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2021 Players Championship
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| March 11–14, 2021 |
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| TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course |
| PGA Tour |
| 72 |
| 7,189 yards (6,574 m) |
| 154 players, 71 after cut |
| 144 (E) |
| $15 million |
| $2.7 million |
| Justin Thomas |
| 274 (−14) |
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The 2021 Players Championship was the 47th Players Championship and was played March 11–14 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was the fortieth edition held at the Stadium Course; the 2020 tournament was abandoned before the first round was completed, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Justin Thomas shot a four-under 68 in the final round for 274 (−14) to win his first Players, one stroke ahead of runner-up Lee Westwood, the 54-hole leader. Defending champion Rory McIlroy (2019) missed the 36-hole cut.
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The field consists of 154 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. The field was expanded from the usual 144 with the late decision to include the top 125 players from the 2019–20 FedEx Cup standings.
This list details the eligibility criteria for the 2021 Players Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players were eligible is indicated in parentheses.
- Harris English (15,17), Brooks Koepka (5,6,10,15,17), Matthew Wolff (15,17) and Tiger Woods (2,7,15) did not play.
- Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2016–2020)
- Danny Willett did not play.
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Recent winners of The Players Championship (2015–2019)
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Recent winners of The Open Championship (2015–2019)
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Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2015–2020)
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Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2015–2020)
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Recent winners of the Tour Championship (2017–2018)
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Recent winners of the WGC Championship (2018–2021)
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Recent winners of the WGC Match Play (2018–2019)
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Recent winners of the WGC Invitational (2017–2020)
- Hideki Matsuyama (15,17)
- Recent winners of the WGC-HSBC Champions (2017–2019)
- Justin Rose (17) did not play.
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Recent winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational (2018–2021)
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Recent winners of the Memorial Tournament (2017–2020)
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Recent winners of the Genesis Invitational (2020–2021)
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The top 125 players who earned the most FedEx Cup points from the start of the 2019–20 season to February 29, 2021
- Zac Blair and Bud Cauley did not play.
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The top 125 players who fulfilled the terms of a major medical extension
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The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of March 1, 2021
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The Senior Players champion from the previous year
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Remaining positions and alternates are filled through the current season's FedEx Cup standings as of March 1, 2021
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The top 125 players in the 2019–20 FedEx Cup regular season standings
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Friday, March 12, 2021
Sergio García, champion in 2008, took the first round lead with a 7-under-par 65, two strokes ahead of Brian Harman. Defending champion (2019) Rory McIlroy was 14 strokes back at 79. Play was suspended due to darkness, with 21 players on the course.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio García | 65 | −7 |
| 2 | Brian Harman | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | Corey Conners | 68 | −4 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | |||
| Shane Lowry | |||
| T6 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69 | −3 |
| Tom Hoge | |||
| Denny McCarthy | |||
| Rory Sabbatini | |||
| Lee Westwood |
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Friday, March 12, 2021
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Lee Westwood led with a 9-under-par score of 135, a stroke ahead of Matt Fitzpatrick. The first round leader, Sergio García, had a 72 and was tied for third place with Chris Kirk who had a second round 65. Play was again suspended due to darkness, with 8 players still to complete their second rounds. 71 players scoring even par or better, made the cut.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
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| 1 | Lee Westwood | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| 2 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| T3 | Sergio García | 65-72=137 | −7 |
| Chris Kirk | 72-65=137 | ||
| T5 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69-69=138 | −6 |
| Doug Ghim | 71-67=138 | ||
| Brian Harman | 71-67=138 | ||
| Charley Hoffman | 70-68=138 | ||
| Im Sung-jae | 72-66=138 | ||
| Denny McCarthy | 69-69=138 |
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Saturday, March 13, 2021
Lee Westwood had a third round of 68 to lead by two strokes over Bryson DeChambeau. The previous week, the two had played together in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, DeChambeau beating Westwood by a stroke. Justin Thomas shot a third round 64 to be tied for third place with Doug Ghim.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
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| 1 | Lee Westwood | 69-66-68=203 | −13 |
| 2 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69-69-67=205 | −11 |
| T3 | Doug Ghim | 71-67-68=206 | −10 |
| Justin Thomas | 71-71-64=206 | ||
| T5 | Paul Casey | 73-67-67=207 | −9 |
| Brian Harman | 71-67-69=207 | ||
| Jon Rahm | 72-68-67=207 | ||
| T8 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 68-68-72=208 | −8 |
| Sergio García | 65-72-71=208 | ||
| Chris Kirk | 72-65-71=208 |
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Sunday, March 14, 2021
Justin Thomas had a final round four-under-par 68 to finish with a score of 274, 14-under-par, to win by a stroke over Lee Westwood. Thomas was four shots behind Westwood after a bogey at the 8th hole. He then went birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie from the 9th to the 12th holes to take a two stroke lead. Westwood had a birdie at the 14th but made a three-putt bogey at the short 17th to drop two behind Thomas, level with his playing partner Bryson DeChambeau, who had eagled the 16th hole. Westwood had a birdie at the final hole to finish runner-up, with DeChambeau tied for third place with Brian Harman.
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| Champion |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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| 1 | Justin Thomas | 71-71-64-68=274 | −14 | 2,700,000 |
| 2 | Lee Westwood | 69-66-68-72=275 | −13 | 1,635,000 |
| T3 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69-69-67-71=276 | −12 | 885,000 |
| Brian Harman | 67-71-69-69=276 | |||
| T5 | Paul Casey | 73-67-67-70=277 | −11 | 579,375 |
| Talor Gooch | 71-68-71-67=277 | |||
| 7 | Corey Conners | 68-72-72-66=278 | −10 | 506,250 |
| 8 | Shane Lowry | 68-74-69-68=279 | −9 | 468,750 |
| T9 | Daniel Berger | 74-68-71-67=280 | −8 | 339,375 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 68-68-72-72=280 | |||
| Sergio García (c) | 65-72-71-72=280 | |||
| Charles Howell III | 73-70-71-66=280 | |||
| Kim Si-woo (c) | 72-70-67-71=280 | |||
| Jason Kokrak | 70-72-71-67=280 | |||
| Victor Perez | 73-71-69-67=280 | |||
| Jon Rahm | 72-68-67-73=280 |
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Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
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- Official website
- Official Media Guide
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