1981 Tournament Players Championship

1981 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 19–23, 1981
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]
Field 143 players, 74 after cut
Cut 151 (+7)
Prize fund $440,000
Winner's share $72,000
Champion
United States Raymond Floyd
285 (−3), playoff
Sawgrass CC
Location in the United States
Sawgrass CC
Location in Florida

The 1981 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 19–23 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The eighth Tournament Players Championship, it was the fifth consecutive at Sawgrass and the champion was Raymond Floyd.

The final round on Sunday was washed-out by thunderstorms and played on Monday.[2] After 72 holes, three players were tied at 285 (−3): Floyd, Barry Jaeckel, and Curtis Strange. The playoff began at the par-3 15th hole, where Floyd made par and the other two had bogeys.[3][4]

In addition to the winner's share of $72,000, Floyd won a $250,000 bonus for consecutive victories during the tour's Florida swing; he won at Doral near Miami the previous week.[3][4]

Defending champion Lee Trevino finished four strokes back, in a tie for twelfth place.

Venue

This was the fifth and last Tournament Players Championship held at Sawgrass Country Club; it moved to the nearby TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in 1982. The new course was scheduled to make its debut in 1981,[5][6] but heavy rains during construction pushed it back a year.[7]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Lee Trevino United States198073737073289+1T12
Jack Nicklaus United States1974, 1976, 197875687476293+5T29
Mark Hayes United States197774727573294+6T34

Source:[1][3][4]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Lanny Wadkins United States19797974153+9

Source:[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 20, 1981

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Dave Eichelberger United States68−4
Mike Morley United States
T3Jim Dent United States69−3
Barry Jaeckel United States
T5Dan Halldorson Canada70−2
Mike Sullivan United States
T7Gary Hallberg United States71−1
Roger Maltbie United States
Johnny Miller United States
Gil Morgan United States
Mark O'Meara United States
Tom Purtzer United States
Leonard Thompson United States

Source:[9]

Second round

Friday, March 20, 1981

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Barry Jaeckel United States69-70=139−5
T2Danny Edwards United States72-68=140−4
Dan Halldorson Canada70-70=140
4Jim Simons United States73-68=141−3
5Jim Dent United States69-73=142−2
T6John Mahaffey United States73-70=143−1
Jack Nicklaus United States75-68=143
T8Dave Eichelberger United States68-76=144E
Gary Hallberg United States71-73=144
Mark O'Meara United States71-73=144
Dan Pohl United States72-72=144
Tom Purtzer United States71-73=144
Curtis Strange United States72-72=144

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 21, 1981

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Barry Jaeckel United States69-70-72=211−5
T2Dan Halldorson Canada70-70-74=214−2
John Mahaffey United States73-70-71=214
Jim Simons United States73-68-73=214
5Curtis Strange United States72-72-71=215−1
T6Jim Colbert United States78-69-69=216E
Frank Conner United States74-72-70=216
Gary Hallberg United States71-73-72=216
Bruce Lietzke United States73-75-68=216
Mark O'Meara United States71-73-72=216
Lee Trevino United States73-73-70=216

Source:[10]

Final round

Monday, March 23, 1981

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Raymond Floyd United States72-74-71-68=285−3Playoff
Barry Jaeckel United States69-70-72-74=285
Curtis Strange United States72-72-71-70=285
T4Miller Barber United States72-78-69-68=287−115,750
Jim Colbert United States78-69-69-71=287
Bruce Lietzke United States73-75-68-71=287
Jim Simons United States73-68-73-73=287
T8Frank Conner United States74-72-70-72=288E11,200
Gary Hallberg United States71-73-72-72=288
Dan Halldorson Canada70-70-74-74=288
Leonard Thompson United States71-76-72-69=288

Source:[1][3][4]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began and ended at the par-3 15th hole.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Raymond Floyd United States3E72,000
T2Barry Jaeckel United States4+135,200
Curtis Strange United States4+1

References

  1. 1 2 3 "TPC results". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 24, 1981. p. 10.
  2. ↑ "Thunderstorms postpone TPC". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. March 23, 1981. p. 3-D.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Floyd wins playoff for record payoff - $322,000". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1981. p. 3, sec. 6.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Floyd recoups his losses, takes golf's biggest check". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 24, 1981. p. 4C.
  5. ↑ "Trevino says TPC no major, but he beat the best to win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1980. p. 5C.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  7. ↑ McDermott, Barry (March 15, 1982). "Target golf is the aim". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
  8. 1 2 "Even TPC leader miffed by winds". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 21, 1981. p. 2B.
  9. ↑ "Eichelberger likes calm, but thrives in wind". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 20, 1981. p. 5B.
  10. ↑ "Jaeckel anxious to take gut check". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 22, 1981. p. 9B.

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

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