1987 Tournament Players Championship

1987 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 26–29, 1987
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 143 (−1)
Prize fund $1.0 million
Winner's share $180,000
Champion
Scotland Sandy Lyle
274 (−14), playoff
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 1987 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 26–29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the fourteenth Tournament Players Championship.

Sandy Lyle of Scotland defeated Jeff Sluman on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to become the first international player to win the title.[2][3][4] Rains had softened the course and led to favorable scoring;[5] the 36-hole cut of 143 (−1) was the lowest until 1993.

At the second playoff hole, the par-3 17th "Island Green," an unruly spectator jumped into the water as Sluman was addressing his six-foot (1.8 m) birdie putt for the win. After order was restored, he missed and they went to third extra hole at 18. Both found the fairway with their tee shots but both approaches went deep. Sluman couldn't save par from twelve feet (3.7 m) while Lyle made his from seven feet (2.1 m) to end it.[2][3][5]

This was the second playoff at the Tournament Players Championship, but the first at the Stadium Course. This year also marked the championship's first seven-figure purse and its last with "Tournament" in the title.

Defending champion John Mahaffey finished ten strokes back, in a tie for 32nd place.

Venue

This was the sixth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[1]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Hal Sutton United States198368747170283−5T24
John Mahaffey United States198670726973284−4T32
Mark Hayes United States197770707376289+1T54

Source:[2]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Fred Couples United States19847272144E
Jack Nicklaus United States1974, 1976, 19787074144E
Calvin Peete United States19857174145+1
Lanny Wadkins United States19797075145+1
Raymond Floyd United States19817476150+6
Lee Trevino United States19807081151+7

Source:[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 26, 1987
Friday, March 27, 1987

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Steve Jones United States66−6
T2Bob Eastwood United States67−5
Brad Fabel United States
Sandy Lyle Scotland
Greg Norman Australia
T6Isao Aoki Japan68−4
Paul Azinger United States
Mark Brooks United States
Hale Irwin United States
Wayne Levi United States
Blaine McCallister United States
Mark O'Meara United States
Chris Perry United States
Dan Pohl United States
Dave Rummells United States
Gene Sauers United States
Hal Sutton United States

Source:[6][7]

Second round

Friday, March 27, 1987
Saturday, March 28, 1987

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Steve Jones United States66-67=133−11
Mark O'Meara United States68-65=133
T3Dan Pohl United States68-66=134−10
Scott Simpson United States69-65=134
T5Brad Fabel United States67-68=135−9
Greg Norman Australia67-68=135
T7Hale Irwin United States68-68=136−8
Tom Purtzer United States69-67=136
Jeff Sluman United States70-66=136
10Curt Byrum United States69-68=137−7

Source:[6][8]

Third round

Saturday, March 28, 1987

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Mark O'Meara United States68-65-69=202−14
Scott Simpson United States69-65-68=202
T3Ben Crenshaw United States70-68-66=204−12
Sandy Lyle Scotland67-71-66=204
5Jeff Sluman United States70-66-69=205−11
6Paul Azinger United States68-70-68=206−10
Bill Glasson United States69-69-68=206
Greg Norman Australia67-68-71=206
9Nick Price Zimbabwe71-68-68=207−9
10Tom Purtzer United States69-67-72=208−8

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, March 29, 1987

On the 72nd hole, Lyle and Sluman both made birdie putts to finish at 274 (−14) and advanced to the playoff.[2][3][5]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Sandy Lyle Scotland67-71-66-70=274−14Playoff
Jeff Sluman United States70-66-69-69=274
3Mark O'Meara United States68-65-69-73=273−1368,000
T4Greg Norman Australia67-68-71-70=226−1244,000
Scott Simpson United States69-65-68-74=276
6Paul Azinger United States68-70-68-71=277−1136,000
T7Bill Glasson United States69-69-68-72=278−1032,250
Dan Pohl United States68-66-75-69=276
T9Ben Crenshaw United States70-68-66-75=279−927,000
Tom Kite United States72-70-67-70=279
Tom Purtzer United States69-67-72-71=279

Source:[1][2]

Playoff

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Sandy Lyle Scotland5-3-4=12E180,000
2Jeff Sluman United States5-3-5=13+1108,000
  • The sudden-death playoff began on hole 16, went to 17, and ended at 18.
Scorecard
Hole 16  17  18 
Par534
Scotland LyleEEE
United States SlumanEE+1

Source:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tournament Players Championship". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 30, 1987. p. 22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lyle takes TPC with playoff win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 30, 1987. p. 2C.
  3. 1 2 3 Loomis, Tom (March 30, 1987). "Lyle ducks rain, competition for extra-hole victory in TPC". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 20.
  4. ↑ Hanley, Reid (March 30, 1987). "Lyle bags the TPC in playoff". Chicago Tribune. p. 8, sec. 3.
  5. 1 2 3 Ballard, Sarah (April 6, 1987). "Taming a toothless tiger". Sports Illustrated. p. 128.
  6. 1 2 3 "Weather still leads TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1987. p. 7C.
  7. ↑ "Norman storms into TPC's lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1987. p. 2B.
  8. 1 2 "O'Meara tramps 27 holes for lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1987. p. 8D.

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

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