KEY STATS

0 Players

who have won The Players Championship in backto-back years in the previous 43 editions of the tournament.

0 Bogeys

or worse made by Jason Day on the back nine during his win in last year’s Players. He became the sixth player to accomplish the feat since 1983 and the first to do so while winning the event. Day made only three bogeys during the tournament.

1

Bogey made by 1994 Players champion Greg Norman when he set the tournament record at 24-under 264. He made bogey on the 13th hole in the final round.

2 Albatrosses

made in tournament history. In 2007, Hunter Mahan made a 2 on the par-5 11th in the second round. Peter Lonard had an albatross the next day.

6 Number

of players who have won The Players at least twice. Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, Hal Sutton, Steve Elkington, Davis Love III and Tiger Woods. Nicklaus is the only three-time winner.

7 Aces

at the 17th hole in tournament history. Will Wilcox made a 1 there in last year’s tournament during the second round, using a pitching wedge from 147 yards. It was the first ace in 6,300 attempts at the hole. The last player to make an ace before Wilcox was Miguel Angel Jimenez in 2002.

8 Players

who have won the Masters and The Players — Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd, Sandy Lyle, Couples, Woods, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott and Sergio Garcia.

23 Age

of Scott (plus 8 months and 12 days) when he became the youngest Players champion in 2004.

48 Age

of Fred Funk (plus 9 months and 14 days) when he became the oldest Players champion in 2005.

63 Course

record held by Day, Colt Knost, Martin Kaymer, Norman and Roberto Castro.

663 Strokes

over par for the field in the last 14 years on the 137-yard 17th hole. Since 2003, all the other par-3s measuring less than 150 yards are a combined 3,210 strokes under par.

664 Balls

in the water in 6,112 official rounds in The Players on the 17th hole.