2022 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the snooker tournament, see 2022 Players Championship (snooker). For the curling tournament, see 2022 Players' Championship.
2022 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 10–14, 2022
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass
(Stadium Course)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,189 yards (6,574 m)
Field144 players, 71 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fundUS$20,000,000
Winner's shareUS$3,600,000
Champion
Cameron Smith
275 (−13)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 2022 Players Championship was the 49th Players Championship, held March 10–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the 41st edition at the Stadium Course and concluded on Monday due to weather delays. The purse was increased by a third this year to twenty million dollars.

Cameron Smith shot a six-under-par 66 in the final round to finish at 275 (−13) to win his first Players Championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Anirban Lahiri, the 54-hole leader. Defending champion Justin Thomas finished ten strokes back, tied for 33rd place.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

Course layout

The 2022 Players Championship
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 72
Round 1 432 527 186 376 474 381 456 237 583 3,652 406 557 369 182 460 450 506 137 462 3,529 7,181
Round 2 419 536 167 384 459 386 449 204 577 3,581 424 547 352 185 474 461 532 136 436 3,547 7,128
Round 3 425 533 165 388 470 383 440 219 574 3,597 404 532 341 175 486 449 522 123 459 3,491 7,088
Round 4 412 538 185 388 458 390 427 231 586 3,615 423 540 300 152 463 448 521 135 445 3,427 7,042

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Field

The field consisted of 144 players meeting various criteria; they include tournament winners on the PGA Tour since the previous Players Championship, recent winners of major championships, The Players and World Golf Championships, and leading players in the FedEx Cup standings from the current and preceding seasons.

Eligibility criteria

This list details the eligibility criteria for the 2022 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were eligible is indicated in parentheses.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since the 2021 Players Championship

2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2017–2021)

3. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2016–2021)

4. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2016–2021)

5. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2016–2021)

6. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2016–2021)

7. Recent winners of the FedEx Cup (2018/19–2020/21)

8. Recent winners of the WGC Championship (2019–2021)

9. Recent winners of the WGC Match Play (2018–2021)

10. Recent winners of the WGC Invitational (2018–2021)

11. Recent winners of the WGC-HSBC Champions (2018–2019)

12. Recent winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (2019–2022)

13. Recent winners of the Memorial Tournament (2018–2021)

14. Recent winners of the Genesis Invitational (2020–2022)

15. Winner of the Olympic Golf Competition in 2021

16. Top 125 from the previous season's FedEx Cup points list

17. The top 125 players who fulfilled the terms of a major medical extension

18. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following The Honda Classic

19. Senior Players champion from previous year

20. Leading points winners from the Korn Ferry Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Finals during the previous year

21. Top 10 in the current season's FedEx Cup points standings after The Honda Classic

22. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year FedEx Cup standings after The Honda Classic

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 10, 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Overnight rain delayed the start by an hour and further delays during the day meant that only 66 of the 144 players completed their opening round on Thursday, while 12 players did not start their rounds. Tommy Fleetwood and Tom Hoge were top of the leaderboard after opening rounds of 66, 6-under-par, when play was suspended due to darkness. Harold Varner III had earlier led at 7-under-par, but he made a triple-bogey 6 at the 17th hole and, after a bogey at the last, finished with 69. The first round resumed on Friday, but after another weather delay, the course was declared unplayable by Tour officials with 47 of the 144 players not having completed their opening round. Play resumed at noon on Saturday in windy conditions. The first round was completed in the early afternoon, 54 hours after it has started. Fleetwood and Hoge still led with six players a stroke behind.

Place Player Score To par
T1 Tommy Fleetwood 66 −6
Tom Hoge
T3 Daniel Berger 67 −5
Brice Garnett
Kramer Hickok
Anirban Lahiri
Keith Mitchell
Joaquín Niemann
T9 Abraham Ancer 68 −4
Sam Burns
Brian Harman
Kevin Kisner
Patton Kizzire
Taylor Pendrith
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Second round

Saturday, March 12, 2022
Sunday, March 13, 2022

The second round started at noon on Saturday, before the first round was completed. In windy conditions, less than half the field were able to complete their rounds and a number of groups did not start their rounds. 71 players made the cut at 146 (+2), when the second round was completed at about 3 pm on Sunday. The co-leaders were Sam Burns and Tom Hoge at 137, 7-under-par.

Place Player Score To par
T1 Sam Burns 68-69=137 −7
Tom Hoge 66-71=137
T3 Erik van Rooyen 71-67=138 −6
Harold Varner III 69-69=138
T5 Abraham Ancer 68-71=139 −5
Paul Casey 70-69=139
Corey Conners 70-69=139
Tommy Fleetwood 66-73=139
Keith Mitchell 67-72=139
Taylor Pendrith 68-71=139
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Third round

Sunday, March 13, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022

The third round started at 3:15 pm on Sunday using both the first and tenth tees.

Place Player Score To par
1   Anirban Lahiri  67-73-67=207 −9
T2 Sam Burns 68-69-71=208 −8
Paul Casey 70-69-69=208
Doug Ghim 70-70-68=208
Sebastián Muñoz 70-73-65=208
T6 Tom Hoge 66-71-72=209 −7
Cameron Smith 69-71-69=209
T8 Kevin Kisner 68-74-68=210 −6
Russell Knox 70-73-68=210
Shane Lowry 73-70-67=210
Louis Oosthuizen 69-72-69=210
Kevin Streelman 73-71-66=210
Harold Varner III 69-69-72=210
Will Zalatoris 69-71-70=210
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Final round

Monday, March 14, 2022

The final round started at 11:00 am using both the first and tenth tees.

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Cameron Smith 69-71-69-66=275 −13 3,600,000
2 Anirban Lahiri 67-73-67-69=276 −12 2,180,000
3 Paul Casey 70-69-69-69=277 −11 1,380,000
4 Kevin Kisner 68-74-68-68=278 −10 980,000
5 Keegan Bradley 72-71-68-68=279 −9 820,000
T6 Doug Ghim 70-70-68-72=280 −8 675,000
Russell Knox 71-71-68-70=280
Harold Varner III 69-69-72-70=280
T9 Adam Hadwin 72-72-70-67=281 −7 525,000
Viktor Hovland 71-73-68-69=281
Dustin Johnson 69-73-76-63=281
Sepp Straka 69-74-71-67=281
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Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4
Smith −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −10 −9 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13
Lahiri −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −8 −9 −9 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12
Casey −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11
Kisner −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10
Bradley −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −11 −9
Ghim −8 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8
Knox −7 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8
Varner −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8
Burns −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −4 −4
Muñoz −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −5 −4 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
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