1980 Tournament Players Championship

August 2023 1980 Tournament Players Championship March 20–23, 1980 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Sawgrass Country Club,East-West course PGA Tour 72 7000 yd -1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xvtLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5723%2C4766732 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Golf: TPC results March 24, 1980 22 144 players, 79 after cut 148 (+4) $440,000 $72,000 USA Lee Trevino 278 (−10) USA#USA Florida yes Sawgrass CC Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.189 N 81.370 W type:event inline,title 1979 1981 The 1980 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 20–23 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The seventh Tournament Players Championship, it was the fourth at Sawgrass and Lee Trevino won at 278 (−10), one stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xvtLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4105%2C4751047 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Trevino proves he's a big boy, too March 24, 1980 19https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=egtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6796%2C7245081 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Trevino says TPC no major, but he beat the best to win March 24, 1980 5Chttp://archives.chicagotribune.com/1980/03/24/page/31/article/trevino-beats-the-best-in-tpc Chicago Tribune wire services Trevino beats the best in TPC March 24, 1980 5, sec. 3https://www.si.com/vault/1980/03/31/824527/seems-like-old-times-in-a-stroll-down-memory-lane-trevino-player-and-nicklaus-had-at-it-in-the-tpc-with-super-mex-the-noteworthy-winner Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Seems like old times March 31, 1980 18 Defending champion Lanny Wadkins finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for 45th place. Venue Sawgrass Country Club This was the fourth of five Tournament Players Championships held at Sawgrass Country Club; it moved to the nearby TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in 1982. At the time it was scheduled to be the last at Sawgrass, but early construction delays due to weather caused the championship to return for a fifth and final year in 1981.https://www.si.com/vault/1982/03/15/564807/target-golf-is-the-aim Sports Illustrated McDermott Barry Target golf is the aim March 15, 1982 38 Eligibility requirements 1. All designated players Andy Bean (2), Ben Crenshaw (2), Lee Elder, Raymond Floyd (2), Al Geiberger (2), Bob Gilder, David Graham (2), Lou Graham (2), Hubert Green (2), Mark Hayes, Lon Hinkle (2), Hale Irwin (2), Tom Kite, Wayne Levi (2), Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey, Jerry McGee (2), Gil Morgan (2), Larry Nelson (2), Jack Nicklaus, Andy North, Jerry Pate, Calvin Peete (2), Gary Player, Tom Purtzer, Jack Renner (2), Bill Rogers, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange (2), Lee Trevino (2), Howard Twitty (2), Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins (2), Tom Watson (2), Fuzzy Zoeller (2) 2. Winners of major PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved events beginning with the 1979 Players Championship and concluding with the tournament immediately preceding the 1980 Players Championship Bobby Walzel, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, D. A. Weibring, John Fought, Ed Fiori, George Burns, Craig Stadler, Jeff Mitchell, Jim Colbert, Dave Eichelberger, Johnny Miller 3. The current British Open champion Seve Ballesteros 4. Leaders in the PGA Tour Official Standings as necessary to complete the field, beginning with the 1979 Players Championship and concluding with the Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic, which concludes March 9, 1980 Source:1980 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1980_pgatour.pdf live PGA Tour 216 https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141622/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1980_pgatour.pdf 2020-09-24 Field Tommy Aaron, Buddy Allin, George Archer, Wally Armstrong, Seve Ballesteros, Miller Barber, Andy Bean, Don Bies, Mike Brannan, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Bob Byman, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Bill Calfee, Jim Chancey, Jim Colbert, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Ed Dougherty, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, David Eger, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Keith Fergus, Forrest Fezler, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, John Fought, Rod Funseth, Buddy Gardner, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Lon Hinkle, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Don January, Grier Jones, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Stan Lee, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, John Lister, Gene Littler, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Bob Mann, Graham Marsh, Fred Marti, Rik Massengale, Terry Mauney, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Jerry McGee, Pat McGowan, Artie McNickle, Steve Melnyk, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Lindy Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Orville Moody, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Newton, Jack Nicklaus, Lonnie Nielsen, Andy North, Peter Oosterhuis, Jerry Pate, Eddie Pearce, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Tom Purtzer, Dana Quigley, Sammy Rachels, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Bill Rogers, Bill Sander, Cesar Sanudo, John Schroeder, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Bob E. Smith, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Ken Still, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Alan Tapie, Doug Tewell, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Howard Twitty, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Bobby Walzel, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Kermit Zarley, Bob Zender, Larry Ziegler, Fuzzy Zoeller Round summaries First round Thursday, March 20, 1980 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Hale Irwin 67 −5 USA Steve MelnykT3 USA George Burns 68 −4 USA Bill Calfee USA Danny Edwards USA Joe Inman USA Peter Jacobsen USA Mike Morley USA Ed Sneed USA Curtis Strange USA Ron Streck USA Lee Trevino Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eAtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3920%2C6295936 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Irwin says his slump is all over and his 67 helps him prove it March 21, 1980 7D Second round Friday, March 21, 1980 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Hale Irwin 67-72=139 −5 USA Curtis Strange 68-71=139T3 USA Steve Melnyk 67-73=140 −4 USA Lee Trevino 68-72=140 USA Tom Watson 69-71=140T6 USA John Mahaffey 70-71=141 −3 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 70-71=141 USA Greg Powers 72-69=141 USA J. C. Snead 70-71=141T10 ESP Seve Ballesteros 69-73=142 −2 USA George Burns 68-74=142 USA Bill Calfee 68-74=142 USA Danny Edwards 68-74=142 USA Peter Jacobsen 68-74=142 USA Jack Nicklaus 69-73=142 USA Don Pooley 69-73=142 USA Mike Reid 70-72=142 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eAtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6814%2C6375058 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Strange pulls even with Hale after two rounds at windy TPC March 22, 1980 11B Third round Saturday, March 22, 1980 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Lee Trevino 68-72-68=208 −8 2 USA Hubert Green 72-71-66=209 −7 T3 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 70-71-69=210 −6 USA Curtis Strange 68-71-71=210T5 ESP Seve Ballesteros 69-73-69=211 −5 USA Peter Jacobsen 68-74-69=211 USA Jack Nicklaus 69-73-69=211 USA Don Pooley 69-73-69=211T9 USA Brad Bryant 72-71-69=212 −4 USA Jay Haas 72-73-67=212 USA Hale Irwin 67-72-73=212 USA Tom Watson 69-71-72=212 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n9ROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7044%2C4920643 Sunday Star-News Wilmington, North Carolina Associated Press Trevino leads Nicklaus, Player, Watson in TPC March 23, 1980 4Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eQtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7032%2C6868761 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Trevino's birdie takes PGA lead March 23, 1980 11B Final round Sunday, March 23, 1980 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Lee Trevino 68-72-68-70=278 −10 72,0002 USA Ben Crenshaw 71-73-69-66=279 −9 43,200T3 ESP Seve Ballesteros 69-73-69-69=280 −8 23,200 USA Tom Watson 69-71-72-68=280T5 USA Peter Jacobsen 68-74-69-71=282 −6 14,600 USA John Mahaffey 70-71-72-69=282 USA Mike Reid 70-72-72-68=282T8 USA Danny Edwards 68-74-72-69=283 −5 10,400 USA Hubert Green 72-71-66-74=283 USA Jay Haas 72-73-67-71=283 USA Grier Jones 74-69-72-68=283 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 70-71-69-73=283 USA Dan Pohl 73-72-69-69=283 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 USA Brad Bryant 72-71-69-72=284 −4 6,400 USA Jim Colbert 71-73-69-71=284 USA Charles Coody 69-75-69-71=284 USA Keith Fergus 70-73-70-71=284 USA Hale Irwin 67-72-73-72=284 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 69-73-69-73=284 USA Don Pooley 69-73-69-73=28421 USA Curtis Strange 68-71-71-75=285 −3 4,800T22 USA Bill Calfee 68-74-73-71=286 −2 4,320 CAN Dan Halldorson 72-74-68-72=286T24 USA George Burns 68-74-71-74=287 −1 3,165 USA Bruce Fleisher 71-73-71-72=287 USA Bruce Lietzke 72-74-74-67=287 USA Fred Marti 73-73-73-68=287 USA Rik Massengale 74-71-72-70=287 USA Mike McCullough 71-76-68-72=287 USA Steve Melnyk 67-73-76-71=287T31 USA Gibby Gilbert 70-75-75-68=288 E 2,220 USA Mike Hill 70-75-71-72=288 USA Tom Kite 74-72-69-73=288 USA Johnny Miller 76-71-71-70=288 USA Gil Morgan 70-78-71-69=288 USA Bill Rogers 69-77-71-71=288 USA J. C. Snead 70-71-73-74=288 USA Howard Twitty 75-70-71-72=288T39 USA Bob Eastwood 73-75-70-71=289 +1 1,760 USA Lon Hinkle 70-74-71-74=289T41 USA Mike Brannan 71-75-75-69=290 +2 1,520 AUS David Graham 70-74-72-74=290 USA Jerry McGee 71-75-71-73=290 USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez 70-73-74-73=290T45 USA Mark Hayes (c) 70-75-75-71=291 +3 1,144 USA Tim Simpson 70-74-73-74=291 USA Dave Stockton 73-70-74-74=291 USA Ron Streck 68-77-70-76=291 USA Jim Thorpe 72-73-71-75=291 USA Lanny Wadkins (c) 69-76-72-74=291T51 USA Andy Bean 71-73-76-72=292 +4 954 USA Scott Simpson 71-74-77-70=292 USA Alan Tapie 72-75-72-73=292 USA Barney Thompson 70-74-77-71=292T55 USA Jeff Mitchell 71-77-74-71=293 +5 904 AUS Jack Newton 73-75-72-73=293 USA Greg Powers 72-69-78-74=293 USA Leonard Thompson 70-76-74-73=293 USA Tom Weiskopf 73-73-74-73=293T60 USA Buddy Gardner 70-74-77-73=294 +6 868 USA Lou Graham 71-77-74-72=294 USA Joe Inman 68-75-78-73=294 CAN Jim Nelford 74-72-75-73=294T64 USA Terry Mauney 72-75-72-76=295 +7 840 USA Bob Murphy 73-75-77-70=295 USA D. A. Weibring 73-73-75-74=295T67 USA Lee Elder 73-73-76-74=296 +8 816 MEX Victor Regalado 73-75-75-73=296 USA Craig Stadler 73-74-70-79=296T70 USA Rod Funseth 70-76-76-75=297 +9 792 USA Calvin Peete 73-72-77-75=297 USA Ed Sneed 68-78-78-73=297T73 USA John Fought 72-75-77-74=298 +10 772 USA Lonnie Nielsen 71-73-75-79=298T75 USA Wally Armstrong 72-76-73-78=299 +11 756 USA Bob E. Smith 72-76-78-73=29977 USA Terry Diehl 73-75-82-71=301 +13 75078 USA Mark Lye 73-74-78-78=303 +15 75079 USA David Edwards 75-73-80-79=307 +19 750CUT USA Buddy Allin 74-75=149 +5 USA George Cadle 74-75=149 USA Rod Curl 69-80=149 USA David Eger 75-74=149 USA Raymond Floyd 73-76=149 USA Pat McGowan 70-79=149 USA Andy North 77-72=149 USA Jerry Pate 72-77=149 USA Tom Purtzer 74-75=149 AUS Bob Shearer 71-78=149 USA Bobby Wadkins 70-79=149 USA Tommy Aaron 75-75=150 +6 USA Rex Caldwell 73-77=150 USA Frank Conner 74-76=150 AUS Bruce Devlin 74-76=150 USA Ed Dougherty 75-75=150 USA Gene Littler 69-81=150 USA Bob Mann 73-77=150 USA Ken Still 78-72=150 USA Larry Ziegler 73-77=150 USA Don Bies 72-79=151 +7 AUS Graham Marsh 73-78=151 USA Mark Pfeil 74-77=151 USA Sammy Rachels 72-79=151 USA Jack Renner 76-75=151 MEX Cesar Sanudo 78-73=151 USA Jim Simons 70-81=151 USA Miller Barber 75-77=152 +8 USA Bob Gilder 77-75=152 USA Phil Hancock 74-78=152 USA Morris Hatalsky 78-74=152 USA Barry Jaeckel 75-77=152 USA Gary Koch 77-75=152 USA Gary McCord 78-74=152 USA Mark McCumber 74-78=152 USA Orville Moody 76-76=152 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 77-75=152 USA Eddie Pearce 72-80=152 USA Bob Byman 72-81=153 +9 USA Jim Chancey 74-79=153 USA Dave Hill 72-81=153 USA Billy Kratzert 73-80=153 NZL John Lister 79-74=153 USA Dana Quigley 74-79=153 USA Doug Tewell 77-76=153 USA Kermit Zarley 76-77=153 USA George Archer 75-79=154 +10 USA Forrest Fezler 77-77=154 USA Stan Lee 74-80=154 USA John Schroeder 76-78=154 USA Bob Zender 79-75=154 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 79-75=154 USA Dave Eichelberger 81-74=155 +11 USA Mike Sullivan 76-79=155 USA Don January 77-79=156 +12 USA Allen Miller 73-83=156 USA Lindy Miller 77-79=156 USA Bill Sander 72-85=157 +13 USA Bobby Walzel 75-84=159 +15 USA Jim Dent 77-83=160 +16WD USA Artie McNickle 73 +1 USA Wayne Levi 76 +4 USA Ed Fiori DQ USA Larry Nelson 69-78=147 +3 USA Mike Morley 68 −4 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 1980 Category:1980 in golf Category:1980 in American sports Category:1980 in sports in Florida Category:March 1980 sports events in the United States