1987 Tournament Players Championship

1987 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
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»

TPC Sawgrass

Location in the United States

TPC Sawgrass

Location in Florida

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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Steve Jones	United States	66	−6
T2	Bob Eastwood	United States	67	−5
	Brad Fabel	United States
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland
	Greg Norman	Australia
T6	Isao Aoki	Japan	68	−4
	Paul Azinger	United States
	Mark Brooks	United States
	Hale Irwin	United States
	Wayne Levi	United States
	Blaine McCallister	United States
	Mark O'Meara	United States
	Chris Perry	United States
	Dan Pohl	United States
	Dave Rummells	United States
	Gene Sauers	United States
	Hal Sutton	United States

Source:^[6]^[7]

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
T1	Mark O'Meara	United States	68-65=133	−11
T3	Dan Pohl	United States	68-66=134	−10
T3	Scott Simpson	United States	69-65=134	−10
T5	Brad Fabel	United States	67-68=135	−9
T5	Greg Norman	Australia	67-68=135	−9
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

Source:^[6]^[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 28, 1987

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Mark O'Meara	United States	68-65-69=202	−14
T1	Scott Simpson	United States	69-65-68=202	−14
T3	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-68-66=204	−12
T3	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	67-71-66=204	−12
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
T1	Jeff Sluman	United States	70-66-69-69=274	−14	Playoff
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
T4	Scott Simpson	United States	69-65-68-74=276	−12	44,000
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
T7	Dan Pohl	United States	68-66-75-69=276	−10	32,250
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

Source:^[1]^[2]

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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