2019 Players Championship

The 2019 Players Championship was the 46th Players Championship and was played March 14–17 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 38th edition held at the Stadium Course and the first in March in thirteen years.

On January 28, 2019, it was announced the 2019 Players Championship would have a $12.5 million purse, "the biggest prize professional golf has ever seen for a single tournament." It was a 13 percent increase from the 2018 Championship.

Rory McIlroy shot a two-under 70 in the final round for 272 (−16) to win his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Furyk. Defending champion Webb Simpson finished six strokes back, tied for 16th place.

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

Keegan Bradley (2,9), Cameron Champ, Bryson DeChambeau (2,8,9), Rickie Fowler (2,5,9,13), J. B. Holmes (2,9), Charles Howell III (2,9,13), Dustin Johnson (2,4,7,9,13), Michael Kim (2), Brooks Koepka (2,4,9,13), Matt Kuchar (2,9,13), Marc Leishman (2,8,9,13), Adam Long, Troy Merritt (2), Phil Mickelson (2,7,9,13), Keith Mitchell (2), Francesco Molinari (2,4,8,9), Kevin Na (2), Andrew Putnam (2,9), Justin Rose (2,7,9), Xander Schauffele (2,6,7,9,13), Webb Simpson (2,5,9), Brandt Snedeker (2), Martin Trainer, Justin Thomas (2,4,7,9,13), Kevin Tway (2), Bubba Watson (2,4,7,9), Aaron Wise (2), Tiger Woods (2,6,9)
 * 1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

An Byeong-hun, Abraham Ancer, Ryan Armour, Daniel Berger, Ryan Blaum, Scott Brown, Bronson Burgoon, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (9), Patrick Cantlay (9), Bud Cauley, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Stewart Cink, Austin Cook, Joel Dahmen, Jason Day (4,5,7,9), Jason Dufner (8), Tyler Duncan, Harris English, Tony Finau (9), Tommy Fleetwood (9), Brice Garnett, Brian Gay, Branden Grace (9), Emiliano Grillo, Chesson Hadley, Adam Hadwin, Brandon Harkins, Tyrrell Hatton (9), Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, Tom Hoge, Billy Horschel (9), Beau Hossler, John Huh, Zach Johnson (4), Kang Sung-hoon, Kim Si-woo (5), Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (9), Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Satoshi Kodaira, Jason Kokrak, Kelly Kraft, Anirban Lahiri, Martin Laird, Andrew Landry, Danny Lee, Luke List, Hideki Matsuyama (7,9), Rory McIlroy (4,6,8,9), Ryan Moore, Trey Mullinax, Grayson Murray, Alex Norén (9), Louis Oosthuizen (9), Ryan Palmer, Pan Cheng-tsung, Scott Piercy, J. T. Poston, Ted Potter Jr., Ian Poulter (9), Séamus Power, Jon Rahm (9), Chez Reavie, Patrick Reed (4,9), Patrick Rodgers, Sam Ryder, Rory Sabbatini, Sam Saunders, Ollie Schniederjans, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (9), Cameron Smith (9), J. J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth (4,9), Scott Stallings, Kyle Stanley (9), Brendan Steele, Henrik Stenson (4,9), Kevin Streelman, Brian Stuard, Nick Taylor, Vaughn Taylor, Peter Uihlein, Harold Varner III, Jhonattan Vegas, Jimmy Walker (4), Nick Watney, Richy Werenski, Gary Woodland (9,13)
 * 2. Top 125 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list


 * Kevin Chappell, James Hahn, Kim Meen-whee, Jamie Lovemark, William McGirt (8), Sean O'Hair, and Pat Perez did not play

Lucas Glover
 * 3. Top 125 (medical)

Sergio García (9), Martin Kaymer (5), Danny Willett
 * 4. Major champions from the past five years


 * 5. Players Championship winners from the past five years


 * 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 from the past three years

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Lucas Bjerregaard, Matt Fitzpatrick, Li Haotong, Shane Lowry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Eddie Pepperell, Matt Wallace
 * 9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking

Vijay Singh
 * 10. Senior Players champion from prior year

Im Sung-jae
 * 11. Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Denny McCarthy
 * 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
 * Michael Thompson (41)
 * Talor Gooch (43)
 * Corey Conners (50)
 * Aaron Baddeley (61)
 * Scott Langley (62)
 * Jim Furyk (64)
 * Dominic Bozzelli (65)
 * Wyndham Clark (72)

First round
Thursday, March 14, 2019

Keegan Bradley and Tommy Fleetwood shot 7-under-par rounds of 65 to share the lead by one stroke over An Byeong-hun and Brian Harman. Harris English scored an albatross on the par-5 11th hole, the third albatross in as many years at TPC Sawgrass.

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Second round
Friday, March 15, 2019 Source:

Third round
Saturday, March 16, 2019 Source:

Final round
Sunday, March 17, 2019 Source:

Scorecard
Final round

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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