1981 PGA Championship

August 2023 1981 PGA Championship August 6–9, 1981 Duluth, Georgia Atlanta Athletic Club,Highlands Course PGA of America PGA Tour 70 7070 yd 0 147 players, 78 after cuthttp://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1981&tid=22 databasegolf.com 1981 PGA Championship August 21, 2013 147 (+7)http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=407&date=1981&tourn_name_id=2 PGA.com Tournament Info for: 1981 PGA Championship July 25, 2012 August 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120801183024/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=407&date=1981&tourn_name_id=2 dead $401,050 $60,000 USA Larry Nelson 273 (−7) 1980 1982 USA#USA Georgia yes Atlanta Athletic Club Location in the United States##Location in Georgia 34.004 -84.193 type:event_region:US-GA inline,title The 1981 PGA Championship was the 63rd PGA Championship, held August 6–9 at Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. Larry Nelson won the first of his three major titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NBVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4059%2C2657920 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Washington Post) Kindred Dave Nelson tears up 'choke' label and PGA August 9, 1981 1C https://www.si.com/vault/1981/08/17/825855/a-drive-down-easy-street-local-favorite-larry-nelson-commuted-to-his-victory-in-the-pga-championship Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins A drive down easy street August 17, 1981 48 Lee Trevino, 1974 champion, did not sign his scorecard after an opening round 74 and was disqualified after turning himself in.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MRVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6501%2C1832315 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services Golf's honest men August 7, 1981 2Dhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nt4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5318%2C969093 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Trevino disqualified, Murphy leads PGA August 7, 1981 11 Bob Murphy led after each of the first two rounds,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N94NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5401%2C1096159 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Murphy grabs slim PGA lead August 8, 1981 9https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MhVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6088%2C1913800 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Murphy's fat, happy, and leading August 8, 1981 1B but was 8-over on the weekend and finished ten strokes back in 18th place. After a second consecutive 66 on Saturday, Nelson held the 54-hole lead, four strokes ahead of Zoellerhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MxVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6088%2C2329220 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Nelson's 66 captures PGA lead August 9, 1981 1B Tom Watson was the PGA Tour money list leader in August 1981, but missed the cut by a stroke. It was the second major held at the Highlands Course, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1976. The PGA Championship returned in 2001 and 2011. Course layout Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4564584692105464451854224193,6103744705103904152154102134633,4607,070Par444354344354454434343570 Round summaries First round Thursday, August 6, 1981 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Bob Murphy 66 −4 T2 USA Bob Eastwood 67 −3 USA Mark Lye T4 USA Rex Caldwell 68 −2 USA Vance Heafner USA Andy North T7 USA Charles Coody 69 −1 USA Lon Hinkle USA Roger Maltbie USA Dan Pohl USA Ron Streck Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MRVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2046%2C1828302 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Kindred Dave (Washington Post) Murphy's accuracy pays off August 7, 1981 1D Second round Friday, August 7, 1981 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Bob Murphy 66-69=135 −5 T2 USA Bob Eastwood 67-69=136 −4 USA Larry Nelson 70-66=136 USA Dan Pohl 69-67=136 5 USA Andy North 69-68=137 −3T6 USA Vance Heafner 68-70=138 −2 USA Tom Kite 71-67=138 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 70-68=138T9 USA Gil Morgan 70-69=139 −1 USA Jack Nicklaus 71-68=139 USA Jerry Pate 71-68=139 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MhVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6088%2C1913800 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Murphy's fat, happy and leading August 8, 1981 1B Third round Saturday, August 8, 1981 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Larry Nelson 70-66-66=202 −8 2 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 70-68-68=206 −4 T3 USA Tom Kite 71-67-69=207 −3 USA Andy North 69-68-70=207T5 USA Bob Eastwood 67-69-72=208 −2 USA Vance Heafner 68-70-70=208 USA Bob Murphy 66-69-73=208 AUS Greg Norman 73-67-68=208T9 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 75-68-66=209 −1 USA Jerry Pate 71-68-70=209 USA Dan Pohl 69-67-73=209 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MxVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6088%2C2329220 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Nelson's 66 captures PGA lead August 9, 1981 1B Final round Sunday, August 9, 1981 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Larry Nelson 70-66-66-71=273 −7 60,0002 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 70-68-68-71=277 −3 40,0003 USA Dan Pohl 69-67-73-69=278 −2 25,000T4 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 75-68-66-70=279 −1 13,146 USA Keith Fergus 71-71-69-68=279 USA Bob Gilder 74-69-70-66=279 USA Tom Kite 71-67-69-72=279 USA Bruce Lietzke 70-70-71-68=279 USA Jack Nicklaus 71-68-71-69=279 AUS Greg Norman 73-67-68-71=279 Source: References 2 External links PGA.com – 1981 PGA Championship Yahoo! 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