| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 7–10, 2015 |
| 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 | 144 players, 75 after cut |
| Cut | 144 (Even) |
| Prize fund | $10.0 million |
| Winner's share | $1.80 million |
| Champion | |
 Rickie Fowler | |
| 276 (−12), playoff | |
| Location map | |
  TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States  TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida | |
The 2015 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 7–10 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 42nd Players Championship.
Rickie Fowler won the tournament, beating Kevin Kisner and Sergio García in a playoff.[1][2][3]
Trailing by five shots with six holes to play, Fowler played them at six-under-par, going birdie-par-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie to force a playoff.[4][5] After the three-hole aggregate playoff (holes 16–18) ended with Kisner and Fowler still tied, they returned to the 17th for sudden-death. Fowler put his tee shot to five feet (1.5 m) on the island green 17th, and made birdie to win.[6][7][8]
Defending champion Martin Kaymer finished twelve strokes back at even par, tied for 56th place.
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