1984 Tournament Players Championship

1984 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 29 – April 1, 1984
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s) TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Cut 149 (+5)
Prize fund $800,000
Winner's share $144,000
Champion
United States Fred Couples
277 (−11)
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 1984 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 29 to April 1 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the eleventh Tournament Players Championship.

Fred Couples, age 24, shot 64 in the second round and finished at 277, one stroke ahead of runner-up Lee Trevino.[2][3] It was his second win on tour, and he won this championship twelve years later in 1996.[4][5][6] Trevino, the champion in 1980 at adjacent Sawgrass Country Club,[7][8] had missed the cut at the previous two editions, the first two held at the new venue.

Defending champion Hal Sutton finished sixteen strokes back, in a tie for 41st place.

Couples was the youngest champion for twenty years, until Adam Scott won at age 23 in 2004. Sutton had been the youngest, but only for a year; Couples was five months younger at the time of his win.

Venue

This was the third Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m). In response to player concerns, the course had undergone further refinements: greens were flattened and slowed and most of the waste areas were removed.[3]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Lee Trevino United States198076666868278−102
Lanny Wadkins United States197972667867283−5T5
Raymond Floyd United States198177717069287−1T12
Jack Nicklaus United States1974, 1976, 197878707569292+4T33
Hal Sutton United States198371707478293+5T41

Source:[1][2]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Mark Hayes United States19777776153+9
Jerry Pate United States19827974153+9

Source:[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 29, 1984

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Thorpe United States68−4
2John Mahaffey United States69−3
T3Seve Ballesteros Spain70−2
Johnny Miller United States
T6John Cook United States71−1
Fred Couples United States
Hubert Green United States
Jay Haas United States
Wayne Levi United States
Bruce Lietzke United States
Tim Simpson United States
Hal Sutton United States

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, March 30, 1984

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Fred Couples United States71-64=135−9
2Jim Thorpe United States68-69=137−7
T3Seve Ballesteros Spain70-68=138−6
Lanny Wadkins United States72-66=138
5Johnny Miller United States70-69=139−5
T6Jay Haas United States71-69=140−4
Larry Rinker United States75-67=140
T8Isao Aoki Japan72-69=141−3
Mark O'Meara United States72-69=141
Hal Sutton United States71-70=141

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, March 31, 1984

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Fred Couples United States71-64-71=206−10
2Seve Ballesteros Spain70-68-70=208−8
3Tom Watson United States75-67-67=209−7
T4Mark O'Meara United States72-69-69=210−6
Craig Stadler United States74-70-66=210
Lee Trevino United States76-66-68=210
7John Mahaffey United States69-74-69=212−4
T8Dan Pohl United States71-69-74=214−2
Larry Mize United States75-72-67=214
Dan Pohl United States74-69-71=214

Source:[11]

Final round

Sunday, April 1, 1984

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Fred Couples United States71-64-71-71=277−11144,000
2Lee Trevino United States76-66-68-68=278−1086,400
T3Seve Ballesteros Spain70-68-70-74=282−646,400
Craig Stadler United States74-70-66-72=282
T5Mark O'Meara United States72-69-69-73=283−530,400
Lanny Wadkins United States72-66-78-67=283
7Nick Price Zimbabwe70-72-74-68=284−426,800
T8Dan Pohl United States74-69-71-71=285−324,000
Tom Watson United States75-67-67-76=285
T10John Mahaffey United States69-74-69-74=286−220,800
Jim Thorpe United States68-69-78-71=286

Source:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Golf: Tournament Players". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 15.
  2. 1 2 3 "Two birdies aid Couples' biggest win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 3C.
  3. 1 2 Jenkins, Dan (April 9, 1984). "Gone, even with the wind". Sports Illustrated. p. 53.
  4. ↑ Reilly, Rick (April 8, 1996). "As easy as T-P-C". Sports Illustrated. p. 50.
  5. ↑ "Wet green helps Couples win 'long green' in TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 1C.
  6. ↑ "Couples takes charge for TPC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 3B.
  7. ↑ "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.
  8. ↑ Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  9. 1 2 "Couples takes advantage of dying wind with a 64". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1984. p. 7C.
  10. ↑ "Thorpe blows into lead of the wind-swept TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 30, 1984. p. 2C.
  11. ↑ "Couples leading TPC by a couple". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1984. p. 7B.

Coordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394

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