2018 Players Championship

The 2018 Players Championship was a professional golf tournament, held from May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The flagship event of the PGA Tour, this was the 45th edition of The Players Championship, and the 37th edition held at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. The tournament was won by Webb Simpson, four strokes ahead of three runners-up.[1]

This article is about the golf tournament. For the snooker tournament, see 2018 Players Championship (snooker). For the curling tournament, see 2018 Players' Championship.

2018 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 10–13, 2018
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,189 yards (6,574 m)
Field144 players, 80 after first cut
71 after second cut
Cut143 (−1)
Prize fund$11 million
Winner's share$1.98 million
Champion
Webb Simpson
270 (−18)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

Defending champion Kim Si-woo opened with a five-under 67, but finished 15 strokes back, tied for 63rd place.

This was the twelfth consecutive Players Championship held in May; it returned to March in 2019.

Venue
Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

Course layout
The 2018 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 76.4 / 155 4235321773844713934512375833,651 4245583021814814705231374623,5387,189
Par 45344443536 4543445343672

Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria.[2] Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Ryan Armour, Daniel Berger (2,9), Patrick Cantlay (2,9), Austin Cook, Jason Day (2,4,5,7,8,9), Bryson DeChambeau (2,9), Jason Dufner (2,4,8), Brice Garnett, Billy Horschel (2), Dustin Johnson (2,4,7,9,13), Kim Si-woo (2,5,9), Kevin Kisner (2,9), Patton Kizzire (2,13), Satoshi Kodaira (9), Brooks Koepka (2,4,9), Andrew Landry (13), Marc Leishman (2,8,9), Hideki Matsuyama (2,7,9), Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,8,9), Phil Mickelson (2,4,7,9,13), Grayson Murray (2), Pat Perez (2,9), Scott Piercy (2), Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (2,9), Jon Rahm (2,9,13), Patrick Reed (2,4,9,13), Justin Rose (2,4,9,13), Xander Schauffele (2,6,9), Jordan Spieth (2,4,6,9), Kyle Stanley (2,9), Brendan Steele (2,9), Henrik Stenson (2,4,9), Chris Stroud (2), Justin Thomas (2,4,9,13), Jhonattan Vegas (2), Bubba Watson (2,4,9,13), Gary Woodland (2,9)

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

An Byeong-hun, Blayne Barber, Ryan Blaum, Jonas Blixt, Dominic Bozzelli, Keegan Bradley, Scott Brown, Wesley Bryan, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (9), Chad Campbell, Bud Cauley, Kevin Chappell (9), Stewart Cink, Harris English, Derek Fathauer, Tony Finau (9,13), Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (5,9), Sergio García (4,9), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Branden Grace (9), Cody Gribble, Emiliano Grillo, Bill Haas, Adam Hadwin (9), James Hahn, Brian Harman (9), Russell Henley (9), J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman (9), J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Mackenzie Hughes, John Huh, Zach Johnson (4), Kang Sung-hoon, Michael Kim, Kim Meen-whee, Chris Kirk, Russell Knox (7), Jason Kokrak, Kelly Kraft, Matt Kuchar (9), Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Danny Lee, David Lingmerth (8), Luke List, Jamie Lovemark, Ben Martin, William McGirt (8), Francesco Molinari (9), Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Geoff Ogilvy, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (9), Rod Pampling, Pan Cheng-tsung, D. A. Points, Chez Reavie, Patrick Rodgers, Rory Sabbatini, Ollie Schniederjans, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (7), Webb Simpson (9), Cameron Smith (9), Brandt Snedeker, J. J. Spaun, Scott Stallings, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Hudson Swafford, Nick Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Kevin Tway, Tyrone van Aswegen, Harold Varner III, Jimmy Walker (4), Nick Watney, Richy Werenski

3. Top 125 (medical)

Ryan Palmer, Michael Thompson

4. Major champions from the past five years

Martin Kaymer (5), Danny Willett

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Tiger Woods

6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years

Shane Lowry

8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners from the past three years
9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Alexander Lévy, Li Haotong, Alex Norén

10. Senior Players champion from prior year

Scott McCarron

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Chesson Hadley (12)

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals
13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders
14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Brandon Harkins, Tom Hoge, Beau Hossler, Keith Mitchell, Trey Mullinax

Nationalities in the field
North America (99)South America (2)Europe (21)Oceania (7)Asia (10)Africa (5)
 Canada (3) Argentina (1) England (7) Australia (6) China (1) South Africa (5)
 United States (96) Venezuela (1) Northern Ireland (1) New Zealand (1) India (1)
 Scotland (2) Japan (2)
 Ireland (1) South Korea (4)
 France (1) Taiwan (1)
 Germany (1) Thailand (1)
 Italy (1)
 Spain (3)
 Sweden (4)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Kim Si-woo shot 67 (−5), the lowest first round score by a defending champion since the event moved to Florida; six players were a shot better at 66.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Patrick Cantlay United States66−6
Chesson Hadley United States
Dustin Johnson United States
Matt Kuchar United States
Alex Norén Sweden
Webb Simpson United States
T7Kim Si-woo South Korea67−5
Andrew Landry United States
Keith Mitchell United States
Rory Sabbatini South Africa
Steve Stricker United States
Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, May 11, 2018

Webb Simpson tied the course record with a round of 63 (−9) to open up a five-shot lead. Simpson had six consecutive birdies on holes 11–16 which also tied a tournament record. He was 11-under on his round until his tee shot found the water on the par-3 17th and made double bogey. His score of 129 (−15) after 36 holes tied Jason Day (2016) for the tournament record, while his five-shot lead set a new record.[5]

For the second consecutive year, at least eighty players made the 36-hole cut, which invoked a 54-hole cut.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Webb Simpson United States66-63=129−15
T2Patrick Cantlay United States66-68=134−10
Danny Lee New Zealand68-66=134
Charl Schwartzel South Africa68-66=134
T5Chesson Hadley United States66-69=135−9
Charles Howell III United States68-67=135
Alex Norén Sweden66-69=135
T8Jason Day Australia69-67=136−8
Xander Schauffele United States68-68=136
Steve Stricker United States67-69=136

Source:[4]

Third round

Saturday, May 12, 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Webb Simpson United States66-63-68=197−19
2Danny Lee New Zealand68-66-70=204−12
3Dustin Johnson United States66-71-69=206−10
T4Jason Day Australia69-67-71=207−9
Jason Dufner United States72-69-66=207
Xander Schauffele United States68-68-71=207
Charl Schwartzel South Africa68-66-73=207
Jimmy Walker United States69-68-70=207
T9Patrick Cantlay United States66-68-74=208−8
Tommy Fleetwood England69-71-68=208
Matt Kuchar United States66-71-71=208
Ian Poulter England70-69-69=208
Jordan Spieth United States75-68-65=208
Harold Varner III United States71-67-70=208
Tiger Woods United States72-71-65=208

Source:[4]

Final round

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Webb Simpson United States66-63-68-73=270−181,980,000
T2Xander Schauffele United States68-68-71-67=274−14821,333
Charl Schwartzel South Africa68-66-73-67=274
Jimmy Walker United States69-68-70-67=274
T5Jason Day (c) Australia69-67-71-68=275−13418,000
Jason Dufner United States72-69-66-68=275
T7Keegan Bradley United States69-69-72-66=276−12331,375
Tommy Fleetwood England69-71-68-68=276
Danny Lee New Zealand68-66-70-72=276
Harold Varner III United States71-67-70-68=276

Source:[6]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Simpson−19−19−19−19−19−19−20−19−19−18−19−19−19−19−19−20−20−18
Schauffele−9−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−11−11−12−13−13−13−13−13−13−14
Schwartzel−9−10−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−12−12−12−13−13−14
Walker−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−12−13−14−14−14−14−14−14
Day−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13
Dufner−10−11−11−11−11−12−13−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−13
Lee−12−13−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−13−12−12−12
Woods−8−8−9−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−13−14−14−13−13−13−11−11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:[4]

References
  1. Murray, Ewan (March 13, 2018). "Webb Simpson wins Players Championship as Woods' charge stalls". The Guardian. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. "2015–16 PGA Tour Player Handbook & Tournament Regulations" (PDF). October 5, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  3. Beall, Joel (May 9, 2018). "Players Championship 2018: Paul Casey withdraws with back injury". Golf Digest. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  4. "The Players Championship: Leaderboard". ESPN. May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  5. "Simpson ties course record with 9-under 63". PGA Tour. May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  6. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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