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History and The Past Winners of The Players Championship

The Players Championship is known as The Players in short, is annual an annual golf tournament which falls under PGA Tour. Sometimes it is referred to as the ‘Fifth Major’ because of the prestige and the purse amount.

In the beginning, it was widely known as Tournament Players Championship. Initially, the top 50 world rankings golfer were invited to play. 

Contents

  • 1 History of the Players Championship 
  • 2 Changes in Venues
  • 3 Changes in Hosting Month
  • 4 Remarkable Records at Players
  • 5 Past Champions
  • 6 Final Notes

History of the Players Championship 

The inauguration of Tournament Players Championship was taken place in 1974 at Atlanta Country Club. It was played on Labor Day weekend in September 1974. The host venue changed several times. 

Next year, Colonial Country Club in Texas hosted the Tournament in August 1975. After that, it was moved to South Florida at Inverrary Country Club in 1976.

After that, in 1976 PGA Tour managed to make a multi-year deal with Sawgrass Country Club about hosting the Tournament from 1977–1981. In the meantime, a new golf course, TPC at Sawgrass, was built intending to host the Players.

Finally, Tournament Players Championship found his home at TPC since 1982.

Tournament Players Championship got its new name as The Players Championship in 1987.

Changes in Venues

  • 1974- Atlanta Country Club
  • 1975- Colonial Country Club
  • 1976- Inverrary Country Club, East Course
  • 1977–1981- Sawgrass Country Club
  • 1982- till date- TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course

Changes in Hosting Month

From 1982 to 2006, the Players was played in March several weeks before The Masters Golf tournament. In 2007 PGA tour changed its structure. As a result, as a part of the structure, the Players moved to May.

With the new dates, The Players’ final fall on Mother’s Day, which is the second Sunday of May. Since then, it was played in May until 2018.

In August 2017, PGA Tour rearranged the schedule and announced that The Players would return to March again from 2019.

Remarkable Records at Players

In 46 years of the Players history, there have been many occasions that make the championship more lucrative.

  • Most Victories: Jack Nicklaus has this record in his basket. He won the very first event in 1974. After that, he grabbed two more wins in 1976 and 1978, which gave him the record of most victories.
  • Wins: Only five players could win the Players for two times. Fred Couples, Steve Elkington, Hal Sutton, Davis Love III, and Tiger Woods are holding the multiple winning records.
  • Oldest winner:  Fred Funk won his only masters in 2005 at the age of 48 years. This win puts his name as Players oldest winner. 
  • Most eagles in a tournament: In 2000 Players Championship, Justin Leonard made a record after shot three eagles throughout the Tournament. Despite the record, his performance was not satisfactory rather than those three shots.
  • Most birdies in a single tournament: Fuzzy Zoeller puts an impressive effort in the 1994 Players Championship. With 26 birdies, he made a record for most birdies, but unfortunately, he stood fourth at the end of the Tournament.

Past Champions

Since 1974, The Players Championship was held for 46 times. But, here we are considering the time after name changes in 1988.

Year Player Country
2019 Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland
2018 Webb Simpson  United States
2017 Kim Si-woo  South Korea
2016 Jason Day Australia
2015 Rickie Fowler United States
2014 Martin Kaymer Germany
2013 Tiger Woods (2) United States
2012 Matt Kuchar United States
2011 K. J. Choi South Korea
2010 Tim Clark South Africa
2009 Henrik Stenson Sweden
2008 Sergio García Spain
2007 Phil Mickelson United States
2006 Stephen Ames Canada
2005 Fred Funk United States
2004 Adam Scott Australia
2003 Davis Love III (2) United States
2002 Craig Perks New Zealand
2001 Tiger Woods United States
2000 Hal Sutton (2) United States
1999 David Duval United States
1998 Justin Leonard United States
1997 Steve Elkington (2) Australia
1996 Fred Couples (2) United States
1995 Lee Janzen United States
1994 Greg Norman Australia
1993 Nick Price Zimbabwe
1992 Davis Love III United States
1991 Steve Elkington Australia
1990 Jodie Mudd United States
1989 Tom Kite United States
1988 Mark McCumber United States

Final Notes

Players Championship is one of the prestigious Golf tournaments in the PGA Tour. The world’s best golfers participate in this tournament as all the players have to the full fill some criteria to get qualified. Watch Players is not expensive, like other golf tournaments. The Players Tickets are reasonable so that everyone can enjoy the beauty of golf.

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