1987 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 26–29, 1987 |
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 | 143 (−1) |
Prize fund | $1.0 million |
Winner's share | $180,000 |
Champion | |
Sandy Lyle | |
274 (−14), playoff | |
«1986 1988» |
The 1987 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 26–29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the fourteenth Tournament Players Championship.
Sandy Lyle of Scotland defeated Jeff Sluman on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to become the first international player to win the title.[2][3][4] Rains had softened the course and led to favorable scoring;[5] the 36-hole cut of 143 (−1) was the lowest until 1993.
At the second playoff hole, the par-3 17th "Island Green," an unruly spectator jumped into the water as Sluman was addressing his six-foot (1.8 m) birdie putt for the win. After order was restored, he missed and they went to third extra hole at 18. Both found the fairway with their tee shots but both approaches went deep. Sluman couldn't save par from twelve feet (3.7 m) while Lyle made his from seven feet (2.1 m) to end it.[2][3][5]
This was the second playoff at the Tournament Players Championship, but the first at the Stadium Course. This year also marked the championship's first seven-figure purse and its last with "Tournament" in the title.
Defending champion John Mahaffey finished ten strokes back, in a tie for 32nd place.
Venue
This was the sixth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[1]
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hal Sutton | United States | 1983 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 283 | –5 | T24 |
John Mahaffey | United States | 1986 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 284 | –4 | T32 |
Mark Hayes | United States | 1977 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 289 | +1 | T54 |
Source:[2]
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Couples | United States | 1984 | 72 | 72 | 144 | E |
Jack Nicklaus | United States | 1974, 1976, 1978 | 70 | 74 | 144 | E |
Calvin Peete | United States | 1985 | 71 | 74 | 145 | +1 |
Lanny Wadkins | United States | 1979 | 70 | 75 | 145 | +1 |
Raymond Floyd | United States | 1981 | 74 | 76 | 150 | +6 |
Lee Trevino | United States | 1980 | 70 | 81 | 151 | +7 |
Source:[6]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 26, 1987
Friday, March 27, 1987
Second round
Friday, March 27, 1987
Saturday, March 28, 1987
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Steve Jones | United States | 66-67=133 | −11 |
Mark O'Meara | United States | 68-65=133 | ||
T3 | Dan Pohl | United States | 68-66=134 | −10 |
Scott Simpson | United States | 69-65=134 | ||
T5 | Brad Fabel | United States | 67-68=135 | −9 |
Greg Norman | Australia | 67-68=135 | ||
T7 | Hale Irwin | United States | 68-68=136 | −10 |
Tom Purtzer | United States | 69-67=136 | ||
Jeff Sluman | United States | 70-66=136 | ||
10 | Curt Byrum | United States | 69-68=137 | −7 |
Third round
Saturday, March 28, 1987
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Mark O'Meara | United States | 68-65-69=202 | −14 |
Scott Simpson | United States | 69-65-68=202 | ||
T3 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 70-68-66=204 | −12 |
Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 67-71-66=204 | ||
5 | Jeff Sluman | United States | 70-66-69=205 | −11 |
6 | Paul Azinger | United States | 68-70-68=206 | −10 |
Bill Glasson | United States | 69-69-68=206 | ||
Greg Norman | Australia | 67-68-71=206 | ||
9 | Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 71-68-68=207 | −9 |
10 | Tom Purtzer | United States | 69-67-72=208 | −8 |
Source:[8]
Final round
Sunday, March 29, 1987
On the 72nd hole, Lyle and Sluman both made birdie putts to finish at 274 (−14) and advanced to the playoff.[2][3][5]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 67-71-66-70=274 | −14 | Playoff |
Jeff Sluman | United States | 70-66-69-69=274 | |||
3 | Mark O'Meara | United States | 68-65-69-73=273 | −13 | 68,000 |
T4 | Greg Norman | Australia | 67-68-71-70=226 | −12 | 44,000 |
Scott Simpson | United States | 69-65-68-74=276 | |||
6 | Paul Azinger | United States | 68-70-68-71=277 | −11 | 36,000 |
T7 | Bill Glasson | United States | 69-69-68-72=278 | −10 | 32,250 |
Dan Pohl | United States | 68-66-75-69=276 | |||
T9 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 70-68-66-75=279 | −9 | 27,000 |
Tom Kite | United States | 72-70-67-70=279 | |||
Tom Purtzer | United States | 69-67-72-71=279 |
Playoff
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 5-3-4=12 | E | 180,000 |
2 | Jeff Sluman | United States | 5-3-5=13 | +1 | 108,000 |
- The sudden-death playoff began on hole 16, went to 17, and ended at 18.
Scorecard
Hole | 16 | 17 | 18 |
---|---|---|---|
Par | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Lyle | E | E | E |
Sluman | E | E | +1 |
Source:[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Tournament Players Championship". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 30, 1987. p. 22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lyle takes TPC with playoff win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 30, 1987. p. 2C.
- 1 2 3 Loomis, Tom (March 30, 1987). "Lyle ducks rain, competition for extra-hole victory in TPC". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 20.
- ↑ Hanley, Reid (March 30, 1987). "Lyle bags the TPC in playoff". Chicago Tribune. p. 8, sec. 3.
- 1 2 3 Ballard, Sarah (April 6, 1987). "Taming a toothless tiger". Sports Illustrated. p. 128.
- 1 2 3 "Weather still leads TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1987. p. 7C.
- ↑ "Norman storms into TPC's lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1987. p. 2B.
- 1 2 "O'Meara tramps 27 holes for lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1987. p. 8D.
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