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2008 Players Championship

Field	Value
name	2008 Players Championship
dates	May 8–11, 2008
location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
course	TPC at Sawgrass
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	7215 yd
field	144 players, 74 after cut
cut	147 (+3)
purse	$9.5 million
winners_share	$1.71 million
champion	ESP Sergio García
score	283 (−5), playoff
map	USA#USA Florida
map_relief	yes
map_label	TPC Sawgrass
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Florida
coordinates
previous	[2007](2007-players-championship)
next	[2009](2009-players-championship)

The 2008 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 35th Players Championship.

Tournament summary

The event was won by Sergio García in a sudden-death playoff over Paul Goydos. Defending champion Phil Mickelson finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 21st place.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 27th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7215 yd.

Course layout

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Eligibility requirements

Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.

Zach Johnson, Rory Sabbatini, K. J. Choi, Woody Austin, Ángel Cabrera, Hunter Mahan, Brian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd, Pádraig Harrington, Joe Ogilvie, Jim Furyk, Steve Flesch, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Chad Campbell, Justin Leonard, George McNeill, Mike Weir, Daniel Chopra, Stephen Ames, D. J. Trahan, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Brian Gay, Ernie Els, Sean O'Hair, Geoff Ogilvy, Greg Kraft, Andrés Romero, Johnson Wagner, Boo Weekley, Adam Scott, Anthony Kim

The top 125 finishers on the 2007 Official PGA Tour Money List.

Vijay Singh, Scott Verplank, Mark Calcavecchia, Charles Howell III, Justin Rose, Tim Clark, John Rollins, Stewart Cink, Robert Allenby, Brett Wetterich, Luke Donald, Heath Slocum, David Toms, Carl Pettersson, Jerry Kelly, Ken Duke, John Senden, Henrik Stenson, Camilo Villegas, Nick Watney, Billy Mayfair, Stuart Appleby, Charley Hoffman, John Mallinger, Pat Perez, Lucas Glover, Bubba Watson, Mark Wilson, Jeff Quinney, Bo Van Pelt, Ryan Moore, Rod Pampling, Freddie Jacobson, Ian Poulter, Ryuji Imada, Nathan Green, Kevin Sutherland, Nick O'Hern, Vaughn Taylor, Brian Davis, José Cóceres, Troy Matteson, Robert Garrigus, Peter Lonard, Dean Wilson, Fred Funk, Paul Goydos, Kenny Perry, Steve Marino, Bart Bryant, Rocco Mediate, Bernhard Langer, Charlie Wi, Jason Gore, J. J. Henry, Jesper Parnevik, Charles Warren, Tim Petrovic, Retief Goosen, Michael Allen, Davis Love III, Stephen Leaney, Jeff Overton, Briny Baird, José María Olazábal, Mark Hensby, Mathew Goggin, Bill Haas, Shigeki Maruyama, Tim Herron, Chris DiMarco, Shaun Micheel, Tom Pernice Jr., Tommy Armour III, Steve Elkington, Cameron Beckman, Cliff Kresge, J. P. Hayes, Matt Kuchar, Tom Lehman, Bob Estes, Rich Beem, Alex Čejka, Ryan Armour, Kevin Na, Jeff Maggert, Kevin Stadler, Mathias Grönberg

Winners of the Players Championship, the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 2003 to 2007.

Michael Campbell, Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton

Winners of the Tour Championship the past three years (2005-2007).

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship and World Golf Championships-CA Championship in the last three years (2006-2008).

Winners of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in the last three years (2005-2007).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankings through the Wachovia Championship. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2008 FedExCup Points List through the Wachovia Championship.

Sergio García, Lee Westwood, Niclas Fasth, Paul Casey, Richard Sterne, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Søren Hansen

The winner of the 2007 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. (Such an exemption will be an addition to the field.)

The leading money winner from the 2007 Official Nationwide Tour Money List.

Richard Johnson

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2008 FedExCup Points List below 10th position through the Wachovia Championship, in order of their positions on such list.

Dudley Hart, John Merrick, Nicholas Thompson, Aaron Baddeley, Ben Crane, Brett Quigley, Fred Couples, Jason Bohn, Matt Jones, Tim Wilkinson, Dustin Johnson

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ESP Sergio García	66	−6
T2	USA Paul Goydos	68	−4
USA Kenny Perry
T4	AUS Steve Elkington	69	−3
SWE Niclas Fasth
USA Todd Hamilton
ENG Ian Poulter
USA Heath Slocum
T9	ARG Ángel Cabrera	70	−2
USA Fred Couples
USA Ben Crane
ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez
USA Anthony Kim
USA Troy Matteson
USA John Merrick
USA Phil Mickelson
ESP José María Olazábal
USA Brett Quigley
USA Kevin Stadler
USA Nicholas Thompson
USA D. J. Trahan
USA Boo Weekley

Source:

Second round

Friday, May 9, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Kenny Perry	68-70=138	−6
T2	ESP Sergio García	66-73=139	−5
USA Paul Goydos	68-71=139
GER Bernhard Langer	72-67=139
5	USA Anthony Kim	70-70=140	−4
6	USA Boo Weekley	70-71=141	−3
T7	CAN Stephen Ames	74-68=142	−2
USA Briny Baird	71-71=142
USA Fred Couples	70-72=142
USA Ben Crane	70-72=142
USA John Merrick	70-72=142
USA Kevin Stadler	70-72=142

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Third round

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Paul Goydos	68-71-70=209	−7
2	USA Kenny Perry	68-70-72=210	−6
3	ESP Sergio García	66-73-73=212	−4
T4	GER Bernhard Langer	72-67-75=214	−2
USA Phil Mickelson	70-73-71=214
USA Jeff Quinney	71-73-70=214
T7	AUS Stuart Appleby	72-72-71=215	−1
USA Briny Baird	71-71-73=215
USA J. B. Holmes	72-72-71=215
USA Greg Kraft	75-72-68=215
USA Tom Lehman	73-73-69=215
USA Tim Petrovic	73-73-69=215
USA Boo Weekley	70-71-74=215

Source:

Final round

Sunday, May 11, 2008

In windy conditions, the final pairing struggled on the final day; overnight leader Paul Goydos managed a 2-over-par 74, whilst Kenny Perry crashed to an 81 (+9). In the groups ahead, the pairing of Jeff Quinney and Sergio García produced some of the best golf of the day, and García became the clubhouse leader at 5-under-par 283. Goydos still led, but missed a 15 ft par putt to win on the final hole, forcing a sudden-death playoff.

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	ESP Sergio García	66-73-73-71=283	−5	Playoff
USA Paul Goydos	68-71-70-74=283
3	USA Jeff Quinney	71-73-70-70=284	−4	646,000
4	USA Briny Baird	71-71-73-72=287	−1	456,000
5	CAN Stephen Ames (c)	74-68-74-72=288	E	380,000
T6	USA Ben Crane	70-72-75-72=289	+1	307,562
ZAF Ernie Els	72-71-74-72=289
USA Tom Lehman	73-73-69-74=289
USA Brett Quigley	70-76-72-71=289
T10	USA Chad Campbell	73-72-77-68=290	+2	218,500
USA J. B. Holmes	72-72-71-75=290
USA Greg Kraft	75-72-68-75=290
SWE Henrik Stenson	73-71-75-71=290
USA Dean Wilson	74-72-75-69=290

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T15	AUS Stuart Appleby	72-72-71-76=291	+3	147,250
USA Fred Couples (c)	70-72-77-72=291
DEU Bernhard Langer	72-67-75-77=291
USA Kenny Perry	68-70-72-81=291
USA Tim Petrovic	73-73-69-76=291
USA Kevin Stadler	70-72-78-71=291
T21	USA Woody Austin	71-76-73-72=292	+4	95,000
USA Stewart Cink	71-75-73-73=292
USA Phil Mickelson (c)	70-73-71-78=292
ENG Ian Poulter	69-74-73-76=292
USA Nicholas Thompson	70-77-71-74=292
USA Boo Weekley	70-71-74-77=292
T27	ENG Luke Donald	75-72-74-72=293	+5	67,450
USA Jim Furyk	74-72-71-76=293
USA John Merrick	70-72-77-74=293
USA Ryan Moore	72-74-73-74=293
ZAF Rory Sabbatini	73-71-75-74=293
T32	AUS Aaron Baddeley	71-74-77-72=294	+6	48,260
USA Jonathan Byrd	76-71-72-75=294
AUS Steve Elkington (c)	69-76-77-72=294
USA Brian Gay	72-74-75-73=294
SWE Freddie Jacobson	76-70-70-78=294
ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez	70-74-76-74=294
USA Jerry Kelly	74-72-70-78=294
AUS Nick O'Hern	73-74-75-72=294
USA David Toms	77-70-76-71=294
CAN Mike Weir	71-76-75-72=294
T42	AUS Robert Allenby	74-71-77-73=295	+7	29,830
USA Bart Bryant	73-71-79-72=295
SWE Daniel Chopra	72-72-73-78=295
USA Ben Curtis	74-72-71-78=295
DNK Søren Hansen	71-73-73-78=295
USA J. J. Henry	71-73-73-78=295
USA Anthony Kim	70-70-79-76=295
USA Pat Perez	72-74-72-77=295
USA Mark Wilson	76-71-72-76=295
T51	ZAF Retief Goosen	73-71-77-75=296	+8	22,863
SWE Carl Pettersson	74-71-75-76=296
USA D. J. Trahan	70-77-75-74=296
T54	USA Chris DiMarco	71-73-78-75=297	+9	21,280
USA Ken Duke	72-75-76-74=297
USA Todd Hamilton	69-77-75-76=297
USA Davis Love III (c)	73-74-70-80=297
USA Rocco Mediate	74-72-72-79=297
USA Kevin Na	72-75-76-74=297
ESP José María Olazábal	70-75-80-72=297
AUS Adam Scott (c)	75-71-71-80=297
USA Johnson Wagner	72-74-77-74=297
T63	USA Nick Watney	76-71-74-77=298	+10	20,235
KOR Charlie Wi	74-73-69-82=298
65	USA Cliff Kresge	74-71-77-77=299	+11	19,950
T66	ARG José Cóceres	72-75-71-82=300	+12	19,570
ZAF Richard Sterne (golfer)	77-70-76-77=300
COL Camilo Villegas	74-73-77-76=300
T69	SWE Jesper Parnevik	72-74-70-85=301	+13	19,095
USA Heath Slocum	69-76-78-78=301
71	USA Jason Bohn	74-73-79-76=302	+14	18,810
72	USA Billy Mayfair	72-73-77-81=303	+15	18,620
T73	USA Tommy Armour III	71-76-80-80=307	+19	18,335
USA Troy Matteson	70-76-80-81=307
CUT	DEU Alex Čejka	72-76=148	+4
SWE Niclas Fasth	69-79=148
USA Sean O'Hair	75-73=148
AUS John Senden	76-72=148
FJI Vijay Singh	75-73=148
USA Brandt Snedeker	72-76=148
USA Kevin Sutherland	73-75=148
USA Brian Bateman	74-75=149	+5
AUS Mark Hensby	78-71=149
JPN Ryuji Imada	73-76=149
USA Justin Leonard (c)	75-74=149
AUS Rod Pampling	72-77=149
USA Scott Verplank	71-78=149
USA Bubba Watson	76-73=149
NZL Tim Wilkinson	77-72=149
USA Michael Allen	73-77=150	+6
USA Steve Flesch	74-76=150
AUS Nathan Green	78-72=150
SWE Mathias Grönberg	74-76=150
IRL Pádraig Harrington	72-78=150
SWE Richard S. Johnson	77-73=150
AUS Stephen Leaney	77-73=150
USA John Rollins	78-72=150
ARG Ángel Cabrera	70-81=151	+7
USA Mark Calcavecchia	76-75=151
USA Fred Funk (c)	74-77=151
AUS Mathew Goggin	74-77=151
AUS Peter Lonard	77-74=151
USA George McNeill	77-74=151
USA Joe Ogilvie	74-77=151
ENG Justin Rose	78-73=151
ENG Lee Westwood	73-78=151
USA Rich Beem	72-80=152	+8
NZL Michael Campbell	74-78=152
ENG Brian Davis	77-75=152
USA Bob Estes	77-75=152
USA Dudley Hart	75-77=152
AUS Matt Jones	75-77=152
USA John Mallinger	75-77=152
USA Shaun Micheel	77-75=152
AUS Geoff Ogilvy	77-75=152
ENG Paul Casey	77-76=153	+9
USA Bill Haas	76-77=153
USA Charles Howell III	79-74=153
USA Dustin Johnson	73-80=153
USA Matt Kuchar	78-75=153
USA Steve Lowery	77-76=153
USA Jeff Overton	74-79=153
USA Steve Stricker	77-76=153
USA Vaughn Taylor	78-75=153
USA Brett Wetterich	71-82=153
USA Tim Herron	73-81=154	+10
USA Tom Pernice Jr.	75-79=154
USA Bo Van Pelt	74-80=154
USA Robert Garrigus	79-76=155	+11
USA Zach Johnson	76-79=155
USA Steve Marino	77-79=156	+12
ARG Andrés Romero	77-79=156
KOR K. J. Choi	79-78=157	+13
USA J. P. Hayes	83-75=158	+14
ZAF Tim Clark	77-82=159	+15
USA Lucas Glover	80-79=159
USA Charley Hoffman	76-83=159
USA Charles Warren	77-82=159
WD	USA Jeff Maggert	72	E
USA Ryan Armour	81	+9
JPN Shigeki Maruyama	81
USA Cameron Beckman
USA Jason Gore
USA Hunter Mahan

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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
ESP García	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
USA Goydos	−7	−6	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−5	−6	−6	−5
USA Quinney	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4
USA Baird	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1
CAN Ames	E	E	E	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	E
USA Perry	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	+1	+1	+2	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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Playoff

At the first playoff hole, the infamous par-3 17th, Goydos' went first and his tee shot found water. Garcia stayed dry, stopping 4 ft from the pin and the playoff was essentially over. Goydos finished the hole with a double bogey to give Garcia three putts to win; he two-putted for par and the title. It was the first playoff at the Players Championship since 1987 and the first to start at the 17th hole.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	ESP Sergio García	3	E	1,710,000
2	USA Paul Goydos	5	+2	1,026,000

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