1980 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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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 | |
Lee Trevino | |
278 (−10) | |
«1979 1981» |
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
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Nicklaus | United States | 1974, 1976, 1978 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 284 | −4 | T14 |
Mark Hayes | United States | 1977 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 291 | +3 | T45 |
Lanny Wadkins | United States | 1979 | 69 | 76 | 72 | 74 | 291 | +3 | T45 |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 20, 1980
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Hale Irwin | United States | 67 | −5 |
Steve Melnyk | United States | |||
T3 | George Burns | United States | 68 | −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
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Hale Irwin | United States | 67-72=139 | −5 |
Curtis Strange | United States | 68-71=139 | ||
T3 | Steve Melnyk | United States | 67-73=140 | −4 |
Lee Trevino | United States | 68-72=140 | ||
Tom Watson | United States | 69-71=140 | ||
T6 | John Mahaffey | United States | 70-71=141 | −3 |
Gary Player | South Africa | 70-71=141 | ||
Greg Powers | United States | 72-69=141 | ||
J. C. Snead | United States | 70-71=141 | ||
T10 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 69-73=142 | −2 |
George Burns | United States | 68-74=142 | ||
Bill Calfee | United States | 68-74=142 | ||
Danny Edwards | United States | 68-74=142 | ||
Peter Jacobsen | United States | 68-74=142 | ||
Jack Nicklaus | United States | 69-73=142 | ||
Don Pooley | United States | 69-73=142 | ||
Mike Reid | United States | 70-72=142 |
Source:[8]
Third round
Saturday, March 22, 1980
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lee Trevino | United States | 68-72-68=208 | −8 |
2 | Hubert Green | United States | 72-71-66=209 | −7 |
T3 | Gary Player | South Africa | 70-71-69=210 | −6 |
Curtis Strange | United States | 68-71-71=210 | ||
T5 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 69-73-69=211 | −5 |
Peter Jacobsen | United States | 68-74-69=211 | ||
Jack Nicklaus | United States | 69-73-69=211 | ||
Don Pooley | United States | 69-73-69=211 | ||
T9 | Brad Bryant | United States | 72-71-69=212 | −4 |
Jay Haas | United States | 72-73-67=212 | ||
Hale Irwin | United States | 67-72-73=212 | ||
Tom Watson | United States | 69-71-72=212 |
Final round
Sunday, March 23, 1980
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lee Trevino | United States | 68-72-68-70=278 | −10 | 72,000 |
2 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 71-73-69-66=279 | −9 | 43,200 |
T3 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 69-73-69-69=280 | −8 | 23,200 |
Tom Watson | United States | 69-71-72-68=280 | |||
T5 | Peter Jacobsen | United States | 68-74-69-71=282 | −6 | 14,600 |
John Mahaffey | United States | 70-71-72-69=282 | |||
Mike Reid | United States | 70-72-72-68=282 | |||
T8 | Danny Edwards | United States | 68-74-69-71=283 | −5 | 10,400 |
Hubert Green | United States | 72-71-66-74=283 | |||
Jay Haas | United States | 72-73-67-71=283 | |||
Grier Jones | United States | 74-69-72-68=283 | |||
Gary Player | South Africa | 70-71-69-73=283 | |||
Dan Pohl | United States | 73-72-69-69=283 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Golf: TPC results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 22.
- ↑ "Trevino proves he's a big boy, too". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 19.
- 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.
- ↑ "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.
- 1 2 Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
- ↑ McDermott, Barry (March 15, 1982). "Target golf is the aim". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Strange pulls even with Hale after two rounds at windy TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 22, 1980. p. 11B.
- ↑ "Trevino leads Nicklaus, Player, Watson in TPC". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 4C.
- ↑ "Trevino's birdie takes PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 11B.
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