1980 Tournament Players Championship

1980 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 20–23, 1980
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s) Sawgrass Country Club,
East-West course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,000 yards (6,400 m)[1]
Cut 148 (+4)
Prize fund $440,000
Winner's share $72,000
Champion
United States Lee Trevino
278 (−10)
Sawgrass CC
Location in the United States
Sawgrass CC
Location in Florida

The 1980 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 20–23 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The seventh Tournament Players Championship, it was the fourth at Sawgrass and Lee Trevino won at 278 (−10), one stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw.[2][3][4][5]

Defending champion Lanny Wadkins finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for 45th place.

Venue

This was the fourth of five Tournament Players Championships held at Sawgrass Country Club; it moved to the nearby TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in 1982. At the time it was scheduled to be the last at Sawgrass,[3][5] but early construction delays due to weather caused the championship to return for a fifth and final year in 1981.[6]

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jack Nicklaus United States1974, 1976, 197869736973284−4T14
Mark Hayes United States197770757571291+3T45
Lanny Wadkins United States197969767274291+3T45

Source:[1][3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 20, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Hale Irwin United States67−5
Steve Melnyk United States
T3George Burns United States68−4
Bill Calfee United States
Danny Edwards United States
Joe Inman United States
Peter Jacobsen United States
Mike Morley United States
Ed Sneed United States
Curtis Strange United States
Ron Streck United States
Lee Trevino United States

Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, March 21, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Hale Irwin United States67-72=139−5
Curtis Strange United States68-71=139
T3Steve Melnyk United States67-73=140−4
Lee Trevino United States68-72=140
Tom Watson United States69-71=140
T6John Mahaffey United States70-71=141−3
Gary Player South Africa70-71=141
Greg Powers United States72-69=141
J. C. Snead United States70-71=141
T10Seve Ballesteros Spain69-73=142−2
George Burns United States68-74=142
Bill Calfee United States68-74=142
Danny Edwards United States68-74=142
Peter Jacobsen United States68-74=142
Jack Nicklaus United States69-73=142
Don Pooley United States69-73=142
Mike Reid United States70-72=142

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 22, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Trevino United States68-72-68=208−8
2Hubert Green United States72-71-66=209−7
T3Gary Player South Africa70-71-69=210−6
Curtis Strange United States68-71-71=210
T5Seve Ballesteros Spain69-73-69=211−5
Peter Jacobsen United States68-74-69=211
Jack Nicklaus United States69-73-69=211
Don Pooley United States69-73-69=211
T9Brad Bryant United States72-71-69=212−4
Jay Haas United States72-73-67=212
Hale Irwin United States67-72-73=212
Tom Watson United States69-71-72=212

Source:[9][10]

Final round

Sunday, March 23, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Lee Trevino United States68-72-68-70=278−1072,000
2Ben Crenshaw United States71-73-69-66=279−943,200
T3Seve Ballesteros Spain69-73-69-69=280−823,200
Tom Watson United States69-71-72-68=280
T5Peter Jacobsen United States68-74-69-71=282−614,600
John Mahaffey United States70-71-72-69=282
Mike Reid United States70-72-72-68=282
T8Danny Edwards United States68-74-69-71=283−510,400
Hubert Green United States72-71-66-74=283
Jay Haas United States72-73-67-71=283
Grier Jones United States74-69-72-68=283
Gary Player South Africa70-71-69-73=283
Dan Pohl United States73-72-69-69=283

Source:[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Golf: TPC results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 22.
  2. ↑ "Trevino proves he's a big boy, too". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Trevino says TPC no major, but he beat the best to win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1980. p. 5C.
  4. ↑ "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.
  5. 1 2 Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  6. ↑ McDermott, Barry (March 15, 1982). "Target golf is the aim". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
  7. ↑ "Irwin says his slump is all over and his 67 helps him prove it". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 21, 1980. p. 7D.
  8. ↑ "Strange pulls even with Hale after two rounds at windy TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 22, 1980. p. 11B.
  9. ↑ "Trevino leads Nicklaus, Player, Watson in TPC". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 4C.
  10. ↑ "Trevino's birdie takes PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 11B.

Coordinates: 30°11′20″N 81°22′12″W / 30.189°N 81.37°W / 30.189; -81.37

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