1984 Tournament Players Championship

1984 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 29 – April 1, 1984
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 $800,000
Winner's share $144,000
Champion
United States Fred Couples
277 (−11)
«1983
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TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 1984 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 29 to April 1 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the eleventh Tournament Players Championship.

Fred Couples, age 24, shot 64 in the second round and finished at 277, one stroke ahead of runner-up Lee Trevino.[2][3] It was his second win on tour, and he won this championship twelve years later in 1996.[4][5][6] Trevino, the champion in 1980 at adjacent Sawgrass Country Club,[7][8] had missed the cut at the previous two editions, the first two held at the new venue.

Defending champion Hal Sutton finished sixteen strokes back, in a tie for 41st place.

Couples was the youngest champion for twenty years, until Adam Scott won at age 23 in 2004. Sutton had been the youngest, but only for a year; Couples was five months younger at the time of his win.

Venue

This was the third Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m). In response to player concerns, the course had undergone further refinements: greens were flattened and slowed and most of the waste areas were removed.[3]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Lee Trevino  United States 1980 76 66 68 68 278 −10 2
Lanny Wadkins  United States 1979 72 66 78 67 283 −5 T5
Raymond Floyd  United States 1981 77 71 70 69 287 −1 T12
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1974, 1976, 1978 78 70 75 69 292 +4 T33
Hal Sutton  United States 1983 71 70 74 78 293 +5 T41

Source:[1][2]

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Mark Hayes  United States 1977 77 76 153 +9
Jerry Pate  United States 1982 79 74 153 +9

Source:[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 29, 1984

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Jim Thorpe  United States 68 −4
2 John Mahaffey  United States 69 −3
T3 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 70 −2
Johnny Miller  United States
T6 John Cook  United States 71 −1
Fred Couples  United States
Hubert Green  United States
Jay Haas  United States
Wayne Levi  United States
Bruce Lietzke  United States
Tim Simpson  United States
Hal Sutton  United States

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, March 30, 1984

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Fred Couples  United States 71-64=135 −9
2 Jim Thorpe  United States 68-69=137 −7
T3 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 70-68=138 −6
Lanny Wadkins  United States 72-66=138
5 Johnny Miller  United States 70-69=139 −5
T6 Jay Haas  United States 71-69=140 −4
Larry Rinker  United States 75-67=140
T8 Isao Aoki  Japan 72-69=141 −3
Mark O'Meara  United States 72-69=141
Hal Sutton  United States 71-70=141

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, March 31, 1984

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Fred Couples  United States 71-64-71=206 −10
2 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 70-68-70=208 −8
3 Tom Watson  United States 75-67-67=209 −7
T4 Mark O'Meara  United States 72-69-69=210 −6
Craig Stadler  United States 74-70-66=210
Lee Trevino  United States 76-66-68=210
7 John Mahaffey  United States 69-74-69=212 −4
T8 Dan Pohl  United States 71-69-74=214 −2
Larry Mize  United States 75-72-67=214
Dan Pohl  United States 74-69-71=214

Source:[11]

Final round

Sunday, April 1, 1984

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Fred Couples  United States 71-64-71-71=277 −11 144,000
2 Lee Trevino  United States 76-66-68-68=278 −10 86,400
T3 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 70-68-70-74=282 −6 46,400
Craig Stadler  United States 74-70-66-72=282
T5 Mark O'Meara  United States 72-69-69-73=283 −5 30,400
Lanny Wadkins  United States 72-66-78-67=283
7 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 70-72-74-68=284 −4 26,800
T8 Dan Pohl  United States 74-69-71-71=285 −3 24,000
Tom Watson  United States 75-67-67-76=285
T10 John Mahaffey  United States 69-74-69-74=286 −2 20,800
Jim Thorpe  United States 68-69-78-71=286

Source:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Golf: Tournament Players". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 15.
  2. 1 2 3 "Two birdies aid Couples' biggest win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 3C.
  3. 1 2 Jenkins, Dan (April 9, 1984). "Gone, even with the wind". Sports Illustrated. p. 53.
  4. ↑ Reilly, Rick (April 8, 1996). "As easy as T-P-C". Sports Illustrated. p. 50.
  5. ↑ "Wet green helps Couples win 'long green' in TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 1C.
  6. ↑ "Couples takes charge for TPC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 3B.
  7. ↑ "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.
  8. ↑ Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  9. 1 2 "Couples takes advantage of dying wind with a 64". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1984. p. 7C.
  10. ↑ "Thorpe blows into lead of the wind-swept TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 30, 1984. p. 2C.
  11. ↑ "Couples leading TPC by a couple". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1984. p. 7B.

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

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