# 2019 Players Championship

The 2019 Players Championship was the 46th Players Championship and was played March 14–17 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 38th edition held at the Stadium Course and the first in March in thirteen years.
On January 28, 2019, it was announced the 2019 Players Championship would have a $12.5 million purse, "the biggest prize professional golf has ever seen for a single tournament." It was a 13 percent increase from the 2018 Championship.
Rory McIlroy shot a two-under 70 in the final round for 272 (−16) to win his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk. Defending champion Webb Simpson finished six strokes back, tied for 16th place.

## Venue
### Course layout

The 2019 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 |

## Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

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

Keegan Bradley (2,9), Cameron Champ, Bryson DeChambeau (2,8,9), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9,13), J. B. Holmes (2,9), Charles Howell III (2,9,13), Dustin Johnson (2,4,7,9,13), Michael Kim (2), Brooks Koepka (2,4,9,13), Matt Kuchar (2,9,13), Marc Leishman (2,8,9,13), Adam Long, Troy Merritt (2), Phil Mickelson (2,7,9,13), Keith Mitchell (2), Francesco Molinari (2,4,8,9), Kevin Na (2), Andrew Putnam (2,9), Justin Rose (2,7,9), Xander Schauffele (2,6,7,9,13), Webb Simpson (2,5,9), Brandt Snedeker (2), Martin Trainer, Justin Thomas (2,4,7,9,13), Kevin Tway (2), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9), Aaron Wise (2), Tiger Woods (2,6,9)

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

An Byeong-hun, Abraham Ancer, Ryan Armour, Daniel Berger, Ryan Blaum, Scott Brown, Bronson Burgoon, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (9), Patrick Cantlay (9), Bud Cauley, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Stewart Cink, Austin Cook, Joel Dahmen, Jason Day (4,5,7,9), Jason Dufner (8), Tyler Duncan, Harris English, Tony Finau (9), Tommy Fleetwood (9), Brice Garnett, Brian Gay, Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo, Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brandon Harkins, Tyrrell Hatton (9), Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, Tom Hoge, Billy Horschel (9), Beau Hossler, John Huh, Zach Johnson (4), Kang Sung-hoon, Kim Si-woo (5), Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (9), Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Satoshi Kodaira, Jason Kokrak, Kelly Kraft, Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Andrew Landry, Danny Lee, Luke List, Hideki Matsuyama (7,9), Rory McIlroy (4,6,8,9), Ryan Moore, Trey Mullinax, Grayson Murray, Alex Norén (9), Louis Oosthuizen (9), Ryan Palmer, Pan Cheng-tsung, Scott Piercy, J. T. Poston, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (9), Séamus Power, Jon Rahm (9), Chez Reavie, Patrick Reed (4,9), Patrick Rodgers, Sam Ryder, Rory Sabbatini, Sam Saunders, Ollie Schniederjans, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (9), Cameron Smith (9), J. J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth (4,9), Scott Stallings, Kyle Stanley (9), Brendan Steele, Henrik Stenson (4,9), Kevin Streelman, Brian Stuard, Nick Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Peter Uihlein, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas, Jimmy Walker (4), Nick Watney, Richy Werenski, Gary Woodland (9,13)
* Kevin Chappell, James Hahn, Kim Meen-whee, Jamie Lovemark, William McGirt (8), Sean O'Hair, and Pat Perez did not play

### 3. Top 125 (medical)

Lucas Glover

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

Sergio García (9), Martin Kaymer (5), Danny Willett

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

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Lucas Bjerregaard, Matt Fitzpatrick, Li Haotong, Shane Lowry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Eddie Pepperell, Matt Wallace

### 10. Senior Players champion from prior year

Vijay Singh

### 11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Im Sung-jae

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

Denny McCarthy

### 14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

* Michael Thompson (41)
* Talor Gooch (43)
* Corey Conners (50)
* Aaron Baddeley (61)
* Scott Langley (62)
* Jim Furyk (64)
* Dominic Bozzelli (65)
* Wyndham Clark (72)

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 14, 2019
Keegan Bradley and Tommy Fleetwood shot 7-under-par rounds of 65 to share the lead by one stroke over An Byeong-hun and Brian Harman. Harris English scored an albatross on the par-5 11th hole, the third albatross in as many years at TPC Sawgrass.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Keegan Bradley | 65 | −7 |
| T1 | Tommy Fleetwood | 65 | −7 |
| T3 | An Byeong-hun | 66 | −6 |
| T3 | Brian Harman | 66 | −6 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | 67 | −5 |
| T5 | Ryan Moore | 67 | −5 |
| T5 | Vaughn Taylor | 67 | −5 |
| T8 | Kevin Kisner | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | J. T. Poston | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Rory Sabbatini | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Kyle Stanley | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Brendan Steele | 68 | −4 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 15, 2019
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Tommy Fleetwood | 65-67=132 | −12 |
| T1 | Rory McIlroy | 67-65=132 | −12 |
| T3 | Abraham Ancer | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| T3 | Jim Furyk | 71-64=135 | −9 |
| T3 | Brian Harman | 66-69=135 | −9 |
| T3 | Ian Poulter | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| T7 | Jason Day | 70-66=136 | −8 |
| T7 | Kevin Kisner | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| T7 | Keith Mitchell | 71-65=136 | −8 |
| T10 | An Byeong-hun | 66-71=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Dustin Johnson | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Luke List | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T10 | J. T. Poston | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Jon Rahm | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Rory Sabbatini | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T10 | Vaughn Taylor | 67-70=137 | −7 |
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### Third round

Saturday, March 16, 2019
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jon Rahm | 69-68-64=201 | −15 |
| T2 | Tommy Fleetwood | 65-67-70=202 | −14 |
| T2 | Rory McIlroy | 67-65-70=202 | −14 |
| 4 | Jason Day | 70-66-68=204 | −12 |
| 5 | Abraham Ancer | 69-66-70=205 | −11 |
| T6 | Keegan Bradley | 65-73-68=206 | −10 |
| T6 | Jim Furyk | 71-64-71=206 | −10 |
| T6 | Brian Harman | 66-69-71=206 | −10 |
| T6 | Dustin Johnson | 69-68-69=206 | −10 |
| T6 | Ollie Schniederjans | 71-70-65=206 | −10 |
| T6 | Brandt Snedeker | 69-72-65=206 | −10 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 17, 2019
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 67-65-70-70=272 | −16 | 2,250,000 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 71-64-71-67=273 | −15 | 1,350,000 |
| T3 | Eddie Pepperell | 72-68-68-66=274 | −14 | 725,000 |
| T3 | Jhonattan Vegas | 72-69-67-66=274 | −14 | 725,000 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | 65-67-70-73=275 | −13 | 456,250 |
| T5 | Dustin Johnson | 69-68-69-69=275 | −13 | 456,250 |
| T5 | Brandt Snedeker | 69-72-65-69=275 | −13 | 456,250 |
| T8 | Jason Day (c) | 70-66-68-72=276 | −12 | 350,000 |
| T8 | Brian Harman | 66-69-71-70=276 | −12 | 350,000 |
| T8 | Hideki Matsuyama | 71-72-66-67=276 | −12 | 350,000 |
| T8 | Justin Rose | 74-66-68-68=276 | −12 | 350,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T12 | Abraham Ancer | 69-66-70-72=277 | −11 | 253,125 |
| T12 | Joel Dahmen | 69-71-67-70=277 | −11 | 253,125 |
| T12 | Jon Rahm | 69-68-64-76=277 | −11 | 253,125 |
| T12 | Adam Scott (c) | 70-69-68-70=277 | −11 | 253,125 |
| T16 | Keegan Bradley | 65-73-68-72=278 | −10 | 193,750 |
| T16 | Ollie Schniederjans | 71-70-65-72=278 | −10 | 193,750 |
| T16 | Webb Simpson (c) | 70-70-70-68=278 | −10 | 193,750 |
| T16 | Nick Taylor | 73-69-69-67=278 | −10 | 193,750 |
| T20 | Bryson DeChambeau | 70-69-69-71=279 | −9 | 156,250 |
| T20 | Ryan Moore | 67-74-69-69=279 | −9 | 156,250 |
| T22 | Tony Finau | 69-71-68-72=280 | −8 | 125,000 |
| T22 | Sergio García (c) | 69-70-74-67=280 | −8 | 125,000 |
| T22 | Kevin Kisner | 68-68-71-73=280 | −8 | 125,000 |
| T22 | J. T. Poston | 68-69-73-70=280 | −8 | 125,000 |
| T26 | An Byeong-hun | 66-71-73-71=281 | −7 | 94,375 |
| T26 | Emiliano Grillo | 70-72-73-66=281 | −7 | 94,375 |
| T26 | Billy Horschel | 69-70-73-69=281 | −7 | 94,375 |
| T26 | Matt Kuchar (c) | 69-70-72-70=281 | −7 | 94,375 |
| T30 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 70-70-70-72=282 | −6 | 77,625 |
| T30 | Tom Hoge | 69-71-70-72=282 | −6 | 77,625 |
| T30 | Matt Wallace | 69-73-70-70=282 | −6 | 77,625 |
| T30 | Gary Woodland | 72-69-73-68=282 | −6 | 77,625 |
| T30 | Tiger Woods (c) | 70-71-72-69=282 | −6 | 77,625 |
| T35 | Brice Garnett | 71-69-73-70=283 | −5 | 60,312 |
| T35 | Charles Howell III | 69-70-75-69=283 | −5 | 60,312 |
| T35 | Russell Knox | 70-68-73-72=283 | −5 | 60,312 |
| T35 | Séamus Power | 74-67-73-69=283 | −5 | 60,312 |
| T35 | Rory Sabbatini | 68-69-74-72=283 | −5 | 60,312 |
| T35 | Justin Thomas | 71-72-70-70=283 | −5 | 60,312 |
| T41 | Corey Conners | 72-70-68-74=284 | −4 | 45,000 |
| T41 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 70-71-72-71=284 | −4 | 45,000 |
| T41 | Denny McCarthy | 69-72-72-71=284 | −4 | 45,000 |
| T41 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 70-69-76-69=284 | −4 | 45,000 |
| T41 | Vaughn Taylor | 67-70-71-76=284 | −4 | 45,000 |
| T41 | Martin Trainer | 73-69-72-70=284 | −4 | 45,000 |
| T47 | Bud Cauley | 69-70-76-70=285 | −3 | 31,388 |
| T47 | Rickie Fowler (c) | 74-67-68-76=285 | −3 | 31,388 |
| T47 | Kang Sung-hoon | 73-66-74-72=285 | −3 | 31,388 |
| T47 | Jason Kokrak | 73-68-74-70=285 | −3 | 31,388 |
| T47 | Kelly Kraft | 73-70-71-71=285 | −3 | 31,388 |
| T47 | Andrew Landry | 73-68-73-71=285 | −3 | 31,388 |
| T47 | Keith Mitchell | 71-65-75-74=285 | −3 | 31,388 |
| T47 | Patrick Reed | 69-69-69-78=285 | −3 | 31,388 |
| T47 | Richy Werenski | 72-71-68-74=285 | −3 | 31,388 |
| T56 | Brian Gay | 76-67-68-75=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Kim Si-woo (c) | 73-68-72-73=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Chris Kirk | 74-69-72-71=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Brooks Koepka | 72-71-73-70=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Luke List | 69-68-75-74=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Francesco Molinari | 72-70-72-72=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Louis Oosthuizen | 73-70-73-70=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Scott Piercy | 74-68-72-72=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Ian Poulter | 69-66-75-76=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Cameron Smith | 72-70-73-71=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T56 | Bubba Watson | 72-71-70-73=286 | −2 | 27,250 |
| T67 | Daniel Berger | 75-68-70-74=287 | −1 | 25,500 |
| T67 | Scott Langley | 69-72-75-71=287 | −1 | 25,500 |
| T67 | Jimmy Walker | 75-68-73-71=287 | −1 | 25,500 |
| 70 | Michael Thompson | 69-71-72-76=288 | E | 25,000 |
| 71 | Martin Kaymer (c) | 71-69-73-78=291 | +3 | 24,750 |
| T72 | Branden Grace | 73-70-72-77=292 | +4 | 24,375 |
| T72 | Pan Cheng-tsung | 72-70-74-76=292 | +4 | 24,375 |
| T74 | Jason Dufner | 70-73-74=217 | +1 | 23,750 |
| T74 | Tyler Duncan | 70-71-76=217 | +1 | 23,750 |
| T74 | Anirban Lahiri | 70-71-76=217 | +1 | 23,750 |
| 77 | Patrick Rodgers | 72-70-76=218 | +2 | 23,250 |
| 78 | Kevin Na | 71-70-78=219 | +3 | 23,000 |
| T79 | Patton Kizzire | 71-70-79=220 | +4 | 22,625 |
| T79 | Adam Long | 71-72-77=220 | +4 | 22,625 |
| CUT | Beau Hossler | 70-74=144 | E | |
| CUT | Im Sung-jae | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Marc Leishman | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Li Haotong | 69-75=144 | E | |
| CUT | Troy Merritt | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Trey Mullinax | 69-75=144 | E | |
| CUT | Xander Schauffele | 70-74=144 | E | |
| CUT | Scott Stallings | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Kyle Stanley | 68-76=144 | E | |
| CUT | Brendan Steele | 68-76=144 | E | |
| CUT | Kevin Streelman | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Dominic Bozzelli | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Russell Henley | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | J. B. Holmes | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Chez Reavie | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Sam Ryder | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Jordan Spieth | 76-69=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Henrik Stenson (c) | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Nick Watney | 70-75=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Aaron Wise | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ryan Armour | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Ryan Blaum | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Patrick Cantlay | 75-71=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Alex Čejka | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Harris English | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Chesson Hadley | 76-70=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Martin Laird | 76-70=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Alex Norén | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Brian Stuard | 75-71=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Stewart Cink | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Austin Cook | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Talor Gooch | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Shane Lowry | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Peter Uihlein | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Scott Brown | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Lucas Glover | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Tyrrell Hatton | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Phil Mickelson (c) | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Ted Potter Jr. | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Sam Saunders | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Kevin Tway | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Danny Willett | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Bronson Burgoon | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Charl Schwartzel | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Vijay Singh | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Brandon Harkins | 69-81=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | John Huh | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Zach Johnson | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Satoshi Kodaira | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Grayson Murray | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Harold Varner III | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Adam Hadwin | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Andrew Putnam | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Paul Casey | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Michael Kim | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Danny Lee | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 84-69=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| WD | J. J. Spaun | 76 | +4 | |
| WD | Cameron Champ | 78 | +6 | |
| DQ | Wyndham Clark | | | |
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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 |
| McIlroy | −14 | −14 | −14 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −14 | −15 | −16 | −16 | −16 |
| Furyk | −9 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −15 |
| Pepperell | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 |
| Vegas | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 |
| Fleetwood | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −14 | −13 | −13 |
| Rahm | −14 | −14 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −11 | −11 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
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