The 2010 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 37th Players Championship.

Tim Clark won with a 67 on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, one stroke ahead of Robert Allenby.

Two unusual events occurred during this Players Championship. For the first time in tournament history, a spectator was arrested and forcibly removed from the course. An intoxicated fan who was screaming and being disruptive refused to listen to course officials, who then called deputies. The man resisted arrest and was tasered. In a separate incident, hours after the first round had ended a car was discovered parked on the 8th green with two occupants inside and the motor running. When the driver refused to follow instructions, law enforcement was called. The green was not damaged and the couple was issued trespass warnings, then escorted off the course.

Defending champion Henrik Stenson missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.

Venue

This was the 29th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Course layout

Field The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2009 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players Stephen Ames (3,6), Cameron Beckman (3), Jason Bohn (3), Stewart Cink (2,3,5,9), Ben Crane (3,11), Ernie Els (2,3,7,9,11), Jim Furyk (2,3,9,11), Brian Gay (2,3), Lucas Glover (2,3,5,9), Nathan Green (3), Bill Haas (3,11), Dustin Johnson (2,3,9,11), Zach Johnson (2,3,5,9), Matt Kuchar (3,9,11), Martin Laird (3), Derek Lamely, Hunter Mahan (2,3,9), Troy Matteson (3), Rory McIlroy (9), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11), Ryan Moore (3), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3,5,7,9), Ryan Palmer, Kenny Perry (2,3,9), Ian Poulter (3,7,9), John Rollins (3), Rory Sabbatini (3), Heath Slocum (2,3), Henrik Stenson (6,9), Bo Van Pelt (3), Camilo Villegas (3,8,9,11), Tiger Woods (2,3,5,7,8,9), Yang Yong-eun (2,3,5,9) Anthony Kim (3,9,11) and Steve Stricker (2,3,9,11) did not play.

2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list Ángel Cabrera (3,5,9), Luke Donald (3,9), Jason Dufner (3), Pádraig Harrington (3,5,9), Jerry Kelly (3), Marc Leishman (3), Steve Marino (3), Kevin Na (3,9), Sean O'Hair (3,9), John Senden (3), David Toms (3), Scott Verplank (3), Nick Watney (3,9), Mike Weir (3) Retief Goosen (3,9) did not play.

3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list Michael Allen, Robert Allenby (9), Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Byrd, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (9), Alex Čejka, Greg Chalmers, K. J. Choi (9), Daniel Chopra, Tim Clark (9), Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Jason Day, James Driscoll, Bob Estes, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, Sergio García (6,9), Mathew Goggin, Paul Goydos, J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Lee Janzen, Richard S. Johnson, Jeff Klauk, Justin Leonard, Michael Letzig, Davis Love III, Bill Lunde, John Mallinger, Scott McCarron, George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, James Nitties, Nick O'Hern, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy, D. A. Points, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, Andrés Romero, Justin Rose, Adam Scott (9), Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh (7,9), Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Stadler, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Roland Thatcher, Nicholas Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson Rich Beem, Fred Couples, and Tom Watson did not play.

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

5. Major champions from the past five years Trevor Immelman Michael Campbell did not play.

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years Fred Funk

7. WGC winners from the past three years (except WGC-HSBC Champions)

8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years

9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 25 Ross Fisher, Thongchai Jaidee, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson Søren Hansen, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Edoardo Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Michael Sim (10) did not play.

10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 25

12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 25 Kris Blanks, Chad Collins, Chris Couch, Brendon de Jonge, Rickie Fowler, J. P. Hayes, Spencer Levin, Troy Merritt, Alex Prugh

13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144) Jay Haas

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Round summaries First round Thursday, May 6, 2010 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Robert Allenby66−6 J. B. HolmesT3 Jason Bohn67−5 Ben Crane Luke Donald Ryuji Imada Ryan Moore Kenny Perry Heath Slocum Lee Westwood

Second round Friday, May 7, 2010 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lee Westwood67-65=132−12T2 Ryuji Imada67-66=133−11 Francesco Molinari68-65=133 Heath Slocum67-66=1335 Lucas Glover70-65=135−9T6 Robert Allenby66-70=136−8 Ben Crane67-69=136 Luke Donald67-69=136 Charley Hoffman68-68=136T10 K. J. Choi69-68=137−7 Paul Goydos69-68=137 Bill Haas68-69=137 Davis Love III69-68=137 Graeme McDowell72-65=137 Ryan Moore67-70=137 John Rollins68-69=137 Bo Van Pelt68-69=137

Third round Saturday, May 8, 2010 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lee Westwood 67-65-70=202 −142 Robert Allenby 66-70-67=203 −13T3 Ben Crane 67-69-68=204 −12 Lucas Glover 70-65-69=204 Francesco Molinari 68-65-71=204T6 Tim Clark 68-71-66=205 −11 Charley Hoffman 68-68-69=205 Heath Slocum 67-66-72=205 Chris Stroud 70-69-66=20510 Bo Van Pelt 68-69-69=206 −10

Final round Sunday, May 9, 2010

Three strokes back, Tim Clark shot a bogey-free final round 67, ending with an par putt and was the clubhouse leader. Lee Westwood, the 54-hole leader, was even par through sixteen holes, but a water ball on the famed 17th hole led to a double bogey and ended any chance of victory. In the end it came down to Robert Allenby, in the final pairing and two strokes behind Clark with three holes to play. After just missing an eagle on the par 5 16th, the lead was cut to one. Allenby then knocked his tee shot to on 17, but again narrowly missed a putt to tie Clark. He had a last chance at 18, but failed to make birdie and Clark gained his first PGA Tour victory in his 206th start.

Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tim Clark 68-71-66-67=272 −16 1,710,0002 Robert Allenby 66-70-67-70=273 −15 1,026,0003 Lucas Glover 70-65-69-70=274 −14 646,000T4 Ben Crane 67-69-68-72=276 −12 358,150 Davis Love III (c) 69-68-71-68=276 Heath Slocum 67-66-72-71=276 Bo Van Pelt 68-69-69-70=276 Lee Westwood 67-65-70-74=2769 Francesco Molinari 68-65-71-73=277 −11 275,500T10 Freddie Jacobson 69-70-69-71=279 −9 237,500 Andrés Romero 69-70-69-71=279 Chris Stroud 70-69-66-74=279 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 J. B. Holmes 66-72-72-70=280 −8 178,125 Matt Kuchar 68-71-70-71=280 John Rollins 68-69-70-73=280 Scott Verplank 71-70-69-70=280T17 Chris Couch 74-68-67-72=281 −7 133,000 Hunter Mahan 70-69-70-72=281 Troy Matteson 68-71-71-71=281 Phil Mickelson (c) 70-71-66-74=281 Nick Watney 69-71-68-73=281T22 Charley Hoffman 68-68-69-77=282 −6 95,000 Zach Johnson 70-70-67-75=282 Sean O'Hair 70-69-70-73=282 Kenny Perry 67-71-71-73=282T26 Luke Donald 67-69-72-75=283 −5 68,875 Bob Estes 70-69-72-72=283 Graeme McDowell 72-65-72-74=283 Jeff Overton 70-72-70-71=283 Adam Scott (c) 70-68-71-74=283 Jimmy Walker 71-69-68-75=283T32 Steve Flesch 71-71-71-71=284 −4 57,475 Steve Marino 73-67-72-72=284T34 Greg Chalmers 70-69-70-76=285 −3 49,020 K. J. Choi 69-68-72-76=285 Dustin Johnson 71-71-70-73=285 Martin Kaymer 70-71-68-76=285 Yang Yong-eun 70-68-73-74=285T39 Fred Funk (c) 72-70-66-78=286 −2 38,000 Bill Haas 68-69-70-79=286 Ryuji Imada 67-66-76-77=286 Jerry Kelly 73-66-73-74=286 James Nitties 70-72-72-72=286 Rory Sabbatini 72-69-71-74=286T45 Kris Blanks 71-71-75-70=287 −1 30,400 Spencer Levin 71-67-72-77=287T47 Jim Furyk 69-73-73-73=288 E 25,118 Sergio García (c) 69-70-71-78=288 John Merrick 70-72-71-75=288 Ryan Moore 67-70-71-80=288 Alex Prugh 69-73-70-76=288T52 James Driscoll 71-71-77-70=289 +1 22,277 Paul Goydos 69-68-71-81=289 Justin Leonard (c) 72-68-70-79=289 Oliver Wilson 70-70-70-79=289T56 Woody Austin 69-72-73-76=290 +2 21,565 Boo Weekley 69-72-68-81=290T58 Stephen Ames (c) 70-71-79-71=291 +3 20,805 Alex Čejka 69-72-76-74=291 J. J. Henry 68-71-77-75=291 George McNeill 75-67-72-77=291 Brett Quigley 72-69-75-75=291 Kevin Stadler 69-70-78-74=291T64 Jason Bohn 67-74-71-80=292 +4 20,045 Roland Thatcher 71-68-75-78=292T66 Ben Curtis 71-68-75-79=293 +5 19,665 Álvaro Quirós 72-70-75-76=29368 Troy Merritt 71-70-76-78=295 +7 19,38069 Robert Karlsson 71-69-77-79=296 +8 19,190CUT Ángel Cabrera 70-73=143 −1 Paul Casey 73-70=143 Stewart Cink 73-70=143 Brian Davis 72-71=143 J. P. Hayes 74-69=143 Thongchai Jaidee 71-72=143 Bryce Molder 71-72=143 Kevin Na 71-72=143 Pat Perez 71-72=143 D. A. Points 73-70=143 Ian Poulter 72-71=143 Vijay Singh 69-74=143 Henrik Stenson (c) 69-74=143 David Toms 71-72=143 Camilo Villegas 70-73=143 Michael Allen 74-70=144 E Chad Campbell 75-69=144 Ross Fisher 69-75=144 Brian Gay 70-74=144 Jay Haas 71-73=144 Derek Lamely 71-73=144 Bill Lunde 70-74=144 Scott McCarron 68-76=144 Geoff Ogilvy 72-72=144 Nick O'Hern 71-73=144 Greg Owen 73-71=144 Justin Rose 72-72=144 Brandt Snedeker 73-71=144 Bubba Watson 71-73=144 Jason Dufner 73-72=145 +1 Ernie Els 74-71=145 Harrison Frazar 71-74=145 Pádraig Harrington 73-72=145 Rory McIlroy 73-72=145 Ryan Palmer 73-72=145 Rod Pampling 74-71=145 Tim Petrovic 75-70=145 Jeff Quinney 72-73=145 Webb Simpson 74-71=145 Kevin Sutherland 74-71=145 Vaughn Taylor 72-73=145 Mark Wilson 71-74=145 Briny Baird 74-72=146 +2 Jason Day 74-72=146 Nathan Green 72-74=146 Trevor Immelman 71-75=146 Lee Janzen (c) 70-76=146 Charl Schwartzel 71-75=146 John Senden 70-76=146 Nicholas Thompson 73-73=146 D. J. Trahan 72-74=146 Mike Weir 72-74=146 Ricky Barnes 73-74=147 +3 Cameron Beckman 71-76=147 Mark Calcavecchia 73-74=147 Daniel Chopra 78-69=147 Brendon de Jonge 70-77=147 Rickie Fowler 73-74=147 Marc Leishman 74-73=147 Charlie Wi 70-77=147 Jonathan Byrd 73-75=148 +4 Martin Laird 74-74=148 Michael Letzig 75-73=148 Kevin Streelman 75-73=148 Matt Bettencourt 74-75=149 +5 Michael Bradley 73-76=149 Charles Howell III 76-73=149 Richard S. Johnson 76-73=149 John Mallinger 76-73=149 Aaron Baddeley 72-79=151 +7 Scott Piercy 76-75=151 Mathew Goggin 72-80=152 +8 Ted Purdy 73-79=152 Jeff Klauk 75-78=153 +9 Chad Collins 75-79=154 +10WD Tiger Woods (c) 70-71-71=212 −4

Scorecard Hole123456789101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 Clark −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 Allenby −12 −14 −14 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 Glover −12 −11 −11 −10 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −14 Crane −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 Love −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −10 −9 −11 −12 −12 Slocum −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 Van Pelt −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −11 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 Westwood −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −12 −12 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- | style="background:Red; width:10px;"| |Eagle | style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| |Birdie | style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| |Bogey | style="background:Green; width:10px;"| |Double bogey |} Source:

References

External links The Players Championship website