2017 Players Championship pin flag TPC Sawgrass Kim Si-woo open ryder british

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The
2017 Players Championship
was the 44th
Players Championship
, held May 11–14 at
TPC Sawgrass
in
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
, and the 36th edition held at the Stadium Course.
Kim Si-woo
, age 21, shot a final round 69 to win at 278 (−10), three strokes ahead of runners-up
Louis Oosthuizen
and
Ian Poulter
. Starting the final round two strokes back in fourth place, Kim became the championship's youngest winner by over 1½ years, passing
Adam Scott
(
2004
).
[1]
[2]
In the preceding six months on the
PGA Tour
, Kim had missed the cut or withdrawn in most of his events and was without a top twenty finish.
[3]
[4]
The win was his second on tour and moved him up 47 places in the
world rankings
, from 75 to 28.
[5]
In the final round,
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
recorded the first-ever
double eagle
at the par-5 16th hole, then birdied the par-3 17th.
[6]
His tee shot on 18 hooked into the water, but he chipped in to save par and tied for fourth.
Defending champion
Jason Day
shot 80 on Sunday and was seventeen strokes back, tied for sixtieth place