1984 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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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 | |
Fred Couples | |
277 (−11) | |
«1983 1985» |
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 |
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
Place | Player | Country | Score | To 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
Place | Player | Country | Score | To 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
Place | Player | Country | Score | To 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
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Golf: Tournament Players". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 15.
- 1 2 3 "Two birdies aid Couples' biggest win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 3C.
- 1 2 Jenkins, Dan (April 9, 1984). "Gone, even with the wind". Sports Illustrated. p. 53.
- ↑ Reilly, Rick (April 8, 1996). "As easy as T-P-C". Sports Illustrated. p. 50.
- ↑ "Wet green helps Couples win 'long green' in TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 1C.
- ↑ "Couples takes charge for TPC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 3B.
- ↑ "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.
- ↑ Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
- 1 2 "Couples takes advantage of dying wind with a 64". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1984. p. 7C.
- ↑ "Thorpe blows into lead of the wind-swept TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 30, 1984. p. 2C.
- ↑ "Couples leading TPC by a couple". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1984. p. 7B.
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