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SECTION TOURNAMENT HISTORIES32011 PGA TOUR Regular SeasonTHE PLAYERSChampionshipNOTESTim Clark played the final 26 holes without abogey on the way to victory at THE PLAYERSChampionship in 2010 for his first PGA TOURvictory. He set a Stadium Course record with thelargest 36-hole comeback (seven strokes) andwon with an 8-foot par putt on the final holefor a 5-under 67. He finished at 16-under 272 tobeat Robert Allenby by one stroke. Clark wonwith a 66-67 weekend in which he made onlyone bogey—the 10th hole Saturday. It was thebest weekend on the treacherous Stadium Coursesince Fred Couples shot 132 to win in 1996. The36-hole comeback topped the record of six thatTiger Woods set when he won in 2001.Tim Clark is the second player to make THEPLAYERS his first PGA TOUR victory, joining CraigPerks in 2002.TOURNAMENT HISTORYYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/Yards1996 Fred Couples .................270 Colin Montgomerie ........274 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/6,896Tommy Tolles1997 Steve Elkington .............272 Scott Hoch .....................279 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/6,8961998 Justin Leonard ..............278 Glen Day ........................280 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/6,950Tom Lehman1999 David Duval ..................285 Scott Gump ....................287 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,0932000 Hal Sutton .....................278 Tiger Woods ..................279 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,0932001 Tiger Woods .................274 Vijay Singh .....................275 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,0932002 Craig Perks ....................280 Stephen Ames ...............282 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,0932003 Davis Love III ................271 Jay Haas ........................277 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,093Padraig Harrington2004 Adam Scott ...................276 Padraig Harrington ........277 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,0932005 Fred Funk ......................279 Tom Lehman ..................280 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,093Luke DonaldScott Verplank2006 Stephen Ames ..............274 Retief Goosen ................280 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,0982007 Phil Mickelson ..............277 Sergio Garcia .................279 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,2152008 Sergio Garcia* ..............283 Paul Goydos ...................283 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,2152009 Henrik Stenson .............276 Ian Poulter .....................280 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,2152010 Tim Clark .......................272 Robert Allenby ...............273 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL ........72/7,469KEY: * = PlayoffTim Clark is the first South African winner andsixth international winner of THE PLAYERS in thelast 10 years, the 11th overall.In the 29 years THE PLAYERS Championship hasbeen contested at TPC Sawgrass, the championhas not started from farther back than a tie forseventh entering the final round and gone on towin (Hal Sutton, 1983, four strokes back). TimClark was tied for sixth after 54 holes and threestrokes back. The largest-stroke deficit an eventualwinner has overcome entering the final round atTHE PLAYERS is five by Justin Leonard in 1998(started in third, won by two) and Henrik Stensonin 2009 (started tied for second, won by four).Robert Allenby of Australia hits his secondshot on No. 10 during the final round.Tim Clark entered THE PLAYERS with a solosecond or tie for second on eight occasions onthe PGA TOUR. The last player to finish secondeight or more times before his first TOUR win wasDavid Frost, who won the 1988 Southern Openafter eight second-place finishes.Before his 2010 victory at THE PLAYERS, TimClark had the second-most career top 10s amongplayers without a victory, with 39, trailing onlyBobby Wadkins’ 50.Lucas Glover (third) earned his best result at THEPLAYERS. Glover had never made the cut in fourprevious appearances at THE PLAYERS.3-44 PGA TOUR 2011 GuidePGATOUR.COM