The 2016 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 43rd Players Championship.

Jason Day, number one in the world rankings and reigning PGA Champion, led wire-to-wire to win his first Players, four strokes ahead of runner-up Kevin Chappell. With favorable scoring conditions early, Day was at 129 (−15) after 36 holes and then shot even par on the weekend.

Defending champion Rickie Fowler missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.

Venue

This was the 35th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Course layout

Field The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria:

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Steven Bowditch (2), Jason Day (2,4,7,8,9,13), Jason Dufner (2,4), Tony Finau (2), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9), Fabián Gómez (2), Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo (9), James Hahn (2), J. J. Henry (2), Jim Herman (2), Charley Hoffman (2,9), Zach Johnson (2,4,9), Smylie Kaufman (9), Chris Kirk (2), Kevin Kisner (2,9,13), Russell Knox (2,7,9,13), Danny Lee (2,9), David Lingmerth (2,8,9), Davis Love III (2), Shane Lowry (7,9), Peter Malnati, Hideki Matsuyama (2,9), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (2,4,7,9), Troy Merritt (2), Scott Piercy (2), Adam Scott (2,4,7,9,13), Brandt Snedeker (2,9,13), Jordan Spieth (2,4,6,9,13), Brian Stuard, Vaughn Taylor, Justin Thomas (2,9,13), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9,13), Danny Willett (4,9) Charl Schwartzel (2,9) did not play.

2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list Daniel Berger (9), Zac Blair, Jonas Blixt, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley (4), Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Kevin Chappell, Chad Collins, Erik Compton, Jon Curran, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every (8), Jim Furyk (9), Sergio García (9), Andres Gonzales, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Bill Haas (9), Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brian Harman, Pádraig Harrington, David Hearn, Russell Henley, Morgan Hoffmann, J. B. Holmes (9), Billy Horschel (6,9), Charles Howell III, John Huh, Dustin Johnson (7,9), Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Colt Knost, Brooks Koepka (9), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (5,9), Martin Laird, Marc Leishman (9), Spencer Levin, Hunter Mahan, Ben Martin, William McGirt, George McNeill, Phil Mickelson (4,9), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore (9), Kevin Na (9,13), Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (9), Carlos Ortiz, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Carl Pettersson, Scott Pinckney, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed (7,9,13), Kyle Reifers, Justin Rose (4,9), John Senden, Vijay Singh, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani, Henrik Stenson (6,9), Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Daniel Summerhays, Hudson Swafford, Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner, Jimmy Walker (9), Boo Weekley, Steve Wheatcroft, Will Wilcox, Mark Wilson, Gary Woodland Bae Sang-moon, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Ryo Ishikawa, Pat Perez, John Peterson, Rory Sabbatini, Webb Simpson (4), Nick Watney, and Lee Westwood (9) did not play.

3. Top 125 (medical) Freddie Jacobson

4. Major champions from the past five years Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (5) Darren Clarke did not play.

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years K. J. Choi Tiger Woods (7) did not play.

6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years

8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Matt Fitzpatrick, Søren Kjeldsen, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger Thongchai Jaidee and Kim Kyung-tae did not play.

10. Senior Players champion from prior year Bernhard Langer

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season Patton Kizzire

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals Chez Reavie

13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings Ricky Barnes, Kim Si-woo, Jamie Lovemark, Patrick Rodgers, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas

These players were all in the first 73 places in the standings, as of May 2. Aaron Baddeley – replaced Webb Simpson

Round summaries

First round Thursday, May 12, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jason Day 63 −9T2 Bill Haas 65 −7 Shane Lowry Justin Rose Brendan Steele Cameron TringaleT7 Daniel Berger 66 −6 Ernie Els Brooks Koepka Francesco Molinari Hudson Swafford Boo Weekley

Second round Friday, May 13, 2016 Saturday, May 14, 2016

A two-hour weather delay on Friday afternoon caused several players to suspend their rounds due to darkness. Among these was Day, who completed the final four holes of his second round on Saturday morning; play resumed at 9:15 a.m. EDT. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jason Day 63-66=129 −152 Shane Lowry 65-68=133 −11T3 Jonas Blixt 67-67=134 −10 Alex Čejka 67-67=134 Cameron Tringale 65-69=134 T6 Jerry Kelly 67-68=135 −9 Colt Knost 72-63=135 Russell Knox 68-67=135 Francesco Molinari 66-69=135 Boo Weekley 66-69=135 Gary Woodland 67-68=135

Third round Saturday, May 14, 2016

With the second round completed on Saturday morning, the third round was played in groupings of three from split tees. Scores were significantly higher than the first two rounds, as the course conditions toughened. Ken Duke shot 65 (−7) for the best round of the day and Hideki Matsuyama carded a 67; both joined Alex Čejka in a tie for second, four strokes behind Day, who recorded a one-over 73. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jason Day 63-66-73=202 −14T2 Alex Čejka 67-67-72=206 −10 Ken Duke 74-67-65=206 Hideki Matsuyama 68-71-67=206 5 Francesco Molinari 66-69-72=207 −9T6 Kevin Chappell 71-67-70=208 −8 Retief Goosen 70-68-70=208 T8 Jonas Blixt 67-67-75=209 −7 Colt Knost 72-63-74=209 Cameron Tringale 65-69-75=209

Final round Sunday, May 15, 2016 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Jason Day 63-66-73-71=273 −15 1,890,0002 Kevin Chappell 71-67-70-69=277 −11 1,134,000T3 Ken Duke 74-67-65-72=278 −10 504,000 Colt Knost 72-63-74-69=278 Matt Kuchar (c) 71-67-72-68=278 Justin Thomas 70-68-75-65=278T7 Hideki Matsuyama 68-71-67-73=279 −9 338,625 Francesco Molinari 66-69-72-72=279T9 Daniel Berger 66-72-73-69=280 −8 283,500 Alex Čejka 67-67-72-74=280 Graeme McDowell 72-70-69-69=280 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 Retief Goosen 70-68-70-73=281 −7 212,625 Rory McIlroy 72-64-75-70=281 Bryce Molder 70-68-72-71=281 Adam Scott (c) 73-65-75-68=281T16 Shane Lowry 65-68-78-71=282 −6 168,000 Cameron Tringale 65-69-75-73=282 Boo Weekley 66-69-78-69=282T19 Jonas Blixt 67-67-75-74=283 −5 131,775 Jerry Kelly 67-68-77-71=283 Russell Knox 68-67-80-68=283 Justin Rose 65-74-78-66=283T23 Paul Casey 68-72-76-68=284 −4 93,450 Kim Si-woo 68-70-72-74=284 Ryan Palmer 67-70-75-72=284 Scott Piercy 70-68-75-71=284 Daniel Summerhays 69-71-71-73=284T28 David Hearn 71-71-72-71=285 −3 68,325 J. J. Henry 70-69-74-72=285 Billy Horschel 68-70-75-72=285 Dustin Johnson 70-70-77-68=285 Louis Oosthuizen 72-67-74-72=285 Vijay Singh 70-70-73-72=285 Gary Woodland 67-68-76-74=285T35 Keegan Bradley 72-67-76-71=286 −2 52,893 Jim Furyk 71-70-75-70=286 Brooks Koepka 66-70-77-73=286 Danny Lee 67-71-72-76=286T39 Chad Campbell 68-71-78-70=287 −1 44,100 Jon Curran 70-71-79-67=287 Adam Hadwin 70-70-74-73=287 Martin Kaymer (c) 68-72-76-71=287T43 K. J. Choi (c) 73-68-73-74=288 E 33,670 Bill Haas 65-73-77-73=288 James Hahn 67-73-79-69=288 Søren Kjeldsen 72-70-74-72=288 William McGirt 72-65-76-75=288 Bubba Watson 69-71-74-74=288T49 Zac Blair 71-70-73-75=289 +1 25,914 Jason Dufner 70-66-80-73=289 Morgan Hoffmann 69-73-75-72=289 Freddie Jacobson 70-69-78-72=289 Bernd Wiesberger 71-67-78-73=289T54 Sergio García (c) 72-66-77-75=290 +2 24,150 Brian Harman 69-70-77-74=290 Zach Johnson 67-69-80-74=290T57 Brendon de Jonge 71-67-76-77=291 +3 23,100 Branden Grace 72-70-78-71=291 Ian Poulter 69-68-79-75=291 Brendan Steele 65-76-74-76=291 Hudson Swafford 66-73-77-75=291 Harold Varner III 73-66-78-74=291 Jhonattan Vegas 67-71-79-74=291T64 Ernie Els 66-73-78-75=292 +4 21,735 Marc Leishman 70-72-75-75=292 Jamie Lovemark 71-71-79-71=292 Sean O'Hair 70-67-76-79=292 Kyle Reifers 71-70-76-75=292 Johnson Wagner 70-71-77-74=29270 Camilo Villegas 71-71-78-73=293 +5 21,00071 Steve Wheatcroft 68-74-79-73=294 +6 20,790T72 Shawn Stefani 74-68-80-73=295 +7 20,475 Will Wilcox 68-71-82-74=295T74 Fabián Gómez 73-69-79-75=296 +8 20,055 Kevin Streelman 72-70-80-74=29676 Patton Kizzire 71-70-82-77=300 +12 19,740CUT An Byeong-hun 75-68=143 −1 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 72-71=143 Matt Fitzpatrick 69-74=143 Rickie Fowler (c) 72-71=143 Charley Hoffman 73-70=143 J. B. Holmes 70-73=143 David Lingmerth 71-72=143 Davis Love III (c) 71-72=143 George McNeill 70-73=143 Phil Mickelson (c) 70-73=143 Kevin Na 73-70=143 Carl Pettersson 68-75=143 Patrick Reed 71-72=143 Jordan Spieth 72-71=143 Vaughn Taylor 71-72=143 Danny Willett 70-73=143 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 75-69=144 E Aaron Baddeley 69-75=144 Luke Donald 70-74=144 Martin Laird 71-73=144 Bernhard Langer 72-72=144 Greg Owen 69-75=144 Chez Reavie 73-71=144 John Senden 75-69=144 Brian Stuard 71-73=144 Scott Brown 73-72=145 +1 Harris English 75-70=145 Andres Gonzales 75-70=145 Kevin Kisner 74-71=145 Ryan Moore 70-75=145 Robert Streb 71-74=145 Brendon Todd 73-72=145 Mark Wilson 74-71=145 Ricky Barnes 72-74=146 +2 Emiliano Grillo 71-75=146 Pádraig Harrington 72-74=146 Hunter Mahan 77-69=146 Jeff Overton 73-73=146 Nick Taylor 67-79=146 Graham DeLaet 70-77=147 +3 Tony Finau 72-75=147 Jason Gore 72-75=147 Russell Henley 74-73=147 Charles Howell III 72-75=147 Smylie Kaufman 72-75=147 Spencer Levin 76-71=147 Troy Merritt 73-74=147 Scott Pinckney 74-73=147 Patrick Rodgers 73-74=147 Brandt Snedeker 71-76=147 Chad Collins 75-73=148 +4 Erik Compton 77-71=148 Chesson Hadley 78-70=148 Carlos Ortiz 77-72=149 +5 Henrik Stenson (c) 77-73=150 +6 Andy Sullivan 77-73=150 Jason Bohn 74-77=151 +7 Matt Every 73-78=151 Jim Herman 75-76=151 Peter Malnati 77-74=151 Matt Jones 78-74=152 +8 Ben Martin 75-77=152 Steven Bowditch 80-73=153 +9 John Huh 77-76=153 Jimmy Walker 71-82=153WD Chris Kirk 73 +1 Jason Kokrak 73 Chris Stroud 75 +3

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