# 2017 Players Championship

The 2017 Players Championship was the 44th Players Championship, held May 11–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and the 36th edition held at the Stadium Course.
Kim Si-woo, age 21, shot a final round 69 to win at 278 (−10), three strokes ahead of runners-up Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter. Starting the final round two strokes back in fourth place, Kim became the championship's youngest winner by over 1½ years, passing Adam Scott (2004).
In the preceding six months on the PGA Tour, Kim had missed the cut or withdrawn in most of his events and was without a top twenty finish. The win was his second on tour and moved him up 47 places in the world rankings, from 75 to 28.
In the final round, Rafa Cabrera-Bello recorded the first-ever double eagle at the par-5 16th hole, then birdied the par-3 17th. His tee shot on 18 hooked into the water, but he chipped in to save par and tied for fourth.
Defending champion Jason Day shot 80 on Sunday and was seventeen strokes back, tied for sixtieth place.

## Venue

The course was shortened by 26 yards (24 m) this year: #12 was reduced by 56 yards while two other holes were lengthened (#7 by 9 yards and #15 by 21 yards).

### Course layout

The 2017 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 | 76.4 / 155 | 423 | 532 | 177 | 384 | 471 | 393 | 451 | 237 | 583 | 3,651 | 424 | 558 | 302 | 181 | 481 | 470 | 523 | 137 | 462 | 3,538 | 7,189 |
| Par | | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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## Field

The field consisted of a minimum of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

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

Aaron Baddeley (3), Daniel Berger (3,10), Jonas Blixt (3), Wesley Bryan (10,12), Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell (3,10), Jason Day (3,5,6,8,9,10), Rickie Fowler (3,6,10,14), Sergio García (3,5,10), Cody Gribble, Adam Hadwin (3,10,14), Brian Harman (3), Russell Henley (3), Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III (3), Dustin Johnson (3,5,8,10,14), Kim Si-woo (3), Russell Knox (3,8,10), Marc Leishman (3,9,10), Hideki Matsuyama (3,8,10,14), William McGirt (3,9,10), Rory McIlroy (3,5,7,8,10), Ryan Moore (3,10), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez (4,14), D. A. Points, Jon Rahm (10,14), Patrick Reed (3,10), Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth (3,5,7,10,14), Brendan Steele (3,14), Henrik Stenson (3,5,10), Hudson Swafford (3), Justin Thomas (3,10,14), Jhonattan Vegas (3), Jimmy Walker (3,5,10)

### 2. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament

Justin Rose (3,5,10,14)

### 3. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Blayne Barber, Ricky Barnes, Zac Blair, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley, Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (10), Roberto Castro, Alex Čejka, K. J. Choi, Ben Crane, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner (5), Harris English, Derek Fathauer, Tony Finau, Jim Furyk, Robert Garrigus, Lucas Glover, Fabián Gómez, Branden Grace (10), Emiliano Grillo (10), Bill Haas (10), James Hahn, David Hearn, Jim Herman, Charley Hoffman (10), J. B. Holmes (10), Billy Horschel (7), Mark Hubbard, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Zach Johnson (5), Kang Sung-hoon, Smylie Kaufman, Jerry Kelly, Michael Kim, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (10), Patton Kizzire, Brooks Koepka (10), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (6,10), Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Danny Lee, Spencer Levin, David Lingmerth (9), Luke List, Andrew Loupe, Jamie Lovemark, Shane Lowry (8), Peter Malnati, Ben Martin, Graeme McDowell, Troy Merritt, Phil Mickelson (5,10), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari (10), Kevin Na, Noh Seung-yul, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (10), Ryan Palmer, Scott Piercy, Chez Reavie, Kyle Reifers, Patrick Rodgers, Charl Schwartzel (10), Adam Scott (5,8,10), Webb Simpson (5), Vijay Singh, Kyle Stanley, Shawn Stefani, Brett Stegmaier, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Vaughn Taylor, Cameron Tringale, Tyrone van Aswegen, Harold Varner III, Johnson Wagner, Bubba Watson (5,8,10), Boo Weekley, Danny Willett (5,10), Gary Woodland (10)
* Jon Curran, Charles Howell III, Colt Knost, John Senden, Brandt Snedeker (10), and David Toms did not play.

### 4. Top 125 (medical)

Patrick Cantlay, Brian Gay, Ian Poulter

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

Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (6,10)

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

* Tiger Woods did not play.

### 9. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015

Matt Every

### 10. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Yuta Ikeda, Alex Norén, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger
* Thomas Pieters did not play.

### 11. Senior Players champion from prior year

Bernhard Langer

### 13. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Grayson Murray

### 15. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings
## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, May 11, 2017
William McGirt and Mackenzie Hughes shared the lead after both shot 67. Masters champion Sergio García made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole after recovering from a poor start for a round of 73.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Mackenzie Hughes | 67 | −5 |
| T1 | William McGirt | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | J. B. Holmes | 68 | −4 |
| T3 | Alex Norén | 68 | −4 |
| T3 | Jon Rahm | 68 | −4 |
| T3 | Chez Reavie | 68 | −4 |
| T7 | Daniel Berger | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Patrick Cantlay | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Cody Gribble | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Kim Si-woo | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | David Lingmerth | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Francesco Molinari | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Kyle Stanley | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Brendan Steele | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Daniel Summerhays | 69 | −3 |

### Second round

Friday, May 12, 2017
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| T1 | Kyle Stanley | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| 3 | J. B. Holmes | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| 4 | Vijay Singh | 70-68=138 | −6 |
| T5 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T5 | Patrick Cantlay | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T5 | David Hearn | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T5 | Alex Norén | 68-71=139 | −5 |
| T5 | Ian Poulter | 72-67=139 | −5 |
| T10 | Paul Casey | 71-69=140 | −4 |
| T10 | Lucas Glover | 70-70=140 | −4 |
| T10 | Jon Rahm | 68-72=140 | −4 |
| T10 | Chez Reavie | 68-72=140 | −4 |
| T10 | Webb Simpson | 71-69=140 | −4 |
| T10 | Brendan Steele | 69-71=140 | −4 |

### Third round

Saturday, May 13, 2017
Under PGA Tour rules, when more than 78 players make the 36-hole cut, a 54-hole cut is employed to reduce the field to the top 70 and ties. This second cut reduced the field from 82 to 71, which included 2012 champion Matt Kuchar, who fell to 82nd at 225 (+9) after an 81.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | J. B. Holmes | 68-69-70=207 | −9 |
| T1 | Kyle Stanley | 69-66-72=207 | −9 |
| 3 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69-66-73=208 | −8 |
| 4 | Kim Si-woo | 69-72-68=209 | −7 |
| T5 | Emiliano Grillo | 72-71-67=210 | −6 |
| T5 | Ian Poulter | 72-67-71=210 | −6 |
| T7 | Patrick Cantlay | 69-70-72=211 | −5 |
| T7 | Sergio García | 73-71-67=211 | −5 |
| T7 | Alex Norén | 68-71-72=211 | −5 |
| T10 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 69-70-73=212 | −4 |
| T10 | Francesco Molinari | 69-74-69=212 | −4 |
| T10 | Pat Perez | 74-72-66=212 | −4 |

### Final round

Sunday, May 14, 2017
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Kim Si-woo | 69-72-68-69=278 | −10 | 1,890,000 |
| T2 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69-66-73-73=281 | −7 | 924,000 |
| T2 | Ian Poulter | 72-67-71-71=281 | −7 | 924,000 |
| T4 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 69-70-73-70=282 | −6 | 462,000 |
| T4 | Kyle Stanley | 69-66-72-75=282 | −6 | 462,000 |
| T6 | Lucas Glover | 70-70-73-70=283 | −5 | 339,937 |
| T6 | Francesco Molinari | 69-74-69-71=283 | −5 | 339,937 |
| T6 | Adam Scott (c) | 70-72-71-70=283 | −5 | 339,937 |
| T6 | Brendan Steele | 69-71-75-68=283 | −5 | 339,937 |
| 10 | Alex Norén | 68-71-72-73=284 | −4 | 283,500 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 11 | Emiliano Grillo | 72-71-67-75=285 | −3 | 262,500 |
| T12 | Dustin Johnson | 71-73-74-68=286 | −2 | 212,625 |
| T12 | Smylie Kaufman | 74-67-76-69=286 | −2 | 212,625 |
| T12 | Chris Kirk | 74-72-69-71=286 | −2 | 212,625 |
| T12 | Bernd Wiesberger | 75-71-68-72=286 | −2 | 212,625 |
| T16 | Blayne Barber | 70-76-72-69=287 | −1 | 152,250 |
| T16 | Mackenzie Hughes | 67-75-74-71=287 | −1 | 152,250 |
| T16 | Brooks Koepka | 74-69-71-73=287 | −1 | 152,250 |
| T16 | Webb Simpson | 71-69-77-70=287 | −1 | 152,250 |
| T16 | Vijay Singh | 70-68-79-70=287 | −1 | 152,250 |
| T16 | Henrik Stenson (c) | 72-70-74-71=287 | −1 | 152,250 |
| T22 | Patrick Cantlay | 69-70-72-77=288 | E | 92,137 |
| T22 | Paul Casey | 71-69-77-71=288 | E | 92,137 |
| T22 | Yuta Ikeda | 73-69-72-74=288 | E | 92,137 |
| T22 | Hideki Matsuyama | 72-71-76-69=288 | E | 92,137 |
| T22 | William McGirt | 67-75-71-75=288 | E | 92,137 |
| T22 | Noh Seung-yul | 73-69-75-71=288 | E | 92,137 |
| T22 | Pat Perez | 74-72-66-76=288 | E | 92,137 |
| T22 | Patrick Reed | 72-73-74-69=288 | E | 92,137 |
| T30 | Sergio García (c) | 73-71-67-78=289 | +1 | 65,205 |
| T30 | Adam Hadwin | 71-72-76-70=289 | +1 | 65,205 |
| T30 | Charley Hoffman | 74-72-72-71=289 | +1 | 65,205 |
| T30 | Kang Sung-hoon | 71-75-72-71=289 | +1 | 65,205 |
| T30 | Ben Martin | 71-70-73-75=289 | +1 | 65,205 |
| T35 | Kevin Chappell | 72-72-73-73=290 | +2 | 50,662 |
| T35 | Russell Henley | 75-68-73-74=290 | +2 | 50,662 |
| T35 | Jim Herman | 71-75-72-72=290 | +2 | 50,662 |
| T35 | Rory McIlroy | 73-71-71-75=290 | +2 | 50,662 |
| T35 | Cameron Tringale | 70-71-76-73=290 | +2 | 50,662 |
| T35 | Harold Varner III | 71-70-77-72=290 | +2 | 50,662 |
| T41 | Aaron Baddeley | 70-73-76-72=291 | +3 | 36,750 |
| T41 | Tommy Fleetwood | 74-67-76-74=291 | +3 | 36,750 |
| T41 | Tyrrell Hatton | 76-70-71-74=291 | +3 | 36,750 |
| T41 | J. B. Holmes | 68-69-70-84=291 | +3 | 36,750 |
| T41 | Billy Hurley III | 71-72-76-72=291 | +3 | 36,750 |
| T41 | Phil Mickelson (c) | 70-72-78-71=291 | +3 | 36,750 |
| T41 | Steve Stricker | 72-70-73-76=291 | +3 | 36,750 |
| T48 | Branden Grace | 71-75-73-73=292 | +4 | 26,712 |
| T48 | Cody Gribble | 69-75-74-74=292 | +4 | 26,712 |
| T48 | Zach Johnson | 72-73-71-76=292 | +4 | 26,712 |
| T48 | Rod Pampling | 72-74-74-72=292 | +4 | 26,712 |
| T48 | Boo Weekley | 70-76-73-73=292 | +4 | 26,712 |
| T53 | Brian Harman | 71-75-71-76=293 | +5 | 24,430 |
| T53 | Ryan Moore | 73-72-74-74=293 | +5 | 24,430 |
| T53 | Daniel Summerhays | 69-73-75-76=293 | +5 | 24,430 |
| T56 | Roberto Castro | 71-71-76-76=294 | +6 | 23,625 |
| T56 | Kevin Kisner | 71-75-73-75=294 | +6 | 23,625 |
| T56 | Chez Reavie | 68-72-79-75=294 | +6 | 23,625 |
| T56 | Jimmy Walker | 71-74-73-76=294 | +6 | 23,625 |
| T60 | Keegan Bradley | 75-69-73-78=295 | +7 | 22,680 |
| T60 | Jason Day (c) | 70-72-73-80=295 | +7 | 22,680 |
| T60 | Jason Dufner | 73-71-77-74=295 | +7 | 22,680 |
| T60 | Rickie Fowler (c) | 70-74-72-79=295 | +7 | 22,680 |
| T60 | Michael Kim | 72-74-73-76=295 | +7 | 22,680 |
| T65 | Ricky Barnes | 70-74-76-76=296 | +8 | 21,735 |
| T65 | Daniel Berger | 69-72-77-78=296 | +8 | 21,735 |
| T65 | Justin Rose | 74-71-71-80=296 | +8 | 21,735 |
| T65 | Lee Westwood | 70-75-76-75=296 | +8 | 21,735 |
| T69 | David Hearn | 70-69-80-78=297 | +9 | 21,000 |
| T69 | Martin Kaymer (c) | 72-72-75-78=297 | +9 | 21,000 |
| T69 | Graeme McDowell | 71-72-74-80=297 | +9 | 21,000 |
| T72 | David Lingmerth | 69-75-78=222 | +6 | 20,370 |
| T72 | Jon Rahm | 68-72-82=222 | +6 | 20,370 |
| T72 | Kevin Streelman | 72-73-77=222 | +6 | 20,370 |
| T75 | Jamie Lovemark | 75-70-78=223 | +7 | 19,635 |
| T75 | Brian Stuard | 73-73-77=223 | +7 | 19,635 |
| T75 | Justin Thomas | 73-71-79=223 | +7 | 19,635 |
| T75 | Gary Woodland | 70-75-78=223 | +7 | 19,635 |
| T79 | Alex Čejka | 75-70-79=224 | +8 | 18,900 |
| T79 | Ben Crane | 71-75-78=224 | +8 | 18,900 |
| T79 | Grayson Murray | 74-72-78=224 | +8 | 18,900 |
| 82 | Matt Kuchar (c) | 73-71-81=225 | +9 | 18,480 |
| CUT | Scott Brown | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | K. J. Choi (c) | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Luke Donald | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Tony Finau | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jim Furyk | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | James Hahn | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | John Huh | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jason Kokrak | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Martin Laird | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Spencer Levin | 75-72=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Luke List | 78-69=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Andrew Loupe | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Hudson Swafford | 76-71=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jhonattan Vegas | 78-69=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Wesley Bryan | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Graham DeLaet | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Russell Knox | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Marc Leishman | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | 71-77=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Cameron Smith | 71-77=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Jordan Spieth | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Jonas Blixt | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Chad Campbell | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Ross Fisher | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Matt Fitzpatrick | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Bill Haas | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Freddie Jacobson | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Bernhard Langer | 71-78=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Kyle Reifers | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Shawn Stefani | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Greg Chalmers | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Ernie Els | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Brian Gay | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Anirban Lahiri | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Shane Lowry | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Troy Merritt | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Charl Schwartzel | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Robert Streb | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Jason Bohn | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Fabián Gómez | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Billy Horschel | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Mark Hubbard | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jerry Kelly | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Bryce Molder | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Bubba Watson | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Matt Every | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Derek Fathauer | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Sean O'Hair | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | D. A. Points | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Brett Stegmaier | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Vaughn Taylor | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Johnson Wagner | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Tyrone van Aswegen | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Robert Garrigus | 75-80=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Danny Lee | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Zac Blair | 76-80=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Harris English | 84-76=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Scott Piercy | 80-84=164 | +20 | |
| WD | Danny Willett | 79 | +7 | |
| WD | Kevin Na | | | |
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#### 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 |
| Kim | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
| Oosthuizen | −8 | −9 | −9 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 |
| Poulter | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 |
| Cabrera-Bello | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −5 | −6 | −6 |
| Stanley | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 |
| Glover | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −5 |
| Molinari | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 |
| Scott | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 |
| Steele | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 |
| Noren | −5 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 |
| Grillo | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 |
| Cantlay | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −3 | −2 | E | E | −2 | −2 | −2 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | E |
| Perez | −4 | −3 | −2 | −1 | E | E | +1 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | E |
| García | −5 | −6 | −5 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −1 | E | E | E | E | −1 | −2 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | +1 |
| Holmes | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −4 | +1 | +3 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Double Eagle | Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
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