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2012 Players Championship

Field	Value
name	2012 Players Championship
dates	May 10–13, 2012
location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
course	TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	7215 yd
field	144 players, 72 after cut
cut	144 (Even)
purse	$9.5 million
winners_share	$1.71 million
champion	USA Matt Kuchar
score	275 (−13)
map	USA#USA Florida
map_relief	yes
map_label	TPC Sawgrass
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Florida
coordinates
previous	2011
next	2013

Stadium Course 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

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7215 yd.

Course layout

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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

;7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners only from 2010–11, and only if PGA Tour members)

;8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

;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

;11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 29

;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	SCO Martin Laird	65	−7
ENG Ian Poulter
3	USA Blake Adams	66	−6
T4	USA Ben Crane	67	−5
USA Kevin Na
T6	KOR Bae Sang-moon	68	−4
USA Jonathan Byrd
USA Ben Curtis
ENG Brian Davis
USA Harrison Frazar
USA Bill Haas
USA Matt Kuchar
AUS Adam Scott
USA Kevin Stadler
USA Michael Thompson
VEN Jhonattan Vegas

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2012

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

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2012

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

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2012

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Matt Kuchar	68-68-69-70=275	−13	1,710,000
T2	USA Ben Curtis	68-71-70-68=277	−11	627,000
USA Rickie Fowler	72-69-66-70=277
USA Zach Johnson	70-66-73-68=277
SCO Martin Laird	65-73-72-67=277
6	ENG Luke Donald	72-69-72-66=279	−9	342,000
T7	USA Kevin Na	67-69-68-76=280	−8	296,083
USA Bo Van Pelt	71-70-70-69=280
VEN Jhonattan Vegas	68-74-68-70=280
T10	SWE Carl Pettersson	71-72-69-69=281	−7	247,000
USA David Toms	69-74-73-65=281

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

Source:

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
USA Kuchar	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−13	−13
USA Curtis	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−6	−7	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−11
USA Fowler	−10	−10	−10	−11	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−11	−11
USA Johnson	−7	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11
SCO Laird	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−11
USA 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 :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ -- |} Source:

References

(May 14, 2012). "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN.
Donegan, Lawrence. (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". The Guardian.
"Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour.
"Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel.

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