Golf World Monday - May 14, 2012

5. 14.2012

pga tour // players championship
kuchar holds on for players title

� winner matt kuchar shot a final-round 70 to hold off martin laird, zach Johnson, rickie fowler and ben curtis by two strokes at the players championship at tpc sawgrass. kuchar, who finished at 13-under 275, won for the first time since the 2010 barclays and for the fourth time in his career.

�key hole the par- 4

16th. minutes after Johnson birdied the hole and fowler birdied both 16 and 17 to get to 11 under, kuchar made a 15-foot putt for birdie to get to 14 under and take a three-stroke lead. the margin allowed him to bogey 17 and keep a two-stroke lead with one hole to play.

�noteworthy curtis
made a nine-foot birdie putt
on the last hole to join the
group at 11 under. he has
finished first, t- 13, t- 5 and
t- 2 in his last four starts. …
luke donald was sixth, four
strokes back. he needed to
finish solo fourth or bet-
ter to regain the no. 1 spot
on the world ranking. …
Jhonattan vegas finished
t- 7 after a final-round 70.
it was his first top- 10 of
2012. … david toms (t- 10)
and bob estes (t- 15) shot
final-round 65s, the best
scores of the day. … it was
Johnson’s second runner-up
finish in his last three starts.
he hasn’t missed a cut in 12
tour starts in 2012.

� quotable “to walk down the tunnel of champions and know that i’m a part of that, it’s just an incredible feeling. i’d love to have that feeling every week.” — Matt kuchar

“the last few holes were a lot of fun. it’s a rush out there. get yourself in contention sunday at the players, it’s a lot of fun.” — rickie fo Wler