# 2004 Players Championship

The 2004 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 25–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 31st Players Championship.

## Tournament summary

Adam Scott, age 23, held on for his second PGA Tour title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Pádraig Harrington, who started the final round five shots behind. With a two-shot lead on the 72nd hole, Scott put his approach shot in the water then sank a 10-foot (3 m) putt for bogey to win.
Defending champion Davis Love III finished twelve strokes back, in a tie for 33rd place.
Scott was the youngest champion for thirteen years, until Kim Si-woo won at age 21 in 2017. Previously, it was Fred Couples, age 24 in 1984.

## Venue

This was the 23rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

## Eligibility requirements

1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.
Ben Crane, Mike Weir, Davis Love III, Fred Couples, Steve Flesch, David Toms, Vijay Singh, Kenny Perry, Rory Sabbatini, Jonathan Kaye, Tiger Woods, Ben Curtis, Craig Stadler, Peter Jacobsen, Shaun Micheel, Darren Clarke, Kirk Triplett, Adam Scott, Bob Tway, J. L. Lewis, Tommy Armour III, John Huston, Stuart Appleby, Shigeki Maruyama, Retief Goosen, Chad Campbell, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, John Daly, Heath Slocum, Craig Parry, Todd Hamilton
2. The top 125 finishers on the 2003 Official PGA Tour Money List.
Brad Faxon, Charles Howell III, Jay Haas, Justin Leonard, Chris DiMarco, Scott Verplank, Nick Price, Briny Baird, Chris Riley, Robert Allenby, Tim Herron, Jerry Kelly, Fred Funk, K. J. Choi, Bob Estes, Stewart Cink, Tim Petrovic, John Rollins, Jeff Sluman, Robert Gamez, Woody Austin, Geoff Ogilvy, Jonathan Byrd, Frank Lickliter, Peter Lonard, Brenden Pappas, Loren Roberts, Tim Clark, Scott McCarron, Len Mattiace, Tom Pernice Jr., Duffy Waldorf, Scott Hoch, Alex Čejka, Tom Lehman, Lee Janzen, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Kevin Sutherland, Rod Pampling, Hidemichi Tanaka, Skip Kendall, Rich Beem, Stephen Ames, Aaron Baddeley, Carl Pettersson, Hal Sutton, Steve Lowery, Matt Gogel, Billy Mayfair, Glen Day, Brett Quigley, Harrison Frazar, David Gossett, Jeff Maggert, Cliff Kresge, Paul Stankowski, Luke Donald, Brandt Jobe, Joey Sindelar, David Peoples, Carlos Franco, Sergio García, J. J. Henry, Billy Andrade, Dean Wilson, Jeff Brehaut, Craig Barlow, Jay Williamson, Todd Fischer, Arron Oberholser, Patrick Sheehan, Stephen Allan, Cameron Beckman, John Senden, Tom Byrum, Neal Lancaster, Brent Geiberger, J. P. Hayes, David Frost, Robert Damron, Pat Perez, Jesper Parnevik, Notah Begay III, Richard S. Johnson, Bernhard Langer, Kent Jones, Pat Bates, Glen Hnatiuk, Esteban Toledo
3. Members in the top 125 non-members category whose official money for the previous year equals or exceeds the amount of official money earned by the player finishing in the 125th position on the 2003 Official PGA Tour Money List.
Pádraig Harrington, Hank Kuehne, Freddie Jacobson, Stephen Leaney, Justin Rose, Thomas Bjørn
4. PGA Tour members from the current Tournament Winners category
Steve Stricker, Matt Kuchar, Spike McRoy, Chris Smith, Gene Sauers, Bob Burns
5. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 1994 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for 5 years.
Greg Norman, Steve Elkington, José María Olazábal, Nick Faldo, Corey Pavin, Mark Brooks, Craig Perks, Paul Lawrie
6. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1994–1997).
7. Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2001–2003).
8. Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).
9. Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2001–2003).
10. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational.
Paul Casey, Colin Montgomerie, Trevor Immelman, Ian Poulter, Brian Davis
11. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2004 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.
12. If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2004 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.
John Riegger
13. The Players Championship committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the 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 25, 2004
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Adam Scott | 65 | −7 |
| T2 | Kevin Sutherland | 66 | −6 |
| T2 | Duffy Waldorf | 66 | −6 |
| T4 | Thomas Bjørn | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Bob Burns | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | K. J. Choi | 67 | −5 |
| T7 | Ernie Els | 68 | −4 |
| T7 | Sergio García | 68 | −4 |
| T7 | Pádraig Harrington | 68 | −4 |
| T7 | Brandt Jobe | 68 | −4 |
| T7 | Scott Verplank | 68 | −4 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 26, 2004
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Jerry Kelly | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| T1 | Kevin Sutherland | 66-69=135 | −9 |
| T3 | Ernie Els | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T3 | Adam Scott | 65-72=137 | −7 |
| T5 | Pádraig Harrington | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | 70-68=138 | −6 |
| T7 | Bob Burns | 67-72=139 | −5 |
| T7 | Phil Mickelson | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T7 | Jeff Sluman | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T7 | Duffy Waldorf | 66-73=139 | −5 |
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### Third round

Saturday, March 27, 2004
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Adam Scott | 65-72-69=206 | −10 |
| T2 | Frank Lickliter | 69-71-68=208 | −8 |
| T2 | Kevin Sutherland | 66-69-73=208 | −8 |
| T4 | Ernie Els | 68-69-72=209 | −7 |
| T4 | Jerry Kelly | 69-66-74=209 | −7 |
| T4 | Phil Mickelson | 70-69-70=209 | −7 |
| T4 | Kenny Perry | 69-71-69=209 | −7 |
| T4 | Paul Stankowski | 73-70-66=209 | −7 |
| T9 | Craig Parry | 74-72-64=210 | −6 |
| T9 | Vijay Singh | 70-68-72=210 | −6 |
| T9 | Duffy Waldorf | 66-73-71=210 | −6 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 28, 2004
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Adam Scott | 65-72-69-70=276 | −12 | 1,440,000 |
| 2 | Pádraig Harrington | 68-70-73-66=277 | −11 | 864,000 |
| T3 | Frank Lickliter | 69-71-68-72=280 | −8 | 416,000 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 70-69-70-71=280 | −8 | 416,000 |
| T3 | Kenny Perry | 69-71-69-71=280 | −8 | 416,000 |
| T6 | Jay Haas | 72-73-70-66=281 | −7 | 268,000 |
| T6 | Jerry Kelly | 69-66-74-72=281 | −7 | 268,000 |
| T6 | Kevin Sutherland | 66-69-73-73=281 | −7 | 268,000 |
| 9 | Shaun Micheel | 70-76-69-67=282 | −6 | 232,000 |
| T10 | Bob Burns | 67-72-72-72=283 | −5 | 200,000 |
| T10 | Paul Casey | 72-70-69-72=283 | −5 | 200,000 |
| T10 | Fred Funk | 73-71-68-71=283 | −5 | 200,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T13 | Stephen Ames | 75-69-72-68=284 | −4 | 154,666 |
| T13 | Craig Parry | 74-72-64-74=284 | −4 | 154,666 |
| T13 | Vijay Singh | 70-68-72-74=284 | −4 | 154,666 |
| T16 | Woody Austin | 76-69-66-74=285 | −3 | 116,000 |
| T16 | Tom Byrum | 74-71-71-69=285 | −3 | 116,000 |
| T16 | Matt Kuchar | 74-67-71-73=285 | −3 | 116,000 |
| T16 | Geoff Ogilvy | 73-70-72-70=285 | −3 | 116,000 |
| T16 | Paul Stankowski | 73-70-66-76=285 | −3 | 116,000 |
| T16 | Tiger Woods (c) | 75-69-68-73=285 | −3 | 116,000 |
| T22 | Thomas Bjørn | 67-76-73-70=286 | −2 | 80,000 |
| T22 | Stewart Cink | 70-73-74-69=286 | −2 | 80,000 |
| T22 | Glen Day | 71-75-67-73=286 | −2 | 80,000 |
| T22 | J. P. Hayes | 72-73-72-69=286 | −2 | 80,000 |
| T26 | Cameron Beckman | 70-71-72-74=287 | −1 | 56,800 |
| T26 | Darren Clarke | 71-74-73-69=287 | −1 | 56,800 |
| T26 | Steve Elkington (c) | 69-76-70-72=287 | −1 | 56,800 |
| T26 | Ernie Els | 68-69-72-78=287 | −1 | 56,800 |
| T26 | John Huston | 72-71-71-73=287 | −1 | 56,800 |
| T26 | Jeff Sluman | 69-70-73-75=287 | −1 | 56,800 |
| T26 | Scott Verplank | 68-75-73-71=287 | −1 | 56,800 |
| T33 | Robert Allenby | 71-73-70-74=288 | E | 39,644 |
| T33 | Briny Baird | 71-74-70-73=288 | E | 39,644 |
| T33 | Alex Čejka | 69-71-73-75=288 | E | 39,644 |
| T33 | Davis Love III (c) | 77-68-70-73=288 | E | 39,644 |
| T33 | Jeff Maggert | 73-73-70-72=288 | E | 39,644 |
| T33 | Len Mattiace | 74-69-74-71=288 | E | 39,644 |
| T33 | Jesper Parnevik | 72-71-73-72=288 | E | 39,644 |
| T33 | Corey Pavin | 74-67-74-73=288 | E | 39,644 |
| T33 | Ian Poulter | 70-73-71-74=288 | E | 39,644 |
| T42 | Pat Bates | 73-73-73-70=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | Chad Campbell | 75-69-71-74=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | K. J. Choi | 67-79-69-74=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | Brad Faxon | 70-75-73-71=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | Scott Hoch | 70-71-77-71=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | Justin Leonard (c) | 75-69-72-73=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | Colin Montgomerie | 73-73-73-70=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | David Peoples | 72-72-73-72=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | Nick Price (c) | 75-69-73-72=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | Brett Quigley | 73-73-69-74=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T42 | Rory Sabbatini | 73-68-75-73=289 | +1 | 24,087 |
| T53 | Sergio García | 68-73-72-77=290 | +2 | 18,432 |
| T53 | Matt Gogel | 72-71-70-77=290 | +2 | 18,432 |
| T53 | Shigeki Maruyama | 70-73-74-73=290 | +2 | 18,432 |
| T53 | Scott McCarron | 76-70-69-75=290 | +2 | 18,432 |
| T53 | Tim Petrovic | 71-72-74-73=290 | +2 | 18,432 |
| T58 | Joe Durant | 74-71-72-74=291 | +3 | 17,360 |
| T58 | Carlos Franco | 74-70-74-73=291 | +3 | 17,360 |
| T58 | Todd Hamilton | 71-72-76-72=291 | +3 | 17,360 |
| T58 | Billy Mayfair | 76-70-70-75=291 | +3 | 17,360 |
| T58 | Rod Pampling | 73-71-72-75=291 | +3 | 17,360 |
| T58 | Justin Rose | 73-73-70-75=291 | +3 | 17,360 |
| T58 | John Senden | 73-72-70-76=291 | +3 | 17,360 |
| T58 | Heath Slocum | 73-73-72-73=291 | +3 | 17,360 |
| T66 | Mark Calcavecchia | 71-72-72-77=292 | +4 | 16,240 |
| T66 | Ben Crane | 71-72-71-78=292 | +4 | 16,240 |
| T66 | Spike McRoy | 74-71-75-72=292 | +4 | 16,240 |
| T66 | Arron Oberholser | 73-73-75-71=292 | +4 | 16,240 |
| T66 | Loren Roberts | 73-70-79-70=292 | +4 | 16,240 |
| T66 | Craig Stadler | 70-76-74-72=292 | +4 | 16,240 |
| T72 | Nick Faldo | 71-75-71-76=293 | +5 | 15,600 |
| T72 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 72-71-70-80=293 | +5 | 15,600 |
| T74 | Brandt Jobe | 68-75-76-75=294 | +6 | 15,200 |
| T74 | Joey Sindelar | 73-70-73-78=294 | +6 | 15,200 |
| T74 | Duffy Waldorf | 66-73-71-84=294 | +6 | 15,200 |
| T77 | Bernhard Langer | 71-74-73-77=295 | +7 | 14,800 |
| T77 | Bob Tway | 69-71-78-77=295 | +7 | 14,800 |
| 79 | John Daly | 69-73-76-80=298 | +10 | 14,560 |
| 80 | Peter Jacobsen | 72-73-71-83=299 | +11 | 14,400 |
| T81 | Greg Norman (c) | 72-73-77-79=301 | +13 | 14,160 |
| T81 | Hidemichi Tanaka | 72-71-74-84=301 | +13 | 14,160 |
| 83 | Neal Lancaster | 72-71-80-79=302 | +14 | 13,920 |
| CUT | Stuart Appleby | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Lee Janzen (c) | 75-72=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jonathan Kaye | 76-71=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Skip Kendall | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Cliff Kresge | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Paul Lawrie | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | J. L. Lewis | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | John Rollins | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Patrick Sheehan | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Kirk Triplett | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jonathan Byrd | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Ben Curtis | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Luke Donald | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Todd Fischer | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Brenden Pappas | 77-71=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Pat Perez | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | John Riegger | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Gene Sauers | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Esteban Toledo | 71-77=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | David Toms | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Robert Damron | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Robert Gamez | 70-79=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | J. J. Henry | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Tom Lehman | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Craig Perks (c) | 70-79=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Mike Weir | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Notah Begay III | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Tim Clark | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Bob Estes | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Steve Flesch | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Charles Howell III | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | José María Olazábal | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Carl Pettersson | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Steve Stricker | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Dean Wilson | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Stephen Allan | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Tommy Armour III | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Rich Beem | 71-80=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Brian Davis | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Chris DiMarco | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Freddie Jacobson | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Kent Jones | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Hal Sutton (c) | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Fred Couples (c) | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Retief Goosen | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Chris Smith | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jeff Brehaut | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Mark Brooks | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | David Frost | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Tim Herron | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Hank Kuehne | 72-82=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Stephen Leaney | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Steve Lowery | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Chris Riley | 75-79=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | 74-81=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Richard S. Johnson | 75-80=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Peter Lonard | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Jay Williamson | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Billy Andrade | 76-80=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Harrison Frazar | 77-79=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | David Gossett | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Glen Hnatiuk | 78-78=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Craig Barlow | 81-78=159 | +15 | |
| WD | Brent Geiberger | 75 | +3 | |
| WD | Trevor Immelman | | | |
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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 |
| Scott | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 |
| Harrington | −5 | −4 | −3 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −10 | −10 | −11 |
| Lickliter | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 |
| Mickelson | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Perry | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 |
| Sutherland | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey |
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