1983 Tournament Players Championship

The 1983 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the tenth Tournament Players Championship.

1983 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 24–28, 1983
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field129 players, 67 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$700,000
Winner's share$126,000
Champion
Hal Sutton
283 (−5)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

Heavy rains on Thursday delayed the start until Friday, with the final two rounds planned for Sunday.[2] Thunderstorms on Sunday morning allowed only the third round to be completed,[3] and the final round was held on Monday.[4]

Hal Sutton, age 24, came from four strokes back with a final round 69 to win his second tour event, one stroke ahead of runner-up Bob Eastwood.[4][5] Later in the year, Sutton won his only major title, the PGA Championship in August at Riviera.

Defending champion Jerry Pate withdrew before the start, due to a lingering neck injury.[6][7]

Sutton became the youngest champion of the TPC, formerly Mark Hayes, 27 in 1977. It was only for a year, as Fred Couples was five months younger at his win in 1984.

Venue
Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the second Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m). Despite refinements in the past year, the Pete Dye-designed course continued to be scrutinized by many.[8][9][10][11]

Field

John Adams, Isao Aoki, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Miller Barber, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Woody Blackburn, Jim Booros, Bill Britton, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Bob Byman, Rex Caldwell, Antonio Cerda Jr., Bobby Clampett, Lennie Clements, Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Mike Donald, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Nick Faldo, Keith Fergus, Forrest Fezler, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, John Fought, Al Geiberger, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Thomas Gray, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Vance Heafner, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Mike Holland, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Pat Lindsey, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Mark McNulty, Steve Melnyk, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Bob Murphy, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Nicolette, Greg Norman, Tim Norris, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, Peter Oosterhuis, Arnold Palmer, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Tom Purtzer, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Bill Rogers, Clarence Rose, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Howard Twitty, Tommy Valentine, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Larry Ziegler, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Friday, March 25, 1983

Rain washed out play on Thursday, and the final two rounds were rescheduled for Sunday.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bruce Lietzke United States68−4
T2Bobby Clampett United States69−3
John Cook United States
Bob Eastwood United States
Mark McCumber United States
Leonard Thompson United States
T7Ben Crenshaw United States70−2
Danny Edwards United States
Raymond Floyd United States
Peter Oosterhuis England
Tom Weiskopf United States

Source:[12]

Second round

Saturday, March 26, 1983

With two rounds planned for Sunday, the cut was set at 149 (+5), reducing the field to 67. The eight players on 150, who would normally have made the cut, received prize money.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Cook United States69-70=139−5
T2Bobby Clampett United States69-72=141−3
Peter Jacobsen United States73-68=141
Don Pooley United States71-70=141
J. C. Snead United States71-70=141
6Bob Murphy United States72-70=142−2
T7Lennie Clements United States73-70=143−1
Vance Heafner United States72-71=143
Bruce Lietzke United States68-75=143
Tsuneyuki Nakajima Japan71-72=143

Source:[13]

Third round

Sunday, March 27, 1983

Officials had hoped to complete the event with 36 holes on Sunday.[2] Thunderstorms in the morning delayed play for three hours, and the final round was moved to Monday.[3]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Cook United States69-70-71=210−6
2Bobby Clampett United States69-72-70=211−5
3Vance Heafner United States72-71-69=212−4
T4Ben Crenshaw United States70-74-69=213−3
Peter Jacobsen United States73-68-72=213
Don Pooley United States71-70-72=213
T7Bruce Lietzke United States68-75-71=214−2
Hal Sutton United States73-71-70=214
9Bob Eastwood United States69-75-71=215−1
T10Keith Fergus United States74-71-71=216E
Ed Fiori United States72-73-71=216
Gil Morgan United States74-72-70=216
Tsuneyuki Nakajima Japan71-72-73=216
J. C. Snead United States71-70-75=216

Source:[14]

Final round

Monday, March 28, 1983

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Hal Sutton United States73-71-70-69=283−5126,000
2Bob Eastwood United States69-75-71-69=284−475,600
T3John Cook United States69-70-71-75=285−336,400
Bruce Lietzke United States68-75-71-71=285
John Mahaffey United States72-74-72-67=285
T6Vance Heafner United States72-71-69-74=286−224,325
Doug Tewell United States72-74-70-70=286
T8Ed Fiori United States72-73-71-71=287−121,000
Curtis Strange United States72-75-70-70=287
T10Bobby Clampett United States69-72-70-77=288E17,500
Ben Crenshaw United States70-74-69-75=288
Don Pooley United States71-70-72-75=288

Source:[15]

References
  1. "Golf: TPC". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 29, 1983. p. 19.
  2. "Cook fights winds for TPC lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 27, 1983. p. D6.
  3. "Cook clings to lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 1983. p. 15.
  4. Green, Bob (March 29, 1983). "Sutton survives". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 17.
  5. Johnson, Mark (March 24, 1983). "Leaders fall and Sutton takes it all". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
  6. "Pate withdraws from TPC with neck injury". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). March 24, 1983. p. 3C.
  7. "Watson names favorites as the TPC begins play". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). March 24, 1983. p. 23.
  8. Johnson, Mark (March 24, 1983). "Picking the winner is as tough as the TPC course". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
  9. Johnson, Mark (March 26, 1983). "TPC – one man's fun is another man's nightmare". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 8C.
  10. "Architect says golf not meant to be fair". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 27, 1983. p. D6.
  11. "TPC course draws fire". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 29, 1983. p. 17.
  12. "Lietzke's on the right course at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 26, 1983. p. 4B.
  13. "Cook has 2-shot edge in TPC's survival test". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1983. p. 7F.
  14. "Golf: TPC". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 1983. p. 17.
  15. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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