1983 Tournament Players Championship

1983 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 24–28, 1983
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 $700,000
Winner's share $126,000
Champion
United States Hal Sutton
283 (−5)
«1982
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TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

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.

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

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]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1974, 1976, 1978 73 76 68 74 291 +3 T19
Raymond Floyd  United States 1981 70 76 72 74 292 +4 T23
Al Geiberger  United States 1975 72 74 74 80 300 +12 T56

Source:[1]

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Lee Trevino  United States 1980 77 73 150 +6
Lanny Wadkins  United States 1979 76 80 156 +12

Source:[12]

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
1 Bruce Lietzke  United States 68 −4
T2 Bobby Clampett  United States 69 −3
John Cook  United States
Bob Eastwood  United States
Mark McCumber  United States
Leonard Thompson  United States
T7 Ben Crenshaw  United States 70 −2
Danny Edwards  United States
Raymond Floyd  United States
Peter Oosterhuis  England
Tom Weiskopf  United States

Source:[13]

Second round

Saturday, March 26, 1983

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 John Cook  United States 69-70=139 −5
T2 Bobby Clampett  United States 69-72=141 −3
Peter Jacobsen  United States 73-68=141
Don Pooley  United States 71-70=141
J. C. Snead  United States 71-70=141
6 Bob Murphy  United States 72-70=142 −2
T7 Lennie Clements  United States 73-70=143 −1
Vance Heafner  United States 72-71=143
Bruce Lietzke  United States 68-75=143
Tsuneyuki Nakajima  Japan 71-72=143

Source:[12]

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
1 John Cook  United States 69-70-71=210 −6
2 Bobby Clampett  United States 69-72-70=211 −5
3 Vance Heafner  United States 72-71-69=212 −4
T4 Ben Crenshaw  United States 70-74-69=213 −3
Peter Jacobsen  United States 73-68-72=213
Don Pooley  United States 71-70-72=213
T7 Bruce Lietzke  United States 68-75-71=214 −2
Hal Sutton  United States 73-71-70=214
9 Bob Eastwood  United States 69-75-71=215 −1
T10 Keith Fergus  United States 74-71-71=216 E
Ed Fiori  United States 72-73-71=216
Gil Morgan  United States 74-72-70=216
Tsuneyuki Nakajima  Japan 71-72-73=216
J. C. Snead  United States 71-70-75=216

Source:[14]

Final round

Monday, March 28, 1983

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Hal Sutton  United States 73-71-70-69=283 −5 126,000
2 Bob Eastwood  United States 69-75-71-69=284 −4 75,600
T3 John Cook  United States 69-70-71-75=285 −3 36,400
Bruce Lietzke  United States 68-75-71-71=285
John Mahaffey  United States 72-74-72-67=285
T6 Vance Heafner  United States 72-71-69-74=286 −2 24,325
Doug Tewell  United States 72-74-70-70=286
T8 Ed Fiori  United States 72-73-71-71=287 −1 21,000
Curtis Strange  United States 72-75-70-70=287
T10 Bobby Clampett  United States 69-72-70-77=288 E 17,500
Ben Crenshaw  United States 70-74-69-75=288
Don Pooley  United States 71-70-72-75=288

Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Golf: TPC". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 29, 1983. p. 19.
  2. 1 2 "Cook fights winds for TPC lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 27, 1983. p. D6.
  3. 1 2 "Cook clings to lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 1983. p. 15.
  4. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Pate withdraws from TPC with neck injury". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). March 24, 1983. p. 3C.
  7. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Cook has 2-shot edge in TPC's survival test". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1983. p. 7F.
  13. ↑ "Lietzke's on the right course at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 26, 1983. p. 4B.
  14. ↑ "Golf: TPC". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 1983. p. 17.

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