-82=158	+14
WD	Dustin Johnson	74	+2
	Colt Knost	79	+7
	Retief Goosen

Source:^[6]

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
Woods	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13
Lingmerth	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−10	−10	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−11
Maggert	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−10	−11
Streelman	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11
Laird	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−10
Palmer	−10	−11	−11	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10
Stenson	−10	−10	−10	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−11	−11	−10
García	−11	−11	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−9	−7
Wittenberg	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[7]

Spectators

The attendance of 173,946 set a single-week record and the single-day record was broken with 45,281 on Saturday. TV ratings were up 68 percent from 2012; the final-round ratings were the highest for the tournament since 2001.^[8]

References

External links

• The Players Championship website