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《高尔夫世界》杂志提出了一个问题：“在非大满贯赛之中，你最想赢哪一场比赛?”被调查的27个球员之中有14人回答说球员锦标赛是第五大赛。其中两人 ——赫尔-欧文(Hale Irwin)和俄亥俄本土球手本-柯蒂斯给出的答案是纪念高球赛。关于第五大赛的争论并没有到此结束。 2010年5月高尔夫频道对电视观众调查， 2/3 的人认为球员锦标赛是第五大赛。 球员锦标赛创始于1974年， 1977年转移到佛罗里达的Ponte Vedra Beach 的锯齿草高尔夫球场， 1982年开始在现在的“体育场球场”比赛。 球员锦标赛冠军具有5年的美巡赛资格豁免，等同于大满贯赛。它具有的联邦杯积分众多，与大满贯赛一样。它的奖金(950万美元， 冠军175万美元， 美巡赛最高) 甚至高过所有大满贯 赛。通过精心设计，它聚集的球手阵容相当强大，并不比大满贯赛逊色。 胜者获得80点的世界排名积分， 仅仅比大满贯的100点少。 每一年，美巡赛都要搞这样一个小型的宣传活动，让大家相信这场比赛是第五大赛。美巡赛甚至在2007年， 将球员锦标赛的日程从3月份前移到5月份，以便摘下“奥古 斯塔热身赛”的帽子，让它与其它大满贯赛平起平坐。 美国大师赛给球员锦标赛冠军三年的资格豁免，他们表示这反映了美巡赛的重要性，也显示了他们对这场大赛中球员的表现非常重视。其他三个大满贯赛冠军从 美国名人赛那里得到五年的资格豁免。 英国公开赛给予其他三个大满贯赛冠军五年资格豁免，同时给予球员锦标赛以及BMW锦标赛(英国PGA锦标赛)冠军三年资格豁免。“我们认为这场 比赛非常精彩，组织得很好，阵容很强大。”皇家古典俱乐部秘书长道森说，“因此它应该获得这样的地位。” 美国公开赛给予其他三个大满贯赛冠军五年资格豁免，但是给予球员锦标赛冠军只一年资格豁免。 美国职业高协平等对待球员锦标赛以及其他美巡赛。美巡赛的每个冠军都将获得美国PGA锦标赛一年的资格豁免，这意味着美国PGA锦标赛将聚集世 界排名前100位的大多数选手。 球员锦标赛由美巡赛(PGA Tour ) 所拥有。 其他的大满贯比赛不是美巡赛的, 大师赛由奥古斯塔俱乐部拥有， 美国公开赛由美国高协 (USGA)拥有， 英国公开赛由圣安德鲁斯R&A拥有， 美巡赛锦标赛由美国职业高协(PGA ) 拥有。 比赛的最低纪录是澳大利亚人， 大白鲨诺曼于1994年创造的， -24. 经典镜头 1. 2000年， Hal Sutton 和老虎伍兹在最后一天的第18洞对决。 Sutton 需要第二杆打上果岭， 拿下小鸟取胜。 挥杆后， 他不由自主地喊道： “be the right club today! (老天保佑这一杆)”。 这一杆打的非常好， 球停在球洞8尺远， 他拿下小鸟， 取得冠军。 这句话成了他的标志， 多少年来， 人们看到他就喊： “be the right club today”!
Hal Sutton 取得冠军 2. 2001年， 老虎在著名的17洞果岭上， 推出一记60尺， 三拐弯 (triple breakers) 的小鸟推. 当球向球洞滚动时， 解说员兴奋地连声喊， 一声比一声高： “better than the most, better than the most ….”, 直到球滚入洞中。 老虎在这一年夺冠， 是他唯一的球员锦标赛冠军。 这个推杆的youtube 录像。
* Indicates a win in a playoff 纪录一览 3 次 杰克-尼克劳斯: 1974, 1976, 1978 2 次 弗雷德·卡波斯: 1984, 1996 Steve Elkington: 1991, 1997 拉夫三世: 1992, 2003 哈尔-萨顿: 1983, 2000 精彩赛事集锦： 1974: Jack Nicklaus wins the inaugural edition of the tournament. He beats J.C. Snead by two shots 1977: Mark Hayes wins by two shots over Mike McCullough in spite of shooting the highest winning score on the PGA Tour, 289, since Jack Nicklaus at the 1972 U.S. Open 1978: Jack Nicklaus wins his third Tournament Players Championship title. He edges Lou Graham by one shot 1979: Bob Murphy, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, shoots a final round 92. Winds were gusting up to 45 miles per hour that day. 1980: Playing in a final threesome with Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino shoots a final round 70 to edge Ben Crenshaw by one shot 1981: Raymond Floyd defeats Curtis Strange and Barry Jaeckel on the first hole of a sudden death playoff. In addition to the tournament title, Floyd collects an additional $250,000 bonus due to his win at the Doral-Eastern Open the week before1982: After winning the tournament by two shots over Brad Bryant and Scott Simpson, Jerry Pate tosses PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman and TPC at Sawgrass course architect Pete Dye into the water adjacent to the 18th green before jumPing in himself.[10] 1983: Hal Sutton wins by one shot over Bob Eastwood. John Cook came to the 72nd hole tied for the lead with Sutton before hitting his tee shot in the water on his way to a double bogey 1984: Fred Couples shoots a course record 64[12] during the second round of play on his way to a one-shot victory over Lee Trevino 1986: John Mahaffey wins by one shot over Larry Mize after Mize makes bogey on four of the last five holes during the final round of play 1987: Sandy Lyle defeats Jeff Sluman on the third hole of a sudden death playoff. On the playoff's second hole as Jeff Sluman stood over a 6-foot birdie putt that could have won him the championship, a spectator jumps in water surrounding the 17th green.[1988: Jacksonville area resident Mark McCumber wins by four shots over Mike Reid 1989: Tom Kite wins for the second consecutive week. He beats Chip Beck by one shot. 1991: Steve Elkington wins by one shot over Fuzzy Zoeller. Phil Blackmar had solo possession of the lead before hitting his tee shot into the water on the 71st hole resulting in a double bogey. 1992: Mark Calcavecchia and John Daly are reprimanded by Deputy PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem "for failure to exert their best effort" after they finish their 18 holes of golf in only two hours and three minutes time. 1994: Greg Norman shoots the 72-hole record score for the tournament, 264, on his way to a four shot victory over Fuzzy Zoeller. 1996: Twelve years after his first win at the TPC at Sawgrass, Fred Couples triumphs again. He shoots a final round 64 to beat Colin Montgomerie and Tommy Tolles by four shots. 1999: David Duval wins by two shots over Scott Gump. The win by Duval propels him to #1 in the World rankings 2000: Hal Sutton wins at the TPC at Sawgrass for a second time. He edges Tiger Woods by one shot. 2002: Playing for the first time ever in The Players Championship, Craig Perks finishes eagle-birdie-par to win by two shots over Stephen Ames. 2003: Davis Love III wins The Players Championship for a second time. He shoots a final round 64 to win by six shots over Jay Haas and Pádraig Harrington. 2004: In spite of hitting his 2nd shot at the 72nd hole into the water, Adam Scott is able to get it up and down for bogey to win by one shot over Pádraig Harrington. 2005: Fred Funk becomes the tournament's oldest champion by edging Tom Lehman, Luke Donald, and Scott Verplank by one shot. During the final round, Bob Tway hit four balls into the water surrounding the 17th green, and scored a twelve on the hole. 2011: K. J. Choi becomes the first Asian born golfer to win The Players Championship. He defeats David Toms on the first hole of a sudden death playoff. 也许您还会喜欢： 球员锦标赛再创辉煌 KBS杆身成美巡球员最爱 美巡专员辟谣 伍兹并未被施压带伤参加球员锦标赛 球员锦标赛第二击 若隐若现的种族歧视风波 球员锦标赛沃特尼首轮64杆领跑 米克尔森夺冠的七大理由 球员锦标赛30年你不可不知的30个小秘密 球员锦标赛老虎打完九洞退赛 伤势复发前途未卜 球员锦标赛风云再起 第17洞岛屿果岭吸引万众目光 球员锦标赛十大夺冠热门 米克尔森有望登顶世界第一 米克尔森有望球员锦标赛登顶世界第一 白老虎批评美国人不支持欧巡 拒绝球员锦标赛 (责任编辑：管理员) |
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