Length 7,215 yards (6,597 m) Winner's share $1.80 million Tour PGA TOUR Par 72 | Cut 144 (Even) Dates 7 May 2015 – 10 May 2015 Prize fund 10 million USD | |
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Course(s) TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course Field 144 players, 75 after cut Location TPC at Sawgrass, Florida, United States Similar 2015 PGA Championship, 2015 Open Championship, 2016 PGA Championship, 2014 PGA Championship, 2013 PGA Championship | ||
The 2015 Players Championship was the 42nd Players Championship, held May 7–10 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and the 34th Players Championship held at the Stadium Course.
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Rickie Fowler won the tournament, beating Kevin Kisner and Sergio García in a playoff.
Trailing by 5 shots with 6 holes to play, Fowler played the last 6 holes at 6-under-par, going birdie-par-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie to force a playoff. After the 3-hole aggregate playoff (holes 16–18) ended with Kisner and Fowler still tied, they returned to the 17th for sudden-death. Fowler put his tee shot to 5 feet on the island green 17th, and made birdie to win.
Field
The field consists of 144 players meeting the following criteria:
Bae Sang-moon (2), Ángel Cabrera (2), Alex Čejka, Ben Crane (2), Jason Day (2,6,8,12), Matt Every (2,8), Jim Furyk (2,8), Bill Haas (2,8), James Hahn (2), Brian Harman (2), Pádraig Harrington, Charley Hoffman (2,8,12), J. B. Holmes (2,8,12), Billy Horschel (2,7,8), Dustin Johnson (2,6,8,12), Martin Kaymer (2,4,5,8), Chris Kirk (2,8), Brooks Koepka (8), Hunter Mahan (2,8), Ben Martin (2), Hideki Matsuyama (2,8,12), Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,8), Ryan Moore (2,8,12), Geoff Ogilvy (2), Patrick Reed (2,6,8,12), Justin Rose (2,4,8), Adam Scott (2,4,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,7,8), Jordan Spieth (2,4,8,12), Robert Streb (2), Kevin Streelman (2), Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd (2,8), Camilo Villegas (2), Jimmy Walker (2,8,12), Bubba Watson (2,4,6,8,12)
Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, Ricky Barnes, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Steven Bowditch, Keegan Bradley (4,6,8), Scott Brown, Paul Casey (8), Kevin Chappell, K. J. Choi (5), Stewart Cink, Erik Compton, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner (4), Ernie Els (4), Harris English, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (8), Sergio García (8), Brice Garnett, Robert Garrigus, Retief Goosen, Luke Guthrie, Chesson Hadley, David Hearn, Russell Henley (8), Morgan Hoffmann, Charles Howell III, John Huh, Billy Hurley III, Ryo Ishikawa, Fredrik Jacobson, Zach Johnson (8), Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (5,6,8), Scott Langley, Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Will MacKenzie, Graeme McDowell (4,8), William McGirt, George McNeill, Troy Merritt, Phil Mickelson (4,8), Bryce Molder, Kevin Na (8), Noh Seung-yul, Louis Oosthuizen (4,8), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer (8), Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter (6,8), Michael Putnam, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel (4,8), John Senden, Webb Simpson (4,8), Vijay Singh, Scott Stallings, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani, Henrik Stenson (7,8), Steve Stricker, Chris Stroud, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Andrew Svoboda, Michael Thompson, David Toms, Cameron Tringale, Bo Van Pelt, Jhonattan Vegas, Nick Watney, Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (8), Tim Wilkinson, Gary Woodland
Spencer Levin, Scott Piercy
Darren Clarke
Tiger Woods (6)
Jamie Donaldson, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, Thongchai Jaidee, Anirban Lahiri, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett
Bernhard Langer
Adam Hadwin
Derek Fathauer
Daniel Berger, Sean O'Hair, Justin Thomas
First round
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Second round
Friday, May 8, 2015
Third round
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Final round
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Playoff
The playoff was the first at The Players to use the 3-hole aggregate format, which began at hole 16. After the three holes, Fowler and Kisner were tied and García was eliminated. The holes scheduled to be used for sudden-death between Fowler and Kisner were the same three holes, but sudden-death began at the 17th hole, which both had birdied twice Sunday. Fowler birdied it again (his fifth on #17 for the week) to win the title.
Scorecard
Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
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