The 2017 Players Championship was the 44th
Players Championship, held May 11–14 at
TPC Sawgrass
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in
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, and the 36th edition held at the Stadium Course.
Kim Si-woo
Kim Si-woo ( ko, 김시우; born 28 June 1995), also known as Si Woo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2017 Players Championship to become the youngest ever winner of the event at age 21.
Profess ...
, age 21, shot a final round 69 to win at 278 (−10), three strokes ahead of runners-up
Louis Oosthuizen
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and
Ian Poulter
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. Starting the final round two strokes back in fourth place, Kim became the championship's youngest winner by over 1½ years, passing
Adam Scott (
2004).
In the preceding six months on the
PGA Tour
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, Kim had missed the cut or withdrawn in most of his events and was without a top twenty finish.
The win was his second on tour and moved him up 47 places in the
world rankings, from 75 to 28.
In the final round,
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
Rafael Cabrera-Bello (born 25 May 1984) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won four times. He has also played on the PGA Tour.
Early life and family
Cabrera-Bello was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. ...
recorded the first-ever
double eagle
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at the par-5 16th hole, then birdied the par-3 17th.
His tee shot on 18 hooked into the water, but he chipped in to save par and tied for fourth.
Defending champion
Jason Day
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shot 80 on Sunday and was seventeen strokes back, tied for sixtieth place.
Venue
The course was shortened by this year: #12 was reduced by 56 yards while two other holes were lengthened (#7 by 9 yards and #15 by 21 yards).
Course layout
Source:
Field
The field consisted of a minimum of 144 players meeting the following criteria:
;1. Winners of
PGA Tour
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events since last
Players
Aaron Baddeley
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(3),
Daniel Berger (3,10),
Jonas Blixt
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Amateur career
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(3),
Wesley Bryan Wesley may refer to:
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(10,12),
Greg Chalmers
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,
Kevin Chappell
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Amateur career
Chappell was born in Fresno, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles where he won the ...
(3,10),
Jason Day
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(3,5,6,8,9,10),
Rickie Fowler (3,6,10,14),
Sergio García
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(3,5,10),
Cody Gribble
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Early years
Gribble was born in Dallas, Texas. He played college golf at the University of Texas and w ...
,
Adam Hadwin
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(3,10,14),
Brian Harman
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In college, Harman was a three-time 2nd Team All-American on the University of ...
(3),
Russell Henley
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Born in Macon, Georgia, Henley attended Stratford Academy in Macon. He played college golf for four years at the University of Georg ...
(3),
Mackenzie Hughes
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Early life and amateur career
Hughes was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He is a graduate of Kent State University. He won the 2011 and 2012 Canadian Amateur Championship.
...
,
Billy Hurley III
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(3),
Dustin Johnson
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(3,5,8,10,14),
Kim Si-woo
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Profess ...
(3),
Russell Knox
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He had considerable success from 2014 to 2016 during which time he won the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions and the 2016 Travelers Championship. Together with ...
(3,8,10),
Marc Leishman
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Career
Leishman was born in W ...
(3,9,10),
Hideki Matsuyama
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(3,8,10,14),
William McGirt
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(3,9,10),
Rory McIlroy (3,5,7,8,10),
Ryan Moore (3,10),
Rod Pampling
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,
Pat Perez
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(4,14),
D. A. Points
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,
Jon Rahm
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(10,14),
Patrick Reed
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(3,10),
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* Cammy Smi ...
,
Jordan Spieth
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Spieth's first majo ...
(3,5,7,10,14),
Brendan Steele (3,14),
Henrik Stenson (3,5,10),
Hudson Swafford
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Swafford was born in Tallah ...
(3),
Justin Thomas
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(3,10,14),
Jhonattan Vegas
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(3),
Jimmy Walker
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(3,5,10)
;2. Winner of the
2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
Justin Rose
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(3,5,10,14)
;3. Top 125 from previous season's
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points list
Blayne Barber
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Barber was born in Tallahassee, Florida. He played college golf at University of Central Florida and Auburn University. At UCF, he was an All-American his freshman year. ...
,
Ricky Barnes
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,
Zac Blair
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,
Jason Bohn,
Keegan Bradley
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,
Scott Brown,
Chad Campbell
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,
Paul Casey
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(10),
Roberto Castro
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Castro played college golf at Georgia Tech. While at Georgia Tech, he was named first-team All-American in 2005, second-team All-Ame ...
,
Alex Čejka,
K. J. Choi
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,
Ben Crane,
Graham DeLaet
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,
Luke Donald,
Jason Dufner
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(5),
Harris English
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,
Derek Fathauer
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Fathauer was born in Stuart, Florida. He attended Martin County High School in Stuart, Florida. He and his twin brothe ...
,
Tony Finau
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,
Jim Furyk
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,
Robert Garrigus,
Lucas Glover
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,
Fabián Gómez
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Career
Gómez ...
,
Branden Grace (10),
Emiliano Grillo
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(10),
Bill Haas
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(10),
James Hahn
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,
David Hearn,
Jim Herman,
Charley Hoffman
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Born in San Diego, California, Hoffman won the California state high school championship in 1994 and 199 ...
(10),
J. B. Holmes
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(10),
Billy Horschel
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Early years and amateur career
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(7),
Mark Hubbard,
John Huh
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Amateur career
Huh was born in New York ...
,
Freddie Jacobson
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,
Zach Johnson
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In 2023, Johnson will captain the U. ...
(5),
Kang Sung-hoon,
Smylie Kaufman
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Kaufman was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Vestavia Hills High School. His middle name is a tribute t ...
,
Jerry Kelly,
Michael Kim,
Chris Kirk
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,
Kevin Kisner
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(10),
Patton Kizzire
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,
Brooks Koepka
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(10),
Jason Kokrak
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,
Matt Kuchar
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(6,10),
Anirban Lahiri
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,
Martin Laird
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,
Danny Lee,
Spencer Levin,
David Lingmerth
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Early life
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(9),
Luke List,
Andrew Loupe,
Jamie Lovemark
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Amateur career
Lovemark was born in Rancho Santa Fe, California and attended Torrey Pines High School. He won the 2005 Western Amateur and ther ...
,
Shane Lowry
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(8),
Peter Malnati
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,
Ben Martin,
Graeme McDowell
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,
Troy Merritt
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,
Phil Mickelson
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(5,10),
Bryce Molder
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,
Francesco Molinari
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(10),
Kevin Na
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,
Noh Seung-yul,
Sean O'Hair
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,
Louis Oosthuizen
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(10),
Ryan Palmer
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Born and raised in Amarillo, Texas, Palmer graduated from Amarillo High School in 1995. He played college ...
,
Scott Piercy,
Chez Reavie,
Kyle Reifers,
Patrick Rodgers
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,
Charl Schwartzel
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(10),
Adam Scott (5,8,10),
Webb Simpson
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As an amateur, he was a member of the United States' victorious 2007 Walker Cup ...
(5),
Vijay Singh
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,
Kyle Stanley
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,
Shawn Stefani,
Brett Stegmaier
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Amateur career
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,
Robert Streb
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,
Kevin Streelman,
Steve Stricker
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,
Brian Stuard,
Daniel Summerhays,
Vaughn Taylor
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,
Cameron Tringale
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,
Tyrone van Aswegen,
Harold Varner III,
Johnson Wagner,
Bubba Watson (5,8,10),
Boo Weekley
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,
Danny Willett
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(5,10),
Gary Woodland
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(10)
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Jon Curran
Jonathan Lynch Curran (born February 17, 1987) is an American professional golfer.
Curran was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. He played college golf at Vanderbilt University.
Curran turned professional in 2009. He played on the NGA Pro Golf T ...
,
Charles Howell III
Charles Gordon Howell III (born June 20, 1979) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on LIV Golf and formerly on the PGA Tour. He has been featured in the top 15 of the Official World Golf Ranking and ranked 9th on the PGA Tour m ...
,
Colt Knost
Colt Knost (born June 26, 1985) is a retired American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. Beginning in January 2022, he became a regular analyst and on-course commentator for PGA Tour events televised by CBS Sports.
Amateur career
Kn ...
,
John Senden
John Gerard Senden (born 20 April 1971) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Senden was born in Brisbane, Queensland and turned pro in 1992. Senden has played all over the world. He is a regular competitor on the PGA ...
,
Brandt Snedeker
Brandt Newell Snedeker (born December 8, 1980) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2012 FedEx Cup with a victory in the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. After this victory, he moved into ...
(10), and
David Toms
David Wayne Toms (born January 4, 1967) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. From 1992 to 2017, Toms was a member of the PGA Tour, where he won 13 events, including one major, the 2001 PGA Championship ...
did not play.''
;4. Top 125 (medical)
Patrick Cantlay
Patrick Cantlay (born March 17, 1992) is an American professional golfer. He had a successful amateur career and was the number one golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 55 weeks. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour as well as the 2021 ...
,
Brian Gay
Joseph Brian Gay (born December 14, 1971) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
Early years
A military brat, Gay was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but was raised primarily at Fort Rucker, Al ...
,
Ian Poulter
Ian James Poulter (born 10 January 1976) is an English professional golfer who plays in the LIV Golf League. He has previously been ranked as high as number 5 in the world rankings. The highlights of Poulter's career to date have been his two ...
;5.
Major champions from the past five years
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer. A former , he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature (he stands ) along with his fluid golf swing. Among his more than 70 career victor ...
,
Martin Kaymer
Martin Kaymer ( ; born 28 December 1984) is a German professional golfer. A winner of two major championships, he was also the No. 1 ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking for eight weeks in 2011.
Kaymer achieved his first major vict ...
(6,10)
;6.
Players Championship winners from the past five years
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Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records.
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did not play.''
;7.
The Tour Championship
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winners from the past three years
;8.
World Golf Championship winners from the past three years
;9.
Memorial Tournament
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and
Arnold Palmer Invitational
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winners since 2015
Matt Every
Matthew King Every (born December 4, 1983) is an American professional golfer who has won on both the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.
Early years
Every was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. He attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, wh ...
;10. Top 50 from the
Official World Golf Ranking
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
Rafael Cabrera-Bello (born 25 May 1984) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won four times. He has also played on the PGA Tour.
Early life and family
Cabrera-Bello was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. ...
,
Ross Fisher
Ross Daniel Fisher (born 22 November 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won five times, including the 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin Golf Club in Spain.
Early life
F ...
,
Matt Fitzpatrick
Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick (born 1 September 1994) is an English professional golfer. After winning the 2013 U.S. Amateur, he later won his first professional tournament at the 2015 British Masters. In 2022 he won his first major championship ...
,
Tommy Fleetwood
Thomas Paul Fleetwood (born 19 January 1991) is an English professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour. He has won six times on the European Tour.
Background and amateur career
Fleetwood was born on 19 January 1991 in South ...
,
Tyrrell Hatton
Tyrrell Glen Hatton (born 14 October 1991) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He has won six times on the European Tour; including four Rolex Series events. He also won the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invit ...
,
Yuta Ikeda,
Alex Norén
Alexander Norén (born 12 July 1982) is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has won ten tournaments on the European Tour, including the BMW PGA Championship, the Aberdeen Asset Management S ...
,
Lee Westwood,
Bernd Wiesberger
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Thomas Pieters
Thomas Pieters (born 27 January 1992) is a Belgian professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.
Early life
Pieters was born in Geel, Belgium in 1992. He started playing golf at the age of five, learning the game at the Witbos G ...
did not play.''
;11.
Senior Players champion from prior year
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer (; born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first official number one ran ...
;12.
Web.com Tour
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money leader from prior season
;13. Money leader during the
Web.com Tour Finals
Grayson Murray
Grayson Colby Murray (born October 1, 1993) is an American professional golfer.
Early life and career
In his youth career, Murray won three straight Callaway Junior Championships and was the top ranked golfer nationally in his age group. In hig ...
;14. Top 10 current year
FedEx Cup
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points leaders
;15. Remaining positions and alternates filled through current year
FedEx Cup
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standings
Nationalities in the field
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, May 11, 2017''
William McGirt
William McGirt (born June 21, 1979) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
College career
Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, McGirt grew up playing both baseball and golf, receiving scholarship offers from colleges in Nort ...
and
Mackenzie Hughes
Mackenzie Hughes (born November 23, 1990) is a Canadian professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
Hughes was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He is a graduate of Kent State University. He won the 2011 and 2012 Canadian Amateur Championship.
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shared the lead after both shot 67.
Masters champion
Sergio García
Sergio García Fernández (; born 9 January 1980) is a Spanish professional golfer. He has played on the European Tour, PGA Tour and LIV Golf Invitational Series. García has won 36 international tournaments as a professional, most notably t ...
made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole after recovering from a poor start for a round of 73.
Second round
''Friday, May 12, 2017''
Third round
''Saturday, May 13, 2017''
Under
PGA Tour
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rules, when more than 78 players make the 36-hole cut, a 54-hole cut is employed to reduce the field to the top 70 and ties. This second cut reduced the field from 82 to 71, which included
2012
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champion
Matt Kuchar
Matthew Gregory Kuchar (born June 21, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and formerly the Nationwide Tour. He has won nine times on the PGA Tour.
Kuchar briefly enjoyed success in the early 2000s before suffering ...
, who fell to 82nd at 225 (+9) after an 81.
Final round
''Sunday, May 14, 2017''
Scorecard
''Final round''
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
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References
External links
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2017 in golf
2017 in American sports
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May 2017 sports events in the United States