Tournaments / 2018-2019
THE PLAYERS Championship
2019-03-14 · TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course
- Winner
- Rory McIlroy
- Winning score
- -16
- Field
- 144
- Field strength
- +0.329 SG
The 2018-2019 THE PLAYERS Championship was played at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, starting 14 March 2019. Rory McIlroy won at 16 under par (272), 1 stroke ahead of Jim Furyk. The winning card was 67, 65, 70 and 70, and the win paid $2,250,000. Jim Furyk finished second, and Eddie Pepperell and Jhonattan Vegas tied for third. 144 players started the event. The field averaged +0.329 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.
- Rory McIlroy
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 272
- Jim Furyk
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 273
- Eddie Pepperell
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 274
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 274
- Brandt Snedeker
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 275
- Dustin Johnson
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 275
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 275
- Brian Harman
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 276
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 276
- Jason Day
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 276
- Justin Rose
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 276
- Abraham Ancer
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 277
- Adam Scott
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Joel Dahmen
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Jon Rahm
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 277
- Keegan Bradley
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 278
- Nick Taylor
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 278
- Ollie Schniederjans
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 278
- Webb Simpson
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 278
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Pos
- T20
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 279
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 80 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.317
- Top-20 hit rate
- 40%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 23.7
Grade is this event’s percentile (60th) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dustin Johnson | 1st | 5th |
| Justin Rose | 2nd | 8th |
| Justin Thomas | 3rd | 35th |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 4th | 5th |
| Rickie Fowler | 5th | 47th |
| Webb Simpson | 6th | 16th |
| Rory McIlroy | 7th | 1st |
| Francesco Molinari | 8th | 56th |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 9th | 8th |
| Tiger Woods | 10th | 30th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Eddie Pepperell | 78th | 3rd(−75) |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 62nd | 3rd(−59) |
| Kevin Na | 20th | 78th(+58) |
| Nick Taylor | 69th | 16th(−53) |
| Lucas Bjerregaard | 80th | 30th(−50) |
| Ollie Schniederjans | 65th | 16th(−49) |
| Francesco Molinari | 8th | 56th(+48) |
| Brian Harman | 54th | 8th(−46) |
| Brooks Koepka | 11th | 56th(+45) |
| Rickie Fowler | 5th | 47th(+42) |
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 2018-2019?
- Rory McIlroy won the 2018-2019 THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, finishing 16 under par.
Where was the 2018-2019 THE PLAYERS Championship played?
- The 2018-2019 THE PLAYERS Championship was played at TPC Sawgrass - THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, starting 14 March 2019.
What was the winning score at the 2018-2019 THE PLAYERS Championship?
- The winning score was 16 under par (272 strokes), posted by Rory McIlroy.
How many players were in the THE PLAYERS Championship field?
- 144 players started the 2018-2019 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.