# 2005 Players Championship

The 2005 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 32nd Players Championship.

## Tournament summary

Fred Funk became the oldest champion at age 48, one stroke ahead of runners-up Luke Donald, Tom Lehman, and Scott Verplank. Because of numerous weather delays, the second round was completed on Sunday, the third on Monday morning, followed by the final round. Funk played 32 holes on Monday in blustery conditions.
Defending champion Adam Scott finished four strokes back, in a tie for eighth place.

## Venue

This was the 24th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

## Eligibility requirements

Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.
Zach Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Vijay Singh, Joey Sindelar, Sergio García, Steve Flesch, David Toms, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Adam Scott, Stephen Ames, Mark Hensby, Todd Hamilton, Jonathan Byrd, Carlos Franco, Rod Pampling, Vaughn Taylor, Woody Austin, Bart Bryant, Fred Funk, Andre Stolz, Brent Geiberger, Ryan Palmer, Stuart Appleby, Justin Leonard, Tiger Woods, Geoff Ogilvy, Pádraig Harrington, Kenny Perry
The top 125 finishers on the 2004 Official PGA Tour money list.
Davis Love III, Chris DiMarco, Mike Weir, Rory Sabbatini, Jerry Kelly, Scott Verplank, John Daly, Shigeki Maruyama, Chad Campbell, K. J. Choi, Jay Haas, Darren Clarke, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Jonathan Kaye, Luke Donald, Ted Purdy, Kirk Triplett, Bo Van Pelt, Jesper Parnevik, Jeff Maggert, Robert Allenby, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Pernice Jr., Harrison Frazar, Joe Ogilvie, Fred Couples, Carl Pettersson, Arron Oberholser, Tom Lehman, Alex Čejka, Craig Parry, Chris Riley, Frank Lickliter, Freddie Jacobson, Justin Rose, Patrick Sheehan, Skip Kendall, Tim Petrovic, Stephen Leaney, Briny Baird, Tim Clark, Heath Slocum, Thomas Bjørn, Bob Estes, Brad Faxon, Jeff Sluman, Loren Roberts, Bob Tway, Joe Durant, Shaun Micheel, Bernhard Langer, Kevin Sutherland, Brian Bateman, Kevin Na, Michael Allen, Corey Pavin, John Huston, Tom Byrum, Dudley Hart, J. J. Henry, Todd Fischer, Tommy Armour III, Lee Janzen, Brett Quigley, Matt Gogel, Hank Kuehne, Hunter Mahan, J. L. Lewis, Nick Price, Hidemichi Tanaka, Scott McCarron, José Cóceres, Cameron Beckman, Daniel Chopra, John Rollins, Robert Gamez, Pat Perez, Mark Calcavecchia, Neal Lancaster, John Senden, Chris Smith, Jim Furyk, Dennis Paulson, Peter Lonard, Kent Jones, Jay Williamson, Stephen Allan, Brian Gay, Aaron Baddeley, Billy Andrade, Tag Ridings
For the duration of their exemption, PGA Tour members who earned a Tournament Winner exemption prior to March 1, 2004.
Steve Lowery, Len Mattiace, Peter Jacobsen
Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 1995 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2004. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.
Steve Elkington, Nick Faldo, Steve Jones, Mark Brooks, Hal Sutton, Craig Perks, David Duval, Rich Beem, Ben Curtis
Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1995–1997).
Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).
Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).
Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).
Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational.
Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Lee Westwood, Ángel Cabrera, Nick O'Hern, Paul Casey, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, David Howell, Richard Green
Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2005 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.
If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2005 Official PGA Tour money list below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.
Tom Gillis, Robert Damron, Craig Barlow
The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of World Golf Hall of Fame. (Note: Such a player would be added to the field.)
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## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 24, 2005
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Steve Jones | 64 | −8 |
| T2 | Fred Funk | 65 | −7 |
| T2 | Zach Johnson | 65 | −7 |
| T2 | Lee Westwood | 65 | −7 |
| T5 | Luke Donald | 66 | −6 |
| T5 | Sergio García | 66 | −6 |
| T5 | J. L. Lewis | 66 | −6 |
| T8 | Bob Estes | 67 | −5 |
| T8 | Pádraig Harrington | 67 | −5 |
| T8 | Brett Quigley | 67 | −5 |
| T8 | Vijay Singh | 67 | −5 |
| T8 | Bob Tway | 67 | −5 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 25, 2005 Saturday, March 26, 2005 Sunday, March 27, 2005
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Luke Donald | 66-68=134 | −10 |
| T1 | Joe Durant | 69-65=134 | −10 |
| T1 | Tim Herron | 68-66=134 | −10 |
| T1 | Lee Westwood | 65-69=134 | −10 |
| 5 | Zach Johnson | 65-70=135 | −9 |
| 6 | Kirk Triplett | 70-66=136 | −8 |
| T7 | Fred Funk | 65-72=137 | −7 |
| T7 | Dudley Hart | 70-67=137 | −7 |
| T7 | Graeme McDowell | 71-66=137 | −7 |
| T7 | Adam Scott | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T7 | Vaughn Taylor | 70-67=137 | −7 |
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### Third round

Sunday, March 27, 2005 Monday, March 28, 2005
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Luke Donald | 66-68-70=204 | −12 |
| 2 | Joe Durant | 69-65-71=205 | −11 |
| 3 | Tim Herron | 68-66-72=206 | −10 |
| 4 | Zach Johnson | 65-70-72=207 | −9 |
| T5 | Fred Funk | 65-72-71=208 | −8 |
| T5 | Retief Goosen | 69-70-69=208 | −8 |
| T5 | Rod Pampling | 70-70-68=208 | −8 |
| T8 | Steve Elkington | 72-66-71=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Craig Parry | 68-70-71=209 | −7 |
| T10 | Alex Čejka | 70-70-70=210 | −6 |
| T10 | Jay Haas | 69-69-72=210 | −6 |
| T10 | Nick Price | 71-70-69=210 | −6 |
| T10 | Adam Scott | 69-68-73=210 | −6 |
| T10 | Vaughn Taylor | 70-67-73=210 | −6 |
| T10 | Scott Verplank | 71-67-72=210 | −6 |
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### Final round

Monday, March 28, 2005
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Fred Funk | 65-72-71-71=279 | −9 | 1,440,000 |
| T2 | Luke Donald | 66-68-70-76=280 | −8 | 597,333 |
| T2 | Tom Lehman | 71-69-72-68=280 | −8 | 597,333 |
| T2 | Scott Verplank | 71-67-72-70=280 | −8 | 597,333 |
| 5 | Joe Durant | 69-65-71-76=281 | −7 | 320,000 |
| T6 | Steve Elkington (c) | 72-66-71-73=282 | −6 | 278,000 |
| T6 | Tim Herron | 68-66-72-76=282 | −6 | 278,000 |
| T8 | Zach Johnson | 65-70-72-76=283 | −5 | 224,000 |
| T8 | J. L. Lewis | 66-77-70-70=283 | −5 | 224,000 |
| T8 | Davis Love III (c) | 72-66-74-71=283 | −5 | 224,000 |
| T8 | Adam Scott (c) | 69-68-73-73=283 | −5 | 224,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T12 | Mark Calcavecchia | 71-70-72-71=284 | −4 | 156,800 |
| T12 | Alex Čejka | 70-70-70-74=284 | −4 | 156,800 |
| T12 | Retief Goosen | 69-70-69-76=284 | −4 | 156,800 |
| T12 | Steve Lowery | 69-74-72-69=284 | −4 | 156,800 |
| T12 | Vijay Singh | 67-74-71-72=284 | −4 | 156,800 |
| T17 | Ernie Els | 71-71-74-69=285 | −3 | 112,000 |
| T17 | Bob Estes | 67-73-73-72=285 | −3 | 112,000 |
| T17 | Joey Sindelar | 70-71-70-74=285 | −3 | 112,000 |
| T17 | Kirk Triplett | 70-66-76-73=285 | −3 | 112,000 |
| T17 | Mike Weir | 74-68-69-74=285 | −3 | 112,000 |
| T22 | John Senden | 74-69-70-73=286 | −2 | 86,400 |
| T22 | Lee Westwood | 65-69-80-72=286 | −2 | 86,400 |
| T24 | Jay Haas | 69-69-72-77=287 | −1 | 70,400 |
| T24 | Nick O'Hern | 76-65-72-74=287 | −1 | 70,400 |
| T24 | Brett Quigley | 67-73-78-69=287 | −1 | 70,400 |
| T27 | Michael Allen | 71-71-70-76=288 | E | 56,800 |
| T27 | Nick Faldo | 71-70-74-73=288 | E | 56,800 |
| T27 | Arron Oberholser | 73-68-72-75=288 | E | 56,800 |
| T27 | Rod Pampling | 70-70-68-80=288 | E | 56,800 |
| T27 | Tim Petrovic | 71-71-71-75=288 | E | 56,800 |
| T32 | Jonathan Byrd | 73-68-73-75=289 | +1 | 42,400 |
| T32 | Stewart Cink | 70-68-73-78=289 | +1 | 42,400 |
| T32 | Sergio García | 66-75-70-78=289 | +1 | 42,400 |
| T32 | Shigeki Maruyama | 70-68-76-75=289 | +1 | 42,400 |
| T32 | Joe Ogilvie | 72-67-72-78=289 | +1 | 42,400 |
| T32 | Pat Perez | 70-70-72-77=289 | +1 | 42,400 |
| T32 | Nick Price (c) | 71-70-69-79=289 | +1 | 42,400 |
| T32 | Vaughn Taylor | 70-67-73-79=289 | +1 | 42,400 |
| T40 | Daniel Chopra | 68-70-73-79=290 | +2 | 30,400 |
| T40 | Hunter Mahan | 68-75-70-77=290 | +2 | 30,400 |
| T40 | Graeme McDowell | 71-66-74-79=290 | +2 | 30,400 |
| T40 | Phil Mickelson | 70-68-77-75=290 | +2 | 30,400 |
| T40 | Craig Parry | 68-70-71-81=290 | +2 | 30,400 |
| T40 | Duffy Waldorf | 72-69-72-77=290 | +2 | 30,400 |
| T46 | Tom Byrum | 72-71-75-73=291 | +3 | 21,394 |
| T46 | Brad Faxon | 72-69-73-77=291 | +3 | 21,394 |
| T46 | Richard Green (golfer) | 75-68-71-77=291 | +3 | 21,394 |
| T46 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 70-69-82-70=291 | +3 | 21,394 |
| T46 | Jeff Maggert | 70-71-71-79=291 | +3 | 21,394 |
| T46 | Jesper Parnevik | 69-71-72-79=291 | +3 | 21,394 |
| T46 | Jeff Sluman | 71-67-75-78=291 | +3 | 21,394 |
| T53 | Jonathan Kaye | 72-69-77-75=293 | +5 | 18,613 |
| T53 | Heath Slocum | 70-72-74-77=293 | +5 | 18,613 |
| T53 | Tiger Woods (c) | 70-73-75-75=293 | +5 | 18,613 |
| T56 | Tommy Armour III | 70-73-74-77=294 | +6 | 17,760 |
| T56 | Briny Baird | 68-73-75-78=294 | +6 | 17,760 |
| T56 | Brian Bateman | 71-71-75-77=294 | +6 | 17,760 |
| T56 | Robert Gamez | 68-75-69-82=294 | +6 | 17,760 |
| T56 | Ted Purdy | 69-74-72-79=294 | +6 | 17,760 |
| T56 | Bob Tway | 67-71-80-76=294 | +6 | 17,760 |
| T56 | Jay Williamson | 72-68-77-77=294 | +6 | 17,760 |
| T63 | Craig Barlow | 73-70-73-79=295 | +7 | 16,800 |
| T63 | Darren Clarke | 73-70-73-79=295 | +7 | 16,800 |
| T63 | Robert Damron | 72-71-76-76=295 | +7 | 16,800 |
| T63 | Pádraig Harrington | 67-73-77-78=295 | +7 | 16,800 |
| T63 | Dudley Hart | 70-67-76-82=295 | +7 | 16,800 |
| T68 | Lee Janzen (c) | 73-69-74-80=296 | +8 | 16,160 |
| T68 | Kevin Sutherland | 72-70-74-80=296 | +8 | 16,160 |
| T68 | David Toms | 70-71-73-82=296 | +8 | 16,160 |
| T71 | Len Mattiace | 72-71-76-78=297 | +9 | 15,760 |
| T71 | Shaun Micheel | 68-74-72-83=297 | +9 | 15,760 |
| T73 | Cameron Beckman | 74-69-73-82=298 | +10 | 15,440 |
| T73 | Mark Hensby | 72-70-76-80=298 | +10 | 15,440 |
| T75 | Brian Gay | 71-72-74-82=299 | +11 | 15,040 |
| T75 | Kent Jones | 74-68-75-82=299 | +11 | 15,040 |
| T75 | Steve Jones | 64-77-74-84=299 | +11 | 15,040 |
| 78 | Aaron Baddeley | 73-69-80-78=300 | +12 | 14,720 |
| T79 | Steve Flesch | 72-71-78-81=302 | +14 | 14,480 |
| T79 | Frank Lickliter | 72-71-73-86=302 | +14 | 14,480 |
| 81 | José Cóceres | 73-70-78-82=303 | +15 | 14,240 |
| 82 | Tag Ridings | 72-71-82-79=304 | +16 | 14,080 |
| CUT | Robert Allenby | 75-69=144 | E | |
| CUT | Mark Brooks | 70-74=144 | E | |
| CUT | Ángel Cabrera | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Chad Campbell | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | Jim Furyk | 74-70=144 | E | |
| CUT | J. J. Henry | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | Charles Howell III | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | John Huston | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Peter Jacobsen | 70-74=144 | E | |
| CUT | Bernhard Langer | 75-69=144 | E | |
| CUT | Corey Pavin | 69-75=144 | E | |
| CUT | Tom Pernice Jr. | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Carl Pettersson | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Justin Rose | 77-67=144 | E | |
| CUT | Chris Smith | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Stephen Ames | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Paul Casey | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ben Curtis | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | John Daly | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Tom Gillis | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Matt Gogel | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Kenny Perry | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Loren Roberts | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Rory Sabbatini | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Fred Couples (c) | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Todd Fischer | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Jerry Kelly | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Skip Kendall | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Peter Lonard | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Bo Van Pelt | 75-71=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Bart Bryant | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | K. J. Choi | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Tim Clark | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Chris DiMarco | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | David Howell | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Craig Perks (c) | 75-72=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | John Rollins | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Patrick Sheehan | 75-72=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Billy Andrade | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Carlos Franco | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Harrison Frazar | 78-70=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Todd Hamilton | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Hank Kuehne | 70-78=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Geoff Ogilvy | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Dennis Paulson | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Ian Poulter | 70-78=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Chris Riley | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Rich Beem | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Stephen Leaney | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Kevin Na | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Freddie Jacobson | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Justin Leonard (c) | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Woody Austin | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Scott McCarron | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Stephen Allan | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Andre Stolz | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | David Duval (c) | 76-79=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Stuart Appleby | 80-78=158 | +14 | |
| WD | Brent Geiberger | 69-70-78=217 | +1 | |
| WD | Thomas Bjørn | 69-74=143 | −1 | |
| WD | Hidemichi Tanaka | 72 | E | |
| WD | Neal Lancaster | 81 | +9 | |
| WD | Hal Sutton (c) | 84 | +12 | |
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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 |
| Funk | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 |
| Donald | −11 | −11 | −12 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Lehman | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Verplank | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 |
| Durant | −11 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 |
| Elkington | −6 | −6 | −6 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −7 | −6 |
| Herron | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 |
| Johnson | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −6 | −5 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
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