2006 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2006 Players' Championship.

Golf tournament

Golf tournament

2006 Players ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| March 23–26, 2006
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| 7,098 yards (6,490 m)[1]
Field| 144 players, 74 after cut
Cut| 144 (Even)
Prize fund| $8.0 million
Winner's share| $1.44 million
Champion
Stephen Ames
274 (−14)
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The 2006 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 33rd Players Championship.

## Tournament summary

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Stephen Ames shot a final round 67 and completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin, six strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen.[2][3] Ames was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over Sergio García and Vijay Singh.[4]

A month earlier at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Ames lasted only ten holes in the first round, falling to Tiger Woods 9&8.[5]

Defending champion Fred Funk finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for sixteenth place.

This was the final Players held in March until 2019; it moved to mid-May in 2007. The Players was moved back to March starting 2019 as the PGA Championship moves from August to May from 2019 onwards.[6][7][8][9]

## Venue

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Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; five yards were added this year and its length was 7,098 yards (6,490 m).[1]

## Eligibility requirements

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

Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Peter Lonard, Vijay Singh, Tim Petrovic, Ted Purdy, Justin Leonard, Bart Bryant, Sergio García, Michael Campbell, Pádraig Harrington, Jim Furyk, Sean O'Hair, Jason Bohn, Ben Crane, Retief Goosen, Vaughn Taylor, Brad Faxon, Olin Browne, Mark Calcavecchia, Jason Gore, Robert Gamez, K. J. Choi, Wes Short Jr., Lucas Glover, Carl Pettersson, Heath Slocum, Stuart Appleby, David Toms, Chad Campbell, J. B. Holmes, Arron Oberholser, Rory Sabbatini, Geoff Ogilvy, Kirk Triplett, Luke Donald, Rod Pampling

The top 125 finishers on the 2005 Official PGA Tour money list.[10]

Fred Funk, Davis Love III, Adam Scott, Scott Verplank, Tim Clark, Billy Mayfair, Brandt Jobe, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Shigeki Maruyama, Joe Ogilvie, Fred Couples, Zach Johnson, José María Olazábal, John Daly, Stewart Cink, Tom Lehman, Ernie Els, Tom Pernice Jr., Bo Van Pelt, Darren Clarke, Jonathan Kaye, Justin Rose, Mike Weir, Greg Owen, Jerry Kelly, Mark Hensby, Ryan Palmer, Jeff Brehaut, Pat Perez, Robert Allenby, Woody Austin, Billy Andrade, Kevin Na, Jeff Sluman, Bob Tway, Joey Sindelar, Dudley Hart, Joe Durant, J. L. Lewis, Carlos Franco, Charles Warren, Aaron Baddeley, Harrison Frazar, Brett Quigley, Scott McCarron, Arjun Atwal, Stephen Ames, Bernhard Langer, Steve Lowery, Ian Poulter, J. J. Henry, Daniel Chopra, Tag Ridings, Bob Estes, Loren Roberts, Steve Flesch, Freddie Jacobson, John Senden, Brian Davis, John Rollins, James Driscoll, Kevin Sutherland, Dean Wilson, D. J. Trahan, Hank Kuehne, Stephen Leaney, Jeff Maggert, Robert Damron, Corey Pavin, Jesper Parnevik, Doug Barron, Jonathan Byrd, Craig Barlow, Rich Beem, Rocco Mediate, Brian Gay, Richard S. Johnson, Hidemichi Tanaka, Patrick Sheehan, Todd Fischer, John Huston, Ryuji Imada, Tommy Armour III, Kent Jones, Craig Parry, Nick Price

For the duration of their exemption, PGA Tour members who earned a Tournament Winner exemption prior to March 1, 2004.

Winners of the Players Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship from the 1996 to 1997 and from 2001 to 2005. Beginning with 1998, winners will be eligible for five years.

Nick Faldo, Steve Jones, Mark Brooks, Craig Perks, Shaun Micheel, David Duval, Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton

Winners of the NEC World Series in the last years 10 years (1996–1997).

Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years (2003–2005).

Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last years (2004–2006).

Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years (2003–2005).

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

Colin Montgomerie, David Howell, Henrik Stenson, Ángel Cabrera, Nick O'Hern, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjørn, Lee Westwood, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Shingo Katayama

Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2006 Official PGA Tour Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational.

If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA Tour members from the 2006 Official PGA Tour Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.[10]

Camilo Villegas, Nathan Green

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## Round summaries

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### First round

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Thursday, March 23, 2006

Place | Player | Score | To par

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T1 |  Jim Furyk | 65 | −7
Davis Love III
T3 |  Robert Allenby | 67 | −5
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Bernhard Langer
T6 |  Ben Crane | 68 | −4
Arron Oberholser
José María Olazábal
John Rollins
Vijay Singh
Bo Van Pelt

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### Second round

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Friday, March 24, 2006

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Jim Furyk | 65-71=136 | −8
T2 |  Stephen Ames | 71-66=137 | −7
Adam Scott | 70-67=137
T4 |  K. J. Choi | 69-69=138 | −6
Sergio García | 70-68=138
Vijay Singh | 68-70=138
T7 |  Brad Faxon | 70-69=139 | −5
Steve Flesch | 69-70=139
Fred Funk | 69-70=139
Arron Oberholser | 68-71=139
José María Olazábal | 68-71=139
Greg Owen | 71-68=139
John Rollins | 68-71=139
Bo Van Pelt | 68-71=139

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### Third round

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Saturday, March 25, 2006

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Stephen Ames | 71-66-70=207 | −9
T2 |  Sergio García | 70-68-70=208 | −8
Vijay Singh | 68-70-70=208
T4 |  Henrik Stenson | 69-71-70=210 | −6
Mike Weir | 71-71-68=210
T6 |  Jim Furyk | 65-71-75=211 | −5
Retief Goosen | 69-71-71=211
Tom Pernice Jr. | 70-70-71=211
Carl Pettersson | 71-70-70=211
John Rollins | 68-71-72=211
Bo Van Pelt | 68-71-72=211

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### Final round

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Sunday, March 26, 2006

Champion

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

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1 |  Stephen Ames | 71-66-70-67=274 | −14 | 1,440,000
2 |  Retief Goosen | 69-71-71-69=280 | −8 | 864,000
T3 |  Jim Furyk | 65-71-75-72=283 | −5 | 384,000
Pat Perez | 71-72-69-71=283
Henrik Stenson | 69-71-70-73=283
Camilo Villegas | 74-70-68-71=283
7 |  José María Olazábal | 68-71-74-71=284 | −4 | 268,000
T8 |  Ernie Els | 72-70-72-71=285 | −3 | 208,000
Carl Pettersson | 71-70-70-74=285
John Rollins | 68-71-72-74=285
Vijay Singh | 68-70-70-77=285
Vaughn Taylor | 73-71-68-73=285
Bo Van Pelt | 68-71-72-74=285
Leaderboard below the top 10

Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)
T14 |  Sergio García | 70-68-70-78=286 | −2 | 148,000
Phil Mickelson | 70-73-69-74=286
T16 |  K. J. Choi | 69-69-77-72=287 | −1 | 124,000
Brad Faxon | 70-69-79-69=287
Fred Funk (c) | 70-69-74-74=287
Charles Warren | 73-71-72-71=287
T20 |  Darren Clarke | 73-70-72-73=288 | E | 100,000
Brian Davis | 70-73-73-72=288
T22 |  Freddie Jacobson | 69-72-74-74=289 | +1 | 76,800
Greg Owen | 71-68-77-73=289
Craig Parry | 70-73-70-76=289
Mike Weir | 71-71-68-79=289
Tiger Woods (c) | 72-69-73-75=289
T27 |  Jason Bohn | 71-72-72-75=290 | +2 | 53,250
James Driscoll | 71-72-70-77=290
Todd Fischer | 73-68-72-77=290
Richard S. Johnson | 72-70-75-73=290
Tom Lehman | 71-71-70-78=290
Tom Pernice Jr. | 70-70-71-79=290
Ian Poulter | 72-68-75-75=290
Nick Price (c) | 72-71-74-73=290
35 |  Fred Couples (c) | 69-73-75-74=291 | +3 | 43,200
T36 |  Ben Crane | 68-74-77-73=292 | +4 | 40,200
Joe Durant | 69-72-75-76=292
T38 |  Robert Allenby | 67-73-78-75=293 | +5 | 32,800
J. B. Holmes | 71-73-76-73=293
David Howell | 71-71-81-70=293
Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 67-74-82-70=293
Jesper Parnevik | 72-72-72-77=293
Tim Petrovic | 73-69-80-71=293
Lee Westwood | 70-73-73-77=293
T45 |  John Daly | 70-73-74-77=294 | +6 | 22,020
Carlos Franco | 71-71-75-77=294
Dudley Hart | 73-70-75-76=294
J. J. Henry | 71-73-77-73=294
Peter Lonard | 71-73-74-76=294
Jeff Maggert | 73-69-78-74=294
Arron Oberholser | 68-71-74-81=294
Jeff Sluman | 70-73-75-76=294
T53 |  Robert Gamez | 71-72-78-74=295 | +7 | 18,613
Charles Howell III | 71-73-76-75=295
Adam Scott (c) | 70-67-82-76=295
T56 |  Bart Bryant | 73-71-74-78=296 | +8 | 18,160
Steve Lowery | 73-70-78-75=296
T58 |  Zach Johnson | 71-73-74-79=297 | +9 | 17,600
Bernhard Langer | 67-75-79-76=297
Rocco Mediate | 69-74-77-77=297
Sean O'Hair | 73-71-75-78=297
Joey Sindelar | 71-73-80-73=297
T63 |  Steve Flesch | 69-70-75-84=298 | +10 | 16,960
Harrison Frazar | 70-74-76-78=298
Kirk Triplett | 70-71-76-81=298
T66 |  Rich Beem | 71-72-71-85=299 | +11 | 16,480
Olin Browne | 69-75-76-79=299
Nathan Green | 72-72-75-80=299
69 |  Thomas Bjørn | 69-73-80-78=300 | +12 | 16,160
T70 |  Chad Campbell | 70-72-79-80=301 | +13 | 15,920
Shingo Katayama | 70-73-77-81=301
72 |  Mark Calcavecchia | 69-73-81-79=302 | +14 | 15,680
73 |  Woody Austin | 73-69-83-79=304 | +16 | 15,520
74 |  Mark Hensby | 71-73-79-83=306 | +18 | 15,360
CUT |  Stuart Appleby | 73-72=145 | +1 |
Tommy Armour III | 73-72=145
Mark Brooks | 71-74=145
Ángel Cabrera | 72-73=145
Michael Campbell | 72-73=145
Stewart Cink | 73-72=145
Ryuji Imada | 73-72=145
Justin Leonard (c) | 75-70=145
Nick O'Hern | 71-74=145
Tag Ridings | 70-75=145
John Senden | 73-72=145
Patrick Sheehan | 71-74=145
Wes Short Jr. | 76-69=145
Dean Wilson | 71-74=145
Doug Barron | 72-74=146 | +2
Pádraig Harrington | 73-73=146
Shaun Micheel | 75-71=146
Heath Slocum | 72-74=146
Billy Andrade | 69-78=147 | +3
Jeff Brehaut | 71-76=147
Luke Donald | 73-74=147
Brian Gay | 75-72=147
Ted Purdy | 77-70=147
Brett Quigley | 73-74=147
John Huston | 73-75=148 | +4
Jonathan Kaye | 77-71=148
Davis Love III (c) | 65-83=148
Colin Montgomerie | 72-76=148
Kevin Na | 74-74=148
Joe Ogilvie | 80-68=148
Scott Verplank | 75-73=148
Jonathan Byrd | 72-77=149 | +5
Daniel Chopra | 70-79=149
Tim Clark | 77-72=149
Robert Damron | 71-78=149
Bob Estes | 74-75=149
Tim Herron | 72-77=149
Brandt Jobe | 75-74=149
Loren Roberts | 75-74=149
Kent Jones | 76-74=150 | +6
Paul McGinley | 77-73=150
Rod Pampling | 74-76=150
Justin Rose | 78-72=150
David Toms | 73-77=150
Arjun Atwal | 76-75=151 | +7
David Duval (c) | 71-80=151
Lucas Glover | 76-75=151
Stephen Leaney | 72-79=151
Billy Mayfair | 76-75=151
Kevin Sutherland | 74-77=151
J. L. Lewis | 76-76=152 | +8
Hidemichi Tanaka | 75-77=152
Aaron Baddeley | 77-76=153 | +9
Craig Barlow | 80-73=153
Ben Curtis | 73-80=153
Todd Hamilton | 75-78=153
Rory Sabbatini | 72-81=153
Bob Tway | 74-79=153
Jerry Kelly | 72-82=154 | +10
Ryan Palmer | 75-79=154
Corey Pavin | 74-80=154
Nick Faldo | 76-79=155 | +11
Geoff Ogilvy | 78-77=155
Craig Perks (c) | 79-76=155
Steve Jones | 73-84=157 | +13
Jason Gore | 77-81=158 | +14
Scott McCarron | 82-76=158
D. J. Trahan | 76-83=159 | +15
Hank Kuehne | 80-80=160 | +16
WD |  Shigeki Maruyama | 78 | +6

Source:[16]

#### Scorecard

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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
Ames | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −14 | −14 | −14
Goosen | −6 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8
Furyk | −5 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5
Perez | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5
Stenson | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5
Villegas | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5
Singh | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3
García |  −8  | −7 | −6 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | -4 |  −3  | −3 | -3 | -3 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2
Weir | −6 | −6 | −5 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −3 | E | E | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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## References

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