# 2010 Players Championship

The 2010 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 6–9 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 37th Players Championship.
Tim Clark won with a 67 on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, one stroke ahead of Robert Allenby.
Two unusual events occurred during this Players Championship. For the first time in tournament history, a spectator was arrested and forcibly removed from the course. An intoxicated fan who was screaming and being disruptive refused to listen to course officials, who then called deputies. The man resisted arrest and was tasered. In a separate incident, hours after the first round had ended a car was discovered parked on the 8th green with two occupants inside and the motor running. When the driver refused to follow instructions, law enforcement was called. The green was not damaged and the couple was issued trespass warnings, then escorted off the course.
Defending champion Henrik Stenson missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.

## Venue

This was the 29th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

### Course layout

The 2010 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 2009 Senior Players Championship.

### 1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Stephen Ames (3,6), Cameron Beckman (3), Jason Bohn (3), Stewart Cink (2,3,5,9), Ben Crane (3,11), Ernie Els (2,3,7,9,11), Jim Furyk (2,3,9,11), Brian Gay (2,3), Lucas Glover (2,3,5,9), Nathan Green (3), Bill Haas (3,11), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9,11), Zach Johnson (2,3,5,9), Matt Kuchar (3,9,11), Martin Laird (3), Derek Lamely, Hunter Mahan (2,3,9), Troy Matteson (3), Rory McIlroy (9), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11), Ryan Moore (3), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3,5,7,9), Ryan Palmer, Kenny Perry (2,3,9), Ian Poulter (3,7,9), John Rollins (3), Rory Sabbatini (3), Heath Slocum (2,3), Henrik Stenson (6,9), Bo Van Pelt (3), Camilo Villegas (3,8,9,11), Tiger Woods (2,3,5,7,8,9), Yang Yong-eun (2,3,5,9)
* Anthony Kim (3,9,11) and Steve Stricker (2,3,9,11) did not play.

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

Ángel Cabrera (3,5,9), Luke Donald (3,9), Jason Dufner (3), Pádraig Harrington (3,5,9), Jerry Kelly (3), Marc Leishman (3), Steve Marino (3), Kevin Na (3,9), Sean O'Hair (3,9), John Senden (3), David Toms (3), Scott Verplank (3), Nick Watney (3,9), Mike Weir (3)
* Retief Goosen (3,9) did not play.

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

Michael Allen, Robert Allenby (9), Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Byrd, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Greg Chalmers, K. J. Choi (9), Daniel Chopra, Tim Clark (9), Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Jason Day, James Driscoll, Bob Estes, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, Sergio García (6,9), Mathew Goggin, Paul Goydos, J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Lee Janzen, Richard S. Johnson, Jeff Klauk, Justin Leonard, Michael Letzig, Davis Love III, Bill Lunde, John Mallinger, Scott McCarron, George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, James Nitties, Nick O'Hern, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy, D. A. Points, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, Andrés Romero, Justin Rose, Adam Scott (9), Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh (7,9), Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Stadler, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Roland Thatcher, Nicholas Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson
* Rich Beem, Fred Couples, and Tom Watson did not play.

### 5. Major champions from the past five years

Trevor Immelman
* Michael Campbell did not play.

### 6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Fred Funk

### 9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 25

Ross Fisher, Thongchai Jaidee, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson
* Søren Hansen, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Edoardo Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Michael Sim (10) did not play.

### 12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 25

Kris Blanks, Chad Collins, Chris Couch, Brendon de Jonge, Rickie Fowler, J. P. Hayes, Spencer Levin, Troy Merritt, Alex Prugh

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

Jay Haas
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## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, May 6, 2010
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Robert Allenby | 66 | −6 |
| T1 | J. B. Holmes | 66 | −6 |
| T3 | Jason Bohn | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | Ben Crane | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | Luke Donald | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | Ryuji Imada | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | Ryan Moore | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | Kenny Perry | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | Heath Slocum | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | 67 | −5 |

### Second round

Friday, May 7, 2010
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 67-65=132 | −12 |
| T2 | Ryuji Imada | 67-66=133 | −11 |
| T2 | Francesco Molinari | 68-65=133 | −11 |
| T2 | Heath Slocum | 67-66=133 | −11 |
| 5 | Lucas Glover | 70-65=135 | −9 |
| T6 | Robert Allenby | 66-70=136 | −8 |
| T6 | Ben Crane | 67-69=136 | −8 |
| T6 | Luke Donald | 67-69=136 | −8 |
| T6 | Charley Hoffman | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| T10 | K. J. Choi | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Paul Goydos | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Bill Haas | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Davis Love III | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Graeme McDowell | 72-65=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Ryan Moore | 67-70=137 | −7 |
| T10 | John Rollins | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Bo Van Pelt | 68-69=137 | −7 |

### Third round

Saturday, May 8, 2010
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 67-65-70=202 | −14 |
| 2 | Robert Allenby | 66-70-67=203 | −13 |
| T3 | Ben Crane | 67-69-68=204 | −12 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | 70-65-69=204 | −12 |
| T3 | Francesco Molinari | 68-65-71=204 | −12 |
| T6 | Tim Clark | 68-71-66=205 | −11 |
| T6 | Charley Hoffman | 68-68-69=205 | −11 |
| T6 | Heath Slocum | 67-66-72=205 | −11 |
| T6 | Chris Stroud | 70-69-66=205 | −11 |
| 10 | Bo Van Pelt | 68-69-69=206 | −10 |

### Final round

Sunday, May 9, 2010
Three strokes back, Tim Clark shot a bogey-free final round 67, ending with an 8-foot (2.4 m) par putt and was the clubhouse leader. Lee Westwood, the 54-hole leader, was even par through sixteen holes, but a water ball on the famed 17th hole led to a double bogey and ended any chance of victory. In the end it came down to Robert Allenby, in the final pairing and two strokes behind Clark with three holes to play. After just missing an eagle on the par 5 16th, the lead was cut to one. Allenby then knocked his tee shot to 10 feet (3 m) on 17, but again narrowly missed a putt to tie Clark. He had a last chance at 18, but failed to make birdie and Clark gained his first PGA Tour victory in his 206th start.
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Tim Clark | 68-71-66-67=272 | −16 | 1,710,000 |
| 2 | Robert Allenby | 66-70-67-70=273 | −15 | 1,026,000 |
| 3 | Lucas Glover | 70-65-69-70=274 | −14 | 646,000 |
| T4 | Ben Crane | 67-69-68-72=276 | −12 | 358,150 |
| T4 | Davis Love III (c) | 69-68-71-68=276 | −12 | 358,150 |
| T4 | Heath Slocum | 67-66-72-71=276 | −12 | 358,150 |
| T4 | Bo Van Pelt | 68-69-69-70=276 | −12 | 358,150 |
| T4 | Lee Westwood | 67-65-70-74=276 | −12 | 358,150 |
| 9 | Francesco Molinari | 68-65-71-73=277 | −11 | 275,500 |
| T10 | Freddie Jacobson | 69-70-69-71=279 | −9 | 237,500 |
| T10 | Andrés Romero | 69-70-69-71=279 | −9 | 237,500 |
| T10 | Chris Stroud | 70-69-66-74=279 | −9 | 237,500 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T13 | J. B. Holmes | 66-72-72-70=280 | −8 | 178,125 |
| T13 | Matt Kuchar | 68-71-70-71=280 | −8 | 178,125 |
| T13 | John Rollins | 68-69-70-73=280 | −8 | 178,125 |
| T13 | Scott Verplank | 71-70-69-70=280 | −8 | 178,125 |
| T17 | Chris Couch | 74-68-67-72=281 | −7 | 133,000 |
| T17 | Hunter Mahan | 70-69-70-72=281 | −7 | 133,000 |
| T17 | Troy Matteson | 68-71-71-71=281 | −7 | 133,000 |
| T17 | Phil Mickelson (c) | 70-71-66-74=281 | −7 | 133,000 |
| T17 | Nick Watney | 69-71-68-73=281 | −7 | 133,000 |
| T22 | Charley Hoffman | 68-68-69-77=282 | −6 | 95,000 |
| T22 | Zach Johnson | 70-70-67-75=282 | −6 | 95,000 |
| T22 | Sean O'Hair | 70-69-70-73=282 | −6 | 95,000 |
| T22 | Kenny Perry | 67-71-71-73=282 | −6 | 95,000 |
| T26 | Luke Donald | 67-69-72-75=283 | −5 | 68,875 |
| T26 | Bob Estes | 70-69-72-72=283 | −5 | 68,875 |
| T26 | Graeme McDowell | 72-65-72-74=283 | −5 | 68,875 |
| T26 | Jeff Overton | 70-72-70-71=283 | −5 | 68,875 |
| T26 | Adam Scott (c) | 70-68-71-74=283 | −5 | 68,875 |
| T26 | Jimmy Walker | 71-69-68-75=283 | −5 | 68,875 |
| T32 | Steve Flesch | 71-71-71-71=284 | −4 | 57,475 |
| T32 | Steve Marino | 73-67-72-72=284 | −4 | 57,475 |
| T34 | Greg Chalmers | 70-69-70-76=285 | −3 | 49,020 |
| T34 | K. J. Choi | 69-68-72-76=285 | −3 | 49,020 |
| T34 | Dustin Johnson | 71-71-70-73=285 | −3 | 49,020 |
| T34 | Martin Kaymer | 70-71-68-76=285 | −3 | 49,020 |
| T34 | Yang Yong-eun | 70-68-73-74=285 | −3 | 49,020 |
| T39 | Fred Funk (c) | 72-70-66-78=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T39 | Bill Haas | 68-69-70-79=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T39 | Ryuji Imada | 67-66-76-77=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T39 | Jerry Kelly | 73-66-73-74=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T39 | James Nitties | 70-72-72-72=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T39 | Rory Sabbatini | 72-69-71-74=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T45 | Kris Blanks | 71-71-75-70=287 | −1 | 30,400 |
| T45 | Spencer Levin | 71-67-72-77=287 | −1 | 30,400 |
| T47 | Jim Furyk | 69-73-73-73=288 | E | 25,118 |
| T47 | Sergio García (c) | 69-70-71-78=288 | E | 25,118 |
| T47 | John Merrick | 70-72-71-75=288 | E | 25,118 |
| T47 | Ryan Moore | 67-70-71-80=288 | E | 25,118 |
| T47 | Alex Prugh | 69-73-70-76=288 | E | 25,118 |
| T52 | James Driscoll | 71-71-77-70=289 | +1 | 22,277 |
| T52 | Paul Goydos | 69-68-71-81=289 | +1 | 22,277 |
| T52 | Justin Leonard (c) | 72-68-70-79=289 | +1 | 22,277 |
| T52 | Oliver Wilson | 70-70-70-79=289 | +1 | 22,277 |
| T56 | Woody Austin | 69-72-73-76=290 | +2 | 21,565 |
| T56 | Boo Weekley | 69-72-68-81=290 | +2 | 21,565 |
| T58 | Stephen Ames (c) | 70-71-79-71=291 | +3 | 20,805 |
| T58 | Alex Čejka | 69-72-76-74=291 | +3 | 20,805 |
| T58 | J. J. Henry | 68-71-77-75=291 | +3 | 20,805 |
| T58 | George McNeill | 75-67-72-77=291 | +3 | 20,805 |
| T58 | Brett Quigley | 72-69-75-75=291 | +3 | 20,805 |
| T58 | Kevin Stadler | 69-70-78-74=291 | +3 | 20,805 |
| T64 | Jason Bohn | 67-74-71-80=292 | +4 | 20,045 |
| T64 | Roland Thatcher | 71-68-75-78=292 | +4 | 20,045 |
| T66 | Ben Curtis | 71-68-75-79=293 | +5 | 19,665 |
| T66 | Álvaro Quirós | 72-70-75-76=293 | +5 | 19,665 |
| 68 | Troy Merritt | 71-70-76-78=295 | +7 | 19,380 |
| 69 | Robert Karlsson | 71-69-77-79=296 | +8 | 19,190 |
| CUT | Ángel Cabrera | 70-73=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Paul Casey | 73-70=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Stewart Cink | 73-70=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Brian Davis | 72-71=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | J. P. Hayes | 74-69=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Thongchai Jaidee | 71-72=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Bryce Molder | 71-72=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Kevin Na | 71-72=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Pat Perez | 71-72=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | D. A. Points | 73-70=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Ian Poulter | 72-71=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Vijay Singh | 69-74=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Henrik Stenson (c) | 69-74=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | David Toms | 71-72=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | 70-73=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Michael Allen | 74-70=144 | E | |
| CUT | Chad Campbell | 75-69=144 | E | |
| CUT | Ross Fisher | 69-75=144 | E | |
| CUT | Brian Gay | 70-74=144 | E | |
| CUT | Jay Haas | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Derek Lamely | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Bill Lunde | 70-74=144 | E | |
| CUT | Scott McCarron | 68-76=144 | E | |
| CUT | Geoff Ogilvy | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | Nick O'Hern | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Greg Owen | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Justin Rose | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Bubba Watson | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Jason Dufner | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ernie Els | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Harrison Frazar | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Pádraig Harrington | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Rory McIlroy | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Rod Pampling | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Tim Petrovic | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Jeff Quinney | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Webb Simpson | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Kevin Sutherland | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Vaughn Taylor | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Mark Wilson | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Briny Baird | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Jason Day | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Nathan Green | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Trevor Immelman | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Lee Janzen (c) | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Charl Schwartzel | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | John Senden | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Nicholas Thompson | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | D. J. Trahan | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Mike Weir | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Ricky Barnes | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Cameron Beckman | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Mark Calcavecchia | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Daniel Chopra | 78-69=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Brendon de Jonge | 70-77=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Rickie Fowler | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Marc Leishman | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Charlie Wi | 70-77=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jonathan Byrd | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Martin Laird | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Michael Letzig | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Kevin Streelman | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Matt Bettencourt | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Michael Bradley | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Charles Howell III | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Richard S. Johnson | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | John Mallinger | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Scott Piercy | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Mathew Goggin | 72-80=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Ted Purdy | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jeff Klauk | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Chad Collins | 75-79=154 | +10 | |
| WD | Tiger Woods (c) | 70-71-71=212 | −4 | |
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#### Scorecard

| 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 |
| Clark | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −15 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −16 |
| Allenby | −12 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 |
| Glover | −12 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 |
| Crane | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 |
| Love | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −11 | −12 | −12 |
| Slocum | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 |
| Van Pelt | −10 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 |
| Westwood | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −12 | −12 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
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