2022 Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 10–14, 2022
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	7,189 yards (6,574 m)
Field	144 players, 71 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	US$20,000,000
Winner's share	US$3,600,000
Champion
Cameron Smith
275 (−13)
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The 2022 Players Championship was the 48th 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.^[1] Defending champion Justin Thomas finished ten strokes back, tied for 33rd place.^[2]

Source:^[3]

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.^[4][5]

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.^[4]

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

• Hideki Matsuyama (2,16,18,21) did not play.^[a]

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

• Tiger Woods did not play.

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

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

• Bryson DeChambeau (12,13,16,18) did not play.^[b]

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

• Phil Mickelson (16,18) did not play.^[7]

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)

• Bubba Watson (16)

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

• Harris English (18),^[7] Kevin Na (18)^[c] and Tyler McCumber^[d] did not play.

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^[9][10]

19. Senior Players champion from previous year

• Steve Stricker did not play due to illness.^[11]

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^[9]

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.^[13] 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.^[14] 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.^[15] 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.^[16]

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

Source:^[2]

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.^[16] 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

Source:^[2]

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

Source:^[2]

Monday, March 14, 2022

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

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

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	Daniel Berger	67-75-70-70=282	−6	327,222
	Tyrrell Hatton	70-73-69-70=282
	Russell Henley	69-73-72-68=282
	Max Homa	72-73-71-66=282
	Shane Lowry	73-70-67-72=282
	Keith Mitchell	67-72-74-69=282
	Taylor Pendrith	68-71-74-69=282
	Brendan Steele	73-69-69-71=282
	Erik van Rooyen	71-67-74-70=282
T22	Tommy Fleetwood	66-73-72-72=283	−5	201,000
	Patton Kizzire	68-76-72-67=283
	Joaquín Niemann	67-73-73-70=283
	Kevin Streelman	73-71-66-73=283
T26	Sam Burns	68-69-71-76=284	−4	143,000
	Corey Conners	70-69-75-70=284
	Sergio García (c)	71-71-71-71=284
	Alex Norén	69-75-71-69=284
	Doc Redman	71-70-72-71=284
	Patrick Reed	73-70-68-73=284
	Will Zalatoris	69-71-70-74=284
T33	Abraham Ancer	68-71-74-72=285	−3	100,111
	Joel Dahmen	70-71-71-73=285
	Tom Hoge	66-71-72-76=285
	Rory McIlroy (c)	73-73-73-66=285
	Sebastián Muñoz	70-73-65-77=285
	Pat Perez	70-72-75-68=285
	Ian Poulter	73-70-71-71=285
	Séamus Power	71-71-73-70=285
	Justin Thomas (c)	72-69-72-72=285
T42	Kramer Hickok	67-75-71-73=286	−2	73,000
	Francesco Molinari	70-73-69-74=286
	Louis Oosthuizen	69-72-69-76=286
	Scott Stallings	71-75-65-75=286
T46	Adam Long	71-71-75-70=287	−1	57,700
	Peter Malnati	70-75-72-70=287
	Maverick McNealy	70-76-70-71=287
	Troy Merritt	74-71-71-71=287
T50	Dylan Frittelli	73-72-73-70=288	E	50,200
	Brice Garnett	67-76-74-71=288
	Aaron Wise	71-74-74-69=288
T53	Branden Grace	71-72-73-73=289	+1	47,800
	Jason Kokrak	72-72-71-74=289
T55	Im Sung-jae	72-72-70-76=290	+2	46,200
	Lee Kyoung-hoon	70-73-76-71=290
	Jon Rahm	69-72-72-77=290
	Scottie Scheffler	70-76-68-76=290
	Jimmy Walker	70-73-71-76=290
T60	Denny McCarthy	70-76-73-72=291	+3	44,600
	Sam Ryder	69-74-73-75=291
	Michael Thompson	72-73-74-72=291
T63	Chesson Hadley	70-74-71-77=292	+4	43,400
	Brian Harman	68-74-75-75=292
	Hank Lebioda	72-70-72-78=292
T66	Hayden Buckley	72-71-76-74=293	+5	42,400
	Nick Watney	75-71-75-72=293
T68	Lucas Herbert	70-74-75-76=295	+7	41,600
	Bubba Watson	73-68-78-76=295
70	Lee Hodges	72-74-75-76=297	+9	41,000
WD	Billy Horschel[e]	74-70-52=196	E	40,600
CUT	Cameron Davis	71-76=147	+3
	Jason Day (c)	69-78=147
	Charley Hoffman	74-73=147
	Chris Kirk	71-76=147
	Matt Kuchar (c)	74-73=147
	Marc Leishman	69-78=147
	Henrik Norlander	73-74=147
	Carlos Ortiz	73-74=147
	Scott Piercy	70-77=147
	Patrick Rodgers	73-74=147
	Jhonattan Vegas	69-78=147
	Matt Fitzpatrick	74-74=148	+4
	Lucas Glover	74-74=148
	Talor Gooch	70-78=148
	Garrick Higgo	74-74=148
	Mackenzie Hughes	72-76=148
	Collin Morikawa	73-75=148
	Pan Cheng-tsung	69-79=148
	Andrew Putnam	69-79=148
	Justin Rose	69-79=148
	Charl Schwartzel	75-73=148
	Adam Scott (c)	78-70=148
	Hudson Swafford	73-75=148
	Richy Werenski	71-77=148
	Cameron Young	71-77=148
	Joseph Bramlett	75-74=149	+5
	Patrick Cantlay	72-77=149
	Wyndham Clark	73-76=149
	Matt Jones	79-70=149
	Mito Pereira	72-77=149
	Webb Simpson (c)	75-74=149
	Brian Stuard	73-76=149
	Lanto Griffin	70-80=150	+6
	Martin Laird	72-78=150
	Roger Sloan	73-77=150
	Gary Woodland	71-79=150
	Cameron Champ	72-79=151	+7
	Tony Finau	76-75=151
	Beau Hossler	71-80=151
	Ryan Palmer	71-80=151
	Thomas Pieters	73-78=151
	Xander Schauffele	73-78=151
	Adam Schenk	78-73=151
	J. J. Spaun	73-78=151
	Jordan Spieth	72-79=151
	Robert Streb	74-77=151
	Kevin Tway	73-78=151
	Stewart Cink	77-75=152	+8
	Stephan Jäger	77-75=152
	Brandt Snedeker	72-80=152
	Kyle Stanley	74-78=152
	Brendon Todd	78-74=152
	Cameron Tringale	73-79=152
	Matt Wallace	76-76=152
	James Hahn	74-79=153	+9
	Harry Higgs	77-76=153
	Zach Johnson	73-80=153
	Brooks Koepka	72-81=153
	Matthew NeSmith	79-74=153
	J. T. Poston	78-75=153
	Sahith Theegala	74-79=153
	Lee Westwood	73-80=153
	Matthew Wolff	72-81=153
	Brandon Hagy	78-76=154	+10
Taylor Moore	74-80=154
Ryan Brehm	74-81=155	+11
Brian Gay	76-81=157	+13
Chez Reavie	80-77=157
Emiliano Grillo	77-82=159	+15
WD	Henrik Stenson (c)[f]	73-73=146	+1
	Kim Si-woo (c)[g]	76-70=146	+4
	Danny Lee[h]	77-64=141	+5
	Luke List[i]	36	+4

Source:^[2]

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

Source:^[2]

• Official website
• Official Media Guide