Matt Kuchar Takes 2012 Players Championship: Final TPC Leaderboard

Update: Sunday, May 13 at 7:00 p.m. ET

Matt Kuchar has won the 2012 Players Championship. He was consistent and steady throughout this tournament at the beautiful TPC at Sawgrass golf course, and that didn't change on Sunday.

Kuchar fired a 70 to finish the tournament at 13-under and earn a two-stroke victory. This is easily the biggest win of his career, and is the culmination of fantastic play that has left him just outside of several big championships. 

It was Kuchar's fourth career win and first win in two years, his last coming at the 2010 Barclays.

Rickie Fowler made a fantastic late charge. He birdied 16 and 17 and had a birdie putt lip out on No. 18 before finishing tied for second at 11-under with Zach Johnson, Martin Laird and Ben Curtis.

Third-round leader, Kevin Na, struggled all day. He fired a final round of 76, to wind up tied for seventh. 

Other notables at the 2012 Players: Tiger Woods finished tied for 40th at one-under; Jim Furyk and Phil Mickelson came in at T25 at three-under; and Englishman Luke Donald finished nine-under and sixth after starting the day at T27; Geoff Ogilvy T12 at six-under; and Adam Scott T15 at five-under.

Final Leaderboard

Place	Golfer	Score
1.	Matt Kuchar	-13
T2.	Zach Johnson	-11
T2.	Martin Laird	-11
T2.	Ben Curtis	-11
T2.	Rickie Fowler	-11
6	Luke Donald	-9
T7	Kevin Na	-8
T7	Bo Van Pelt	-8
T7	Jhonattan Vegas	-8
T10	Carl Pettersson	-7
T10	David Toms	-7
T12	Jonathan Byrd	-6
T12	Blake Adams	-6
T12	Geoff Ogilvy	-6
T15	Adam Scott	-5
T15	Brendon de Jonge	-5
T15	Martin Kaymer	-5
T15	Bob Estes	-5
T15	Henrik Stenson	-5
T15	Spencer Levin	-5
T15	David Mathis	-5
T15	Peter Hanson	-5
T23	John Huh	-4
T23	Chris Couch	-4

Update: Sunday, May 13 at 6:58 p.m. ET

Round 3 Highlights

Update: Saturday, May 12 at 6:50 p.m. ET

What an entertaining day of golf at Sawgrass. Rickie Fowler wasted no time cranking up the excitement. He was three-under for the day after five holes. While he couldn't keep up that torrid pace, he was still fantastic. 

He finished six-under for the round and is now nine-under for the tournament. That leaves him in third place, three strokes behind leader Kevin Na. 

Na had one of the more interesting rounds you will ever see. He finished the day four-under to move to 12-under for the tournament. He had four birdies and no bogeys—which isn't all that interesting—until you take into account how he looked doing it. 

Na never looked comfortable addressing the ball. He did countless club waggles, stepped away from the ball, and even swung through, but well outside the ball. He could had a hard time getting comfortable, but it worked. 

Leaderboard after Third Round

Place	Golfer	Score
1.	Kevin Na	-12
2.	Matt Kuchar	-11
3.	Rickie Fowler	-9
T4.	Ben Curtis	-7
T4.	Jhonattan Vegas	-7

Second Round Highlights

First Round Highlights

Leaderboard (Last Updated Friday, May 11 at 10:41 p.m. ET)

Place	Golfer	Score	Hole
T-1st	Zach Johnson	-8	F
T-1st	Kevin Na	-6	F
T-1st	Matt Kuchar	-8	F
4th	Harris English	-7	F
T-5th	Charlie Wi	-6	F
	Notables
T-30th	Phil Mickelson	-2	F
T-30th	Tiger Woods	-2	F
Cut	Rory McIlroy	+4	F

Notable Tee Times for Thursday's First Round

Time (ET)	Golfer	Golfer	Golfer
7:47 a.m.	Geoff Ogilvy	Vijay Singh	Scott Verplank
8:18 a.m.	K.J. Choi	Tim Clark	Sergio Garcia
8:29 a.m.	Louis Oosthuizen	Jason Day	Ian Poulter
8:39 a.m.	Rickie Fowler	Hunter Mahan	Tiger Woods
1:49 p.m.	Rory McIlroy	Phil Mickelson	Steve Stricker

TV Schedule

Round	Time (ET)	TV Info
1	1:00 to 7:00 p.m.	GOLF Channel
2	1:00 to 7:00 p.m.	GOLF Channel
3	12:00 to 2:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	GOLF Channel, NBC
4	12:00 to 2:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	GOLF Channel, NBC