1982 Tournament Players Championship

1982 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 18–21, 1982
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]
Field	147 players, 82 after cut^[2]
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$500,000
Winner's share	$90,000
Champion
Jerry Pate
280 (−8)
«1981 1983»

TPC Sawgrass

Location in the United States

TPC Sawgrass

Location in Florida

The 1982 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held March 18–21 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the ninth Tournament Players Championship and the first at the new course.^[3]^[4]

Playing an orange ball,^[5] Jerry Pate shot a final round 67 (−5) to win by two strokes over runners-up Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant.^[6] Pate started the final round three strokes behind the leaders, in a tie for sixth place.^[2]^[7] Following his win, Pate pushed tour commissioner Deane Beman and course designer Pete Dye into the lake along the 18th green, and then joined them.^[6]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Notables to miss the cut included hall of famers Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and, Lee Trevino.^[11]

Defending champion Raymond Floyd finished eleven strokes back, in a tie for 22nd place.

Venue

This was the first Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course;^[3]^[4] its 1982 setup measured 6,857 yards (6,270 m).^[12] The debut was delayed a year due to heavy rains during construction.^[4]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Raymond Floyd	United States	1981	78	70	71	72	291	+3	T22
Mark Hayes	United States	1977	71	76	81	80	308	+20	80

Source:^[6]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Lanny Wadkins	United States	1979	74	76	150	+6
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1974, 1976, 1978	73	78	151	+7
Lee Trevino	United States	1980	82	DQ

Source:^[13]^[14]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 18, 1982

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	George Burns	United States	67	−5
	Lyn Lott	United States
	Larry Nelson	United States
T4	Vance Heafner	United States	68	−4
	Skeeter Heath	United States
	Pat Lindsey	United States
	Scott Simpson	United States
	Ed Sneed	United States
T9	George Archer	United States	69	−3
	Bob Eastwood	United States
	Bruce Fleisher	United States
	Gibby Gilbert	United States
	Don January	United States
	Bruce Lietzke	United States
	Roger Maltbie	United States
	Jim Simons	United States
	Jim Thorpe	United States

Source:^[12]

Second round

Friday, March 19, 1982
Saturday, March 20, 1982

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Vance Heafner	United States	68-70=138	−6
	Hale Irwin	United States	70-68=138
	Lyn Lott	United States	67-71=138
	Scott Simpson	United States	68-70=138
	Tim Simpson	United States	72-66=138
T6	Brad Bryant	United States	70-69=139	−5
	Larry Nelson	United States	67-72=139
	Ed Sneed	United States	68-71=139
	Craig Stadler	United States	71-68=139
T10	George Burns	United States	67-73=140	−4
T10	Gibby Gilbert	United States	69-71=140	−4

Source:^[13]^[14]

Third round

Saturday, March 20, 1982

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Brad Bryant	United States	70-69-71=210	−6
T1	Bruce Lietzke	United States	69-72-69=210	−6
T3	Vance Heafner	United States	68-70-73=210	−5
T3	Scott Simpson	United States	68-70-73=211	−5
5	George Archer	United States	69-73-70=212	−4
T6	Hale Irwin	United States	70-68-75=213	−3
	Jerry Pate	United States	70-73-70=213
	Tim Simpson	United States	72-66-75=213
	Ed Sneed	United States	68-71-74=213
T10	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73-72-69=214	−2
	Gibby Gilbert	United States	69-71-74=214
	Scott Hoch	United States	72-70-72=214
	Don January	United States	69-73-72=214
	Roger Maltbie	United States	69-72-73=214
	Craig Stadler	United States	71-68-75=214
	Tom Watson	United States	70-76-68=214

Source:^[14]

Final round

Sunday, March 21, 1982

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jerry Pate	United States	70-73-70-67=280	−8	90,000
T2	Brad Bryant	United States	70-69-71-72=282	−6	44,000
T2	Scott Simpson	United States	68-70-73-71=282	−6	44,000
4	Bruce Lietzke	United States	69-72-69-73=283	−5	24,000
5	Roger Maltbie	United States	69-72-73-70=284	−4	20,000
T6	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73-72-69-72=286	−2	16,187
	Hubert Green	United States	73-75-70-68=286
	Craig Stadler	United States	71-68-75-72=286
	Tom Watson	United States	70-76-68-72=286
T10	Jim Booros	United States	73-72-71-71=287	−1	12,500
	Larry Nelson	United States	67-72-77-71=287
	Ed Sneed	United States	68-71-74-74=287

Source:^[6]

Video

You Tube – Memorable Moments: The Players – PGA Tour

References

↑ "3 share TPC lead with 67s". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. March 19, 1982. p. 12B.
1 2 "Lietzke, Bryant battle back to share TPC lead". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). UPI. March 21, 1982. p. 12B.
1 2 "Golf's richest tournament starts today". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). UPI. March 18, 1982. p. 14-B.
1 2 3 McDermott, Barry (March 15, 1982). "Target golf is the aim". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
↑ Kupelian, Vartan (March 21, 2012). "Seeing orange: The story behind Pate's Players-winning ball". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Pate takes dive after TPC win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 22, 1982. p. 3B.
↑ "TPC lead surprises Lietzke, Bryant". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 21, 1982. p. 7C.
↑ Johnson, Mark (March 22, 1982). "For Pate, a big win and another splash". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (March 29, 1982). "Last one in is a winner". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
↑ Van Sickle, Gary (March 23, 2004). "Present at the plunge". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
↑ "New course sends top pros packing". Chicago Tribune. March 21, 1982. p. 12, sec. 4.
1 2 "Three share TPC lead with 67s". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. March 19, 1982. p. 11B.
1 2 "TPA scores". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. March 20, 1982. p. 11B.
1 2 3 "TPA scores". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. March 21, 1982. p. 6B.

External links

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