# 2007 Players Championship

The 2007 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 34th Players Championship and was won by Phil Mickelson, two strokes ahead of runner-up Sergio García.

## Tournament summary

With the new PGA Tour season arrangement in 2007, the tournament was played in May for the first time and concluded on Mother's Day. Previous tournaments were typically played in late March, two weeks before the Masters Tournament.
Defending champion Stephen Ames missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

## Venue

This was the 26th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The renovated course was lengthened 117 yards (107 m) from the previous year to 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

### Course layout

The 2007 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 |

## Eligibility requirements

Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.
Phil Mickelson, Aaron Baddeley, Stuart Appleby, Chris Couch, Jim Furyk, Brett Wetterich, Tim Herron, Jeff Maggert, Carl Pettersson, Vijay Singh, Geoff Ogilvy, Ben Curtis, J. J. Henry, Trevor Immelman, John Senden, Tiger Woods, John Rollins, Corey Pavin, Dean Wilson, Will MacKenzie, Eric Axley, D. J. Trahan, Davis Love III, Troy Matteson, Joe Durant, K. J. Choi, Adam Scott, Paul Goydos, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Henrik Stenson, Fred Funk, Mark Wilson, Mark Calcavecchia, Zach Johnson, Boo Weekley, Nick Watney, Scott Verplank
The top 125 finishers on the 2006 Official PGA Tour money list.
Luke Donald, David Toms, Rory Sabbatini, Chad Campbell, Stewart Cink, Rod Pampling, Retief Goosen, Brett Quigley, Lucas Glover, Arron Oberholser, Tom Pernice Jr., Stephen Ames, Ernie Els, José María Olazábal, Tim Clark, Mike Weir, Steve Stricker, Vaughn Taylor, Camilo Villegas, Jerry Kelly, Nathan Green, Tom Lehman, Jason Bohn, Frank Lickliter, Shaun Micheel, Sergio García, Richard S. Johnson, Ian Poulter, Chris DiMarco, Daniel Chopra, Robert Allenby, J. B. Holmes, Steve Flesch, Sean O'Hair, Jonathan Byrd, Bo Van Pelt, Billy Mayfair, Bob Estes, Pádraig Harrington, Greg Owen, Bart Bryant, Jesper Parnevik, Jeff Sluman, Ted Purdy, Heath Slocum, Woody Austin, Shigeki Maruyama, Steve Lowery, Ryan Moore, Hunter Mahan, Ryan Palmer, Mathew Goggin, Joe Ogilvie, Billy Andrade, Brian Gay, Bubba Watson, Charles Warren, Ryuji Imada, Nick O'Hern, Daisuke Maruyama, David Howell, Harrison Frazar, Bill Haas, Kent Jones, Briny Baird, Peter Lonard, Kenny Perry, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Gove, Freddie Jacobson, Justin Leonard, Kirk Triplett, Brian Davis, Olin Browne, Kevin Sutherland, Stephen Leaney, Pat Perez, Jason Gore, David Branshaw, Paul Azinger, J. P. Hayes, Shane Bertsch, Mathias Grönberg, Darren Clarke
For the duration of their exemption, PGA Tour members who earned a Tournament Winner exemption prior to March 1, 2004.
Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in 1997 and from 2002 to 2006. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.
Steve Elkington, Craig Perks, Todd Hamilton, Rich Beem, Michael Campbell
Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1997).
Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2004-2006).
Winners of the World Golf Championship-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2005-2007).
Winner of the World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2004-2006).
Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the Wachovia Championship.
Paul Casey, Colin Montgomerie, Robert Karlsson, Niclas Fasth, Charl Schwartzel
Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Wachovia Championship.
The winner of the 2006 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such exemption will be an addition to the field.)
Bobby Wadkins
The leading money winner from the 2006 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.
Ken Duke
If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Wachovia Championship, in order of their position on such list.
Anthony Kim, Jeff Quinney, José Cóceres, John Mallinger, Rocco Mediate, Brandt Snedeker, Robert Garrigus, Bernhard Langer, Steve Marino, Doug LaBelle II, Cliff Kresge
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## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, May 10, 2007
In gusty winds, a record 50 balls found the water at the 17th hole, which broke the single-round tournament record of 45 set in 2000.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Phil Mickelson | 67 | −5 |
| T1 | Rory Sabbatini | 67 | −5 |
| 3 | Chris DiMarco | 68 | −4 |
| 4 | Peter Lonard | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Jason Gore | 70 | −2 |
| T5 | Tom Lehman | 70 | −2 |
| T5 | Rod Pampling | 70 | −2 |
| T5 | Carl Pettersson | 70 | −2 |
| T9 | Rich Beem | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | K. J. Choi | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Brian Davis | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Jim Furyk | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Retief Goosen | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Nathan Green | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | J. P. Hayes | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Jeff Quinney | 71 | −1 |
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### Second round

Friday, May 11, 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | 67-72=139 | −5 |
| 2 | Nathan Green | 71-69=140 | −4 |
| T3 | Peter Lonard | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| T3 | Sean O'Hair | 72-69=141 | −3 |
| T3 | Rod Pampling | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T3 | Carl Pettersson | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T7 | Chris DiMarco | 68-74=142 | −2 |
| T7 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 74-68=142 | −2 |
| T9 | Stewart Cink | 74-69=143 | −1 |
| T9 | José Cóceres | 73-70=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Jim Furyk | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Mathew Goggin | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Tom Lehman | 70-73=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Rocco Mediate | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Kirk Triplett | 75-68=143 | −1 |
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### Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Sean O'Hair | 72-69-66=207 | −9 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 67-72-69=208 | −8 |
| T3 | Peter Lonard | 69-72-68=209 | −7 |
| T3 | Jeff Quinney | 71-74-64=209 | −7 |
| T5 | Aaron Baddeley | 72-72-67=211 | −5 |
| T5 | José Cóceres | 73-70-68=211 | −5 |
| T5 | Chris DiMarco | 68-74-69=211 | −5 |
| T5 | Luke Donald | 74-72-65=211 | −5 |
| T5 | Carl Pettersson | 70-71-70=211 | −5 |
| T10 | Tim Clark | 73-72-67=212 | −4 |
| T10 | J. P. Hayes | 71-73-68=212 | −4 |
| T10 | Geoff Ogilvy | 74-71-67=212 | −4 |
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### Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2007
Phil Mickelson won his first Players Championship after shooting a final round 69 to pass 54-hole leader Sean O'Hair. Mickelson birdied his first two holes and made his lone bogey at the 18th hole after the tournament was locked up. O'Hair was two strokes behind Mickelson as they headed to the infamous par-3 17th hole, but he hit two balls in the water going after the tucked pin on the island green for a quadruple bogey. O'Hair also bogeyed the final hole, and the mistakes dropped him from second to eleventh place, costing him $747,000 in prize money.
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | 67-72-69-69=277 | −11 | 1,620,000 |
| 2 | Sergio García | 73-73-67-66=279 | −9 | 972,000 |
| T3 | Stewart Cink | 74-69-71-66=280 | −8 | 522,000 |
| T3 | José María Olazábal | 78-66-69-67=280 | −8 | 522,000 |
| 5 | José Cóceres | 73-70-68-70=281 | −7 | 360,000 |
| T6 | J. P. Hayes | 71-73-68-70=282 | −6 | 281,700 |
| T6 | Robert Karlsson | 77-68-71-66=282 | −6 | 281,700 |
| T6 | Peter Lonard | 69-72-68-73=282 | −6 | 281,700 |
| T6 | Jeff Quinney | 71-74-64-73=282 | −6 | 281,700 |
| T6 | Adam Scott (c) | 74-71-70-67=282 | −6 | 281,700 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 11 | Sean O'Hair | 72-69-66-76=283 | −5 | 225,000 |
| T12 | Chris DiMarco | 68-74-69-73=284 | −4 | 182,250 |
| T12 | Steve Elkington (c) | 73-71-70-70=284 | −4 | 182,250 |
| T12 | Mathew Goggin | 72-71-71-70=284 | −4 | 182,250 |
| T12 | Brandt Snedeker | 72-74-68-70=284 | −4 | 182,250 |
| T16 | Stuart Appleby | 74-71-71-69=285 | −3 | 126,257 |
| T16 | Jonathan Byrd | 74-71-71-69=285 | −3 | 126,257 |
| T16 | Luke Donald | 74-72-65-74=285 | −3 | 126,257 |
| T16 | Nathan Green | 71-69-74-71=285 | −3 | 126,257 |
| T16 | J. B. Holmes | 76-72-69-68=285 | −3 | 126,257 |
| T16 | Zach Johnson | 73-73-70-69=285 | −3 | 126,257 |
| T16 | Ted Purdy | 74-73-67-71=285 | −3 | 126,257 |
| T23 | K. J. Choi | 71-74-70-71=286 | −2 | 80,100 |
| T23 | Jason Gore | 70-74-72-70=286 | −2 | 80,100 |
| T23 | Tom Lehman | 70-73-73-70=286 | −2 | 80,100 |
| T23 | Henrik Stenson | 72-76-66-72=286 | −2 | 80,100 |
| T23 | Kirk Triplett | 75-68-73-70=286 | −2 | 80,100 |
| T28 | Joe Durant | 76-71-69-71=287 | −1 | 56,100 |
| T28 | Jim Furyk | 71-72-74-70=287 | −1 | 56,100 |
| T28 | Retief Goosen | 71-74-71-71=287 | −1 | 56,100 |
| T28 | Jerry Kelly | 73-73-69-72=287 | −1 | 56,100 |
| T28 | Cliff Kresge | 72-72-69-74=287 | −1 | 56,100 |
| T28 | Steve Lowery | 78-66-71-72=287 | −1 | 56,100 |
| T28 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 74-68-72-73=287 | −1 | 56,100 |
| T28 | Carl Pettersson | 70-71-70-76=287 | −1 | 56,100 |
| T28 | Ian Poulter | 75-71-72-69=287 | −1 | 56,100 |
| T37 | Aaron Baddeley | 72-72-67-77=288 | E | 38,700 |
| T37 | Ken Duke | 76-72-70-70=288 | E | 38,700 |
| T37 | Ernie Els | 73-73-72-70=288 | E | 38,700 |
| T37 | Frank Lickliter | 77-72-69-70=288 | E | 38,700 |
| T37 | Geoff Ogilvy | 74-71-67-76=288 | E | 38,700 |
| T37 | Mike Weir | 75-72-72-69=288 | E | 38,700 |
| T37 | Tiger Woods (c) | 75-73-73-67=288 | E | 38,700 |
| T44 | Daniel Chopra | 74-71-76-68=289 | +1 | 26,010 |
| T44 | Rocco Mediate | 72-71-77-69=289 | +1 | 26,010 |
| T44 | Rod Pampling | 70-71-80-68=289 | +1 | 26,010 |
| T44 | Rory Sabbatini | 67-79-71-72=289 | +1 | 26,010 |
| T44 | Vijay Singh | 74-71-70-74=289 | +1 | 26,010 |
| T44 | Heath Slocum | 78-71-69-71=289 | +1 | 26,010 |
| T44 | Scott Verplank | 72-77-68-72=289 | +1 | 26,010 |
| T44 | Boo Weekley | 74-73-71-71=289 | +1 | 26,010 |
| T52 | Harrison Frazar | 74-71-73-72=290 | +2 | 20,880 |
| T52 | Pádraig Harrington | 76-70-74-70=290 | +2 | 20,880 |
| T52 | Tim Herron | 77-71-73-69=290 | +2 | 20,880 |
| T52 | John Senden | 73-74-71-72=290 | +2 | 20,880 |
| T52 | Steve Stricker | 72-75-70-73=290 | +2 | 20,880 |
| T52 | Brett Wetterich | 74-75-71-70=290 | +2 | 20,880 |
| T58 | Rich Beem | 71-73-74-73=291 | +3 | 19,710 |
| T58 | Bernhard Langer | 72-77-73-69=291 | +3 | 19,710 |
| T58 | Kenny Perry | 73-75-73-70=291 | +3 | 19,710 |
| T58 | John Rollins | 76-71-68-76=291 | +3 | 19,710 |
| T58 | Charl Schwartzel | 74-75-69-73=291 | +3 | 19,710 |
| T58 | Kevin Sutherland | 73-71-74-73=291 | +3 | 19,710 |
| T64 | Paul Azinger | 78-71-70-73=292 | +4 | 18,810 |
| T64 | John Mallinger | 73-74-72-73=292 | +4 | 18,810 |
| T64 | Arron Oberholser | 73-73-79-67=292 | +4 | 18,810 |
| T64 | David Toms | 77-72-73-70=292 | +4 | 18,810 |
| T68 | Tim Clark | 73-72-67-81=293 | +5 | 18,090 |
| T68 | Ryuji Imada | 77-71-75-70=293 | +5 | 18,090 |
| T68 | Ryan Moore | 78-69-75-71=293 | +5 | 18,090 |
| T68 | Joey Sindelar | 74-75-72-72=293 | +5 | 18,090 |
| T72 | Mathias Grönberg | 75-73-74-72=294 | +6 | 17,460 |
| T72 | Bill Haas | 76-73-73-72=294 | +6 | 17,460 |
| T72 | Corey Pavin | 75-72-71-76=294 | +6 | 17,460 |
| T75 | Todd Hamilton | 75-73-76-71=295 | +7 | 16,830 |
| T75 | Charley Hoffman | 75-69-76-75=295 | +7 | 16,830 |
| T75 | Davis Love III (c) | 77-71-73-74=295 | +7 | 16,830 |
| T75 | Ryan Palmer | 77-72-71-75=295 | +7 | 16,830 |
| 79 | Charles Howell III | 73-74-75-76=298 | +10 | 16,380 |
| CUT | Bart Bryant | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Brian Gay | 80-70=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Jeff Gove | 79-71=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | J. J. Henry | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Freddie Jacobson | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Kent Jones | 80-70=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Stephen Leaney | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Justin Leonard (c) | 78-72=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Hunter Mahan | 78-72=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Shigeki Maruyama | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Shaun Micheel | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Colin Montgomerie | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Brett Quigley | 78-72=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | D. J. Trahan | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Mark Wilson | 79-71=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Woody Austin | 81-70=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Eric Axley | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Shane Bertsch | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Brian Davis | 71-80=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Bob Estes | 82-69=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Steve Flesch | 79-72=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jeff Maggert | 80-71=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Nick O'Hern | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Craig Perks (c) | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Vaughn Taylor | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Dean Wilson | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Robert Allenby | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Briny Baird | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Chris Couch | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Trevor Immelman | 80-72=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Richard S. Johnson | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Doug LaBelle II | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Billy Mayfair | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Joe Ogilvie | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Bo Van Pelt | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Bobby Wadkins | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Charles Warren | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Bubba Watson | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | David Branshaw | 82-71=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Fred Funk (c) | 80-73=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Will MacKenzie | 74-79=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Troy Matteson | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Jesper Parnevik | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | 80-73=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Billy Andrade | 81-73=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Michael Campbell | 75-79=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Paul Casey | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Ben Curtis | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Niclas Fasth | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jason Bohn | 76-79=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Greg Owen | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Pat Perez | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Jeff Sluman | 75-80=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Nick Watney | 75-80=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Stephen Ames (c) | 77-79=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Olin Browne | 81-75=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Mark Calcavecchia | 82-74=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Lucas Glover | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Chad Campbell | 79-78=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Paul Goydos | 80-77=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Steve Marino | 81-78=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Robert Garrigus | 85-75=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Anthony Kim | 78-83=161 | +17 | |
| WD | Daisuke Maruyama | 85 | +13 | |
| WD | Darren Clarke | | | |
| WD | David Howell | | | |
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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 |
| Mickelson | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 |
| García | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 |
| Cink | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 |
| Olazábal | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Cóceres | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 |
| O'Hair | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −6 | −5 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
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