6 numbers that summarize dramatic 2021 Players Championship

Justin Thomas won The Players Championship on Sunday to cap an incredible week at TPC Sawgrass.

From start to finish, the tournament delivered everything you could ask for from one of the PGA Tour's biggest events: fabulous golf, incredible storylines, and a worthy champion.

Here are six numbers that summarize a dramatic Sunday at TPC Sawgrass.

14

Thomas claimed his 14th PGA Tour victory with a final-round 68. He began the day trailing by three shots, but the 27-year-old vaulted ahead of competitors Lee Westwood and Bryson DeChambeau following a 5-under run through Nos. 9-12.

Thomas joined some elite company with his 14th title.

And then there's this:

17

Thomas hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation on Sunday, and he was inches short of perfection. No player has ever hit all 18 greens during the final round at TPC Sawgrass.

"I did know that, and I'm not happy the fact that I missed 18 with a sand wedge to screw that up," Thomas said afterward, according to ASAP Sports. "I should have backed off. I heard - whoever was putting on 17, I heard the fans and I was thinking about that over my shot instead of, which is just horrendous mental work by me. But yeah, I'm not happy I missed that green."

The champion's ball-striking prowess puts him alongside only Hal Sutton, who also hit 17 greens while winning The Players in 2000.

11.19

Thomas also put on a world-class ball-striking display over the entire weekend. He was seven shots off the lead going into Saturday before shooting 64-68 to win the tournament.

The Tour veteran gained 11.19 strokes tee-to-green on the field during that stretch, the most from any player over a weekend since the tracking began in 2004, according to the 15th Club's Justin Ray.

"Probably one of the best rounds of my life tee to green, total control of the ball," Thomas said after his win, according to ASAP Sports.

Jim MacKay, a Golf Channel analyst and Phil Mickelson's former caddie who has also caddied for Thomas occasionally, called the winner's performance "Hogan-esque" during the broadcast, referring to legendary ball-striker Ben Hogan.

2.7

Thomas earned a cool $2.7 million, the PGA Tour's largest prize.

It's also the amount (rounded up) that Westwood has banked over the past two weeks. The 47-year-old finished as the lone runner-up for the second straight event, and he's now cashed in over $1.6 million for his showing at TPC Sawgrass.

And if you're feeling bad for Westwood, who has held the 54-hole lead in back-to-back weeks, remember that the Englishman is playing Augusta National with his son on Monday, and he's a whole lot richer than two weeks ago.

5.5

Thomas hit a ton of quality shots throughout the week, but none may have been more clutch than the 5.5-foot putt for par on 17.

The putt came after his lengthy birdie effort from 51 feet rolled by with considerable speed. He was on the verge of recording his third three-putt on Sunday, and that would have dropped him into a tie with Westwood at the time, with the daunting 18th hole left.

Many will point to one of Thomas' numerous quality approach shots as his best of the week. But he may not have hoisted the trophy if it weren't for the nervy nailed par putt on one of golf's most iconic holes.

143

Bryson DeChambeau - the PGA Tour's undisputed longest hitter - hit a 143-yard drive on Sunday that ultimately caused him to lose the tournament.

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DeChambeau went on to make double-bogey on the fourth hole and wound up two shots shy of a playoff.

His duff is even crazier because it was sandwiched between Brendon Todd's shank on the 17th hole that nearly hit a different island, and Westwood shooting an errant tee shot into the water for the second time over four holes.

The tournament's own Twitter account couldn't figure out what was happening.