2022 Players Championship

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DatesMarch 10–14, 2022
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass
(Stadium Course)
TourPGA Tour
2022 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 10–14, 2022
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass
(Stadium Course)
TourPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,189 yards (6,574 m)
Field144 players, 71 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fundUS$20,000,000
Winner's shareUS$3,600,000
Champion
Australia Cameron Smith
275 (−13)
Location map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida
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The 2022 Players Championship was the 48th Players Championship, held March 10–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 41st edition at the Stadium Course and concluded on Monday due to weather delays. The purse was increased by a third this year to twenty million dollars.

Cameron Smith shot a six-under-par 66 in the final round to finish at 275 (−13) to win his first Players Championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Anirban Lahiri, the 54-hole leader.[1] Defending champion Justin Thomas finished ten strokes back, tied for 33rd place.[2]

Course layout

The 2022 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
Par 45344443536 4543445343672
Round 1 4325271863764743814562375833,652 4065573691824604505061374623,5297,181
Round 2 4195361673844593864492045773,581 4245473521854744615321364363,5477,128
Round 3 4255331653884703834402195743,597 4045323411754864495221234593,4917,088
Round 4 4125381853884583904272315863,615 4235403001524634485211354453,4277,042

Source:[3]

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting various criteria; they include tournament winners on the PGA Tour since the previous Players Championship, recent winners of major championships, The Players and World Golf Championships, and leading players in the FedEx Cup standings from the current and preceding seasons.[4][5]

Eligibility criteria

This list details the eligibility criteria for the 2022 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were eligible is indicated in parentheses.[4]

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since the 2021 Players Championship

2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2017–2021)

3. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2016–2021)

4. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2016–2021)

5. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2016–2021)

6. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2016–2021)

7. Recent winners of the FedEx Cup (2018/19–2020/21)

8. Recent winners of the WGC Championship (2019–2021)

9. Recent winners of the WGC Match Play (2018–2021)

10. Recent winners of the WGC Invitational (2018–2021)

11. Recent winners of the WGC-HSBC Champions (2018–2019)

12. Recent winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (2019–2022)

13. Recent winners of the Memorial Tournament (2018–2021)

14. Recent winners of the Genesis Invitational (2020–2022)

15. Winner of the Olympic Golf Competition in 2021

16. Top 125 from the previous season's FedEx Cup points list

17. The top 125 players who fulfilled the terms of a major medical extension

18. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following The Honda Classic[9][10]

19. Senior Players champion from previous year

20. Leading points winners from the Korn Ferry Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Finals during the previous year

21. Top 10 in the current season's FedEx Cup points standings after The Honda Classic

22. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings after The Honda Classic[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 10, 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Overnight rain delayed the start by an hour and further delays during the day meant that only 66 of the 144 players completed their opening round on Thursday, while 12 players did not start their rounds. Tommy Fleetwood and Tom Hoge were top of the leaderboard after opening rounds of 66, 6-under-par, when play was suspended due to darkness.[13] Harold Varner III had earlier led at 7-under-par, but he made a triple-bogey 6 at the 17th hole and, after a bogey at the last, finished with 69.[14] The first round resumed on Friday, but after another weather delay, the course was declared unplayable by Tour officials with 47 of the 144 players not having completed their opening round.[15] Play resumed at noon on Saturday in windy conditions. The first round was completed in the early afternoon, 54 hours after it has started. Fleetwood and Hoge still led with six players a stroke behind.[16]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1England Tommy Fleetwood66−6
United States Tom Hoge
T3United States Daniel Berger67−5
United States Brice Garnett
United States Kramer Hickok
India Anirban Lahiri
United States Keith Mitchell
Chile Joaquín Niemann
T9Mexico Abraham Ancer68−4
United States Sam Burns
United States Brian Harman
United States Kevin Kisner
United States Patton Kizzire
Canada Taylor Pendrith
Source:[2]

Second round

Saturday, March 12, 2022
Sunday, March 13, 2022

The second round started at noon on Saturday, before the first round was completed. In windy conditions, less than half the field were able to complete their rounds and a number of groups did not start their rounds.[16] 71 players made the cut at 146 (+2), when the second round was completed at about 3 pm on Sunday. The co-leaders were Sam Burns and Tom Hoge at 137, 7-under-par.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Sam Burns68-69=137−7
United States Tom Hoge66-71=137
T3South Africa Erik van Rooyen71-67=138−6
United States Harold Varner III69-69=138
T5Mexico Abraham Ancer68-71=139−5
England Paul Casey70-69=139
Canada Corey Conners70-69=139
England Tommy Fleetwood66-73=139
United States Keith Mitchell67-72=139
Canada Taylor Pendrith68-71=139
Source:[2]

Third round

Sunday, March 13, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022

The third round started at 3:15 pm on Sunday using both the first and tenth tees.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1India Anirban Lahiri67-73-67=207−9
T2United States Sam Burns68-69-71=208−8
England Paul Casey70-69-69=208
United States Doug Ghim70-70-68=208
Colombia Sebastián Muñoz70-73-65=208
T6United States Tom Hoge66-71-72=209−7
Australia Cameron Smith69-71-69=209
T8United States Kevin Kisner68-74-68=210−6
Scotland Russell Knox70-73-68=210
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry73-70-67=210
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen69-72-69=210
United States Kevin Streelman73-71-66=210
United States Harold Varner III69-69-72=210
United States Will Zalatoris69-71-70=210
Source:[2]

Final round

Monday, March 14, 2022

The final round started at 11:00 am using both the first and tenth tees.

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Australia Cameron Smith69-71-69-66=275−133,600,000
2India Anirban Lahiri67-73-67-69=276−122,180,000
3England Paul Casey70-69-69-69=277−111,380,000
4United States Kevin Kisner68-74-68-68=278−10980,000
5United States Keegan Bradley72-71-68-68=279−9820,000
T6United States Doug Ghim70-70-68-72=280−8675,000
Scotland Russell Knox71-71-68-70=280
United States Harold Varner III69-69-72-70=280
T9Canada Adam Hadwin72-72-70-67=281−7525,000
Norway Viktor Hovland71-73-68-69=281
United States Dustin Johnson69-73-76-63=281
Austria Sepp Straka69-74-71-67=281
Source:[2]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Australia Smith−8−9−10−11−11−12−11−10−9−10−11−12−13−13−13−13−14−13
India Lahiri−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−8−9−9−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12
England Casey−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−8−9−9−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11
United States Kisner−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−7−6−7−7−7−8−9−10−10
United States Bradley−5−5−5−6−5−6−6−6−7−8−9−10−10−10−11−12−11−9
United States Ghim−8−6−6−7−7−7−7−6−6−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8
Scotland Knox−7−8−8−9−8−8−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−8
United States Varner−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8
United States Burns−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−6−5−5−4−4−5−5−6−4−4
Colombia Muñoz−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−5−4−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:[2]

Notes

References

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