Jason Day won The Players Championship 2016 on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass, completing a wire-to-wire four-shot win at 15-under 273. Day shot 1-under 71 in the final round.
Kevin Chappell finished alone in second place at 11 under par, while Justin Thomas, Ken Duke, Matt Kuchar and Colt Knost finished tied for third at 10 under par.
This is Day's third PGA Tour win this season and third wire-to-wire win since September 2015.
Day wins the $1.89 million winner's share of the $10.5 million purse.
2016 The Players Championship leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
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| 1 | Jason Day | -15 | 63 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 273 | $1,890,000 |
| 2 | Kevin Chappell | -11 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 277 | $1,134,000 |
| T3 | Justin Thomas | -10 | 70 | 68 | 75 | 65 | 278 | $504,000 |
| T3 | Matt Kuchar | -10 | 71 | 67 | 72 | 68 | 278 | $504,000 |
| T3 | Colt Knost | -10 | 72 | 63 | 74 | 69 | 278 | $504,000 |
| T3 | Ken Duke | -10 | 74 | 67 | 65 | 72 | 278 | $504,000 |
| T7 | Francesco Molinari | -9 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 279 | $338,625 |
| T7 | Hideki Matsuyama | -9 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 279 | $338,625 |
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| T9 | Graeme McDowell | -8 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 280 | $283,500 |
| T9 | Daniel Berger | -8 | 66 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 280 | $283,500 |
| T9 | Alex Cejka | -8 | 67 | 67 | 72 | 74 | 280 | $283,500 |
| T12 | Adam Scott | -7 | 73 | 65 | 75 | 68 | 281 | $212,625 |
| T12 | Rory McIlroy | -7 | 72 | 64 | 75 | 70 | 281 | $212,625 |
| T12 | Bryce Molder | -7 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 281 | $212,625 |
| T12 | Retief Goosen | -7 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 281 | $212,625 |
| T16 | Boo Weekley | -6 | 66 | 69 | 78 | 69 | 282 | $168,000 |
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| T16 | Shane Lowry | -6 | 65 | 68 | 78 | 71 | 282 | $168,000 |
| T16 | Cameron Tringale | -6 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 282 | $168,000 |
| T19 | Justin Rose | -5 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 66 | 283 | $131,775 |
| T19 | Russell Knox | -5 | 68 | 67 | 80 | 68 | 283 | $131,775 |
| T19 | Jerry Kelly | -5 | 67 | 68 | 77 | 71 | 283 | $131,775 |
| T19 | Jonas Blixt | -5 | 67 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 283 | $131,775 |
| T23 | Paul Casey | -4 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 68 | 284 | $93,450 |
| T23 | Scott Piercy | -4 | 70 | 68 | 75 | 71 | 284 | $93,450 |
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| T23 | Ryan Palmer | -4 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 284 | $93,450 |
| T23 | Daniel Summerhays | -4 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 284 | $93,450 |
| T23 | Si Woo Kim | -4 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 284 | $93,450 |
| T28 | Dustin Johnson | -3 | 70 | 70 | 77 | 68 | 285 | $68,325 |
| T28 | David Hearn | -3 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 285 | $68,325 |
| T28 | Vijay Singh | -3 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 285 | $68,325 |
| T28 | Billy Horschel | -3 | 68 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 285 | $68,325 |
| T28 | J.J. Henry | -3 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 285 | $68,325 |
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| T28 | Louis Oosthuizen | -3 | 72 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 285 | $68,325 |
| T28 | Gary Woodland | -3 | 67 | 68 | 76 | 74 | 285 | $68,325 |
| T35 | Jim Furyk | -2 | 71 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 286 | $52,894 |
| T35 | Keegan Bradley | -2 | 72 | 67 | 76 | 71 | 286 | $52,894 |
| T35 | Brooks Koepka | -2 | 66 | 70 | 77 | 73 | 286 | $52,894 |
| T35 | Danny Lee | -2 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 286 | $52,894 |
| T39 | Jon Curran | -1 | 70 | 71 | 79 | 67 | 287 | $44,100 |
| T39 | Chad Campbell | -1 | 68 | 71 | 78 | 70 | 287 | $44,100 |
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| T39 | Martin Kaymer | -1 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 71 | 287 | $44,100 |
| T39 | Adam Hadwin | -1 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 287 | $44,100 |
| T43 | James Hahn | E | 67 | 73 | 79 | 69 | 288 | $33,670 |
| T43 | Soren Kjeldsen | E | 72 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 288 | $33,670 |
| T43 | Bill Haas | E | 65 | 73 | 77 | 73 | 288 | $33,670 |
| T43 | K.J. Choi | E | 73 | 68 | 73 | 74 | 288 | $33,670 |
| T43 | Bubba Watson | E | 69 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 288 | $33,670 |
| T43 | William McGirt | E | 72 | 65 | 76 | 75 | 288 | $33,670 |
| T49 | Morgan Hoffmann | 1 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 289 | $25,914 |
| T49 | Freddie Jacobson | 1 | 70 | 69 | 78 | 72 | 289 | $25,914 |
| T49 | Jason Dufner | 1 | 70 | 66 | 80 | 73 | 289 | $25,914 |
| T49 | Bernd Wiesberger | 1 | 71 | 67 | 78 | 73 | 289 | $25,914 |
| T49 | Zac Blair | 1 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 289 | $25,914 |
| T54 | Zach Johnson | 2 | 67 | 69 | 80 | 74 | 290 | $24,150 |
| T54 | Brian Harman | 2 | 69 | 70 | 77 | 74 | 290 | $24,150 |
| T54 | Sergio Garcia | 2 | 72 | 66 | 77 | 75 | 290 | $24,150 |
| T57 | Branden Grace | 3 | 72 | 70 | 78 | 71 | 291 | $23,100 |
| T57 | Jhonattan Vegas | 3 | 67 | 71 | 79 | 74 | 291 | $23,100 |
| T57 | Harold Varner, III | 3 | 73 | 66 | 78 | 74 | 291 | $23,100 |
| T57 | Ian Poulter | 3 | 69 | 68 | 79 | 75 | 291 | $23,100 |
| T57 | Hudson Swafford | 3 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 291 | $23,100 |
| T57 | Brendan Steele | 3 | 65 | 76 | 74 | 76 | 291 | $23,100 |
| T57 | Brendon de Jonge | 3 | 71 | 67 | 76 | 77 | 291 | $23,100 |
| T64 | Jamie Lovemark | 4 | 71 | 71 | 79 | 71 | 292 | $21,735 |
| T64 | Johnson Wagner | 4 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 74 | 292 | $21,735 |
| T64 | Marc Leishman | 4 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 292 | $21,735 |
| T64 | Kyle Reifers | 4 | 71 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 292 | $21,735 |
| T64 | Ernie Els | 4 | 66 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 292 | $21,735 |
| T64 | Sean O'Hair | 4 | 70 | 67 | 76 | 79 | 292 | $21,735 |
| 70 | Camilo Villegas | 5 | 71 | 71 | 78 | 73 | 293 | $21,000 |
| 71 | Steve Wheatcroft | 6 | 68 | 74 | 79 | 73 | 294 | $20,790 |
| T72 | Shawn Stefani | 7 | 74 | 68 | 80 | 73 | 295 | $20,475 |
| T72 | Will Wilcox | 7 | 68 | 71 | 82 | 74 | 295 | $20,475 |
| T74 | Kevin Streelman | 8 | 72 | 70 | 80 | 74 | 296 | $20,055 |
| T74 | Fabian Gomez | 8 | 73 | 69 | 79 | 75 | 296 | $20,055 |
| 76 | Patton Kizzire | 12 | 71 | 70 | 82 | 77 | 300 | $19,740 |
