The 2005 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held 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. Because of numerous weather delays, the second round was completed on Sunday, the third on Monday morning, followed by the final round. 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 .
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.
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.
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.)
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Round summaries First round Thursday, March 24, 2005 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Steve Jones64−8T2 Fred Funk65−7 Zach Johnson Lee WestwoodT5 Luke Donald66−6 Sergio García J. L. LewisT8 Bob Estes67−5 Pádraig Harrington Brett Quigley Vijay Singh Bob Tway Source:
Second round Friday, March 25, 2005 Saturday, March 26, 2005 Sunday, March 27, 2005 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Luke Donald66-68=134−10 Joe Durant69-65=134 Tim Herron68-66=134 Lee Westwood65-69=1345 Zach Johnson65-70=135−96 Kirk Triplett70-66=136−8T7 Fred Funk65-72=137−7 Dudley Hart70-67=137 Graeme McDowell71-66=137 Adam Scott69-68=137 Vaughn Taylor70-67=137 Source:
Third round Sunday, March 27, 2005 Monday, March 28, 2005 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Luke Donald 66-68-70=204 −122 Joe Durant 69-65-71=205 −113 Tim Herron 68-66-72=206 −104 Zach Johnson 65-70-72=207 −9T5 Fred Funk 65-72-71=208−8 Retief Goosen 69-70-69=208 Rod Pampling 70-70-68=208T8 Steve Elkington 72-66-71=209 −7 Craig Parry 68-70-71=209T10 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:
Final round Monday, March 28, 2005 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Fred Funk 65-72-71-71=279 −9 1,440,000T2 Luke Donald 66-68-70-76=280 −8 597,333 Tom Lehman 71-69-72-68=280 Scott Verplank 71-67-72-70=2805 Joe Durant 69-65-71-76=281 −7 320,000T6 Steve Elkington (c) 72-66-71-73=282 −6 278,000 Tim Herron 68-66-72-76=282T8 Zach Johnson 65-70-72-76=283 −5 224,000 J. L. Lewis 66-77-70-70=283 Davis Love III (c) 72-66-74-71=283 Adam Scott (c) 69-68-73-73=283 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)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=284T17 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=285T22 John Senden 74-69-70-73=286 −2 86,400 Lee Westwood 65-69-80-72=286T24 Jay Haas 69-69-72-77=287 −1 70,400 Nick O'Hern 76-65-72-74=287 Brett Quigley 67-73-78-69=287T27 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=288T32 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=289T40 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=290T46 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=291T53 Jonathan Kaye 72-69-77-75=293 +5 18,613 Heath Slocum 70-72-74-77=293 Tiger Woods (c) 70-73-75-75=293T56 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=294T63 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=295T68 Lee Janzen (c) 73-69-74-80=296 +8 16,160 Kevin Sutherland 72-70-74-80=296 David Toms 70-71-73-82=296T71 Len Mattiace 72-71-76-78=297 +9 15,760 Shaun Micheel 68-74-72-83=297T73 Cameron Beckman 74-69-73-82=298 +10 15,440 Mark Hensby 72-70-76-80=298T75 Brian Gay 71-72-74-82=299 +11 15,040 Kent Jones 74-68-75-82=299 Steve Jones 64-77-74-84=29978 Aaron Baddeley 73-69-80-78=300 +12 14,720T79 Steve Flesch 72-71-78-81=302 +14 14,480 Frank Lickliter 72-71-73-86=30281 José Cóceres 73-70-78-82=303 +15 14,24082 Tag Ridings 72-71-82-79=304 +16 14,080CUT 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 Woody Austin 78-73=151 +7 Scott McCarron 76-76=152 +8 Ryan Palmer 76-76=152 Stephen Allan 77-77=154 +10 Andre Stolz 78-76=154 David Duval (c) 76-79=155 +11 Stuart Appleby 80-78=158 +14WD 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
Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 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 Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:
References
External links The Players Championship website Full Leaderboard