2008 Players Championship The 2008 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 35th Players Championship and was won by Sergio García , in a sudden-death playoff over Paul Goydos . Defending champion Phil Mickelson finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 21st place.Venue This was the 27th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at.Course layout Field , Robert Allenby , Stephen Ames , Stuart Appleby , Ryan Armour , Tommy Armour III , Woody Austin , Aaron Baddeley , Briny Baird , Brian Bateman , Cameron Beckman , Rich Beem , Jason Bohn , Bart Bryant , Jonathan Byrd , Ángel Cabrera , Mark Calcavecchia , Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, Paul Casey, Alex Čejka , K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra , Stewart Cink , Tim Clark , José Cóceres , Fred Couples , Ben Crane , Ben Curtis , Brian Davis, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald , Ken Duke , Steve Elkington , Ernie Els , Bob Estes , Niclas Fasth , Steve Flesch , Fred Funk , Jim Furyk , Sergio García, Robert Garrigus , Brian Gay , Lucas Glover , Mathew Goggin , Retief Goosen , Jason Gore , Paul Goydos, Nathan Green , Mathias Grönberg , Bill Haas , Todd Hamilton , Søren Hansen , Pádraig Harrington , Dudley Hart , J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, Mark Hensby, Tim Herron , Charley Hoffman , J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III , Ryuji Imada , Freddie Jacobson , Miguel Ángel Jiménez , Dustin Johnson , Richard S. Johnson, Zach Johnson, Matt Jones , Jerry Kelly , Anthony Kim , Greg Kraft , Cliff Kresge , Matt Kuchar , Bernhard Langer , Stephen Leaney , Tom Lehman , Justin Leonard , Peter Lonard , Davis Love III , Steve Lowery , Jeff Maggert , Hunter Mahan , John Mallinger , Steve Marino , Shigeki Maruyama , Troy Matteson , Billy Mayfair , George McNeill , Rocco Mediate , John Merrick , Shaun Micheel , Phil Mickelson, Ryan Moore , Kevin Na , Sean O'Hair , Nick O'Hern , Joe Ogilvie , Geoff Ogilvy , José María Olazábal , Jeff Overton , Rod Pampling , Jesper Parnevik , Pat Perez , Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry , Tim Petrovic , Carl Pettersson , Ian Poulter , Brett Quigley , Jeff Quinney , John Rollins , Andrés Romero , Justin Rose , Rory Sabbatini , Adam Scott, John Senden, Vijay Singh , Heath Slocum , Brandt Snedeker , Kevin Stadler , Henrik Stenson , Richard Sterne , Steve Stricker , Kevin Sutherland , Vaughn Taylor , Nicholas Thompson , David Toms , D. J. Trahan, Bo Van Pelt , Scott Verplank , Camilo Villegas , Johnson Wagner, Charles Warren, Nick Watney , Bubba Watson , Boo Weekley , Mike Weir , Lee Westwood , Brett Wetterich , Charlie Wi , Tim Wilkinson , Dean Wilson , Mark Wilson Round summaries First round Thursday, May 8, 2008 Place Player Country Score To par 1 Sergio García 66 −6 T2 Paul Goydos 68 −4 T2 Kenny Perry 68 −4 T4 Steve Elkington 69 −3 T4 Niclas Fasth 69 −3 T4 Todd Hamilton 69 −3 T4 Ian Poulter 69 −3 T4 Heath Slocum 69 −3 T9 Ángel Cabrera 70 −2 T9 Fred Couples 70 −2 T9 Ben Crane 70 −2 T9 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70 −2 T9 Anthony Kim 70 −2 T9 Troy Matteson 70 −2 T9 John Merrick 70 −2 T9 Phil Mickelson 70 −2 T9 José María Olazábal 70 −2 T9 Brett Quigley 70 −2 T9 Kevin Stadler 70 −2 T9 Nicholas Thompson 70 −2 T9 D. J. Trahan 70 −2 T9 Boo Weekley 70 −2
Source:Second round Friday, May 9, 2008 Place Player Country Score To par 1 Kenny Perry 68-70=138 −6 T2 Sergio García 66-73=139 −5 T2 Paul Goydos 68-71=139 −5 T2 Bernhard Langer 72-67=139 −5 5 Anthony Kim 70-70=140 −4 6 Boo Weekley 70-71=141 −3 T7 Stephen Ames 74-68=142 −2 T7 Briny Baird 71-71=142 −2 T7 Fred Couples 70-72=142 −2 T7 Ben Crane 70-72=142 −2 T7 John Merrick 70-72=142 −2 T7 Kevin Stadler 70-72=142 −2
Source:Third round Saturday, May 10 , 2008 Place Player Country Score To par 1 Paul Goydos 68-71-70=209 −7 2 Kenny Perry 68-70-72=210 −6 3 Sergio García 66-73-73=212 −4 T4 Bernhard Langer 72-67-75=214 −2 T4 Phil Mickelson 70-73-71=214 −2 T4 Jeff Quinney 71-73-70=214 −2 T7 Stuart Appleby 72-72-71=215 −1 T7 Briny Baird 71-71-73=215 −1 T7 J. B. Holmes 72-72-71=215 −1 T7 Greg Kraft 75-72-68=215 −1 T7 Tom Lehman 73-73-69=215 −1 T7 Tim Petrovic 73-73-69=215 −1 T7 Boo Weekley 70-71-74=215 −1
Source:Final round Sunday, May 11 , 2008 In windy conditions, the final pairing struggled on the final day; overnight leader Paul Goydos managed a 2-over-par 74, whilst Kenny Perry crashed to an 81. In the groups ahead, the pairing of Jeff Quinney and Sergio García produced some of the best golf of the day , and García became the clubhouse leader at 5-under-par 283. Goydos still led, but missed a par putt to win on the final hole, forcing a sudden-death playoff.Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 García−3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 Goydos−7 −6 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5 Quinney−3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 Baird−1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 AmesE E E +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 E Perry−5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 +1 +1 +2 +3
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:Playoff At the first playoff hole, the infamous par-3 17th, Goydos' went first and his tee shot found water. Garcia stayed dry, stopping from the pin and the playoff was essentially over. Goydos finished the hole with a double bogey to give Garcia three putts to win; he two-putted for par and the title. It was the first playoff at the Players Championship since 1987 and the first to start at the 17th hole.Place Player Country Score To par Money 1 Sergio García 3 E 1,710,000 2 Paul Goydos 5 +2 1,026,000
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