1979 Tournament Players Championship

August 2023 1979 Tournament Players Championship March 22–25, 1979 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Sawgrass Country Club,East-West course PGA Tour 72 7083 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-T1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ke4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3521%2C6046265 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Lanny Wadkins plays 'best ever,' wins March 26, 1979 17 143 players, 71 after cut 147 (+3) $440,000 $72,000 USA Lanny Wadkins 283 (−5) USA#USA Florida yes Sawgrass CC Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.189 N 81.370 W type:event inline,title 1978 1980 The 1979 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 22–25 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The sixth Tournament Players Championship, it was the third at Sawgrass and Lanny Wadkins won in the wind at 283 (−5), five strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Watson.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HcwnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6680%2C8479708 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services Wadkins' effort leaves field in awe March 26, 1979 7Dhttp://archives.chicagotribune.com/1979/03/26/page/58/article/wadkins-wins-players-golf Chicago Tribune wire services Wadkins wins Players golf March 26, 1979 4, sec. 5https://www.si.com/vault/1979/04/02/823499/lannys-a-two-time-winner-wadkins-became-the-first-golfer-to-take-two-tournaments-in-this-bewildering-year-on-the-pro-tour-as-he-handled-the-many-horrors-of-sawgrass-to-win-the-tpc-by-five-convincing-strokes Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Lanny's a two-time winner April 2, 1979 24 The first two years at Sawgrass had resulted with both winners at 289 (+1), but Wadkins jumped out to a 36-hole score of 135 (−9).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G8wnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6721%2C7489377 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Wadkins beats the wind to grab 3-stroke TPC lead March 24, 1979 2B Gusty winds and dry greens on the weekend caused high scores, but he held on with an even-par 72 in the final round for a comfortable win. Defending champion Jack Nicklaus finished seventeen strokes back, in a tie for 33rd place. Venue Sawgrass Country Club This was the third of five Tournament Players Championships held at Sawgrass Country Club; it moved to the nearby TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in 1982. The course length this year was reduced by 91 yd to 7083 yd. Eligibility requirements 1. All designated players Miller Barber, Andy Bean (2), Ben Crenshaw (2), Lee Elder (2), Raymond Floyd, Rod Funseth (2), Al Geiberger, Lou Graham, Hubert Green (2), Mark Hayes, Jerry Heard (2), Dave Hill, Lon Hinkle (2), Hale Irwin, Don January, Tom Kite (2), Billy Kratzert, Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey (2), Jerry McGee, Mac McLendon (2), Johnny Miller, Gil Morgan (2), Jack Nicklaus (3), Andy North (2), Jerry Pate (2), Gary Player (2), Bill Rogers, Jim Simons (2), Ed Sneed, Dave Stockton, Lee Trevino (2), Lanny Wadkins, Tom Watson (2), Tom Weiskopf, Fuzzy Zoeller (2) 2. Winners of major PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved events beginning with the 1978 Tournament Players Championship and concluding with the tournament immediately preceding the 1979 TPC Seve Ballesteros, Craig Stadler, Barry Jaeckel, Jeff Hewes, Jack Newton, Victor Regalado, Ron Streck 3. The current British Open champion 4. Leaders In PGA Tour Official Standings as necessary to complete the field, beginning with the 1978 Tournament Players Championship and concluding with the tournament scheduled to end on the Sunday immediately preceding the 1979 TPC, the Doral-Eastern Open Source:1979 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1979_pgatour.pdf live PGA Tour 218 https://web.archive.org/web/20200924133841/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1979_pgatour.pdf 2020-09-24 Field Tommy Aaron, Wally Armstrong, Seve Ballesteros, Miller Barber, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Frank Beard, Don Bies, Homero Blancas, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Bob Byman, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Bill Calfee, Billy Casper, Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Terry Diehl, Dale Douglass, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Randy Erskine, Keith Fergus, Ed Fiori, Marty Fleckman, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, Rod Funseth, Buddy Gardner, Al Geiberger, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Joe Hager, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Jerry Heard, Jeff Hewes, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Lon Hinkle, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Don Iverson, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Don January, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, John Lister, Bob Lunn, Mark Lye, Bob Mann, Graham Marsh, Fred Marti, Rik Massengale, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Mac McLendon, Artie McNickle, Steve Melnyk, Lee Mikles, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Lindy Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Florentino Molina, Orville Moody, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Newton, Jack Nicklaus, Andy North, Peter Oosterhuis, Arnold Palmer, Alan Pate, Jerry Pate, Eddie Pearce, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Tom Purtzer, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bill Rogers, Ed Sabo, Cesar Sanudo, John Schroeder, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Alan Tapie, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Howard Twitty, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Bobby Walzel, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Carlton White, Bob Wynn, Kermit Zarley, Bob Zender, Larry Ziegler, Fuzzy Zoeller Round summaries First round Thursday, March 22, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Kermit Zarley 66 −6T2 USA Jack Nicklaus 67 −5 USA Andy North USA Lanny Wadkins T5 USA Don January 68 −4 USA Gil Morgan CAN Jim Nelford USA Ron Streck T9 USA Brad Bryant 69 −3 USA Danny Edwards USA Ed Fiori CAN Dan Halldorson USA Phil Hancock USA Billy Kratzert USA Wayne Levi USA Lindy Miller AUS Jack Newton USA Jerry Pate USA Tim Simpson USA Dave Stockton Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GswnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6694%2C7415709 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Jack says he's 'back' and a 67 proves it March 23, 1979 6D Second round Friday, March 23, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Lanny Wadkins 67-68=135 −9 2 USA George Burns 72-66=138 −6 T3 CAN Dan Halldorson 69-70=139 −5 USA Billy Kratzert 69-70=139 USA Lee Trevino 70-69=139 T6 USA Ed Fiori 69-71=140 −4 USA Mark McCumber 70-70=140 USA Jack Nicklaus 67-73=140 T9 USA Wayne Levi 69-72=141 −3 USA Andy North 67-74=141 USA Dave Stockton 69-72=141 Source: Third round Saturday, March 24, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Lanny Wadkins 67-68-76=211 −5 T2 USA George Burns 72-66-76=214 −2 USA Billy Kratzert 69-70-75=214 USA Jack Renner 73-70-71=214 USA Lee Trevino 70-69-75=214 6 USA Gary Koch 70-72-74=216 E T5 USA Phil Hancock 69-73-75=217 +1 USA Andy North 67-74-76=217 MEX Victor Regalado 70-74-73=217 USA Tom Watson 70-72-75=217 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HMwnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6623%2C8220765 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Wadkins keeps star's role in a pro golf horror shoe March 25, 1979 6E Final round Sunday, March 25, 1979 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Lanny Wadkins 67-68-76-72=283 −5 72,0002 USA Tom Watson 70-72-75-71=288 E 43,2003 USA Jack Renner 73-70-71-75=289 +1 27,2004 USA Phil Hancock 69-73-75-74=291 +3 19,200T5 USA Billy Kratzert 69-70-75-79=293 +5 14,600 USA Wayne Levi 69-72-77-75=293 USA Lee Trevino 70-69-75-79=2938 USA Andy Bean 72-73-74-75=294 +6 12,400T9 USA Jay Haas 71-74-74-76=295 +7 10,800 USA Tom Kite 72-73-75-75=295 AUS Jack Newton 69-74-77-75=295 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 USA Mike McCullough 71-73-79-73=296 +8 8,800 USA Gil Morgan 68-77-76-75=296T14 USA George Burns 72-66-76-83=297 +9 6,600 USA Ed Fiori 69-71-79-78=297 USA Raymond Floyd 71-72-80-74=297 USA Peter Jacobsen 74-72-76-75=297 AUS Graham Marsh 72-75-75-75=297 MEX Victor Regalado 70-74-73-80=297T20 USA Rex Caldwell 70-76-78-74=298 +10 4,035 USA Hubert Green 73-72-78-75=298 USA Gary Koch 70-72-74-82=298 USA Larry Nelson 72-75-74-77=298 USA Andy North 67-74-76-81=298 USA Jerry Pate 69-73-77-79=298 USA Tim Simpson 69-73-80-76=298 USA Howard Twitty 75-67-76-80=298T28 USA Jim Colbert 73-72-76-78=299 +11 2,720 USA Lindy Miller 69-76-77-77=299 USA John Schroeder 71-76-76-76=299 USA Alan Tapie 71-72-75-81=299 USA Jim Thorpe 72-73-77-77=299T33 USA Gibby Gilbert 71-75-78-76=300 +12 2,310 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 67-73-82-78=300T35 USA Bob Byman 70-74-75-82=301 +13 1,847 USA Charles Coody 71-76-77-77=301 USA Marty Fleckman 72-74-79-76=301 USA Bruce Fleisher 73-72-78-78=301 USA Mark McCumber 70-70-80-81=301 CAN Jim Nelford 68-76-78-79=301 USA Mike Reid 71-73-78-79=301 USA Dave Stockton 69-72-79-81=301T43 USA Miller Barber 70-75-77-80=302 +14 1,248 ZAF 1928 Bobby Cole 71-75-77-79=302 USA Lee Elder 70-76-78-78=302 USA Bob Gilder 72-74-81-75=302 USA Lou Graham 70-76-76-80=302 USA Orville Moody 73-73-77-79=302 USA Ron Streck 68-77-78-79=302T50 USA Randy Erskine 76-68-82-77=303 +15 950 AUS David Graham 73-70-80-80=303 USA Morris Hatalsky 71-73-78-81=303 USA Mark Lye 71-76-79-77=303 USA Arnold Palmer 72-75-79-77=303 USA Cesar Sanudo 72-75-78-78=303 USA Jim Simons 71-73-76-83=30357 USA Don January 68-79-79-78=304 +16 904T58 USA Allen Miller 72-75-80-78=305 +17 892 USA Kermit Zarley 66-79-78-82=305T60 USA Bob Eastwood 72-74-76-84=306 +18 864 USA Mark Hayes (c) 72-75-79-80=306 USA Gary McCord 72-74-81-79=306 USA Pat McGowan 73-74-79-80=306 USA Artie McNickle 73-73-85-75=306T65 USA Buddy Gardner 71-75-78-83=307 +19 836 USA Barney Thompson 74-72-80-81=307T67 USA Al Geiberger (c) 71-75-80-82=308 +20 820 USA Craig Stadler 72-73-81-82=308T69 CAN Dan Halldorson 69-70-81-89=309 +21 804 USA Rik Massengale 71-76-78-84=30971 USA Bob Murphy 75-71-74-92=312 +24 792CUT USA Don Bies 70-78=148 +4 USA Danny Edwards 69-79=148 USA David Edwards 74-74=148 USA Dave Eichelberger 71-77=148 USA Hale Irwin 71-77=148 USA Bruce Lietzke 73-75=148 USA Jeff Mitchell 73-75=148 ARG Florentino Molina 71-77=148 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 74-74=148 USA Chi Chi Rodriguez 71-77=148 USA Curtis Strange 73-75=148 USA Leonard Thompson 72-76=148 USA Bobby Wadkins 74-74=148 USA Larry Ziegler 72-76=148 USA Wally Armstrong 72-77=149 +5 CAN Dave Barr 73-76=149 USA Billy Casper 78-71=149 USA Ben Crenshaw 74-75=149 USA Rod Curl 75-74=149 USA Jim Dent 75-74=149 USA Keith Fergus 73-76=149 USA Rod Funseth 77-72=149 USA Mike Hill 75-74=149 USA Don Iverson 72-77=149 USA Bob Lunn 73-76=149 USA Mike Morley 75-74=149 USA Eddie Pearce 73-76=149 USA Scott Simpson 74-75=149 USA J. C. Snead 71-78=149 USA Brad Bryant 69-81=150 +6 USA Fred Marti 71-79=150 USA Johnny Miller 74-76=150 USA Mark Pfeil 75-75=150 USA Greg Powers 70-80=150 USA Carlton White 72-78=150 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 73-77=150 USA Bill Calfee 73-78=151 +7 USA Frank Conner 73-78=151 USA Joe Inman 73-78=151 NZL John Lister 73-78=151 USA Tom Purtzer 75-76=151 USA Bill Rogers 73-78=151 USA Terry Diehl 76-76=152 +8 USA Mac McLendon 75-77=152 USA Steve Melnyk 77-75=152 USA Lee Mikles 78-74=152 USA Calvin Peete 74-78=152 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 73-79=152 USA Don Pooley 77-75=152 USA Ed Sneed 76-76=152 USA D. A. Weibring 73-79=152 USA Bob Mann 76-77=153 +9 USA Bobby Walzel 72-81=153 USA Tommy Aaron 76-78=154 +10 USA Homero Blancas 75-79=154 USA George Cadle 77-77=154 USA Barry Jaeckel 75-79=154 USA Mike Sullivan 76-78=154 USA Lon Hinkle 75-80=155 +11 USA Tom Weiskopf 73-82=155 USA Joe Hager 75-81=156 +12 USA Jerry Heard 79-77=156 USA Ed Sabo 75-81=156 ESP Seve Ballesteros 76-81=157 +13 USA Dale Douglass 79-78=157 AUS Bob Shearer 75-82=157 USA Bob Zender 78-80=158 +14 USA Frank Beard 82-77=159 +15 USA Jeff Hewes 78-81=159 USA Dave Hill 79-80=159 USA Alan Pate 84-80=164 +20 USA Bob Wynn 84-80=164 Source:https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html PGA Tour Past Results 1974 – present March 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html dead References External links The Players Championship website 1979 Category:1979 in golf Category:1979 in American sports Category:1979 in sports in Florida Category:March 1979 sports events in the United States