THE PLAYERS Championship 2023: final leaderboard
Scottie Scheffler won the 2023 THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida), March 9, 2023 to March 12, 2023, finishing -17 (271), 5 strokes ahead of Tyrrell Hatton. 144 players; 68 missed the cut.
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What statistics matter most at THE PLAYERS Championship?
Off the tee carried the most weight at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) relative to the tour: 20% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 19% tour-wide (7 editions, 1,019 golfer-weeks, Mar 9, 2015 to Mar 8, 2023), a small difference, so read it as a lean.
Off the tee explains 20% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 19% tour-wide, a small difference (7 editions, 1,019 golfer-weeks).
Approach explains 36% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 35% tour-wide, a small difference (7 editions, 1,019 golfer-weeks).
No category clearly differs from the tour here, so treat the order as a lean, not a rule.
| Category | Share of the spread here | Tour-wide | Stands out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off the tee | 20% | 19% | No |
| Approach | 36% | 35% | No |
| Around the green | 15% | 15% | No |
| Putting | 29% | 30% | No |
Greens in regulation: rank correlation with the 72-hole score 0.36 here vs 0.48 tour-wide (4 editions, 285 golfers who played every round); a clear difference.
Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through March 8, 2023. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.
What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.
Course
| Course | Par | Yardage | Greens | Fairways | Rough | Architect | Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) | 72 | 7,352 | Tifsport Bermudagrass | Tifsport Bermudagrass | Tifsport Bermudagrass | Pete Dye | 1980 |
The listed card: 4 par 3s (average 186 yards), 10 par 4s (average 434 yards), 4 par 5s (average 567 yards).
| Hardest holes | Par | Yards | Field average | Over par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole 18 | 4 | 462 | 4.314 | +0.314 |
| Hole 14 | 4 | 485 | 4.243 | +0.243 |
| Hole 8 | 3 | 236 | 3.220 | +0.220 |
What it took to finish top 10 on this course
| Strokes gained per round | Top 10s on this course | Top 10s at every tournament | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off the tee | +0.73 | +0.45 | +0.28 |
| Approach | +1.12 | +0.82 | +0.30 |
| Around the green | +0.40 | +0.34 | +0.06 |
| Putting | +0.81 | +0.82 | -0.01 |
Rounds by top-10 finishers on this course in earlier editions (124 rounds, 3 editions, September 2022 on, finishes from the stored leaderboards) against top-10 finishers at every tournament in the same period (6547 rounds). A category with a positive difference separated contenders here more than usual.
Scoring by round
| Round | Players | Field average | Average to par | Low round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 144 | 72.76 | +0.76 | 64 |
| 2 | 143 | 73.80 | +1.8 | 67 |
| 3 | 75 | 69.57 | -2.43 | 62 |
| 4 | 75 | 72.15 | +0.15 | 65 |
Final leaderboard
| Pos | Player | To par | Rounds | Total | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | -17 | 68-69-65-69 | 271 | $4,500,000 |
| 2 | Tyrrell Hatton | -12 | 72-71-68-65 | 276 | $2,725,000 |
| T3 | Tom Hoge | -10 | 78-68-62-70 | 278 | $1,475,000 |
| T3 | Viktor Hovland | -10 | 69-71-70-68 | 278 | $1,475,000 |
| 5 | Hideki Matsuyama | -9 | 74-70-67-68 | 279 | $1,025,000 |
| T6 | Cam Davis | -8 | 69-70-67-74 | 280 | $736,607 |
| T6 | David Lingmerth | -8 | 72-68-68-72 | 280 | $736,607 |
| T6 | Justin Rose | -8 | 69-73-67-71 | 280 | $736,607 |
| T6 | Justin Suh | -8 | 68-73-69-70 | 280 | $736,607 |
| T6 | Max Homa | -8 | 72-72-67-69 | 280 | $736,607 |
| T6 | Min Woo Lee | -8 | 68-70-66-76 | 280 | $736,607 |
| T6 | Sungjae Im | -8 | 75-69-64-72 | 280 | $736,607 |
| T13 | Adam Hadwin | -7 | 71-70-69-71 | 281 | $447,917 |
| T13 | Adam Svensson | -7 | 68-67-75-71 | 281 | $447,917 |
| T13 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -7 | 68-70-69-74 | 281 | $447,917 |
| T13 | Collin Morikawa | -7 | 65-73-72-71 | 281 | $447,917 |
| T13 | Denny McCarthy | -7 | 68-72-69-72 | 281 | $447,917 |
| T13 | Rickie Fowler | -7 | 72-70-68-71 | 281 | $447,917 |
| T19 | Aaron Rai | -6 | 73-69-65-75 | 282 | $275,000 |
| T19 | Brandon Wu | -6 | 73-69-69-71 | 282 | $275,000 |
| T19 | Jason Day | -6 | 70-70-70-72 | 282 | $275,000 |
| T19 | Jordan Spieth | -6 | 69-75-66-72 | 282 | $275,000 |
| T19 | Patrick Cantlay | -6 | 72-70-68-72 | 282 | $275,000 |
| T19 | Russell Henley | -6 | 72-74-66-70 | 282 | $275,000 |
| T19 | Tony Finau | -6 | 73-72-66-71 | 282 | $275,000 |
| T19 | Xander Schauffele | -6 | 72-73-69-68 | 282 | $275,000 |
| T27 | Brendon Todd | -5 | 71-69-74-69 | 283 | $167,656 |
| T27 | Chad Ramey | -5 | 64-75-68-76 | 283 | $167,656 |
| T27 | Danny Willett | -5 | 72-71-71-69 | 283 | $167,656 |
| T27 | Eric Cole | -5 | 73-73-69-68 | 283 | $167,656 |
| T27 | Ryan Fox | -5 | 74-68-70-71 | 283 | $167,656 |
| T27 | Si Woo Kim | -5 | 69-74-68-72 | 283 | $167,656 |
| T27 | Tommy Fleetwood | -5 | 72-70-65-76 | 283 | $167,656 |
| T27 | Wyndham Clark | -5 | 69-73-69-72 | 283 | $167,656 |
| T35 | Austin Smotherman | -4 | 73-72-69-70 | 284 | $114,167 |
| T35 | Ben Griffin | -4 | 67-71-72-74 | 284 | $114,167 |
| T35 | Byeong Hun An | -4 | 71-70-70-73 | 284 | $114,167 |
| T35 | Dylan Wu | -4 | 69-73-68-74 | 284 | $114,167 |
| T35 | Keith Mitchell | -4 | 72-74-68-70 | 284 | $114,167 |
| T35 | Mark Hubbard | -4 | 71-72-70-71 | 284 | $114,167 |
| T35 | Sam Burns | -4 | 68-74-72-70 | 284 | $114,167 |
| T35 | Shane Lowry | -4 | 77-69-68-70 | 284 | $114,167 |
| T35 | Taylor Moore | -4 | 70-75-65-74 | 284 | $114,167 |
| T44 | Brian Harman | -3 | 73-71-70-71 | 285 | $75,036 |
| T44 | Chesson Hadley | -3 | 71-73-72-69 | 285 | $75,036 |
| T44 | Garrick Higgo | -3 | 70-73-68-74 | 285 | $75,036 |
| T44 | Kramer Hickok | -3 | 73-70-69-73 | 285 | $75,036 |
| T44 | Sam Ryder | -3 | 73-72-69-71 | 285 | $75,036 |
| T44 | Stephan Jaeger | -3 | 74-72-69-70 | 285 | $75,036 |
| T44 | Taylor Montgomery | -3 | 70-73-66-76 | 285 | $75,036 |
| T51 | Cameron Young | -2 | 71-73-68-74 | 286 | $61,417 |
| T51 | Lucas Glover | -2 | 69-74-71-72 | 286 | $61,417 |
| T51 | Tom Kim | -2 | 74-72-71-69 | 286 | $61,417 |
| T54 | Ben Martin | -1 | 71-74-72-70 | 287 | $58,000 |
| T54 | Gary Woodland | -1 | 72-70-71-74 | 287 | $58,000 |
| T54 | Jerry Kelly | -1 | 74-72-69-72 | 287 | $58,000 |
| T54 | Matthias Schwab | -1 | 75-70-72-70 | 287 | $58,000 |
| T54 | Tyler Duncan | -1 | 73-69-70-75 | 287 | $58,000 |
| T54 | Will Gordon | -1 | 73-67-73-74 | 287 | $58,000 |
| T60 | Francesco Molinari | E | 73-71-68-76 | 288 | $55,250 |
| T60 | Joel Dahmen | E | 73-71-73-71 | 288 | $55,250 |
| T60 | Justin Thomas | E | 73-73-71-71 | 288 | $55,250 |
| T60 | Maverick McNealy | E | 74-71-70-73 | 288 | $55,250 |
| T60 | Nate Lashley | E | 69-71-73-75 | 288 | $55,250 |
| T65 | Alex Smalley | +1 | 71-75-69-74 | 289 | $53,250 |
| T65 | Patton Kizzire | +1 | 74-71-74-70 | 289 | $53,250 |
| T65 | Sepp Straka | +1 | 74-72-74-69 | 289 | $53,250 |
| 68 | Davis Thompson | +3 | 70-73-69-79 | 291 | $52,250 |
| T69 | Scott Stallings | +4 | 71-74-72-75 | 292 | $51,500 |
| T69 | Taylor Pendrith | +4 | 67-73-72-80 | 292 | $51,500 |
| 71 | Adam Scott | +5 | 72-73-77-71 | 293 | $50,750 |
| 72 | Aaron Baddeley | +7 | 73-72-74-76 | 295 | $50,250 |
| 73 | Will Zalatoris | +8 | 74-71-74-77 | 296 | $49,750 |
| 74 | Sahith Theegala | +10 | 70-75-78-75 | 298 | $49,250 |
| 75 | Kevin Kisner | +11 | 72-73-73-81 | 299 | $48,750 |
| CUT | Aaron Wise | +12 | 80-76 | 156 | |
| CUT | Adam Long | +9 | 75-78 | 153 | |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | +4 | 74-74 | 148 | |
| CUT | Alex Noren | +5 | 77-72 | 149 | |
| CUT | Andrew Novak | +10 | 79-75 | 154 | |
| CUT | Andrew Putnam | +3 | 73-74 | 147 | |
| CUT | Beau Hossler | +8 | 76-76 | 152 | |
| CUT | Billy Horschel | +8 | 73-79 | 152 | |
| CUT | Callum Tarren | +6 | 73-77 | 150 | |
| CUT | Chez Reavie | +4 | 72-76 | 148 | |
| CUT | Chris Kirk | +4 | 73-75 | 148 | |
| CUT | Corey Conners | +6 | 75-75 | 150 | |
| CUT | David Lipsky | +12 | 76-80 | 156 | |
| CUT | Davis Riley | +4 | 71-77 | 148 | |
| CUT | Doc Redman | +8 | 78-74 | 152 | |
| CUT | Doug Ghim | +10 | 80-74 | 154 | |
| CUT | Dylan Frittelli | +7 | 72-79 | 151 | |
| CUT | Emiliano Grillo | +3 | 70-77 | 147 | |
| CUT | Erik Barnes | +6 | 74-76 | 150 | |
| CUT | Greyson Sigg | +7 | 74-77 | 151 | |
| CUT | Harris English | +5 | 78-71 | 149 | |
| CUT | Harrison Endycott | +3 | 70-77 | 147 | |
| CUT | Hayden Buckley | +3 | 73-74 | 147 | |
| CUT | J.J. Spaun | +3 | 72-75 | 147 | |
| CUT | J.T. Poston | +6 | 75-75 | 150 | |
| CUT | James Hahn | +5 | 73-76 | 149 | |
| CUT | Jhonattan Vegas | +8 | 78-74 | 152 | |
| W/D | Jon Rahm | -1 | 71 | 71 | |
| CUT | Joseph Bramlett | +5 | 71-78 | 149 | |
| CUT | Justin Lower | +7 | 74-77 | 151 | |
| CUT | K.H. Lee | +5 | 73-76 | 149 | |
| CUT | Keegan Bradley | +4 | 70-78 | 148 | |
| CUT | Kelly Kraft | +12 | 80-76 | 156 | |
| CUT | Kevin Streelman | +3 | 71-76 | 147 | |
| CUT | Kevin Tway | +4 | 75-73 | 148 | |
| CUT | Kurt Kitayama | +5 | 73-76 | 149 | |
| CUT | Lee Hodges | +9 | 76-77 | 153 | |
| CUT | Lucas Herbert | +23 | 82-85 | 167 | |
| CUT | Luke List | +3 | 77-70 | 147 | |
| CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | +7 | 75-76 | 151 | |
| CUT | Martin Laird | +13 | 76-81 | 157 | |
| CUT | Matt Fitzpatrick | +3 | 76-71 | 147 | |
| CUT | Matt Kuchar | +4 | 70-78 | 148 | |
| CUT | Matt NeSmith | +11 | 77-78 | 155 | |
| CUT | Matt Wallace | +3 | 72-75 | 147 | |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | +14 | 69-89 | 158 | |
| CUT | Michael Thompson | +5 | 77-72 | 149 | |
| CUT | Nick Hardy | +6 | 77-73 | 150 | |
| CUT | Nick Taylor | +5 | 74-75 | 149 | |
| CUT | Nick Watney | +14 | 79-79 | 158 | |
| CUT | Nico Echavarria | +6 | 71-79 | 150 | |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | +4 | 73-75 | 148 | |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | +4 | 72-76 | 148 | |
| CUT | Robby Shelton | +6 | 72-78 | 150 | |
| CUT | Robert Streb | +7 | 78-73 | 151 | |
| CUT | Rory McIlroy | +5 | 76-73 | 149 | |
| CUT | Russell Knox | +8 | 75-77 | 152 | |
| CUT | Ryan Armour | +7 | 72-79 | 151 | |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | +8 | 72-80 | 152 | |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer | +3 | 69-78 | 147 | |
| CUT | S.H. Kim | +9 | 77-76 | 153 | |
| CUT | Scott Piercy | +3 | 71-76 | 147 | |
| CUT | Seamus Power | +6 | 74-76 | 150 | |
| CUT | Stewart Cink | +9 | 72-81 | 153 | |
| CUT | Thomas Detry | +3 | 78-69 | 147 | |
| CUT | Trey Mullinax | +12 | 71-85 | 156 | |
| CUT | Troy Merritt | +3 | 74-73 | 147 | |
| CUT | Tyson Alexander | +9 | 77-76 | 153 | |
| CUT | Webb Simpson | +8 | 76-76 | 152 |
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Final results as stored. Purse: $25,000,000. Strokes gained and earnings appear only where the provider publishes them (majors publish earnings only).
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