Tournaments / 2014-2015
THE PLAYERS Championship
2015-05-07 · TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course
- Winner
- Rickie Fowler
- Winning score
- -12
- Field
- 146
- Field strength
- +0.324 SG
The 2014-2015 THE PLAYERS Championship was played at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, starting 7 May 2015. Rickie Fowler won at 12 under par (276). The winning card was 69, 69, 71 and 67, and the win paid $1,800,000. Kevin Kisner and Sergio Garcia tied for second. 146 players started the event. The field averaged +0.324 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 87% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 146. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Rickie Fowler
- Pos
- P1
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 276
- Kevin Kisner
- Pos
- PT2
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 276
- Sergio Garcia
- Pos
- PT2
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 276
- Ben Martin
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Bill Haas
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Kevin Na
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 279
- Rory Sabbatini
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 279
- Brian Harman
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- Jamie Donaldson
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 280
- John Senden
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- Rory McIlroy
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- Ryo Ishikawa
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 280
- Billy Horschel
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 281
- Chris Kirk
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 75
- Total
- 281
- David Toms
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 281
- Zach Johnson
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 281
- Derek Fathauer
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 282
- George McNeill
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 282
- Henrik Stenson
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 282
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 74
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 282
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 75 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.187
- Top-20 hit rate
- 50%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 26.6
Grade is this event’s percentile (21st) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | 1st | 8th |
| Sergio Garcia | 2nd | 2nd |
| Adam Scott | 3rd | 38th |
| Steve Stricker | 4th | 38th |
| Jim Furyk | 5th | 56th |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 6th | 17th |
| Webb Simpson | 7th | 66th |
| Bill Haas | 8th | 4th |
| Zach Johnson | 9th | 13th |
| Kevin Na | 10th | 6th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Rory Sabbatini | 67th | 6th(−61) |
| Webb Simpson | 7th | 66th(+59) |
| Dustin Johnson | 12th | 69th(+57) |
| Derek Fathauer | 73rd | 17th(−56) |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 62nd | 8th(−54) |
| Tiger Woods | 17th | 69th(+52) |
| Jim Furyk | 5th | 56th(+51) |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 75th | 24th(−51) |
| Kevin Kisner | 49th | 2nd(−47) |
| Jamie Donaldson | 54th | 8th(−46) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the THE PLAYERS Championship in 2014-2015?
- Rickie Fowler won the 2014-2015 THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, finishing 12 under par.
Where was the 2014-2015 THE PLAYERS Championship played?
- The 2014-2015 THE PLAYERS Championship was played at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, starting 7 May 2015.
What was the winning score at the 2014-2015 THE PLAYERS Championship?
- The winning score was 12 under par (276 strokes), posted by Rickie Fowler.
How many players were in the THE PLAYERS Championship field?
- 146 players started the 2014-2015 THE PLAYERS Championship. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.