# 2012 Players Championship

The 2012 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 39th Players Championship and was won by Matt Kuchar, two strokes ahead of four runners-up.
Defending champion K. J. Choi missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

## Venue

This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

### Course layout

The 2012 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 |

## Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2011 Senior Players Championship.

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

Keegan Bradley (2,3,5,9), K. J. Choi (2,3,6,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ben Curtis, Luke Donald (2,3,7,9), Jason Dufner (2,3,9,11), Rickie Fowler (3,9), Harrison Frazar (3), Bill Haas (2,3,8,9), John Huh, Freddie Jacobson (2,3,9), Chris Kirk (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9,11), Rory McIlroy (5,9,11), George McNeill (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,8,9,11), Bryce Molder (3), Kevin Na (3), Sean O'Hair (3), Carl Pettersson (3,9,11), Scott Piercy (3), Justin Rose (2,3,7,9,11), Adam Scott (2,3,7,9), Webb Simpson (2,3,9), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,9), Scott Stallings (3), Kyle Stanley (3,11), Steve Stricker (2,3,9), David Toms (2,3,9), Johnson Wagner (3,11), Nick Watney (2,3,7,9), Mark Wilson (2,3,9,11), Tiger Woods (5,7,9)
* Darren Clarke (5) and Dustin Johnson (2,3,9) did not play.

### 2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Aaron Baddeley (3,9), Jonathan Byrd (3), Jason Day (3,9), Charles Howell III (3), Matt Kuchar (3,9), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Chez Reavie (3), John Senden (3,9), Vijay Singh (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Gary Woodland (3), Yang Yong-eun (3,5)

### 3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list

Blake Adams, Robert Allenby, Arjun Atwal, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Kris Blanks, Michael Bradley, Chad Campbell, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink (5), Chris Couch, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Ernie Els (7,9), Jim Furyk (8,9), Tommy Gainey, Sergio García (6,9), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Lucas Glover (5), Retief Goosen, Hunter Haas, Pádraig Harrington (5), David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman (5), Brandt Jobe, Zach Johnson (9), Kang Sung-hoon, Robert Karlsson (9), Jerry Kelly, Martin Laird (9), Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Graeme McDowell (5,9), John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Joe Ogilvie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice Jr., Ian Poulter (7,9), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Kevin Stadler, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Cameron Tringale, Jhonattan Vegas, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Jimmy Walker, Charlie Wi
* Paul Goydos, Anthony Kim, Steve Marino, D. A. Points, Charl Schwartzel (5,9), and Bubba Watson (2,3,5,9,11) did not play.

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

Bob Estes

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

Ángel Cabrera, Martin Kaymer (9)

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

Tim Clark, Henrik Stenson

### 9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 29

Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Simon Dyson, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Lee Westwood
* Thomas Bjørn, Anders Hansen, Kim Kyung-tae, and Paul Lawrie did not play.

### 10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

J. J. Killeen

### 12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 29

Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Brian Harman, Colt Knost, Jeff Maggert, John Mallinger

### 13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144)

* Fred Couples did not play; therefore only 144 players competed.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, May 10, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Martin Laird | 65 | −7 |
| T1 | Ian Poulter | 65 | −7 |
| 3 | Blake Adams | 66 | −6 |
| T4 | Ben Crane | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Kevin Na | 67 | −5 |
| T6 | Bae Sang-moon | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Jonathan Byrd | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Ben Curtis | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Brian Davis | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Harrison Frazar | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Bill Haas | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Matt Kuchar | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Adam Scott | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Kevin Stadler | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Michael Thompson | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Jhonattan Vegas | 68 | −4 |

### Second round

Friday, May 11, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Zach Johnson | 70-66=136 | −8 |
| T1 | Kevin Na | 67-69=136 | −8 |
| T1 | Matt Kuchar | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| 4 | Harris English | 70-67=137 | −7 |
| T5 | Jonathan Byrd | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T5 | Adam Scott | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T5 | Brian Davis | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T5 | Martin Laird | 65-73=138 | −6 |
| T5 | Charlie Wi | 71-67=138 | −6 |
| T10 | Blake Adams | 66-73=139 | −5 |
| T10 | Ben Curtis | 68-71=139 | −5 |
| T10 | Michael Thompson | 68-71=139 | −5 |
| T10 | Bill Haas | 68-71=139 | −5 |
| T10 | Kevin Stadler | 68-71=139 | −5 |

### Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Kevin Na | 67-69-68=204 | −12 |
| 2 | Matt Kuchar | 68-68-69=205 | −11 |
| 3 | Rickie Fowler | 72-69-66=207 | −9 |
| T4 | Zach Johnson | 70-66-73=209 | −7 |
| T4 | Ben Curtis | 68-71-70=209 | −7 |
| T6 | Jhonattan Vegas | 68-74-68=210 | −6 |
| T6 | Brian Davis | 68-70-72=210 | −6 |
| T6 | Jonathan Byrd | 68-70-72=210 | −6 |
| T6 | Martin Laird | 65-73-72=210 | −6 |
| T10 | Johnson Wagner | 69-73-69=211 | −5 |
| T10 | Bo Van Pelt | 71-70-70=211 | −5 |
| T10 | Blake Adams | 66-73-72=211 | −5 |
| T10 | Charlie Wi | 71-67-73=211 | −5 |

### Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2012
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Matt Kuchar | 68-68-69-70=275 | −13 | 1,710,000 |
| T2 | Ben Curtis | 68-71-70-68=277 | −11 | 627,000 |
| T2 | Rickie Fowler | 72-69-66-70=277 | −11 | 627,000 |
| T2 | Zach Johnson | 70-66-73-68=277 | −11 | 627,000 |
| T2 | Martin Laird | 65-73-72-67=277 | −11 | 627,000 |
| 6 | Luke Donald | 72-69-72-66=279 | −9 | 342,000 |
| T7 | Kevin Na | 67-69-68-76=280 | −8 | 296,083 |
| T7 | Bo Van Pelt | 71-70-70-69=280 | −8 | 296,083 |
| T7 | Jhonattan Vegas | 68-74-68-70=280 | −8 | 296,083 |
| T10 | Carl Pettersson | 71-72-69-69=281 | −7 | 247,000 |
| T10 | David Toms | 69-74-73-65=281 | −7 | 247,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T12 | Blake Adams | 66-73-72-71=282 | −6 | 199,500 |
| T12 | Jonathan Byrd | 68-70-72-72=282 | −6 | 199,500 |
| T12 | Geoff Ogilvy | 70-73-70-69=282 | −6 | 199,500 |
| T15 | Brendon de Jonge | 69-71-72-71=283 | −5 | 137,987 |
| T15 | Bob Estes | 73-69-76-65=283 | −5 | 137,987 |
| T15 | Peter Hanson | 73-71-71-68=283 | −5 | 137,987 |
| T15 | Martin Kaymer | 73-69-70-71=283 | −5 | 137,987 |
| T15 | Spencer Levin | 74-68-72-69=283 | −5 | 137,987 |
| T15 | David Mathis | 72-71-69-71=283 | −5 | 137,987 |
| T15 | Adam Scott (c) | 68-70-74-71=283 | −5 | 137,987 |
| T15 | Henrik Stenson (c) | 71-71-71-70=283 | −5 | 137,987 |
| T23 | Chris Couch | 72-71-71-70=284 | −4 | 95,000 |
| T23 | John Huh | 75-66-72-71=284 | −4 | 95,000 |
| T25 | Tim Clark (c) | 71-70-71-73=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T25 | Brian Davis | 68-70-72-75=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T25 | Jim Furyk | 72-70-72-71=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T25 | Bill Haas | 68-71-74-72=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T25 | Phil Mickelson (c) | 71-71-70-73=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T25 | Pat Perez | 69-75-70-71=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T25 | Ian Poulter | 65-76-71-73=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T25 | John Rollins | 72-72-69-72=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T25 | Kevin Stadler | 68-71-73-73=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T25 | Charlie Wi | 71-67-73-74=285 | −3 | 66,547 |
| T35 | Keegan Bradley | 72-70-74-70=286 | −2 | 46,835 |
| T35 | Tom Gillis | 70-71-73-72=286 | −2 | 46,835 |
| T35 | Jeff Maggert | 70-71-71-74=286 | −2 | 46,835 |
| T35 | Johnson Wagner | 69-73-69-75=286 | −2 | 46,835 |
| T35 | Jimmy Walker | 71-70-71-74=286 | −2 | 46,835 |
| T40 | Kris Blanks | 69-74-72-72=287 | −1 | 37,050 |
| T40 | J. J. Henry | 71-73-74-69=287 | −1 | 37,050 |
| T40 | Bryce Molder | 72-72-70-73=287 | −1 | 37,050 |
| T40 | Álvaro Quirós | 72-72-72-71=287 | −1 | 37,050 |
| T40 | Tiger Woods (c) | 74-68-72-73=287 | −1 | 37,050 |
| 45 | Marc Leishman | 73-70-73-72=288 | E | 31,350 |
| T46 | Ricky Barnes | 74-69-72-74=289 | +1 | 26,334 |
| T46 | Harrison Frazar | 68-76-69-76=289 | +1 | 26,334 |
| T46 | Brian Gay | 71-72-71-75=289 | +1 | 26,334 |
| T46 | Ryan Moore | 69-72-75-73=289 | +1 | 26,334 |
| T46 | Josh Teater | 71-71-76-71=289 | +1 | 26,334 |
| T51 | Brian Harman | 73-68-76-73=290 | +2 | 22,496 |
| T51 | Chris Kirk | 71-73-72-74=290 | +2 | 22,496 |
| T51 | Justin Rose | 76-68-75-71=290 | +2 | 22,496 |
| T51 | Kevin Streelman | 72-68-72-78=290 | +2 | 22,496 |
| T51 | Michael Thompson | 68-71-75-76=290 | +2 | 22,496 |
| T56 | Sergio García (c) | 73-71-68-79=291 | +3 | 21,280 |
| T56 | Trevor Immelman | 72-72-72-75=291 | +3 | 21,280 |
| T56 | Robert Karlsson | 70-74-76-71=291 | +3 | 21,280 |
| T56 | Rod Pampling | 71-72-78-70=291 | +3 | 21,280 |
| T56 | Nick Watney | 71-70-76-74=291 | +3 | 21,280 |
| T61 | Robert Allenby | 72-72-75-73=292 | +4 | 20,520 |
| T61 | Kang Sung-hoon | 75-68-72-77=292 | +4 | 20,520 |
| T61 | Lee Westwood | 71-70-74-77=292 | +4 | 20,520 |
| T64 | Stewart Cink | 71-72-78-72=293 | +5 | 19,855 |
| T64 | Harris English | 70-67-79-77=293 | +5 | 19,855 |
| T64 | George McNeill | 70-73-82-68=293 | +5 | 19,855 |
| T64 | Heath Slocum | 73-70-78-72=293 | +5 | 19,855 |
| T68 | Jason Dufner | 73-71-76-75=295 | +7 | 19,285 |
| T68 | David Hearn | 69-75-77-74=295 | +7 | 19,285 |
| T70 | Graham DeLaet | 71-73-76-76=296 | +8 | 18,905 |
| T70 | Justin Leonard (c) | 75-68-74-79=296 | +8 | 18,905 |
| 72 | Cameron Tringale | 73-71-77-76=297 | +9 | 18,620 |
| CUT | Bae Sang-moon | 68-77=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ben Crane | 67-78=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Jason Day | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Pádraig Harrington | 69-76=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Tim Herron | 70-75=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Charles Howell III | 76-69=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Graeme McDowell | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Francesco Molinari | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Joe Ogilvie | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Nick O'Hern | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Louis Oosthuizen | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | John Senden | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Chris DiMarco | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Lucas Glover | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | J. J. Killeen | 69-77=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Davis Love III (c) | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Sean O'Hair | 69-77=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Webb Simpson | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Kyle Stanley | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | 75-71=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Arjun Atwal | 69-78=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Chad Campbell | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Ken Duke | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Tommy Gainey | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Brandt Jobe | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | John Mallinger | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jeff Overton | 78-69=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Scott Piercy | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Chez Reavie | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Rory Sabbatini | 76-71=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Vijay Singh | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Scott Stallings | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Chris Stroud | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Michael Bradley | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Greg Chalmers | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Ernie Els | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Billy Mayfair | 79-69=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Rory McIlroy | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | John Merrick | 70-78=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Yang Yong-eun | 80-68=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Retief Goosen | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Bud Cauley | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | 79-71=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Freddie Jacobson | 71-79=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Hunter Mahan | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Steve Stricker | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Gary Woodland | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | K. J. Choi (c) | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Matt Every | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Robert Garrigus | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Brendan Steele | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Mark Wilson | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Matt Bettencourt | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Kevin Chappell | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | James Driscoll | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | J. B. Holmes | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Ryuji Imada | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jerry Kelly | 82-72=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Tom Pernice Jr. | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Troy Matteson | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Colt Knost | 79-78=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Andrés Romero | 76-82=158 | +14 | |
| WD | Scott Verplank | 72 | E | |
| WD | Briny Baird | 76 | +4 | |
| WD | Simon Dyson | 76 | +4 | |
| WD | Ángel Cabrera | 78 | +6 | |
| WD | Paul Casey | | | |
| WD | Hunter Haas | | | |
| DQ | D. J. Trahan | 80 | +8 | |
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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 |
| Kuchar | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −13 | −13 |
| Curtis | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 |
| Fowler | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 |
| Johnson | −7 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| Laird | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −11 |
| Na | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
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