2006 Players Championship

The 2006 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 33rd Players Championship. 

Stephen Ames shot a final round 67 and completed the biggest win of his career by a comfortable margin, six strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen. Ames was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over Sergio García and Vijay Singh.

A month earlier at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Ames lasted only ten holes in the first round, falling to Tiger Woods 9&8.

Defending champion Fred Funk finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for sixteenth place.

This was the final Players held in March until 2019; it moved to mid-May in 2007. The Players was moved back to March starting 2019 as the PGA Championship moves from August to May from 2019 onwards.

Venue

This was the 25th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; five yards were added this year and its length was .

Past champions in the field

Made the cut 

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Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round
Thursday, March 23, 2006

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Second round
Friday, March 24, 2006

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Third round
Saturday, March 25, 2006

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Final round
Sunday, March 26, 2006

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Scorecard 

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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References

External links
The Players Championship website
Full Leaderboard

2006
Category:2006 in golf
Category:2006 in American sports
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Category:March 2006 sports events in the United States