2006 Players Championship


The 2006 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 33rd Players Championship.
Stephen Ames shot a final round 67 and completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin, six strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen. Ames was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over Sergio García and Vijay Singh.
A month earlier at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Ames lasted only ten holes in the first round, falling to Tiger Woods 9&8.
Defending champion Fred Funk finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for sixteenth place.
This was the final Players held in March until 2019; it moved to mid-May in 2007. The Players was moved back to March starting 2019 as the PGA Championship moves from August to May from 2019 onwards.

Venue

This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; five yards were added this year and its length was.

Field

, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Tommy Armour III, Arjun Atwal, Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Craig Barlow, Doug Barron, Rich Beem, Thomas Bjørn, Jason Bohn, Jeff Brehaut, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant, Jonathan Byrd, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Ben Crane, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Robert Damron, Brian Davis, Luke Donald, James Driscoll, Joe Durant, David Duval, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Todd Fischer, Steve Flesch, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Robert Gamez, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen, Jason Gore, Nathan Green, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. J. Henry, Mark Hensby, Tim Herron, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, David Howell, John Huston, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Richard S. Johnson, Zach Johnson, Kent Jones, Steve Jones, Shingo Katayama, Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Hank Kuehne, Bernhard Langer, Stephen Leaney, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Paul McGinley, Rocco Mediate, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Nick O'Hern, Arron Oberholser, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, José María Olazábal, Greg Owen, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Nick Price, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Tag Ridings, Loren Roberts, John Rollins, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, John Senden, Patrick Sheehan, Wes Short Jr., Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Jeff Sluman, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Sutherland, Hidemichi Tanaka, Vaughn Taylor, David Toms, D. J. Trahan, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Charles Warren, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Dean Wilson, Tiger Woods

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 23, 2006
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jim Furyk65−7
T1Davis Love III65−7
T3Robert Allenby67−5
T3Miguel Ángel Jiménez67−5
T3Bernhard Langer67−5
T6Ben Crane68−4
T6Arron Oberholser68−4
T6José María Olazábal68−4
T6John Rollins68−4
T6Vijay Singh68−4
T6Bo Van Pelt68−4

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Second round

Friday, March 24, 2006
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Furyk65-71=136−8
T2Stephen Ames71-66=137−7
T2Adam Scott70-67=137−7
T4K. J. Choi69-69=138−6
T4Sergio García70-68=138−6
T4Vijay Singh68-70=138−6
T7Brad Faxon70-69=139−5
T7Steve Flesch69-70=139−5
T7Fred Funk69-70=139−5
T7Arron Oberholser68-71=139−5
T7José María Olazábal68-71=139−5
T7Greg Owen71-68=139−5
T7John Rollins68-71=139−5
T7Bo Van Pelt68-71=139−5

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Third round

Saturday, March 25, 2006
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Stephen Ames71-66-70=207−9
T2Sergio García70-68-70=208−8
T2Vijay Singh68-70-70=208−8
T4Henrik Stenson69-71-70=210−6
T4Mike Weir71-71-68=210−6
T6Jim Furyk65-71-75=211−5
T6Retief Goosen69-71-71=211−5
T6Tom Pernice, Jr.70-70-71=211−5
T6Carl Pettersson71-70-70=211−5
T6John Rollins68-71-72=211−5
T6Bo Van Pelt68-71-72=211−5

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Final round

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par