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DATES:  Thursday, May 10th - Sunday, May 13th
SITE:  TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
COURSE ARCHITECT:  Pete Dye (1980)
PAR:  72
YARDAGE:  7,215
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 423 Yds 10 - Par 4 424 Yds
  2 - Par 5 532 Yds 11 - Par 5 558 Yds
  3 - Par 3 177 Yds 12 - Par 4 358 Yds
  4 - Par 4 384 Yds 13 - Par 3 181 Yds
  5 - Par 4 471 Yds 14 - Par 4 481 Yds
  6 - Par 4 393 Yds 15 - Par 4 449 Yds
  7 - Par 4 442 Yds 16 - Par 5 523 Yds
  8 - Par 3 237 Yds 17 - Par 3 137 Yds
  9 - Par 5 583 Yds 18 - Par 4 462 Yds
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  36 3,642 Yds 36 3,573 Yds
Annual: 34th
Defending Champion: Stephen Ames
Runner-Up: Retief Goosen
Tournament Record: 264 (Greg Norman, 1994)
54-Hole Record: 197 (Greg Norman, 1994)
36-Hole Record: 130 (Greg Norman, 1994)
Course Record: 63 (Fred Couples, 1992; Greg Norman, 1994)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Held by several players)
Total Purse: $8,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $1,440,000; 2nd Place - $864,000; 3rd Place - $544,000
2006 Finish
Player Score Player Score
Stephen Ames 274 Camilo Villegas 283
Retief Goosen 280 Jose Maria Olazabal 284
Jim Furyk 283 Six players at 285
Pat Perez 283
Henrik Stenson 283
Past THE PLAYERS Championship Winners
Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2006 Stephen Ames (274) -- Retief Goosen
2005 Fred Funk (279) -- Tom Lehman, Luke Donald, Scott Verplank
2004 Adam Scott (276) -- Padraig Harrington
2003 Davis Love III (271) -- Jay Haas, Padraig Harrington
2002 Craig Perks (280) -- Stephen Ames
2001 Tiger Woods (274) -- Vijay Singh
2000 Hal Sutton (278) -- Tiger Woods
1999 David Duval (285) -- Scott Gump
1998 Justin Leonard (278) -- Tom Lehman, Glen Day
1997 Steve Elkington (272) -- Scott Hoch
1996 Fred Couples (270) -- Colin Montgomerie, Tommy Tolles
1995 Lee Janzen (283) -- Bernhard Langer
1994 Greg Norman (264) -- Fuzzy Zoeller
1993 Nick Price (270) -- Bernhard Langer
1992 Davis Love III (273) -- Ian Baker-Finch, Phil Blackmar, Nick Faldo, Tom Watson
1991 Steve Elkington (276) -- Fuzzy Zoeller
1990 Jodie Mudd (278) -- Mark Calcavecchia
1989 Tom Kite (279) -- Chip Beck
1988 Mark McCumber (273) -- Mike Reid
1987 *Sandy Lyle (274) -- Jeff Sluman
1986 John Mahaffey (275) -- Larry Mize
1985 Calvin Peete (274) -- D.A. Weibring
1984 Fred Couples (277) -- Lee Trevino
1983 Hal Sutton (283) -- Bob Eastwood
1982 Jerry Pate (280) -- Brad Bryant, Scott Simpson
1981 *Ray Floyd (285) -- Barry Jaeckel, Curtis Strange
1980 Lee Trevino (278) -- Ben Crenshaw
1979 Lanny Wadkins (283) -- Tom Watson
1978 Jack Nicklaus (289) -- Lou Graham
1977 Mark Hayes (289) -- Mike McCullough
1976 Jack Nicklaus (269) -- J.C. Snead
1975 Al Geiberger (270) -- Dave Stockton
1974 Jack Nicklaus (272) -- J.C. Snead
* - Won in Playoff
Note: Formerly called Tournament Players Championship (1974-87).



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