2005 Players Championship

2005 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 24–28, 2005
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	7,093 yards (6,486 m)
Field	146 players, 84 after cut
Cut	143 (−1)
Prize fund	$8.0 million
Winner's share	$1.44 million
Champion
	Fred Funk
	279 (−9)
Location map
	TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida
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The 2005 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 32nd Players Championship.

Tournament summary

Fred Funk became the oldest champion at age 48, one stroke ahead of runners-up Luke Donald, Tom Lehman, and Scott Verplank.^[1] Because of numerous weather delays, the second round was completed on Sunday, the third on Monday morning,^[2]^[3] followed by the final round.^[1] Funk played 32 holes on Monday in blustery conditions.

Defending champion Adam Scott finished four strokes back, in a tie for eighth place.

Venue

This was the 24th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

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, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Vijay Singh, Joey Sindelar, Sergio García, Steve Flesch, David Toms, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Adam Scott, Stephen Ames, Mark Hensby, Todd Hamilton, Jonathan Byrd, Carlos Franco, Rod Pampling, Vaughn Taylor, Woody Austin, Bart Bryant, Fred Funk, Andre Stolz, Brent Geiberger, Ryan Palmer, Stuart Appleby, Justin Leonard, Tiger Woods, Geoff Ogilvy, Pádraig Harrington, Kenny Perry

The top 125 finishers on the 2004 Official PGA Tour money list.^[4]

Davis Love III, Chris DiMarco, Mike Weir, Rory Sabbatini, Jerry Kelly, Scott Verplank, John Daly, Shigeki Maruyama, Chad Campbell, K. J. Choi, Jay Haas, Darren Clarke, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Jonathan Kaye, Luke Donald, Ted Purdy, Kirk Triplett, Bo Van Pelt, Jesper Parnevik, Jeff Maggert, Robert Allenby, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Pernice Jr., Harrison Frazar, Joe Ogilvie, Fred Couples, Carl Pettersson, Arron Oberholser, Tom Lehman, Alex Čejka, Craig Parry, Chris Riley, Frank Lickliter, Freddie Jacobson, Justin Rose, Patrick Sheehan, Skip Kendall, Tim Petrovic, Stephen Leaney, Briny Baird, Tim Clark, Heath Slocum, Thomas Bjørn, Bob Estes, Brad Faxon, Jeff Sluman, Loren Roberts, Bob Tway, Joe Durant, Shaun Micheel, Bernhard Langer, Kevin Sutherland, Brian Bateman, Kevin Na, Michael Allen, Corey Pavin, John Huston, Tom Byrum, Dudley Hart, J. J. Henry, Todd Fischer, Tommy Armour III, Lee Janzen, Brett Quigley, Matt Gogel, Hank Kuehne, Hunter Mahan, J. L. Lewis, Nick Price, Hidemichi Tanaka, Scott McCarron, José Cóceres, Cameron Beckman, Daniel Chopra, John Rollins, Robert Gamez, Pat Perez, Mark Calcavecchia, Neal Lancaster, John Senden, Chris Smith, Jim Furyk, Dennis Paulson, Peter Lonard, Kent Jones, Jay Williamson, Stephen Allan, Brian Gay, Aaron Baddeley, Billy Andrade, Tag Ridings

For the duration of their exemption, PGA Tour members who earned a Tournament Winner exemption prior to March 1, 2004.

Steve Lowery, Len Mattiace, Peter Jacobsen

Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 1995 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2004. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.

Steve Elkington, Nick Faldo, Steve Jones, Mark Brooks, Hal Sutton, Craig Perks, David Duval, Rich Beem, Ben Curtis

Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1995–1997).

Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational.

Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Lee Westwood, Ángel Cabrera, Nick O'Hern, Paul Casey, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, David Howell, Richard Green

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2005 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2005 Official PGA Tour money list below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.^[4]

Tom Gillis, Robert Damron, Craig Barlow

The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of World Golf Hall of Fame. (Note: Such a player would be added to the field.)

Sources:^[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 24, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Steve Jones	64	−8
T2	Fred Funk	65	−7
	Zach Johnson
	Lee Westwood
T5	Luke Donald	66	−6
	Sergio García
	J. L. Lewis
T8	Bob Estes	67	−5
	Pádraig Harrington
	Brett Quigley
	Vijay Singh
	Bob Tway

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, March 25, 2005
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Sunday, March 27, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Luke Donald	66-68=134	−10
	Joe Durant	69-65=134
	Tim Herron	68-66=134
	Lee Westwood	65-69=134
5	Zach Johnson	65-70=135	−9
6	Kirk Triplett	70-66=136	−8
T7	Fred Funk	65-72=137	−7
	Dudley Hart	70-67=137
	Graeme McDowell	71-66=137
	Adam Scott	69-68=137
	Vaughn Taylor	70-67=137

Source:^[7]

Third round

Sunday, March 27, 2005
Monday, March 28, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Luke Donald	66-68-70=204	−12
2	Joe Durant	69-65-71=205	−11
3	Tim Herron	68-66-72=206	−10
4	Zach Johnson	65-70-72=207	−9
T5	Fred Funk	65-72-71=208	−8
	Retief Goosen	69-70-69=208
	Rod Pampling	70-70-68=208
T8	Steve Elkington	72-66-71=209	−7
T8	Craig Parry	68-70-71=209	−7
T10	Alex Čejka	70-70-70=210	−6
	Jay Haas	69-69-72=210
	Nick Price	71-70-69=210
	Adam Scott	69-68-73=210
	Vaughn Taylor	70-67-73=210
	Scott Verplank	71-67-72=210

Source:^[7]^[8]

Final round

Monday, March 28, 2005

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Fred Funk	65-72-71-71=279	−9	1,440,000
T2	Luke Donald	66-68-70-76=280	−8	597,333
	Tom Lehman	71-69-72-68=280
	Scott Verplank	71-67-72-70=280
5	Joe Durant	69-65-71-76=281	−7	320,000
T6	Steve Elkington (c)	72-66-71-73=282	−6	278,000
T6	Tim Herron	68-66-72-76=282	−6	278,000
T8	Zach Johnson	65-70-72-76=283	−5	224,000
	J. L. Lewis	66-77-70-70=283
	Davis Love III (c)	72-66-74-71=283
	Adam Scott (c)	69-68-73-73=283

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Mark Calcavecchia	71-70-72-71=284	−4	156,800
	Alex Čejka	70-70-70-74=284
	Retief Goosen	69-70-69-76=284
	Steve Lowery	69-74-72-69=284
	Vijay Singh	67-74-71-72=284
T17	Ernie Els	71-71-74-69=285	−3	112,000
	Bob Estes	67-73-73-72=285
	Joey Sindelar	70-71-70-74=285
	Kirk Triplett	70-66-76-73=285
	Mike Weir	74-68-69-74=285
T22	John Senden	74-69-70-73=286	−2	86,400
T22	Lee Westwood	65-69-80-72=286	−2	86,400
T24	Jay Haas	69-69-72-77=287	−1	70,400
	Nick O'Hern	76-65-72-74=287
	Brett Quigley	67-73-78-69=287
T27	Michael Allen	71-71-70-76=288	E	56,800
	Nick Faldo	71-70-74-73=288
	Arron Oberholser	73-68-72-75=288
	Rod Pampling	70-70-68-80=288
	Tim Petrovic	71-71-71-75=288
T32	Jonathan Byrd	73-68-73-75=289	+1	42,400
	Stewart Cink	70-68-73-78=289
	Sergio García	66-75-70-78=289
	Shigeki Maruyama	70-68-76-75=289
	Joe Ogilvie	72-67-72-78=289
	Pat Perez	70-70-72-77=289
	Nick Price (c)	71-70-69-79=289
	Vaughn Taylor	70-67-73-79=289
T40	Daniel Chopra	68-70-73-79=290	+2	30,400
	Hunter Mahan	68-75-70-77=290
	Graeme McDowell	71-66-74-79=290
	Phil Mickelson	70-68-77-75=290
	Craig Parry	68-70-71-81=290
	Duffy Waldorf	72-69-72-77=290
T46	Tom Byrum	72-71-75-73=291	+3	21,394
	Brad Faxon	72-69-73-77=291
	Richard Green (golfer)	75-68-71-77=291
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	70-69-82-70=291
	Jeff Maggert	70-71-71-79=291
	Jesper Parnevik	69-71-72-79=291
	Jeff Sluman	71-67-75-78=291
T53	Jonathan Kaye	72-69-77-75=293	+5	18,613
	Heath Slocum	70-72-74-77=293
	Tiger Woods (c)	70-73-75-75=293
T56	Tommy Armour III	70-73-74-77=294	+6	17,760
	Briny Baird	68-73-75-78=294
	Brian Bateman	71-71-75-77=294
	Robert Gamez	68-75-69-82=294
	Ted Purdy	69-74-72-79=294
	Bob Tway	67-71-80-76=294
	Jay Williamson	72-68-77-77=294
T63	Craig Barlow	73-70-73-79=295	+7	16,800
	Darren Clarke	73-70-73-79=295
	Robert Damron	72-71-76-76=295
	Pádraig Harrington	67-73-77-78=295
	Dudley Hart	70-67-76-82=295
T68	Lee Janzen (c)	73-69-74-80=296	+8	16,160
	Kevin Sutherland	72-70-74-80=296
	David Toms	70-71-73-82=296
T71	Len Mattiace	72-71-76-78=297	+9	15,760
T71	Shaun Micheel	68-74-72-83=297	+9	15,760
T73	Cameron Beckman	74-69-73-82=298	+10	15,440
T73	Mark Hensby	72-70-76-80=298	+10	15,440
T75	Brian Gay	71-72-74-82=299	+11	15,040
	Kent Jones	74-68-75-82=299
	Steve Jones	64-77-74-84=299
78	Aaron Baddeley	73-69-80-78=300	+12	14,720
T79	Steve Flesch	72-71-78-81=302	+14	14,480
T79	Frank Lickliter	72-71-73-86=302	+14	14,480
81	José Cóceres	73-70-78-82=303	+15	14,240
82	Tag Ridings	72-71-82-79=304	+16	14,080
CUT	Robert Allenby	75-69=144	E
	Mark Brooks	70-74=144
	Ángel Cabrera	73-71=144
	Chad Campbell	72-72=144
	Jim Furyk	74-70=144
	J. J. Henry	72-72=144
	Charles Howell III	72-72=144
	John Huston	73-71=144
	Peter Jacobsen	70-74=144
	Bernhard Langer	75-69=144
	Corey Pavin	69-75=144
	Tom Pernice Jr.	73-71=144
	Carl Pettersson	73-71=144
	Justin Rose	77-67=144
	Chris Smith	73-71=144
	Stephen Ames	71-74=145	+1
	Paul Casey	74-71=145
	Ben Curtis	72-73=145
	John Daly	73-72=145
	Tom Gillis	74-71=145
	Matt Gogel	75-70=145
	Kenny Perry	74-71=145
	Loren Roberts	74-71=145
	Rory Sabbatini	75-70=145
	Fred Couples (c)	74-72=146	+2
	Todd Fischer	70-76=146
	Jerry Kelly	71-75=146
	Skip Kendall	73-73=146
	Peter Lonard	73-73=146
	Bo Van Pelt	75-71=146
	Bart Bryant	72-75=147	+3
	K. J. Choi	73-74=147
	Tim Clark	77-70=147
	Chris DiMarco	73-74=147
	David Howell	74-73=147
	Craig Perks (c)	75-72=147
	John Rollins	74-73=147
	Patrick Sheehan	75-72=147
	Billy Andrade	73-75=148	+4
	Carlos Franco	74-74=148
	Harrison Frazar	78-70=148
	Todd Hamilton	74-74=148
	Hank Kuehne	70-78=148
	Geoff Ogilvy	74-74=148
	Dennis Paulson	75-73=148
	Ian Poulter	70-78=148
	Chris Riley	76-72=148
	Rich Beem	72-77=149	+5
	Stephen Leaney	72-77=149
	Kevin Na	77-72=149
	Freddie Jacobson	73-77=150	+6
	Justin Leonard (c)	76-74=150	+6
	Woody Austin	78-73=151	+7
	Scott McCarron	76-76=152	+8
	Ryan Palmer	76-76=152	+8
	Stephen Allan	77-77=154	+10
	Andre Stolz	78-76=154	+10
	David Duval (c)	76-79=155	+11
	Stuart Appleby	80-78=158	+14
WD	Brent Geiberger	69-70-78=217	+1
	Thomas Bjørn	69-74=143	−1
	Hidemichi Tanaka	72	E
	Neal Lancaster	81	+9
	Hal Sutton (c)	84	+12

Source:^[9]

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
Funk	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−10	−9	−10	−9	−9
Donald	−11	−11	−12	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8
Lehman	−4	−5	−5	−6	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8
Verplank	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8
Durant	−11	−12	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7
Elkington	−6	−6	−6	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−6
Herron	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6
Johnson	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rain stops, fog lifts, and Funk emerges". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). (New York Times). March 29, 2005. p. 1C.
^ "TPC rained out, two tied for lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 2005. p. C2.
^ Ferguson, Doug (March 28, 2005). "Tuesday finish looming for TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.
^ ^a ^b "Official Money – 2004". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
^ "2005 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-31.
^ "Jones steals TPC spotlight". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). (New York Daily News). March 25, 2005. p. 1C.
^ ^a ^b "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 28, 2005. p. 2C.
^ "Players Championship par scores". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 2005. p. 2C.
^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ "THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

External links

[rsflift-1] "Rain stops, fog lifts, and Funk emerges". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). (New York Times). March 29, 2005. p. 1C.

[tpcrainedo-2] "TPC rained out, two tied for lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 2005. p. C2.

[tflftpc-3] Ferguson, Doug (March 28, 2005). "Tuesday finish looming for TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1C.

[:0-4] "Official Money – 2004". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2023-04-10.

[5] "2005 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-31.

[jonsteal-6] "Jones steals TPC spotlight". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). (New York Daily News). March 25, 2005. p. 1C.

[plmonsecrd-7] "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 28, 2005. p. 2C.

[tuesco-8] "Players Championship par scores". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 2005. p. 2C.

[tpcpr-9] "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

[ldr-10] "THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

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