2004 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2004 Players' Championship.

Golf tournament

2004 Players ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| March 25–28, 2004
Location| Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W﻿ / ﻿30.198°N 81.394°W﻿ / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)| TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)| PGA Tour
Statistics
Par| 72
Length| 7,093 yards (6,486 m)[1]
Field| 148 players, 83 after cut
Cut| 146 (+2)
Prize fund| $8.0 million
Winner's share| $1.44 million
Champion
Adam Scott
276 (−12)
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The 2004 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 25–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 31st Players Championship.

## Tournament summary

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Adam Scott, age 23, held on for his second PGA Tour title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Pádraig Harrington, who started the final round five shots behind. With a two-shot lead on the 72nd hole, Scott put his approach shot in the water then sank a 10-foot (3 m) putt for bogey to win.[2][3]

Defending champion Davis Love III finished twelve strokes back, in a tie for 33rd place.

Scott was the youngest champion for thirteen years, until Kim Si-woo won at age 21 in 2017. Previously, it was Fred Couples, age 24 in 1984.

## Venue

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Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 23rd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).[1]

## Eligibility requirements

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1\. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the previous year's Players Championship.

Ben Crane, Mike Weir, Davis Love III, Fred Couples, Steve Flesch, David Toms, Vijay Singh, Kenny Perry, Rory Sabbatini, Jonathan Kaye, Tiger Woods, Ben Curtis, Craig Stadler, Peter Jacobsen, Shaun Micheel, Darren Clarke, Kirk Triplett, Adam Scott, Bob Tway, J. L. Lewis, Tommy Armour III, John Huston, Stuart Appleby, Shigeki Maruyama, Retief Goosen, Chad Campbell, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, John Daly, Heath Slocum, Craig Parry, Todd Hamilton

2\. The top 125 finishers on the 2003 Official PGA Tour Money List.[4]

Brad Faxon, Charles Howell III, Jay Haas, Justin Leonard, Chris DiMarco, Scott Verplank, Nick Price, Briny Baird, Chris Riley, Robert Allenby, Tim Herron, Jerry Kelly, Fred Funk, K. J. Choi, Bob Estes, Stewart Cink, Tim Petrovic, John Rollins, Jeff Sluman, Robert Gamez, Woody Austin, Geoff Ogilvy, Jonathan Byrd, Frank Lickliter, Peter Lonard, Brenden Pappas, Loren Roberts, Tim Clark, Scott McCarron, Len Mattiace, Tom Pernice Jr., Duffy Waldorf, Scott Hoch, Alex Čejka, Tom Lehman, Lee Janzen, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Kevin Sutherland, Rod Pampling, Hidemichi Tanaka, Skip Kendall, Rich Beem, Stephen Ames, Aaron Baddeley, Carl Pettersson, Hal Sutton, Steve Lowery, Matt Gogel, Billy Mayfair, Glen Day, Brett Quigley, Harrison Frazar, David Gossett, Jeff Maggert, Cliff Kresge, Paul Stankowski, Luke Donald, Brandt Jobe, Joey Sindelar, David Peoples, Carlos Franco, Sergio García, J. J. Henry, Billy Andrade, Dean Wilson, Jeff Brehaut, Craig Barlow, Jay Williamson, Todd Fischer, Arron Oberholser, Patrick Sheehan, Stephen Allan, Cameron Beckman, John Senden, Tom Byrum, Neal Lancaster, Brent Geiberger, J. P. Hayes, David Frost, Robert Damron, Pat Perez, Jesper Parnevik, Notah Begay III, Richard S. Johnson, Bernhard Langer, Kent Jones, Pat Bates, Glen Hnatiuk, Esteban Toledo

3\. Members in the top 125 non-members category whose official money for the previous year equals or exceeds the amount of official money earned by the player finishing in the 125th position on the 2003 Official PGA Tour Money List.

Pádraig Harrington, Hank Kuehne, Freddie Jacobson, Stephen Leaney, Justin Rose, Thomas Bjørn

4\. PGA Tour members from the current Tournament Winners category

Steve Stricker, Matt Kuchar, Spike McRoy, Chris Smith, Gene Sauers, Bob Burns

5\. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from 1994 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for 5 years.

Greg Norman, Steve Elkington, José María Olazábal, Nick Faldo, Corey Pavin, Mark Brooks, Craig Perks, Paul Lawrie

6\. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1994–1997).

7\. Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2001–2003).

8\. Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last three years (2002–2004).

9\. Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2001–2003).

10\. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational.

Paul Casey, Colin Montgomerie, Trevor Immelman, Ian Poulter, Brian Davis

11\. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2004 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.

12\. If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2004 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.

John Riegger

13\. The Players Championship committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Note: Such a player would be added to the field.)

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## Round summaries

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### First round

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Thursday, March 25, 2004

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Adam Scott | 65 | −7
T2 |  Kevin Sutherland | 66 | −6
Duffy Waldorf
T4 |  Thomas Bjørn | 67 | −5
Bob Burns
K. J. Choi
T7 |  Ernie Els | 68 | −4
Sergio García
Pádraig Harrington
Brandt Jobe
Scott Verplank

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### Second round

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Friday, March 26, 2004

Place | Player | Score | To par

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T1 |  Jerry Kelly | 69-66=135 | −9
Kevin Sutherland | 66-69=135
T3 |  Ernie Els | 68-69=137 | −7
Adam Scott | 65-72=137
T5 |  Pádraig Harrington | 68-70=138 | −6
Vijay Singh | 70-68=138
T7 |  Bob Burns | 67-72=139 | −5
Phil Mickelson | 70-69=139
Jeff Sluman | 69-70=139
Duffy Waldorf | 66-73=139

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### Third round

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Saturday, March 27, 2004

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Adam Scott | 65-72-69=206 | −10
T2 |  Frank Lickliter | 69-71-68=208 | −8
Kevin Sutherland | 66-69-73=208
T4 |  Ernie Els | 68-69-72=209 | −7
Jerry Kelly | 69-66-74=209
Phil Mickelson | 70-69-70=209
Kenny Perry | 69-71-69=209
Paul Stankowski | 73-70-66=209
T9 |  Craig Parry | 74-72-64=210 | −6
Vijay Singh | 70-68-72=210
Duffy Waldorf | 66-73-71=210

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### Final round

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Sunday, March 28, 2004

Champion

(c) = past champion
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)

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1 |  Adam Scott | 65-72-69-70=276 | −12 | 1,440,000
2 |  Pádraig Harrington | 68-70-73-66=277 | −11 | 864,000
T3 |  Frank Lickliter | 69-71-68-72=280 | −8 | 416,000
Phil Mickelson | 70-69-70-71=280
Kenny Perry | 69-71-69-71=280
T6 |  Jay Haas | 72-73-70-66=281 | −7 | 268,000
Jerry Kelly | 69-66-74-72=281
Kevin Sutherland | 66-69-73-73=281
9 |  Shaun Micheel | 70-76-69-67=282 | −6 | 232,000
T10 |  Bob Burns | 67-72-72-72=283 | −5 | 200,000
Paul Casey | 72-70-69-72=283
Fred Funk | 73-71-68-71=283
Leaderboard below the top 10

Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)
T13 |  Stephen Ames | 75-69-72-68=284 | −4 | 154,666
Craig Parry | 74-72-64-74=284
Vijay Singh | 70-68-72-74=284
T16 |  Woody Austin | 76-69-66-74=285 | −3 | 116,000
Tom Byrum | 74-71-71-69=285
Matt Kuchar | 74-67-71-73=285
Geoff Ogilvy | 73-70-72-70=285
Paul Stankowski | 73-70-66-76=285
Tiger Woods (c) | 75-69-68-73=285
T22 |  Thomas Bjørn | 67-76-73-70=286 | −2 | 80,000
Stewart Cink | 70-73-74-69=286
Glen Day | 71-75-67-73=286
J. P. Hayes | 72-73-72-69=286
T26 |  Cameron Beckman | 70-71-72-74=287 | −1 | 56,800
Darren Clarke | 71-74-73-69=287
Steve Elkington (c) | 69-76-70-72=287
Ernie Els | 68-69-72-78=287
John Huston | 72-71-71-73=287
Jeff Sluman | 69-70-73-75=287
Scott Verplank | 68-75-73-71=287
T33 |  Robert Allenby | 71-73-70-74=288 | E | 39,644
Briny Baird | 71-74-70-73=288
Alex Čejka | 69-71-73-75=288
Davis Love III (c) | 77-68-70-73=288
Jeff Maggert | 73-73-70-72=288
Len Mattiace | 74-69-74-71=288
Jesper Parnevik | 72-71-73-72=288
Corey Pavin | 74-67-74-73=288
Ian Poulter | 70-73-71-74=288
T42 |  Pat Bates | 73-73-73-70=289 | +1 | 24,087
Chad Campbell | 75-69-71-74=289
K. J. Choi | 67-79-69-74=289
Brad Faxon | 70-75-73-71=289
Scott Hoch | 70-71-77-71=289
Justin Leonard (c) | 75-69-72-73=289
Colin Montgomerie | 73-73-73-70=289
David Peoples | 72-72-73-72=289
Nick Price (c) | 75-69-73-72=289
Brett Quigley | 73-73-69-74=289
Rory Sabbatini | 73-68-75-73=289
T53 |  Sergio García | 68-73-72-77=290 | +2 | 18,432
Matt Gogel | 72-71-70-77=290
Shigeki Maruyama | 70-73-74-73=290
Scott McCarron | 76-70-69-75=290
Tim Petrovic | 71-72-74-73=290
T58 |  Joe Durant | 74-71-72-74=291 | +3 | 17,360
Carlos Franco | 74-70-74-73=291
Todd Hamilton | 71-72-76-72=291
Billy Mayfair | 76-70-70-75=291
Rod Pampling | 73-71-72-75=291
Justin Rose | 73-73-70-75=291
John Senden | 73-72-70-76=291
Heath Slocum | 73-73-72-73=291
T66 |  Mark Calcavecchia | 71-72-72-77=292 | +4 | 16,240
Ben Crane | 71-72-71-78=292
Spike McRoy | 74-71-75-72=292
Arron Oberholser | 73-73-75-71=292
Loren Roberts | 73-70-79-70=292
Craig Stadler | 70-76-74-72=292
T72 |  Nick Faldo | 71-75-71-76=293 | +5 | 15,600
Tom Pernice Jr. | 72-71-70-80=293
T74 |  Brandt Jobe | 68-75-76-75=294 | +6 | 15,200
Joey Sindelar | 73-70-73-78=294
Duffy Waldorf | 66-73-71-84=294
T77 |  Bernhard Langer | 71-74-73-77=295 | +7 | 14,800
Bob Tway | 69-71-78-77=295
79 |  John Daly | 69-73-76-80=298 | +10 | 14,560
80 |  Peter Jacobsen | 72-73-71-83=299 | +11 | 14,400
T81 |  Greg Norman (c) | 72-73-77-79=301 | +13 | 14,160
Hidemichi Tanaka | 72-71-74-84=301
83 |  Neal Lancaster | 72-71-80-79=302 | +14 | 13,920
CUT |  Stuart Appleby | 71-76=147 | +3 |
Lee Janzen (c) | 75-72=147
Jonathan Kaye | 76-71=147
Skip Kendall | 73-74=147
Cliff Kresge | 71-76=147
Paul Lawrie | 74-73=147
J. L. Lewis | 74-73=147
John Rollins | 72-75=147
Patrick Sheehan | 74-73=147
Kirk Triplett | 71-76=147
Jonathan Byrd | 73-75=148 | +4
Ben Curtis | 75-73=148
Luke Donald | 72-76=148
Todd Fischer | 72-76=148
Brenden Pappas | 77-71=148
Pat Perez | 73-75=148
John Riegger | 74-74=148
Gene Sauers | 74-74=148
Esteban Toledo | 71-77=148
David Toms | 73-75=148
Robert Damron | 76-73=149 | +5
Robert Gamez | 70-79=149
J. J. Henry | 74-75=149
Tom Lehman | 74-75=149
Craig Perks (c) | 70-79=149
Mike Weir | 74-75=149
Notah Begay III | 72-78=150 | +6
Tim Clark | 73-77=150
Bob Estes | 72-78=150
Steve Flesch | 76-74=150
Charles Howell III | 75-75=150
José María Olazábal | 76-74=150
Carl Pettersson | 75-75=150
Steve Stricker | 73-77=150
Dean Wilson | 75-75=150
Stephen Allan | 76-75=151 | +7
Tommy Armour III | 75-76=151
Rich Beem | 71-80=151
Brian Davis | 77-74=151
Chris DiMarco | 74-77=151
Freddie Jacobson | 73-78=151
Kent Jones | 74-77=151
Hal Sutton (c) | 74-77=151
Fred Couples (c) | 74-78=152 | +8
Retief Goosen | 77-75=152
Chris Smith | 77-75=152
Jeff Brehaut | 77-76=153 | +9
Mark Brooks | 78-76=154 | +10
David Frost | 76-78=154
Tim Herron | 76-78=154
Hank Kuehne | 72-82=154
Stephen Leaney | 78-76=154
Steve Lowery | 76-78=154
Chris Riley | 75-79=154
Aaron Baddeley | 74-81=155 | +11
Richard S. Johnson | 75-80=155
Peter Lonard | 80-75=155
Jay Williamson | 77-78=155
Billy Andrade | 76-80=156 | +12
Harrison Frazar | 77-79=156
David Gossett | 79-77=156
Glen Hnatiuk | 78-78=156
Craig Barlow | 81-78=159 | +15
WD |  Brent Geiberger | 75 | +3
Trevor Immelman |  |

Source:[8]

#### Scorecard

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Final round

Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18

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Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4
Scott | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12
Harrington | −5 | −4 | −3 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −10 | −10 | −11
Lickliter | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8
Mickelson | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8
Perry | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8
Sutherland | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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## References

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1. ^ a b c "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 27, 2004. p. 2C.
2. ^ Van Sickle, Gary (April 6, 2004). "Tiger Twin". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
3. ^ "Scott survives shaky finish at TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 29, 2004. p. 1C.
4. ^ "Official Money – 2003". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
5. ^ "2004 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-31.
6. ^ "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 26, 2004. p. 2C.
7. ^ "The Players Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 29, 2004. p. 2C.
8. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
9. ^ "The Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

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