2021_Players_Championship

2021 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 11–14, 2021
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; 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)
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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2021 Players Championship

48th Players Championship

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.

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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]

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[english-9] English withdrew on the morning of the first round; Ventura replaced him in the field.^[8]

[koepka-11] Koepka withdrew on the Sunday prior to the start of the tournament due to a knee injury; Lahiri replaced him in the field.^[9]

[wolff-13] Wolff withdrew with a hand injury; Vegas replaced him in the field.^[10]

[willett-15] Willett withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19; Hickok replaced him in the field.^[11]

[rose-17] Rose withdrew on the morning of the first round due to a back injury; Stricker replaced him in the field.^[12]

[19] Unlike other categories, any player qualifying via this criterion would not have been replaced should they have withdrawn prior to the start of the tournament.

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Tee	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
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

Place	Player	Score	To par
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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	69-66=135	−9
2	Matt Fitzpatrick	68-68=136	−8
T3	Sergio García	65-72=137	−7
T3	Chris Kirk	72-65=137	−7
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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	69-66-68=203	−13
2	Bryson DeChambeau	69-69-67=205	−11
T3	Doug Ghim	71-67-68=206	−10
T3	Justin Thomas	71-71-64=206	−10
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

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
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
T3	Brian Harman	67-71-69-69=276	−12	885,000
T5	Paul Casey	73-67-67-70=277	−11	579,375
T5	Talor Gooch	71-68-71-67=277	−11	579,375
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

2021_Players_Championship

2021 Players Championship

Venue

Course layout

Field

Eligibility criteria

Notes

Round summaries

First round

Second round

Third round

Final round

Scorecard

References

External links

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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
Thomas	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−11	−13	−14	−14	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14
Westwood	−14	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13
DeChambeau	−11	−11	−11	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−10	−10	−12	−12	−12
Harman	−9	−10	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12
Casey	−9	−10	−10	−9	−8	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11
Gooch	−5	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11
Conners	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Lowry	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9

Leaderboard below the top 10
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