The Players Championship
Winners
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records. Sources

The Players Championship

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records. Sources

Year	Player	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Purse ($)

The Players Championship

2019	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	272	−16	1 stroke	United States Jim Furyk	2,250,000	12,500,000

2018	Webb Simpson	United States	270	−18	4 strokes	United States Xander Schauffele South Africa Charl Schwartzel United States Jimmy Walker	1,980,000	11,000,000

2017	Kim Si-woo	South Korea	278	−10	3 strokes	South Africa Louis Oosthuizen England Ian Poulter	1,890,000	10,500,000

2016	Jason Day	Australia	273	−15	4 strokes	United States Kevin Chappell	1,890,000	10,500,000

2015	Rickie Fowler	United States	276	−12	Playoff	Spain Sergio García United States Kevin Kisner	1,800,000	10,000,000

2014	Martin Kaymer	Germany	275	−13	1 stroke	United States Jim Furyk	1,800,000	10,000,000

2013	Tiger Woods (2)	United States	275	−13	2 strokes	Sweden David Lingmerth United States Jeff Maggert United States Kevin Streelman	1,710,000	9,500,000

2012	Matt Kuchar	United States	275	−13	2 strokes	United States Ben Curtis United States Rickie Fowler United States Zach Johnson Scotland Martin Laird	1,710,000	9,500,000

2011	K. J. Choi	South Korea	275	−13	Playoff	United States David Toms	1,710,000	9,500,000

2010	Tim Clark	South Africa	272	−16	1 stroke	Australia Robert Allenby	1,710,000	9,500,000

2009	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	276	−12	4 strokes	England Ian Poulter	1,710,000	9,500,000

2008	Sergio García	Spain	283	−5	Playoff	United States Paul Goydos	1,710,000	9,500,000

2007	Phil Mickelson	United States	277	−11	2 strokes	Spain Sergio García	1,620,000	9,000,000

2006	Stephen Ames	Canada	274	−14	6 strokes	South Africa Retief Goosen	1,440,000	8,000,000

2005	Fred Funk	United States	279	−9	1 stroke	England Luke Donald United States Tom Lehman United States Scott Verplank	1,440,000	8,000,000

2004	Adam Scott	Australia	276	−12	1 stroke	Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington	1,440,000	8,000,000

2003	Davis Love III (2)	United States	271	−17	6 strokes	United States Jay Haas Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington	1,170,000	6,500,000

2002	Craig Perks	New Zealand	280	−8	2 strokes	Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames	1,080,000	6,000,000

2001	Tiger Woods	United States	274	−14	1 stroke	Fiji Vijay Singh	1,080,000	6,000,000

2000	Hal Sutton (2)	United States	278	−10	1 stroke	United States Tiger Woods	1,080,000	6,000,000

1999	David Duval	United States	285	−3	2 strokes	United States Scott Gump	900,000	5,000,000

1998	Justin Leonard	United States	278	−10	2 strokes	United States Glen Day United States Tom Lehman	720,000	4,000,000

1997	Steve Elkington (2)	Australia	272	−16	7 strokes	United States Scott Hoch	630,000	3,500,000

1996	Fred Couples (2)	United States	270	−18	4 strokes	Scotland Colin Montgomerie United States Tommy Tolles	630,000	3,500,000

1995	Lee Janzen	United States	283	−5	1 stroke	Germany Bernhard Langer	540,000	3,000,000

1994	Greg Norman	Australia	264	−24	4 strokes	United States Fuzzy Zoeller	450,000	2,500,000

1993	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	270	−18	5 strokes	Germany Bernhard Langer	450,000	2,500,000

1992	Davis Love III	United States	273	−15	4 strokes	Australia Ian Baker-Finch United States Phil Blackmar England Nick Faldo United States Tom Watson	324,000	1,800,000

1991	Steve Elkington	Australia	276	−12	1 stroke	United States Fuzzy Zoeller	288,000	1,600,000

1990	Jodie Mudd	United States	278	−10	1 stroke	United States Mark Calcavecchia	270,000	1,500,000

1989	Tom Kite	United States	279	−9	1 stroke	United States Chip Beck	243,000	1,350,000

1988	Mark McCumber	United States	273	−15	4 strokes	United States Mike Reid	225,000	1,250,000

Tournament Players Championship

1987	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	274	−14	Playoff	United States Jeff Sluman	180,000	1,000,000

1986	John Mahaffey	United States	275	−13	1 stroke	United States Larry Mize	162,000	900,000

1985	Calvin Peete	United States	274	−14	3 strokes	United States D. A. Weibring	162,000	900,000

1984	Fred Couples	United States	277	−11	1 stroke	United States Lee Trevino	144,000	800,000

1983	Hal Sutton	United States	283	−5	1 stroke	United States Bob Eastwood	126,000	700,000

1982	Jerry Pate	United States	280	−8	2 strokes	United States Brad Bryant United States Scott Simpson	90,000	500,000

1981	Raymond Floyd	United States	285	−3	Playoff	United States Barry Jaeckel United States Curtis Strange	72,000	440,000

1980	Lee Trevino	United States	278	−10	1 stroke	United States Ben Crenshaw	72,000	440,000

1979	Lanny Wadkins	United States	283	−5	5 strokes	United States Tom Watson	72,000	440,000

1978	Jack Nicklaus (3)	United States	289	+1	1 stroke	United States Lou Graham	60,000	300,000

1977	Mark Hayes	United States	289	+1	2 strokes	United States Mike McCullough	60,000	300,000

1976	Jack Nicklaus (2)	United States	269	−19	3 strokes	United States J. C. Snead	60,000	300,000

1975	Al Geiberger	United States	270	−10	3 strokes	United States Dave Stockton	50,000	250,000

1974	Jack Nicklaus	United States	272	−16	2 strokes	United States J. C. Snead	50,000	250,000

Sentence(s)

Lee Janzen shoots 283 to win the Players Championship.

final_sentence: Lee Janzen shoots 283 to win the Players Championship.