Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 11–14, 2021 |
Location |
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W |
Course(s) |
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,189 yards (6,574 m) [1] |
Field | 154 players, 71 after cut |
Cut | 144 (E) |
Prize fund | $15 million |
Winner's share | $2.7 million |
Champion | |
Justin Thomas | |
274 (−14) | |
Location map | |
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The 2021 Players Championship was the 47th Players Championship and was played March 11–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the fortieth edition held at the Stadium Course; the 2020 tournament was abandoned before the first round was completed, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Justin Thomas shot a four-under 68 in the final round for 274 (−14) to win his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Lee Westwood, the 54-hole leader. [2] Defending champion Rory McIlroy ( 2019) missed the 36-hole cut. [3]
Tee | Rating/ Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 | |
Round 1 | 417 | 544 | 184 | 394 | 463 | 378 | 436 | 224 | 586 | 3,626 | 404 | 565 | 341 | 188 | 461 | 457 | 515 | 143 | 468 | 3,542 | 7,168 | |
Round 2 | 439 | 536 | 165 | 386 | 474 | 393 | 448 | 213 | 574 | 3,628 | 430 | 534 | 368 | 168 | 480 | 452 | 537 | 146 | 453 | 3,568 | 7,196 | |
Round 3 | 420 | 525 | 173 | 374 | 459 | 382 | 451 | 231 | 591 | 3,606 | 407 | 558 | 289 | 192 | 472 | 478 | 508 | 121 | 472 | 3,497 | 7,103 | |
Round 4 | 431 | 539 | 155 | 382 | 472 | 389 | 437 | 244 | 572 | 3,621 | 423 | 535 | 308 | 151 | 483 | 450 | 521 | 133 | 444 | 3,448 | 7,069 |
Source: [4]
The field consists of 154 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. [5] [6] The field was expanded from the usual 144 with the late decision to include the top 125 players from the 2019–20 FedEx Cup standings. [7]
This list details the eligibility criteria for the 2021 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were eligible is indicated in parentheses.
1. Winners of official PGA Tour events since the last completed Players Championship ( 2019)
2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2016–2020)
3. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2015–2019)
4. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2015–2019)
5. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2015–2020)
6. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2015–2020)
7. Recent winners of the Tour Championship (2017–2018)
8. Recent winners of the WGC Championship (2018–2021)
9. Recent winners of the WGC Match Play (2018–2019)
10. Recent winners of the WGC Invitational (2017–2020)
11. Recent winners of the WGC-HSBC Champions (2017–2019)
12. Recent winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (2018–2021)
13. Recent winners of the Memorial Tournament (2017–2020)
14. Recent winners of the Genesis Invitational (2020–2021)
15. The top 125 players who earned the most FedEx Cup points from the start of the 2019–20 season to February 29, 2021
16. The top 125 players who fulfilled the terms of a major medical extension
17. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of March 1, 2021
18. The Senior Players champion from the previous year
19. Remaining positions and alternates are filled through the current season's FedEx Cup standings as of March 1, 2021
20. The top 125 players in the 2019–20 FedEx Cup regular season standings [f]
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Friday, March 12, 2021
Sergio García, champion in 2008, took the first round lead with a 7-under-par 65, two strokes ahead of Brian Harman. Defending champion ( 2019) Rory McIlroy was 14 strokes back at 79. Play was suspended due to darkness, with 21 players on the course. [14]
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Sergio García | 65 | −7 |
2 | Brian Harman | 67 | −5 |
T3 | Corey Conners | 68 | −4 |
Matt Fitzpatrick | |||
Shane Lowry | |||
T6 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69 | −3 |
Tom Hoge | |||
Denny McCarthy | |||
Rory Sabbatini | |||
Lee Westwood |
Friday, March 12, 2021
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Lee Westwood led with a 9-under-par score of 135, a stroke ahead of Matt Fitzpatrick. The first round leader, Sergio García, had a 72 and was tied for third place with Chris Kirk who had a second round 65. Play was again suspended due to darkness, with 8 players still to complete their second rounds. [15] 71 players scoring even par or better, made the cut.
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Lee Westwood | 69-66=135 | −9 |
2 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 68-68=136 | −8 |
T3 | Sergio García | 65-72=137 | −7 |
Chris Kirk | 72-65=137 | ||
T5 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69-69=138 | −6 |
Doug Ghim | 71-67=138 | ||
Brian Harman | 71-67=138 | ||
Charley Hoffman | 70-68=138 | ||
Im Sung-jae | 72-66=138 | ||
Denny McCarthy | 69-69=138 |
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Lee Westwood had a third round of 68 to lead by two strokes over Bryson DeChambeau. The previous week, the two had played together in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, DeChambeau beating Westwood by a stroke. Justin Thomas shot a third round 64 to be tied for third place with Doug Ghim. [16]
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Lee Westwood | 69-66-68=203 | −13 |
2 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69-69-67=205 | −11 |
T3 | Doug Ghim | 71-67-68=206 | −10 |
Justin Thomas | 71-71-64=206 | ||
T5 | Paul Casey | 73-67-67=207 | −9 |
Brian Harman | 71-67-69=207 | ||
Jon Rahm | 72-68-67=207 | ||
T8 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 68-68-72=208 | −8 |
Sergio García | 65-72-71=208 | ||
Chris Kirk | 72-65-71=208 |
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Justin Thomas had a final round four-under-par 68 to finish with a score of 274, 14-under-par, to win by a stroke over Lee Westwood. Thomas was four shots behind Westwood after a bogey at the 8th hole. He then went birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie from the 9th to the 12th holes to take a two stroke lead. Westwood had a birdie at the 14th but made a three-putt bogey at the short 17th to drop two behind Thomas, level with his playing partner Bryson DeChambeau, who had eagled the 16th hole. Westwood had a birdie at the final hole to finish runner-up, with DeChambeau tied for third place with Brian Harman. [2]
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ( $) |
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1 | Justin Thomas | 71-71-64-68=274 | −14 | 2,700,000 |
2 | Lee Westwood | 69-66-68-72=275 | −13 | 1,635,000 |
T3 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69-69-67-71=276 | −12 | 885,000 |
Brian Harman | 67-71-69-69=276 | |||
T5 | Paul Casey | 73-67-67-70=277 | −11 | 579,375 |
Talor Gooch | 71-68-71-67=277 | |||
7 | Corey Conners | 68-72-72-66=278 | −10 | 506,250 |
8 | Shane Lowry | 68-74-69-68=279 | −9 | 468,750 |
T9 | Daniel Berger | 74-68-71-67=280 | −8 | 339,375 |
Matt Fitzpatrick | 68-68-72-72=280 | |||
Sergio García (c) | 65-72-71-72=280 | |||
Charles Howell III | 73-70-71-66=280 | |||
Kim Si-woo (c) | 72-70-67-71=280 | |||
Jason Kokrak | 70-72-71-67=280 | |||
Victor Perez | 73-71-69-67=280 | |||
Jon Rahm | 72-68-67-73=280 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ( $) | |
T17 | Charley Hoffman | 70-68-76-67=281 | −7 | 221,250 | |
Im Sung-jae | 72-66-77-66=281 | ||||
Ryan Palmer | 70-72-68-71=281 | ||||
Cameron Smith | 71-73-65-72=281 | ||||
21 | Will Zalatoris | 70-71-70-71=282 | −6 | 183,750 | |
T22 | Abraham Ancer | 72-70-68-73=283 | −5 | 135,964 | |
Dylan Frittelli | 71-68-76-68=283 | ||||
Tom Hoge | 69-71-71-72=283 | ||||
Adam Long | 70-74-67-72=283 | ||||
Tyler McCumber | 72-69-72-70=283 | ||||
J. T. Poston | 76-68-69-70=283 | ||||
Patrick Reed | 70-72-70-71=283 | ||||
T29 | Keegan Bradley | 70-72-73-69=284 | −4 | 96,125 | |
Doug Ghim | 71-67-68-78=284 | ||||
Adam Hadwin | 74-69-71-70=284 | ||||
Harry Higgs | 71-73-67-73=284 | ||||
Joaquín Niemann | 73-71-70-70=284 | ||||
Cameron Percy | 73-70-73-68=284 | ||||
T35 | Jason Day (c) | 70-71-71-73=285 | −3 | 73,125 | |
Lanto Griffin | 73-71-68-73=285 | ||||
Patton Kizzire | 70-69-72-74=285 | ||||
Phil Mickelson (c) | 71-72-71-71=285 | ||||
Ryan Moore | 75-69-71-70=285 | ||||
Brendon Todd | 74-69-71-71=285 | ||||
T41 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 70-72-71-73=286 | −2 | 53,250 | |
James Hahn | 76-67-74-69=286 | ||||
Zach Johnson | 75-68-72-71=286 | ||||
Lee Kyoung-hoon | 72-71-71-72=286 | ||||
Collin Morikawa | 71-73-76-66=286 | ||||
Louis Oosthuizen | 73-69-74-70=286 | ||||
Brendan Steele | 72-72-71-71=286 | ||||
T48 | Lucas Glover | 75-69-72-71=287 | −1 | 38,036 | |
Dustin Johnson | 73-70-73-71=287 | ||||
Chris Kirk | 72-65-71-79=287 | ||||
Adam Scott (c) | 72-71-73-71=287 | ||||
Jordan Spieth | 70-74-68-75=287 | ||||
Nick Taylor | 70-74-72-71=287 | ||||
Michael Thompson | 71-73-72-71=287 | ||||
T55 | Ryan Armour | 74-68-71-75=288 | E | 34,950 | |
Matt Jones | 73-71-70-74=288 | ||||
Denny McCarthy | 69-69-75-75=288 | ||||
T58 | Kramer Hickok | 74-68-72-75=289 | +1 | 34,050 | |
Billy Horschel | 71-73-71-74=289 | ||||
Brian Stuard | 74-68-72-75=289 | ||||
T61 | Scott Brown | 71-70-72-77=290 | +2 | 33,000 | |
Scott Harrington | 72-71-77-70=290 | ||||
Harold Varner III | 70-73-71-76=290 | ||||
Jhonattan Vegas | 73-71-72-74=290 | ||||
T65 | Patrick Rodgers | 74-70-73-74=291 | +3 | 32,100 | |
Aaron Wise | 73-71-72-75=291 | ||||
T67 | Russell Knox | 71-73-72-76=292 | +4 | 31,500 | |
Rory Sabbatini | 69-75-74-74=292 | ||||
T69 | Martin Laird | 73-71-76-73=293 | +5 | 30,900 | |
Scott Piercy | 73-70-71-79=293 | ||||
71 | Nate Lashley | 74-69-75-76=294 | +6 | 30,450 | |
CUT | Brice Garnett | 74-71=145 | +1 | ||
Emiliano Grillo | 71-74=145 | ||||
Tyrrell Hatton | 76-69=145 | ||||
Mark Hubbard | 78-67=145 | ||||
Marc Leishman | 71-74=145 | ||||
Luke List | 73-72=145 | ||||
Hideki Matsuyama | 76-69=145 | ||||
Sebastián Muñoz | 71-74=145 | ||||
Scottie Scheffler | 74-71=145 | ||||
Adam Schenk | 72-73=145 | ||||
Bernd Wiesberger | 75-70=145 | ||||
Stewart Cink | 76-70=146 | +2 | |||
Joel Dahmen | 72-74=146 | ||||
Tommy Fleetwood | 75-71=146 | ||||
Bo Hoag | 74-72=146 | ||||
Max Homa | 73-73=146 | ||||
Viktor Hovland | 72-74=146 | ||||
Danny Lee | 72-74=146 | ||||
Peter Malnati | 76-70=146 | ||||
Pat Perez | 77-69=146 | ||||
Andrew Putnam | 74-72=146 | ||||
Doc Redman | 73-73=146 | ||||
Robby Shelton | 75-71=146 | ||||
Webb Simpson (c) | 71-75=146 | ||||
Kevin Streelman | 73-73=146 | ||||
Bubba Watson | 76-70=146 | ||||
Gary Woodland | 70-76=146 | ||||
Tony Finau | 78-69=147 | +3 | |||
Branden Grace | 74-73=147 | ||||
Mackenzie Hughes | 75-72=147 | ||||
Andrew Landry | 72-75=147 | ||||
Tom Lewis | 73-74=147 | ||||
Robert MacIntyre | 74-73=147 | ||||
Graeme McDowell | 73-74=147 | ||||
Francesco Molinari | 76-71=147 | ||||
Sam Ryder | 72-75=147 | ||||
Scott Stallings | 76-71=147 | ||||
Robert Streb | 76-71=147 | ||||
Steve Stricker | 70-77=147 | ||||
Cameron Tringale | 73-74=147 | ||||
Cameron Champ | 75-73=148 | +4 | |||
Jason Dufner | 73-75=148 | ||||
Russell Henley | 75-73=148 | ||||
Alex Norén | 78-70=148 | ||||
Ian Poulter | 77-71=148 | ||||
Chez Reavie | 73-75=148 | ||||
Xander Schauffele | 76-72=148 | ||||
Patrick Cantlay | 74-75=149 | +5 | |||
Keith Mitchell | 76-73=149 | ||||
Carlos Ortiz | 73-76=149 | ||||
Brandt Snedeker | 74-75=149 | ||||
Sepp Straka | 74-75=149 | ||||
Austin Cook | 77-73=150 | +6 | |||
Cameron Davis | 76-74=150 | ||||
Rickie Fowler (c) | 77-73=150 | ||||
Kevin Kisner | 75-75=150 | ||||
Anirban Lahiri | 78-72=150 | ||||
Vaughn Taylor | 76-74=150 | ||||
Kristoffer Ventura | 74-76=150 | ||||
Matt Kuchar (c) | 76-75=151 | +7 | |||
Troy Merritt | 74-77=151 | ||||
Richy Werenski | 80-71=151 | ||||
Wyndham Clark | 79-73=152 | +8 | |||
Beau Hossler | 74-78=152 | ||||
Jerry Kelly | 73-79=152 | ||||
Pan Cheng-tsung | 78-74=152 | ||||
Charl Schwartzel | 77-75=152 | ||||
Zhang Xinjun | 76-76=152 | ||||
Tyler Duncan | 80-73=153 | +9 | |||
Matthew NeSmith | 81-72=153 | ||||
Brian Gay | 80-74=154 | +10 | |||
Rory McIlroy (c) | 79-75=154 | ||||
Henrik Norlander | 80-74=154 | ||||
Hudson Swafford | 82-73=155 | +11 | |||
Sam Burns | 81-76=157 | +13 | |||
Kang Sung-hoon | 76-81=157 | ||||
Maverick McNealy | 80-77=157 | ||||
Jimmy Walker | 83-74=157 | ||||
Jim Herman | 81-77=158 | +14 | |||
Henrik Stenson (c) | 85-74=159 | +15 | |||
An Byeong-hun | 83-79=162 | +18 | |||
Kyle Stanley | 83-84=167 | +23 | |||
WD | Kevin Na | 81 | +9 |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source: [3]