Tournaments / 2015-2016
THE PLAYERS Championship
2016-05-12 · TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course
- Winner
- Jason Day
- Winning score
- -15
- Field
- 144
- Field strength
- +0.289 SG
The 2015-2016 THE PLAYERS Championship was played at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, starting 12 May 2016. Jason Day won at 15 under par (273), 4 strokes ahead of Kevin Chappell. The winning card was 63, 66, 73 and 71, and the win paid $1,890,000. Kevin Chappell finished second. 144 players started the event. The field averaged +0.289 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 90% 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 144. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Jason Day
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 273
- Kevin Chappell
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 277
- Colt Knost
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 278
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 278
- Ken Duke
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 278
- Matt Kuchar
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 278
- Francesco Molinari
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 279
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 279
- Alex Cejka
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 280
- Daniel Berger
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 280
- Graeme McDowell
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 280
- Adam Scott
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 281
- Bryce Molder
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 281
- Retief Goosen
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 281
- Rory McIlroy
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 281
- Boo Weekley
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 78
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 282
- Cameron Tringale
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 282
- Shane Lowry
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 78
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 282
- Jerry Kelly
- Pos
- T19
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 77
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 283
- Jonas Blixt
- Pos
- T19
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 283
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 76 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.315
- Top-20 hit rate
- 40%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 25.0
Grade is this event’s percentile (59th) 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 | 12th |
| Jason Day | 2nd | 1st |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 3rd | 7th |
| Justin Rose | 4th | 19th |
| Bubba Watson | 5th | 43rd |
| Matt Kuchar | 6th | 3rd |
| Zach Johnson | 7th | 54th |
| Jim Furyk | 8th | 35th |
| Sergio Garcia | 9th | 54th |
| Justin Thomas | 10th | 3rd |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Duke | 76th | 3rd(−73) |
| Retief Goosen | 73rd | 12th(−61) |
| Jonas Blixt | 74th | 19th(−55) |
| Will Wilcox | 19th | 72nd(+53) |
| Alex Cejka | 61st | 9th(−52) |
| Shane Lowry | 65th | 16th(−49) |
| Zach Johnson | 7th | 54th(+47) |
| J.J. Henry | 75th | 28th(−47) |
| Si Woo Kim | 69th | 23rd(−46) |
| Sergio Garcia | 9th | 54th(+45) |
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 2015-2016?
- Jason Day won the 2015-2016 THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, finishing 15 under par.
Where was the 2015-2016 THE PLAYERS Championship played?
- The 2015-2016 THE PLAYERS Championship was played at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, starting 12 May 2016.
What was the winning score at the 2015-2016 THE PLAYERS Championship?
- The winning score was 15 under par (273 strokes), posted by Jason Day.
How many players were in the THE PLAYERS Championship field?
- 144 players started the 2015-2016 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.