2005 Players Championship

The 2005 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–28 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 7093 yd.

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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First round
Thursday, March 24, 2005 Source:

Second round
Friday, March 25, 2005 Saturday, March 26, 2005 Sunday, March 27, 2005 Source:

Third round
Sunday, March 27, 2005 Monday, March 28, 2005 Source:

Final round
Monday, March 28, 2005 Source:

Scorecard
Final round Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: