# 2014 Players Championship

The 2014 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 8–11 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 41st Players Championship.
Martin Kaymer opened with a 63, led after each round, and won his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk. It was the first to feature an eight-figure purse, with a winner's share of $1.8 million.
With defending champion and world number one Tiger Woods out of competition due to back surgery in late March, four entered this Players Championship with an opportunity to ascend to the top of the world rankings. World number two Adam Scott needed a 16th-place finish, third-ranked Henrik Stenson a top-six finish, number four Bubba Watson a solo runner-up, and fifth-ranked Matt Kuchar a win. They finished at T38, T34, T48, and T17, respectively, and Woods remained number one.
Due to 82 players making the halfway cut (top 70 and ties), a second cut was initiated after the third round.
This was the first year for the new playoff format, a three-hole aggregate beginning on the 16th hole, which was not necessary. After a 90-minute rain delay late in the final round, Kaymer finished with a par in near-darkness. If he had bogeyed the final hole, the playoff would have begun on Monday morning.
Kaymer was the fourth European to win the Players, following Sandy Lyle, Sergio García, and Henrik Stenson. A month later he won the U.S. Open at Pinehurst and became the fourth to win the Players and a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1978, Open), Hal Sutton (1983, PGA), and Woods (2001, Masters).

## Venue

This was the 33rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

### Course layout

The 2014 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 | 76.8 / 155 | 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 |
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## Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

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

Woody Austin, Bae Sang-moon (2), Jonas Blixt (2,8), Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Dufner (2,4,8), Ken Duke (2), Harris English (2,8,12), Matt Every (2,8,12), Bill Haas (2,7,8), Chesson Hadley, Russell Henley (2,8), J. B. Holmes (3), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Zach Johnson (2,8,12), Matt Jones (2,8), Chris Kirk (2,12), Matt Kuchar (2,5,6,8,12), Phil Mickelson (2,4,8), Ryan Moore (2,8), Noh Seung-yul, Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,6,8), Adam Scott (2,4,6,8), John Senden (2), Webb Simpson (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,8,12), Kevin Stadler (2), Scott Stallings (2), Henrik Stenson (2,5,7,8), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,8,12), Boo Weekley (2), Gary Woodland (2,8)
* Jason Day (2,6,8) and Tiger Woods (2,5,6,8) did not play.

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

Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Charlie Beljan, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Ángel Cabrera, Roberto Castro, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink (4), Tim Clark (5), Erik Compton, Ben Crane, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (8), Luke Donald (8), James Driscoll, Ernie Els (4,8), Derek Ernst, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Jim Furyk (8), Sergio García (8), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover (4), Luke Guthrie, James Hahn, Brian Harman, David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Justin Hicks, Charley Hoffman, Morgan Hoffmann, Billy Horschel, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Martin Kaymer (4), Jerry Kelly, Jason Kokrak, Martin Laird, Lee Dong-hwan, Richard H. Lee, Scott Langley, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert, Hunter Mahan (6,8), Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, Rory McIlroy (4,8), George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, Geoff Ogilvy, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, D. A. Points, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (6,8), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman (8), Steve Stricker (8), Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney, Lee Westwood (8), Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson
* Bob Estes, David Lynn, Scott Piercy, and Chez Reavie did not play.

### 3. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Briny Baird, Jonathan Byrd, Retief Goosen, Kevin Na, Shawn Stefani

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

Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen (8), Yang Yong-eun

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

Thomas Bjørn, Jamie Donaldson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Stephen Gallacher, Thongchai Jaidee, Joost Luiten, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari
* Victor Dubuisson and Miguel Ángel Jiménez did not play.

### 9. Senior Players champion from prior year

Kenny Perry

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

Michael Putnam

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

John Peterson

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

Russell Knox, Will MacKenzie
Tiger Woods (2001, 2013) was recovering from back surgery. This was the third time the defending champion did not compete, following 1998 (Steve Elkington, sinus surgery) and 1983 (Jerry Pate, neck).

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, May 8, 2014
Martin Kaymer tied the course record by shooting a nine-under-par 63. His round included nine birdies including seven on the front nine (his second nine), setting the nine-hole record with 29 (−7). Russell Henley was two strokes back and Bae Sang-moon was three back.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Martin Kaymer | 63 | −9 |
| 2 | Russell Henley | 65 | −7 |
| 3 | Bae Sang-moon | 66 | −6 |
| T4 | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Sergio García | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Jordan Spieth | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Scott Stallings | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Brian Stuard | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Lee Westwood | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Gary Woodland | 67 | −5 |

### Second round

Friday, May 9, 2014
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Martin Kaymer | 63-69=132 | −12 |
| 2 | Jordan Spieth | 67-66=133 | −11 |
| 3 | Russell Henley | 65-71=136 | −8 |
| T4 | Jim Furyk | 70-68=138 | −6 |
| T4 | Sergio García | 67-71=138 | −6 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 67-71=138 | −6 |
| T4 | Lee Westwood | 67-71=138 | −6 |
| T4 | Gary Woodland | 67-71=138 | −6 |
| T9 | Bae Sang-moon | 66-73=139 | −5 |
| T9 | Scott Brown | 68-71=139 | −5 |
| T9 | Brian Davis | 72-67=139 | −5 |
| T9 | Bill Haas | 68-71=139 | −5 |
| T9 | Matt Jones | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T9 | George McNeill | 71-68=139 | −5 |
| T9 | Kevin Na | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T9 | Geoff Ogilvy | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T9 | Charl Schwartzel | 72-67=139 | −5 |
| T9 | John Senden | 70-69=139 | −5 |

### Third round

Saturday, May 10, 2014
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Martin Kaymer | 63-69-72=204 | −12 |
| T1 | Jordan Spieth | 67-66-71=204 | −12 |
| T3 | Sergio García | 67-71-69=207 | −9 |
| T3 | John Senden | 70-69-68=207 | −9 |
| T5 | Matt Jones | 70-69-69=208 | −8 |
| T5 | George McNeill | 71-68-69=208 | −8 |
| T5 | Gary Woodland | 67-71-70=208 | −8 |
| T8 | David Hearn | 70-71-68=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Francesco Molinari | 72-70-67=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Justin Rose | 67-71-71=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Lee Westwood | 67-71-71=209 | −7 |

### Final round

Sunday, May 11, 2014
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Martin Kaymer | 63-69-72-71=275 | −13 | 1,800,000 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 70-68-72-66=276 | −12 | 1,080,000 |
| 3 | Sergio García (c) | 67-71-69-70=277 | −11 | 680,000 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 67-71-71-69=278 | −10 | 440,000 |
| T4 | Jordan Spieth | 67-66-71-74=278 | −10 | 440,000 |
| T6 | David Hearn | 70-71-68-70=279 | −9 | 313,000 |
| T6 | Rory McIlroy | 70-74-69-66=279 | −9 | 313,000 |
| T6 | Francesco Molinari | 72-70-67-70=279 | −9 | 313,000 |
| T6 | Jimmy Walker | 75-68-71-65=279 | −9 | 313,000 |
| T6 | Lee Westwood | 67-71-71-70=279 | −9 | 313,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Brian Davis | 72-67-73-68=280 | −8 | 240,000 |
| T11 | Gary Woodland | 67-71-70-72=280 | −8 | 240,000 |
| T13 | K. J. Choi (c) | 74-70-72-65=281 | −7 | 187,500 |
| T13 | Chris Kirk | 71-73-70-67=281 | −7 | 187,500 |
| T13 | George McNeill | 71-68-69-73=281 | −7 | 187,500 |
| T13 | Steve Stricker | 71-70-71-69=281 | −7 | 187,500 |
| T17 | Russell Henley | 65-71-80-66=282 | −6 | 135,333 |
| T17 | Justin Hicks | 73-70-71-68=282 | −6 | 135,333 |
| T17 | Morgan Hoffmann | 71-70-70-71=282 | −6 | 135,333 |
| T17 | Matt Jones | 70-69-69-74=282 | −6 | 135,333 |
| T17 | Matt Kuchar (c) | 71-71-69-71=282 | −6 | 135,333 |
| T17 | Brian Stuard | 67-76-69-70=282 | −6 | 135,333 |
| T23 | Marc Leishman | 70-72-74-67=283 | −5 | 96,000 |
| T23 | Hideki Matsuyama | 70-71-72-70=283 | −5 | 96,000 |
| T23 | Daniel Summerhays | 74-68-69-72=283 | −5 | 96,000 |
| T26 | Kevin Chappell | 72-68-75-69=284 | −4 | 69,500 |
| T26 | Bill Haas | 68-71-72-73=284 | −4 | 69,500 |
| T26 | Billy Horschel | 72-70-75-67=284 | −4 | 69,500 |
| T26 | Zach Johnson | 69-71-72-72=284 | −4 | 69,500 |
| T26 | Ryan Moore | 70-74-67-73=284 | −4 | 69,500 |
| T26 | John Senden | 70-69-68-77=284 | −4 | 69,500 |
| T26 | Brendan Steele | 69-73-75-67=284 | −4 | 69,500 |
| T26 | Bo Van Pelt | 71-70-70-73=284 | −4 | 69,500 |
| T34 | Erik Compton | 72-70-74-69=285 | −3 | 52,750 |
| T34 | Russell Knox | 72-72-73-68=285 | −3 | 52,750 |
| T34 | Scott Langley | 71-72-72-70=285 | −3 | 52,750 |
| T34 | Henrik Stenson (c) | 71-70-70-74=285 | −3 | 52,750 |
| T38 | Ángel Cabrera | 70-74-71-71=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T38 | Stewart Cink | 70-70-70-76=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T38 | Luke Donald | 73-69-75-69=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T38 | Jamie Donaldson | 74-67-74-71=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T38 | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | 67-77-72-70=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T38 | Charley Hoffman | 77-67-71-71=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T38 | Justin Leonard (c) | 68-73-70-75=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T38 | Kevin Na | 70-69-76-71=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T38 | Rory Sabbatini | 71-73-69-73=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T38 | Adam Scott (c) | 77-67-69-73=286 | −2 | 38,000 |
| T48 | Charlie Beljan | 73-69-73-72=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | Steven Bowditch | 72-72-71-72=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | Jason Dufner | 69-74-72-72=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | Martin Flores | 70-71-74-72=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | Retief Goosen | 72-70-75-70=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | J. J. Henry | 74-70-72-71=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | Jeff Maggert | 72-71-74-70=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | Pat Perez | 68-73-75-71=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | Charl Schwartzel | 72-67-77-71=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | Brandt Snedeker | 75-69-67-76=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T48 | Bubba Watson | 69-72-70-76=287 | −1 | 24,072 |
| T59 | Dustin Johnson | 68-74-72-74=288 | E | 22,000 |
| T59 | Ryan Palmer | 71-73-71-73=288 | E | 22,000 |
| T59 | John Peterson | 73-69-72-74=288 | E | 22,000 |
| T62 | Scott Brown | 68-71-77-73=289 | +1 | 21,500 |
| T62 | Graeme McDowell | 69-71-77-72=289 | +1 | 21,500 |
| 64 | Freddie Jacobson | 70-70-75-75=290 | +2 | 21,200 |
| T65 | Richard H. Lee | 71-71-76-73=291 | +3 | 20,800 |
| T65 | Ian Poulter | 74-69-72-76=291 | +3 | 20,800 |
| T65 | Scott Stallings | 67-77-71-76=291 | +3 | 20,800 |
| 68 | Bae Sang-moon | 66-73-79-74=292 | +4 | 20,400 |
| 69 | Geoff Ogilvy | 69-70-76-78=293 | +5 | 20,200 |
| 70 | Brendon de Jonge | 69-74-75-76=294 | +6 | 20,000 |
| 71 | Kyle Stanley | 73-69-76-77=295 | +7 | 19,800 |
| T72 | Ernie Els | 68-76-75=219 | +3 | 19,400 |
| T72 | John Huh | 69-72-78=219 | +3 | 19,400 |
| T72 | Noh Seung-yul | 76-68-75=219 | +3 | 19,400 |
| T75 | Jonas Blixt | 71-72-77=220 | +4 | 18,900 |
| T75 | John Merrick | 72-71-77=220 | +4 | 18,900 |
| T77 | Stuart Appleby | 71-73-77=221 | +5 | 18,400 |
| T77 | Rickie Fowler | 71-72-78=221 | +5 | 18,400 |
| T77 | John Rollins | 73-71-77=221 | +5 | 18,400 |
| T80 | Joost Luiten | 68-72-82=222 | +6 | 17,900 |
| T80 | Chris Stroud | 76-67-79=222 | +6 | 17,900 |
| 82 | Jeff Overton | 70-72-83=225 | +9 | 17,600 |
| CUT | Keegan Bradley | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Derek Ernst | 76-69=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Lucas Glover | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Chesson Hadley | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Charles Howell III | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Will MacKenzie | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Phil Mickelson (c) | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Carl Pettersson | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ted Potter Jr. | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Johnson Wagner | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Charlie Wi | 76-69=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Jason Bohn | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Jonathan Byrd | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Roberto Castro | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Graham DeLaet | 69-77=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Ken Duke | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Robert Garrigus | 75-71=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | James Hahn | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Brian Harman | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Thongchai Jaidee | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Jerry Kelly | 78-68=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Martin Laird | 76-70=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Kevin Stadler | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Luke Guthrie | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Kenny Perry | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Josh Teater | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Michael Thompson | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Cameron Tringale | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Harris English | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Stephen Gallacher | 70-78=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | David Lingmerth | 71-77=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Bryce Molder | 77-71=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Michael Putnam | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Webb Simpson | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Kevin Streelman | 69-79=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Boo Weekley | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Thomas Bjørn | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Greg Chalmers | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Darren Clarke | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Brian Gay | 70-79=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | J. B. Holmes | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Shawn Stefani | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Yang Yong-eun | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Jason Kokrak | 70-80=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Andrés Romero | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Nick Watney | 71-79=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Ben Crane | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Hunter Mahan | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | D. A. Points | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Nicholas Thompson | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Tim Clark (c) | 71-81=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Louis Oosthuizen | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | James Driscoll | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Matt Every | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | William McGirt | 72-81=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Patrick Reed | 74-79=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Mark Wilson | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Woody Austin | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| WD | Briny Baird | 77 | +5 | |
| WD | Lee Dong-hwan | 78 | +6 | |
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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 |
| Kaymer | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 |
| Furyk | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 |
| García | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 |
| Rose | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 |
| Spieth | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
| Hearn | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 |
| McIlroy | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −9 |
| Molinari | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 |
| Walker | −2 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −9 |
| Westwood | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
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