2010 Players Championship
The 2010 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 37th Players Championship|Players Championship].
Tim Clark won with a 67 on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, one stroke ahead of Robert Allenby.
Two unusual events occurred during this Players Championship. For the first time in tournament history, a spectator was arrested and forcibly removed from the course. An intoxicated fan who was screaming and being disruptive refused to listen to course officials, who then called deputies. The man resisted arrest and was tasered. In a separate incident, hours after the first round had ended a car was discovered parked on the 8th green with two occupants inside and the motor running. When the driver refused to follow instructions, law enforcement was called. The green was not damaged and the couple was issued trespass warnings, then escorted off the course.
Defending champion Henrik Stenson missed the 36-hole cut by a stroke.
Venue
This was the 29th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at.Field
The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2009 Senior Players Championship.;1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players
Stephen Ames, Cameron Beckman, Jason Bohn, Stewart Cink, Ben Crane, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Nathan Green, Bill Haas, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Martin Laird, Derek Lamely, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Ryan Moore, Geoff Ogilvy, Ryan Palmer, Kenny Perry, Ian Poulter, John Rollins, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Henrik Stenson, Bo Van Pelt, Camilo Villegas, Tiger Woods, Yang Yong-eun
- Anthony Kim and Steve Stricker did not play.
Ángel Cabrera, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner, Pádraig Harrington, Jerry Kelly, Marc Leishman, Steve Marino, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, John Senden, David Toms, Scott Verplank, Nick Watney, Mike Weir
- Retief Goosen did not play.
Michael Allen, Robert Allenby, Woody Austin, Aaron Baddeley, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Byrd, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey, Alex Čejka, Greg Chalmers, K. J. Choi, Daniel Chopra, Tim Clark, Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Jason Day, James Driscoll, Bob Estes, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, Sergio García, Mathew Goggin, Paul Goydos, J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Freddie Jacobson, Lee Janzen, Richard S. Johnson, Jeff Klauk, Justin Leonard, Michael Letzig, Davis Love III, Bill Lunde, John Mallinger, Scott McCarron, George McNeill, John Merrick, Bryce Molder, James Nitties, Nick O'Hern, Jeff Overton, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy, D. A. Points, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, Andrés Romero, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Stadler, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Kevin Sutherland, Vaughn Taylor, Roland Thatcher, Nicholas Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley, Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson
- Rich Beem, Fred Couples, and Tom Watson did not play.
;5. Men's major [golf championships|Major] champions from the past five years
Trevor Immelman
- Michael Campbell did not play.
Fred Funk
;7. WGC winners from the past three years
;8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
;9. Top 50 from the Official [World Golf Ranking] as of April 25
Ross Fisher, Thongchai Jaidee, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson
- Søren Hansen, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Edoardo Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Michael Sim did not play.
;11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 25
;12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 25
Kris Blanks, Chad Collins, Chris Couch, Brendon de Jonge, Rickie Fowler, J. P. Hayes, Spencer Levin, Troy Merritt, Alex Prugh
;13. Senior Players champion from prior year
Jay Haas
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Round summaries
First round
Thursday, May 6, 2010| Place | Player | Score | To par | ||||||||||
| T1 |  Second roundFriday, May 7, 2010
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