Players Championship 2022 R1
March 10-13
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
$20,000,000
Round 1 Pt.2, Round 2/3, Round 4
.@TommyFleetwood1 is out front.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 10, 2022
He leads by 1 @THEPLAYERSChamp. pic.twitter.com/95dqVW9KUo
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England’s Tommy Fleetwood and America’s Tom Hoge shot 6-under 66s to finish tied in first place in The Players Championship.
Players Championship 2022 R1
“It’s a great first day,” said Fleetwood. “I’m chuffed to be in on that score. I felt like I drove the ball well aside from a couple, and I felt like I chipped and putted great. For sure, like that was the most I could have got out of the round. So days like that are very, very pleasing.
“I think there’s things that I can do better. So I’ll try to do that over the next few days. Again, I’m not going to complain about the day or anything. I’ll just move on and be happy with a 66.”
Pitch perfect. ⤵️
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 10, 2022
Eagle for @HogeGolf and the first of the week at No. 2. pic.twitter.com/Td33bJkkB1
Players Championship 2022 R1
Fleetwood’s form hasn’t been the best in recent times, his last title came two years ago and he barely qualified for The Players with the top-50 in the world being selected.
“I haven’t played well. I think there’s been certain things in my swing, if you like, that I haven’t quite understood, and I would say feelings and shots that I have seen haven’t quite matched up with what I’ve always felt and thought like. So then your confidence takes a hit because you’re not quite comfortable out on the golf course.”
Players Championship 2022 R1
“I would say that, if you’re not playing very well, especially out here, the standard is so, so high and it keeps getting higher, when you’re off the pace and you’re lacking confidence, the game becomes very, very difficult.
“I haven’t sort of played terrible. My results haven’t been terrible, but I’ve lacked obviously very good results. And then I think especially from a World Ranking standpoint, that makes it very, very difficult. So I’ve just sort of been gradually declining.
“So, yeah, it’s been difficult. I just haven’t played like I can or how I expect to play. But you know, things change. Let’s see.”
The tournament was hit with heavy rain overnight and was further affected by storms in the area causing delays. Many didn’t get to finish their rounds before play was suspended for the day and twelve players never got started.
Americans Kramer Hickok and Keith Mitchell are tied in third place at 5-under alongside Chilean Joaquín Niemann and Indian Anirban Lahiri.
Players Championship 2022 R1
| Pos. | Player | To Par | Thru | R1 |
| T1 | Tommy Fleetwood | -6 | F | 66 |
| T1 | Tom Hoge | -6 | F | 66 |
| T3 | Kramer Hickok | -5 | F | 67 |
| T3 | Joaquin Niemann | -5 | F | 67 |
| T3 | Keith Mitchell | -5 | F | 67 |
| T3 | Anirban Lahiri | -5 | F | 67 |
| T7 | Brian Harman | -4 | F | 68 |
| T7 | Sam Burns | -4 | F | 68 |
| T7 | Abraham Ancer | -4 | F | 68 |
| T7 | Taylor Pendrith | -4 | 16 | |
| T11 | Harold Varner III | -3 | F | 69 |
| T11 | Will Zalatoris | -3 | F | 69 |
| T11 | Louis Oosthuizen | -3 | F | 69 |
| T11 | Cameron Smith | -3 | F | 69 |
| T11 | Jon Rahm | -3 | F | 69 |
| T11 | Jhonattan Vegas | -3 | F | 69 |
| T11 | Alex Noren | -3 | F | 69 |
| T11 | Henrik Norlander | -3 | 16 | |
| T19 | Maverick McNealy | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Francesco Molinari | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | K.H. Lee | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Sebastián Muñoz | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Jimmy Walker | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Paul Casey | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Joel Dahmen | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Corey Conners | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Tyrrell Hatton | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Lanto Griffin | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Pat Perez | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Peter Malnati | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Scott Piercy | -2 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Lee Westwood | -2 | 7 | |
| T19 | Cameron Young | -2 | 6 | |
| T19 | Russell Henley | -2 | 6 | |
| T19 | Thomas Pieters | -2 | 6 | |
| T19 | Jason Day | -2 | 4 | |
| T19 | Dustin Johnson | -2 | 3 | |
| T19 | Brooks Koepka | -2 | 3 | |
| T19 | Justin Rose | -2 | 2 | |
| T40 | Russell Knox | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Beau Hossler | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Aaron Wise | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Doc Redman | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Richy Werenski | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Sergio Garcia | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Erik van Rooyen | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Ryan Palmer | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Adam Long | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Viktor Hovland | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Gary Woodland | -1 | F | 71 |
| T40 | Hank Lebioda | -1 | 16 | |
| T40 | Andrew Putnam | -1 | 6 | |
| T40 | Matt Wallace | -1 | 6 | |
| T40 | Sam Ryder | -1 | 5 | |
| T40 | Chesson Hadley | -1 | 5 | |
| T40 | Kevin Kisner | -1 | 4 | |
| T40 | Talor Gooch | -1 | 4 | |
| T40 | Cam Davis | -1 | 3 | |
| T40 | Carlos Ortiz | -1 | 3 | |
| T40 | Scottie Scheffler | -1 | 3 | |
| T40 | Sepp Straka | -1 | 2 | |
| T40 | Robert Streb | -1 | 2 | |
| T40 | Collin Morikawa | -1 | 2 | |
| T40 | Max Homa | -1 | 2 | |
| T40 | Billy Horschel | -1 | 2 | |
| T40 | Patton Kizzire | -1 | 1 | |
| T40 | Danny Lee | -1 | 1 | |
| T68 | Lee Hodges | Par | F | 72 |
| T68 | Mito Pereira | Par | F | 72 |
| T68 | Sungjae Im | Par | F | 72 |
| T68 | Martin Laird | Par | F | 72 |
| T68 | Cameron Champ | Par | F | 72 |
| T68 | Patrick Cantlay | Par | F | 72 |
| T68 | Brandt Snedeker | Par | F | 72 |
| T68 | Matthew Wolff | Par | F | 72 |
| T68 | Hayden Buckley | Par | F | 72 |
| T68 | Brian Stuard | Par | 6 | |
| T68 | Chris Kirk | Par | 6 | |
| T68 | Keegan Bradley | Par | 6 | |
| T68 | Mackenzie Hughes | Par | 6 | |
| T68 | J.J. Spaun | Par | 5 | |
| T68 | Ryan Brehm | Par | 4 | |
| T68 | Hudson Swafford | Par | 4 | |
| T68 | Jason Kokrak | Par | 4 | |
| T68 | Jordan Spieth | Par | 3 | |
| T68 | Daniel Berger | Par | 3 | |
| T68 | Branden Grace | Par | 3 | |
| T68 | Rory McIlroy | Par | 2 | |
| T68 | Justin Thomas | Par | 2 | |
| T68 | Lucas Herbert | Par | 2 | |
| T68 | Brendon Todd | Par | 2 | |
| T68 | Stewart Cink | Par | 2 | |
| T68 | C.T. Pan | Par | 2 | |
| T68 | Marc Leishman | Par | 1 | |
| T68 | J.T. Poston | Par | 1 | |
| T68 | Zach Johnson | Par | 1 | |
| T68 | Seamus Power | Par | 1 | |
| T68 | Taylor Moore | Par | 1 | |
| T99 | Wyndham Clark | +1 | F | 73 |
| T99 | Kevin Streelman | +1 | F | 73 |
| T99 | Roger Sloan | +1 | F | 73 |
| T99 | Patrick Reed | +1 | F | 73 |
| T99 | Patrick Rodgers | +1 | F | 73 |
| T99 | Kevin Tway | +1 | F | 73 |
| T99 | Dylan Frittelli | +1 | F | 73 |
| T99 | Shane Lowry | +1 | F | 73 |
| T99 | Ian Poulter | +1 | F | 73 |
| T99 | Harry Higgs | +1 | 6 | |
| T99 | Brandon Hagy | +1 | 6 | |
| T99 | Matt Fitzpatrick | +1 | 6 | |
| T99 | Cameron Tringale | +1 | 5 | |
| T99 | James Hahn | +1 | 5 | |
| T99 | Xander Schauffele | +1 | 3 | |
| T99 | Bubba Watson | +1 | 3 | |
| T99 | Luke List | +1 | 1 | |
| T116 | Charley Hoffman | +2 | F | 74 |
| T116 | Kyle Stanley | +2 | F | 74 |
| T116 | Garrick Higgo | +2 | F | 74 |
| T116 | Lucas Glover | +2 | F | 74 |
| T116 | Chez Reavie | +2 | 2 | |
| T121 | Webb Simpson | +3 | F | 75 |
| T121 | Nick Watney | +3 | F | 75 |
| T123 | Tony Finau | +4 | F | 76 |
| T123 | Brian Gay | +4 | F | 76 |
| T125 | Adam Schenk | +6 | F | 78 |
| T125 | Adam Scott | +6 | F | 78 |
| 127 | Matt Jones | +7 | F | 79 |
| Si Woo Kim | ||||
| Matt Kuchar | ||||
| Henrik Stenson | ||||
| Brice Garnett | ||||
| Adam Hadwin | ||||
| Charl Schwartzel | 7:15 AM | |||
| Denny McCarthy | 7:15 AM | |||
| Tyler McCumber | 7:15 AM | |||
| Troy Merritt | 7:15 AM | |||
| Scott Stallings | 7:15 AM | |||
| Doug Ghim | 7:15 AM | |||
| Brendan Steele | 7:26 AM | |||
| Emiliano Grillo | 7:26 AM | |||
| Matthew NeSmith | 7:26 AM | |||
| Joseph Bramlett | 7:26 AM | |||
| Stephan Jaeger | 7:26 AM | |||
| Sahith Theegala | 7:26 AM |
