The 2018 Players Championship was a professional golf tournament, held from May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The flagship event of the PGA Tour, this was the 45th edition of The Players Championship, and the 37th edition held at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. The tournament was won by Webb Simpson, four strokes ahead of three runners-up.

Defending champion Kim Si-woo opened with a five-under 67, but finished 15 strokes back, tied for 63rd place.

This was the twelfth consecutive Players Championship held in May; it returned to March in 2019.

Venue

Course layout

Field The field consisted of 144 players meeting the following criteria. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses. 1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Ryan Armour, Daniel Berger (2,9), Patrick Cantlay (2,9), Austin Cook, Jason Day (2,4,5,7,8,9), Bryson DeChambeau (2,9), Jason Dufner (2,4,8), Brice Garnett, Billy Horschel (2), Dustin Johnson (2,4,7,9,13), Kim Si-woo (2,5,9), Kevin Kisner (2,9), Patton Kizzire (2,13), Satoshi Kodaira (9), Brooks Koepka (2,4,9), Andrew Landry (13), Marc Leishman (2,8,9), Hideki Matsuyama (2,7,9), Rory McIlroy (2,4,6,8,9), Phil Mickelson (2,4,7,9,13), Grayson Murray (2), Pat Perez (2,9), Scott Piercy (2), Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (2,9), Jon Rahm (2,9,13), Patrick Reed (2,4,9,13), Justin Rose (2,4,9,13), Xander Schauffele (2,6,9), Jordan Spieth (2,4,6,9), Kyle Stanley (2,9), Brendan Steele (2,9), Henrik Stenson (2,4,9), Chris Stroud (2), Justin Thomas (2,4,9,13), Jhonattan Vegas (2), Bubba Watson (2,4,9,13), Gary Woodland (2,9) Paul Casey (2,9) did not play due to injury.

2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list An Byeong-hun, Blayne Barber, Ryan Blaum, Jonas Blixt, Dominic Bozzelli, Keegan Bradley, Scott Brown, Wesley Bryan, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (9), Chad Campbell, Bud Cauley, Kevin Chappell (9), Stewart Cink, Harris English, Derek Fathauer, Tony Finau (9,13), Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler (5,9), Sergio García (4,9), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Branden Grace (9), Cody Gribble, Emiliano Grillo, Bill Haas, Adam Hadwin (9), James Hahn, Brian Harman (9), Russell Henley (9), J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman (9), J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Mackenzie Hughes, John Huh, Zach Johnson (4), Kang Sung-hoon, Michael Kim, Kim Meen-whee, Chris Kirk, Russell Knox (7), Jason Kokrak, Kelly Kraft, Matt Kuchar (9), Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Danny Lee, David Lingmerth (8), Luke List, Jamie Lovemark, Ben Martin, William McGirt (8), Francesco Molinari (9), Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Geoff Ogilvy, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen (9), Rod Pampling, Pan Cheng-tsung, D. A. Points, Chez Reavie, Patrick Rodgers, Rory Sabbatini, Ollie Schniederjans, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (7), Webb Simpson (9), Cameron Smith (9), Brandt Snedeker, J. J. Spaun, Scott Stallings, Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker, Hudson Swafford, Nick Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Kevin Tway, Tyrone van Aswegen, Harold Varner III, Jimmy Walker (4), Nick Watney, Richy Werenski

Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Brandon Hagy, Jim Herman, Morgan Hoffmann, and Camilo Villegas did not play. Noh Seung-yul was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.

3. Top 125 (medical) Ryan Palmer, Michael Thompson

4. Major champions from the past five years Martin Kaymer (5), Danny Willett

5. Players Championship winners from the past five years Tiger Woods

6. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

7. World Golf Championship winners from the past three years Shane Lowry

8. Memorial Tournament and Arnold Palmer Invitational winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Alexander Lévy, Li Haotong, Alex Norén

10. Senior Players champion from prior year Scott McCarron

11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season Chesson Hadley (12)

12. Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

13. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders

14. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings Brandon Harkins, Tom Hoge, Beau Hossler, Keith Mitchell, Trey Mullinax

Round summaries First round Thursday, May 10, 2018

Kim Si-woo shot 67 (−5), the lowest first round score by a defending champion since the event moved to Florida; six players were a shot better at 66.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Patrick Cantlay66 −6 Chesson Hadley Dustin Johnson Matt Kuchar Alex Norén Webb SimpsonT7 Kim Si-woo67 −5 Andrew Landry Keith Mitchell Rory Sabbatini Steve Stricker Jhonattan Vegas

Second round Friday, May 11, 2018

Webb Simpson tied the course record with a round of 63 (−9) to open up a five-shot lead. Simpson had six consecutive birdies on holes which also tied a tournament record. He was 11-under on his round until his tee shot found the water on the par-3 17th and made double bogey. His score of 129 (−15) after 36 holes tied Jason Day (2016) for the tournament record, while his five-shot lead set a new record.

For the second consecutive year, at least eighty players made the 36-hole cut, which invoked a 54-hole cut.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Webb Simpson 66-63=129 −15T2 Patrick Cantlay 66-68=134 −10 Danny Lee 68-66=134 Charl Schwartzel 68-66=134T5 Chesson Hadley 66-69=135 −9 Charles Howell III 68-67=135 Alex Norén 66-69=135T8 Jason Day 69-67=136 −8 Xander Schauffele 68-68=136 Steve Stricker 67-69=136

Third round Saturday, May 12, 2018 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Webb Simpson 66-63-68=197 −192 Danny Lee 68-66-70=204 −123 Dustin Johnson 66-71-69=206 −10T4 Jason Day 69-67-71=207 −9 Jason Dufner 72-69-66=207 Xander Schauffele 68-68-71=207 Charl Schwartzel 68-66-73=207 Jimmy Walker 69-68-70=207T9 Patrick Cantlay 66-68-74=208 −8 Tommy Fleetwood 69-71-68=208 Matt Kuchar 66-71-71=208 Ian Poulter 70-69-69=208 Jordan Spieth 75-68-65=208 Harold Varner III 71-67-70=208 Tiger Woods 72-71-65=208

Final round Sunday, May 13, 2018 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Webb Simpson 66-63-68-73=270 −18 1,980,000T2 Xander Schauffele 68-68-71-67=274 −14 821,333 Charl Schwartzel 68-66-73-67=274 Jimmy Walker 69-68-70-67=274T5 Jason Day (c) 69-67-71-68=275 −13 418,000 Jason Dufner 72-69-66-68=275T7 Keegan Bradley 69-69-72-66=276 −12 331,375 Tommy Fleetwood 69-71-68-68=276 Danny Lee 68-66-70-72=276 Harold Varner III 71-67-70-68=276 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Chesson Hadley 66-69-75-67=277 −11 225,500 Brooks Koepka 70-70-74-63=277 Ian Poulter 70-69-69-69=277 Adam Scott (c) 69-68-72-68=277 Justin Thomas 73-70-68-66=277 Tiger Woods (c) 72-71-65-69=277T17 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 71-71-67-69=278 −10 148,866 Charles Howell III 68-67-74-69=278 Dustin Johnson 66-71-69-72=278 Matt Kuchar (c) 66-71-71-70=278 Jamie Lovemark 76-67-68-67=278 Alex Norén 66-69-77-66=278T23 Scott Brown 70-71-69-69=279 −9 92,714 Patrick Cantlay 66-68-74-71=279 Ryan Palmer 74-67-69-69=279 Justin Rose 68-72-73-66=279 Henrik Stenson (c) 68-70-71-70=279 Steve Stricker 67-69-73-70=279 Richy Werenski 70-71-68-70=279T30 An Byeong-hun 71-70-69-70=280 −8 65,371 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 71-71-71-67=280 Cody Gribble 68-71-72-69=280 Ryan Moore 71-70-73-66=280 Grayson Murray 72-68-69-71=280 Chez Reavie 71-71-69-69=280 Rory Sabbatini 67-71-71-71=280T37 Bryson DeChambeau 70-67-73-71=281 −7 50,600 Emiliano Grillo 69-71-72-69=281 Billy Horschel 68-70-73-70=281 Nick Watney 70-72-72-67=281T41 Brice Garnett 69-69-73-71=282 −6 40,700 Ted Potter Jr. 70-70-72-70=282 Patrick Reed 72-68-70-72=282 Jordan Spieth 75-68-65-74=282 Jhonattan Vegas 67-72-70-73=282T46 Austin Cook 72-70-71-70=283 −5 27,980 Matt Fitzpatrick 72-70-70-71=283 Branden Grace 69-71-73-70=283 Beau Hossler 70-69-73-71=283 Chris Kirk 70-71-70-72=283 Jason Kokrak 72-69-71-71=283 Shane Lowry 75-68-69-71=283 Kevin Na 69-71-72-71=283 Pan Cheng-tsung 68-70-76-69=283 Chris Stroud 70-70-72-71=283 Kevin Tway 70-72-72-69=283T57 Daniel Berger 74-68-72-70=284 −4 24,310 Tony Finau 70-72-71-71=284 Adam Hadwin 72-68-71-73=284 Mackenzie Hughes 76-67-68-73=284 Martin Laird 72-71-70-71=284 Bubba Watson 68-71-73-72=284T63 Kim Si-woo (c) 67-72-74-72=285 −3 23,320 Marc Leishman 71-71-67-76=285 Jon Rahm 68-70-77-70=28566 Tyrone van Aswegen 74-68-70-74=286 −2 22,880T67 Brandon Harkins 75-68-73-71=287 −1 22,440 J. J. Henry 72-71-69-75=287 Andrew Landry 67-75-71-74=28770 Sergio García (c) 68-69-75-76=288 E 22,00071 Ross Fisher 70-73-73-73=289 +1 21,780T72 Brian Gay 72-71-74=217 Lucas Glover 68-71-78=217 Tom Hoge 70-69-78=217T75 Zach Johnson 71-69-78=218 +2 20,790 Ollie Schniederjans 68-71-79=218T77 Ryan Blaum 71-72-77=220 +4 20,350 Keith Mitchell 67-75-78=220T79 Brendan Steele 72-69-81=222 +6 19,910 Nick Taylor 69-74-79=222CUT Jonas Blixt 75-69=144 E Wesley Bryan 71-73=144 Kevin Chappell 72-72=144 John Huh 69-75=144 Anirban Lahiri 69-75=144 Alexander Lévy 73-71=144 Luke List 70-74=144 J. J. Spaun 71-73=144 Rickie Fowler (c) 74-71=145 +1 Robert Garrigus 75-70=145 James Hahn 73-72=145 Russell Henley 72-73=145 Martin Kaymer (c) 71-74=145 Rory McIlroy 71-74=145 Kyle Stanley 75-70=145 Robert Streb 73-72=145 Kevin Streelman 70-75=145 Ryan Armour 73-73=146 +2 Bud Cauley 73-73=146 Tyrrell Hatton 75-71=146 Charley Hoffman 71-75=146 Russell Knox 74-72=146 Kelly Kraft 74-72=146 Francesco Molinari 73-73=146 Pat Perez 76-70=146 Scott Piercy 77-69=146 Hudson Swafford 75-71=146 Gary Woodland 74-72=146 Stewart Cink 75-72=147 +3 J. B. Holmes 75-72=147 Kim Meen-whee 75-72=147 Kevin Kisner 77-70=147 Patton Kizzire 72-75=147 Satoshi Kodaira 74-73=147 David Lingmerth 75-72=147 William McGirt 73-74=147 Trey Mullinax 72-75=147 Vaughn Taylor 72-75=147 Blayne Barber 76-72=148 +4 Chad Campbell 74-74=148 Harris English 77-71=148 Martin Flores 80-68=148 Bill Haas 74-74=148 Hideki Matsuyama 79-69=148 Louis Oosthuizen 78-71=149 +5 D. A. Points 75-74=149 Patrick Rodgers 73-76=149 Scott Stallings 75-75=150 +6 Michael Thompson 76-74=150 Dominic Bozzelli 77-74=151 +7 Ben Martin 78-73=151 Cameron Smith 76-75=151 Danny Willett 74-77=151 Scott McCarron 79-73=152 +8 Phil Mickelson (c) 79-73=152 Geoff Ogilvy 78-74=152 Derek Fathauer 77-76=153 +9 Brian Harman 74-80=154 +10 Michael Kim 78-76=154 Rod Pampling 74-80=154 Brandt Snedeker 82-72=154 Kang Sung-hoon 78-77=155 +11 Li Haotong 76-80=156 +12WD Sean O'Hair 79 +7

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 Simpson −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −20 −19 −19 −18 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −20 −20 −18 Schauffele −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 Schwartzel −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 Walker −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 Day −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 Dufner −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 Lee −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 Woods −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −11 −11 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey

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