1989 Players Championship

1989 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 16–19, 1989
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 146 (+2)
Prize fund $1.35 million
Winner's share $243,000
Champion
United States Tom Kite
279 (−9)
«1988
1990»
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 1989 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 16–19 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the sixteenth Players Championship.

In gusty conditions, Tom Kite won the title at 279 (−9), one stroke ahead of runner-up Chip Beck.[2][3][4]

Defending champion Mark McCumber finished four strokes back, in a tie for sixth place.

Venue

This was the eighth 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(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Fred Couples  United States 1984 68 70 71 73 282 −6 T4
Mark McCumber  United States 1988 69 70 70 74 283 −5 T6
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1974, 1976, 1978 71 72 68 78 289 +1 T29
Hal Sutton  United States 1983 71 71 78 69 289 +1 T29
Lanny Wadkins  United States 1979 73 73 71 74 291 +3 T41
John Mahaffey  United States 1986 73 73 73 73 292 +4 T45
Mark Hayes  United States 1977 70 76 74 74 294 +6 T55

Source:[1][2]

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1987 75 73 148 +4
Raymond Floyd  United States 1981 72 80 152 +8
Jerry Pate  United States 1982 77 75 152 +8
Calvin Peete  United States 1985 81 72 153 +9

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 16, 1989

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Keith Clearwater  United States 65 −7
T2 David Frost  South Africa 66 −6
Bruce Lietzke  United States
Steve Pate  United States
5 Ben Crenshaw  United States 67 −5
T6 Paul Azinger  United States 68 −4
Andy Bean  United States
Fred Couples  United States
David Graham  Australia
Mike Hulbert  United States
Steve Jones  United States
Mike Donald  United States
Kenny Perry  United States
Curtis Strange  United States

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, March 17, 1989

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Bruce Lietzke  United States 66-69=135 −9
2 David Frost  South Africa 66-71=137 −7
3 Fred Couples  United States 68-70=138 −6
T4 Fulton Allem  South Africa 70-69=139 −5
Paul Azinger  United States 68-71=139
Chip Beck  United States 71-68=139
Ben Crenshaw  United States 67-72=139
Tom Kite  United States 69-70=139
Gary Koch  United States 70-69=139
Mark McCumber  United States 69-70=139
Dan Pohl  United States 69-70=139

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, March 18, 1989

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Chip Beck  United States 71-68-68=207 −9
2 Tom Kite  United States 69-70-69=208 −8
T3 Fred Couples  United States 68-70-71=209 −7
Ben Crenshaw  United States 67-72-70=209
Gary Koch  United States 70-69-70=209
Bruce Lietzke  United States 66-69-74=209
Mark McCumber  United States 69-70-70=209
T8 Gil Morgan  United States 71-69-70=210 −6
Greg Norman  Australia 74-67-69=210
T10 Jack Nicklaus  United States 71-72-68=211 −5
Craig Stadler  United States 70-72-69=211

Source:[7]

Final round

Sunday, March 19, 1989

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Tom Kite  United States 69-70-69-71=279 −9 243,000
2 Chip Beck  United States 71-68-68-73=280 −8 145,800
3 Bruce Lietzke  United States 66-69-74-72=281 −7 91,800
T4 Fred Couples  United States 68-70-71-73=282 −6 59,400
Greg Norman  Australia 74-67-69-72=278
T6 Mark McCumber  United States 69-70-70-74=283 −5 46,912
Gil Morgan  United States 71-69-70-75=283
T8 Andy Bean  United States 68-76-69-71=284 −4 39,150
David Frost  South Africa 66-71-75-72=284
Gary Koch  United States 70-69-70-75=284

Source:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Players Championship". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 20, 1989. p. 21.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kite's triumph more enjoyable". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 20, 1989. p. 2B.
  3. ↑ Verdi, Bob (March 20, 1989). "Kite upstages the TPC all-stars". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
  4. ↑ Seift, E.M. (March 27, 1989). "Kite finally takes flight". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
  5. ↑ "Bogeys don't stop him". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 17, 1989. p. 4B.
  6. ↑ Florence, Mal (March 18, 1989). "Lietzke takes a lead after saving a par". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 2D.
  7. ↑ "When the others slip, Beck slips past them". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 19, 1989. p. 11E.

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

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