The Players Championship has gone to a Monday finish eight times, five at TPC Sawgrass
The Players Championship has been contested since 1974, and through 50 stagings of the event, there have been only eight times where a Monday finish was required.
Originally called the Tournament Players Championship, it was first held at the end of August/beginning of September in 1974.
It moved to Colonial Country Club for Year 2. It also moved to a spring date, where it has stayed since.
The third rendition was played at Atlanta Country Club, which saw a Monday finish. In 1981, there was another Monday finish at Sawgrass Country Club.
Since the event moved to TPC Sawgrass in 1982, there have been five Monday finishes, the most recent in 2022. Before that, it had been 17 years since the PGA Tour's flagship event went to a fifth day.
Interesting tidbits about the Monday finishes at the Players:
- Jack Nicklaus came out on top in the first two Monday finishes
- J.C. Snead was the runner-up in the first two Monday finishes
- Both of Hal Sutton's Players wins came on a Monday (1983, 2000)
- Tiger Woods has been both a runner-up (2000) and a victor (2001) in a Players Monday
Monday finishes at the Players Championship
1974
- Location: Atlanta Country Club
- Dates: Aug. 30-Sept. 2
- Winner: Jack Nicklaus
- Runner-up: J.C. Snead
1976
- Location: Inverrary Golf & Country Club
- Dates: Feb. 26-March 1
- Winner: Jack Nicklaus
- Runner-up: J.C. Snead
1981
- Location: Sawgrass Country Club
- Dates: March 19-22
- Winner: Raymond Floyd
- Runner-up: Curtis Strange, Barry Jaeckel
1983
- Location: TPC Sawgrass
- Dates: March 25-28
- Winner: Hal Sutton
- Runner-up: Bob Eastwood
2000
- Location: TPC Sawgrass
- Dates: March 23-27
- Winner: Hal Sutton
- Runner-up: Tiger Woods
2001
- Location: TPC Sawgrass
- Dates: March 22-26
- Winner: Tiger Woods
- Runner-up: Vijay Singh
2005
- Location: TPC Sawgrass
- Dates: March 24-28
- Winner: Fred Funk
- Runner-up: Tom Lehman, Luke Donald, Scott Verplank
2022
- Location: TPC Sawgrass
- Dates: March 10-13
- Winner: Cameron Smith
- Runner-up: Anirban Lahiri
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Players Championship: There have been eight Monday finishes
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