The 2017 Players Championship was the 44th Players Championship, held May 11–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and the 36th edition held at the Stadium Course.

Kim Si-woo, age 21, shot a final round 69 to win at 278 (−10), three strokes ahead of runners-up Louis Oosthuizen and Ian Poulter. Starting the final round two strokes back in fourth place, Kim became the championship's youngest winner by over 1½ years, passing Adam Scott (2004).

In the preceding six months on the PGA Tour, Kim had missed the cut or withdrawn in most of his events and was without a top twenty finish. The win was his second on tour and moved him up 47 places in the world rankings, from 75 to 28.

In the final round, Rafa Cabrera-Bello recorded the first-ever double eagle at the par-5 16th hole, then birdied the par-3 17th. His tee shot on 18 hooked into the water, but he chipped in to save par and tied for fourth.

Defending champion Jason Day shot 80 on Sunday and was seventeen strokes back, tied for sixtieth place.

Venue

The course was shortened by this year: #12 was reduced by 56 yards while two other holes were lengthened (#7 by 9 yards and #15 by 21 yards).

Course layout

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

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Aaron Baddeley (3), Daniel Berger (3,10), Jonas Blixt (3), Wesley Bryan (10,12), Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell (3,10), Jason Day (3,5,6,8,9,10), Rickie Fowler (3,6,10,14), Sergio García (3,5,10), Cody Gribble, Adam Hadwin (3,10,14), Brian Harman (3), Russell Henley (3), Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III (3), Dustin Johnson (3,5,8,10,14), Kim Si-woo (3), Russell Knox (3,8,10), Marc Leishman (3,9,10), Hideki Matsuyama (3,8,10,14), William McGirt (3,9,10), Rory McIlroy (3,5,7,8,10), Ryan Moore (3,10), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez (4,14), D. A. Points, Jon Rahm (10,14), Patrick Reed (3,10), Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth (3,5,7,10,14), Brendan Steele (3,14), Henrik Stenson (3,5,10), Hudson Swafford (3), Justin Thomas (3,10,14), Jhonattan Vegas (3), Jimmy Walker (3,5,10)

2. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament Justin Rose (3,5,10,14)

3. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list Blayne Barber, Ricky Barnes, Zac Blair, Jason Bohn, Keegan Bradley, Scott Brown, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (10), Roberto Castro, Alex Čejka, K. J. Choi, Ben Crane, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner (5), Harris English, Derek Fathauer, Tony Finau, Jim Furyk, Robert Garrigus, Lucas Glover, Fabián Gómez, Branden Grace (10), Emiliano Grillo (10), Bill Haas (10), James Hahn, David Hearn, Jim Herman, Charley Hoffman (10), J. B. Holmes (10), Billy Horschel (7), Mark Hubbard, John Huh, Freddie Jacobson, Zach Johnson (5), Kang Sung-hoon, Smylie Kaufman, Jerry Kelly, Michael Kim, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (10), Patton Kizzire, Brooks Koepka (10), Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar (6,10), Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Danny Lee, Spencer Levin, David Lingmerth (9), Luke List, Andrew Loupe, Jamie Lovemark, Shane Lowry (8), Peter Malnati, Ben Martin, Graeme McDowell, Troy Merritt, Phil Mickelson (5,10), Bryce Molder, Francesco Molinari (10), Kevin Na, Noh Seung-yul, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (10), Ryan Palmer, Scott Piercy, Chez Reavie, Kyle Reifers, Patrick Rodgers, Charl Schwartzel (10), Adam Scott (5,8,10), Webb Simpson (5), Vijay Singh, Kyle Stanley, Shawn Stefani, Brett Stegmaier, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Vaughn Taylor, Cameron Tringale, Tyrone van Aswegen, Harold Varner III, Johnson Wagner, Bubba Watson (5,8,10), Boo Weekley, Danny Willett (5,10), Gary Woodland (10) Jon Curran, Charles Howell III, Colt Knost, John Senden, Brandt Snedeker (10), and David Toms did not play.

4. Top 125 (medical) Patrick Cantlay, Brian Gay, Ian Poulter

5. Major champions from the past five years Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer (6,10)

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years Tiger Woods did not play.

7. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

8. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years

9. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners since 2015 Matt Every

10. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Yuta Ikeda, Alex Norén, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger Thomas Pieters did not play.

11. Senior Players champion from prior year Bernhard Langer

12. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

13. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals Grayson Murray

14. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

15. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings

Round summaries First round Thursday, May 11, 2017

William McGirt and Mackenzie Hughes shared the lead after both shot 67. Masters champion Sergio García made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole after recovering from a poor start for a round of 73.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Mackenzie Hughes67 −5 William McGirt T3 J. B. Holmes 68 −4 Alex Norén Jon Rahm Chez ReavieT7 Daniel Berger 69 −3 Rafa Cabrera-Bello Patrick Cantlay Cody Gribble Kim Si-woo David Lingmerth Francesco Molinari Louis Oosthuizen Kyle Stanley Brendan Steele Daniel Summerhays

Second round Friday, May 12, 2017 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Louis Oosthuizen 69-66=135 −9 Kyle Stanley 69-66=1353 J. B. Holmes 68-69=137 −74 Vijay Singh 70-68=138 −6T5 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 69-70=139 −5 Patrick Cantlay 69-70=139 David Hearn 70-69=139 Alex Norén 68-71=139 Ian Poulter 72-67=139T10 Paul Casey 71-69=140 −4 Lucas Glover 70-70=140 Jon Rahm 68-72=140 Chez Reavie 68-72=140 Webb Simpson 71-69=140 Brendan Steele 69-71=140

Third round Saturday, May 13, 2017

Under PGA Tour rules, when more than 78 players make the 36-hole cut, a 54-hole cut is employed to reduce the field to the top 70 and ties. This second cut reduced the field from 82 to 71, which included 2012 champion Matt Kuchar, who fell to 82nd at 225 (+9) after an 81. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 J. B. Holmes 68-69-70=207 −9 Kyle Stanley 69-66-72=2073 Louis Oosthuizen 69-66-73=208 −84 Kim Si-woo 69-72-68=209 −7T5 Emiliano Grillo 72-71-67=210 −6 Ian Poulter 72-67-71=210T7 Patrick Cantlay 69-70-72=211 −5 Sergio García 73-71-67=211 Alex Norén 68-71-72=211T10 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 69-70-73=212 −4 Francesco Molinari 69-74-69=212 Pat Perez 74-72-66=212

Final round Sunday, May 14, 2017 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Kim Si-woo 69-72-68-69=278 −10 1,890,000T2 Louis Oosthuizen 69-66-73-73=281 −7 924,000 Ian Poulter 72-67-71-71=281T4 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 69-70-73-70=282 −6 462,000 Kyle Stanley 69-66-72-75=282T6 Lucas Glover 70-70-73-70=283 −5 339,937 Francesco Molinari 69-74-69-71=283 Adam Scott (c) 70-72-71-70=283 Brendan Steele 69-71-75-68=28310 Alex Norén 68-71-72-73=284 −4 283,500 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 Emiliano Grillo 72-71-67-75=285 −3 262,500T12 Dustin Johnson 71-73-74-68=286 −2 212,625 Smylie Kaufman 74-67-76-69=286 Chris Kirk 74-72-69-71=286 Bernd Wiesberger 75-71-68-72=286T16 Blayne Barber 70-76-72-69=287 −1 152,250 Mackenzie Hughes 67-75-74-71=287 Brooks Koepka 74-69-71-73=287 Webb Simpson 71-69-77-70=287 Vijay Singh 70-68-79-70=287 Henrik Stenson (c) 72-70-74-71=287T22 Patrick Cantlay 69-70-72-77=288 E 92,137 Paul Casey 71-69-77-71=288 Yuta Ikeda 73-69-72-74=288 Hideki Matsuyama 72-71-76-69=288 William McGirt 67-75-71-75=288 Noh Seung-yul 73-69-75-71=288 Pat Perez 74-72-66-76=288 Patrick Reed 72-73-74-69=288T30 Sergio García (c) 73-71-67-78=289 +1 65,205 Adam Hadwin 71-72-76-70=289 Charley Hoffman 74-72-72-71=289 Kang Sung-hoon 71-75-72-71=289 Ben Martin 71-70-73-75=289T35 Kevin Chappell 72-72-73-73=290 +2 50,662 Russell Henley 75-68-73-74=290 Jim Herman 71-75-72-72=290 Rory McIlroy 73-71-71-75=290 Cameron Tringale 70-71-76-73=290 Harold Varner III 71-70-77-72=290T41 Aaron Baddeley 70-73-76-72=291 +3 36,750 Tommy Fleetwood 74-67-76-74=291 Tyrrell Hatton 76-70-71-74=291 J. B. Holmes 68-69-70-84=291 Billy Hurley III 71-72-76-72=291 Phil Mickelson (c) 70-72-78-71=291 Steve Stricker 72-70-73-76=291T48 Branden Grace 71-75-73-73=292 +4 26,712 Cody Gribble 69-75-74-74=292 Zach Johnson 72-73-71-76=292 Rod Pampling 72-74-74-72=292 Boo Weekley 70-76-73-73=292T53 Brian Harman 71-75-71-76=293 +5 24,430 Ryan Moore 73-72-74-74=293 Daniel Summerhays 69-73-75-76=293T56 Roberto Castro 71-71-76-76=294 +6 23,625 Kevin Kisner 71-75-73-75=294 Chez Reavie 68-72-79-75=294 Jimmy Walker 71-74-73-76=294T60 Keegan Bradley 75-69-73-78=295 +7 22,680 Jason Day (c) 70-72-73-80=295 Jason Dufner 73-71-77-74=295 Rickie Fowler (c) 70-74-72-79=295 Michael Kim 72-74-73-76=295T65 Ricky Barnes 70-74-76-76=296 +8 21,735 Daniel Berger 69-72-77-78=296 Justin Rose 74-71-71-80=296 Lee Westwood 70-75-76-75=296T69 David Hearn 70-69-80-78=297 +9 21,000 Martin Kaymer (c) 72-72-75-78=297 Graeme McDowell 71-72-74-80=297T72 David Lingmerth 69-75-78=222 +6 20,370 Jon Rahm 68-72-82=222 Kevin Streelman 72-73-77=222T75 Jamie Lovemark 75-70-78=223 +7 19,635 Brian Stuard 73-73-77=223 Justin Thomas 73-71-79=223 Gary Woodland 70-75-78=223T79 Alex Čejka 75-70-79=224 +8 18,900 Ben Crane 71-75-78=224 Grayson Murray 74-72-78=22482 Matt Kuchar (c) 73-71-81=225 +9 18,480CUT Scott Brown 74-73=147 +3 K. J. Choi (c) 72-75=147 Luke Donald 74-73=147 Tony Finau 73-74=147 Jim Furyk 73-74=147 James Hahn 72-75=147 John Huh 74-73=147 Jason Kokrak 73-74=147 Martin Laird 74-73=147 Spencer Levin 75-72=147 Luke List 78-69=147 Andrew Loupe 74-73=147 Hudson Swafford 76-71=147 Jhonattan Vegas 78-69=147 Wesley Bryan 72-76=148 +4 Graham DeLaet 74-74=148 Russell Knox 76-72=148 Marc Leishman 73-75=148 Ryan Palmer 71-77=148 Cameron Smith 71-77=148 Jordan Spieth 73-75=148 Jonas Blixt 77-72=149 +5 Chad Campbell 74-75=149 Ross Fisher 76-73=149 Matt Fitzpatrick 76-73=149 Bill Haas 76-73=149 Freddie Jacobson 76-73=149 Bernhard Langer 71-78=149 Kyle Reifers 74-75=149 Patrick Rodgers 73-76=149 Shawn Stefani 74-75=149 Greg Chalmers 73-77=150 +6 Ernie Els 74-76=150 Brian Gay 74-76=150 Anirban Lahiri 75-75=150 Shane Lowry 74-76=150 Peter Malnati 75-75=150 Troy Merritt 74-76=150 Charl Schwartzel 76-74=150 Robert Streb 75-75=150 Jason Bohn 75-76=151 +7 Fabián Gómez 78-73=151 Billy Horschel 75-76=151 Mark Hubbard 76-75=151 Jerry Kelly 74-77=151 Bryce Molder 74-77=151 Bubba Watson 76-75=151 Matt Every 74-78=152 +8 Derek Fathauer 76-76=152 Sean O'Hair 74-78=152 D. A. Points 73-79=152 Brett Stegmaier 76-76=152 Vaughn Taylor 75-77=152 Johnson Wagner 74-78=152 Tyrone van Aswegen 75-78=153 +9 Patton Kizzire 77-77=154 +10 Robert Garrigus 75-80=155 +11 Danny Lee 78-77=155 Zac Blair 76-80=156 +12 Harris English 84-76=160 +16 Scott Piercy 80-84=164 +20WD Danny Willett 79 +7 Kevin Na

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 Kim −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 Oosthuizen −8 −9 −9 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −8 −8 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 Poulter −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 Cabrera-Bello −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −5 −6 −6 Stanley −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 Glover −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −6 −5 −5 −6 −5 Molinari −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 Scott −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 Steele −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 Noren −5 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 Grillo −6 −6 −6 −5 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 Cantlay  −5   −5   −6   −6   −6   −5   −3   −2  E E −2 −2 −2 E −1 −1 −1 E Perez −4 −3 −2 −1 E E +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E García −5 −6 −5 −3 −3 −2 −1 E E E E −1 −2 E −1 −1 −1 +1 Holmes −8 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −5 −4 −5 −4 −5 −6 −6 −5 −4 −4 +1 +3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double EagleEagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:

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