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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 6–9, 2010 |
| Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W |
| Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,215 yards (6,597 m) |
| Field | 145 players, 70 after cut |
| Cut | 142 (−2) |
| Prize fund | $9.5 million |
| Winner's share | $1.71 million |
| Champion | |
 Tim Clark | |
| 272 (−16) | |
| Location map | |
  TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States  TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida | |
The 2010 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 6–9 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 37th Players Championship.
Tim Clark won with a 67 on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, one stroke ahead of Robert Allenby.[1][2]
Two unusual events occurred during this Players Championship. For the first time in tournament history, a spectator was arrested and forcibly removed from the course. An intoxicated fan who was screaming and being disruptive refused to listen to course officials, who then called deputies. The man resisted arrest and was tasered. In a separate incident, hours after the first round had ended a car was discovered parked on the 8th green with two occupants inside and the motor running. When the driver refused to follow instructions, law enforcement was called. The green was not damaged and the couple was issued trespass warnings, then escorted off the course.[3]
Defending champion Henrik Stenson missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.
- ^ "PGA Tour Leaderboard – The Players Championship (May 6 - 9, 2010)". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ^ "Clark finally breaks through with furious final-round rally at the Players". GOLF. 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ Andres, Shakaya (May 11, 2010). "Two unusual first-time events mark The Players Championship". Florida Times-Union. (Jacksonville).