2006 Players Championship

2006 Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 23–26, 2006
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,098 yards (6,490 m)
Field	144 players, 74 after cut
Cut	144 (Even)
Prize fund	$8.0 million
Winner's share	$1.44 million
Champion
Stephen Ames
274 (−14)
«2005 2007»

TPC Sawgrass

Location in the United States

The 2006 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held March 23–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 33rd Players Championship. Stephen Ames completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin of six strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen.^[1][2]

This was the final edition of the tournament to be played in March; it moved to a May date for 2007.

Venue

This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Its 2006 setup measured 7,098 yards (6,490 m).

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Fred Funk	United States	2005	70	69	74	74	287	−1	T16
Tiger Woods	United States	2001	72	69	73	75	289	+1	T22
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1993	72	71	74	73	290	+2	T27
Fred Couples	United States	1984, 1996	69	73	75	74	291	+3	35
Adam Scott	Australia	2004	70	67	82	76	295	+7	T53

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	75	70	145	+1
Davis Love III	United States	1992, 2003	65	83	148	+4
David Duval	United States	1999	71	80	151	+7
Craig Perks	New Zealand	2002	79	76	155	+11

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jim Furyk	United States	65	−7
	Davis Love III	United States
T3	Robert Allenby	Australia	67	−5
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain
	Bernhard Langer	Germany
T6	Ben Crane	United States	68	−4
	Arron Oberholser	United States
	José María Olazábal	Spain
	John Rollins	United States
	Vijay Singh	Fiji
	Bo Van Pelt	United States

Source:^[3]

Second round

Friday, March 24, 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jim Furyk	United States	65-71=136	−8
T2	Stephen Ames	Trinidad and Tobago	71-66=137	−7
	Adam Scott	Australia	70-67=137
T4	K. J. Choi	South Korea	69-69=138	−6
	Sergio García	Spain	70-68=138
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	68-70=138
T7	Brad Faxon	United States	70-69=139	−5
	Steve Flesch	United States	69-70=139
	Fred Funk	United States	69-70=139
	Arron Oberholser	United States	68-71=139
	José María Olazábal	Spain	68-71=139
	Greg Owen	England	71-68=139
	John Rollins	United States	68-71=139
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	68-71=139

Source:^[4][5]

Third round

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Stephen Ames	Trinidad and Tobago	71-66-70=207	−9
T2	Sergio García	Spain	70-68-70=208	−8
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	68-70-70=208
T4	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	69-71-70=210	−6
	Mike Weir	Canada	71-71-68=210
T6	Jim Furyk	United States	65-71-75=211	−5
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	69-71-71=211
	Tom Pernice, Jr.	United States	70-70-71=211
	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	71-70-70=211
	John Rollins	United States	68-71-72=211
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	68-71-72=211

Source:^[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Stephen Ames	Trinidad and Tobago	71-66-70-67=274	−14	1,440,000
2	Retief Goosen	South Africa	69-71-71-69=280	−8	864,000
T3	Jim Furyk	United States	65-71-75-72=283	−5	384,000
	Pat Perez	United States	71-72-69-71=283
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	69-71-70-73=283
	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	74-70-68-71=283
7	José María Olazábal	Spain	68-71-74-71=284	−4	268,000
T8	Ernie Els	South Africa	72-70-72-71=285	−3	208,000
	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	71-70-70-74=285
	John Rollins	United States	68-71-72-74=285
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	68-70-70-77=285
	Vaughn Taylor	United States	73-71-68-73=285
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	68-71-72-74=285

Source:^[1][2]

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
Ames	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−14	−14	−14
Goosen	−6	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8
Stenson	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5
Garcia	−8	−7	−6	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	-4	−3	−3	-3	-3	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

1. Harig, Bob (March 27, 2006). "In a rout, Ames tells world he's a Player". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. p. 1C.
2. Ferguson, Doug (March 27, 2006). "Ames tames Sawgrass". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C3.
3. "Golf: Players Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. March 24, 2006. p. C4.
4. "Love becomes spectator". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. March 25, 2006. p. B6.
5. "Golf: Players Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. May 25, 2006. p. C4.
6. "Ames escapes as Sawgrass mows down field". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. March 26, 2006. p. D8.

External links

• The Players Championship website
• Full Leaderboard

Coordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W