1983 Tournament Players Championship

August 2023 1983 Tournament Players Championship March 24–28, 1983 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 6857 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uu0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2822%2C6936389 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Golf: TPC March 29, 1983 19 129 players, 67 after cut 149 (+5) $700,000 $126,000 USA Hal Sutton 283 (−5) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 1982 1984 The 1983 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the tenth Tournament Players Championship. Heavy rains on Thursday delayed the start until Friday, with the final two rounds planned for Sunday.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uO0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5278%2C5905717 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Cook fights winds for TPC lead March 27, 1983 D6 Thunderstorms on Sunday morning allowed only the third round to be completed,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ue0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3170%2C6703963 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Cook clings to lead March 28, 1983 15 and the final round was held on Monday.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uu0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5485%2C6926128 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Green Bob Sutton survives March 29, 1983 17 Hal Sutton, age 24, came from four strokes back with a final round 69 to win his second tour event, one stroke ahead of runner-up Bob Eastwood.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IiAMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yV0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5874%2C5925790 St. Petersburg Times Florida Johnson Mark Leaders fall and Sutton takes it all March 24, 1983 1C Later in the year, Sutton won his only major title, the PGA Championship in August at Riviera. Defending champion Jerry Pate withdrew before the start, due to a lingering neck injury.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HSAMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yV0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5913%2C363338 St. Petersburg Times Florida Pate withdraws from TPC with neck injury March 24, 1983 3Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1f8jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iKUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6835%2C5683605 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Watson names favorites as the TPC begins play March 24, 1983 23 Sutton became the youngest champion of the TPC, formerly Mark Hayes, 27 in 1977. It was only for a year, as Fred Couples was five months younger at his win in 1984. Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the second Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6857 yd. Despite refinements in the past year, the Pete Dye-designed course continued to be scrutinized by many.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HSAMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yV0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1363%2C343179 St. Petersburg Times Florida Johnson Mark Picking the winner is as tough as the TPC course March 24, 1983 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HyAMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yV0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6690%2C2404725 St. Petersburg Times Florida Johnson Mark TPC – one man's fun is another man's nightmare March 26, 1983 8Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uO0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3975%2C5904355 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Architect says golf not meant to be fair March 27, 1983 D6https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uu0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4291%2C6926486 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press TPC course draws fire March 29, 1983 17 Eligibility requirements Top 125 players on Final 1982 Official Money List Players who appear in Top 25 on 1983 Official Money List as of March 14, 1981 Leading 1982 Official Money Winner on the Senior PGA Tour All designated players Any foreign player who meets the requirements of a designated Player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member Past winners of the Tournament Players Championship, World Series of Golf, PGA Championship, Masters Tournament and U.S. Open since 1973 Three "special selections," as determined by TPC Committee Source:1983 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1983_pgatour.pdf live PGA Tour 266 https://web.archive.org/web/20200927054927/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1983_pgatour.pdf 2020-09-27 Field John Adams, Isao Aoki, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Miller Barber, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Woody Blackburn, Jim Booros, Bill Britton, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Bob Byman, Rex Caldwell, Antonio Cerda Jr., Bobby Clampett, Lennie Clements, Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Mike Donald, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Nick Faldo, Keith Fergus, Forrest Fezler, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, John Fought, Al Geiberger, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Thomas Gray, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Vance Heafner, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Mike Holland, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Pat Lindsey, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Mark McNulty, Steve Melnyk, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Bob Murphy, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Nicolette, Greg Norman, Tim Norris, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, Peter Oosterhuis, Arnold Palmer, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Tom Purtzer, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Bill Rogers, Clarence Rose, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Howard Twitty, Tommy Valentine, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Larry Ziegler, Fuzzy Zoeller Defending champion Jerry Pate withdrew due to a lingering neck injury. Round summaries First round Friday, March 25, 1983 Rain washed out play on Thursday, and the final two rounds were rescheduled for Sunday. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Bruce Lietzke 68 −4 T2 USA Bobby Clampett 69 −3 USA John Cook USA Bob Eastwood USA Mark McCumber USA Leonard Thompson T7 USA Ben Crenshaw 70 −2 USA Danny Edwards USA Raymond Floyd ENG Peter Oosterhuis USA Tom Weiskopf Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=96ZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2522%2C5947236 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services Lietzke's on the right course at TPC March 26, 1983 4B Second round Saturday, March 26, 1983 With two rounds planned for Sunday, the cut was set at 149 (+5), reducing the field to 67. The eight players on 150, who would normally have made the cut, received prize money. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA John Cook 69-70=139 −5 T2 USA Bobby Clampett 69-72=141 −3 USA Peter Jacobsen 73-68=141 USA Don Pooley 71-70=141 USA J. C. Snead 71-70=141 6 USA Bob Murphy 72-70=142 −2 T7 USA Lennie Clements 73-70=143 −1 USA Vance Heafner 72-71=143 USA Bruce Lietzke 68-75=143 JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima 71-72=143 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-KZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5203%2C6563775 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Cook has 2-shot edge in TPC's survival test March 27, 1983 7F Third round Sunday, March 27, 1983 Officials had hoped to complete the event with 36 holes on Sunday. Thunderstorms in the morning delayed play for three hours, and the final round was moved to Monday. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA John Cook 69-70-71=210 −6 2 USA Bobby Clampett 69-72-70=211 −5 3 USA Vance Heafner 72-71-69=212 −4 T4 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-74-69=213 −3 USA Peter Jacobsen 73-68-72=213 USA Don Pooley 71-70-72=213 T7 USA Bruce Lietzke 68-75-71=214 −2 USA Hal Sutton 73-71-70=214 9 USA Bob Eastwood 69-75-71=215 −1 T10 USA Keith Fergus 74-71-71=216 E USA Ed Fiori 72-73-71=216 USA Gil Morgan 74-72-70=216 JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima 71-72-73=216 USA J. C. Snead 71-70-75=216 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ue0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2871%2C6715865 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Golf: TPC March 28, 1983 17 Final round Monday, March 28, 1983 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Hal Sutton 73-71-70-69=283 −5 126,0002 USA Bob Eastwood 69-75-71-69=284 −4 75,600T3 USA John Cook 69-70-71-75=285 −3 36,400 USA Bruce Lietzke 68-75-71-71=285 USA John Mahaffey 72-74-72-67=285T6 USA Vance Heafner 72-71-69-74=286 −2 24,325 USA Doug Tewell 72-74-70-70=286T8 USA Ed Fiori 72-73-71-71=287 −1 21,000 USA Curtis Strange 72-75-70-70=287T10 USA Bobby Clampett 69-72-70-77=288 E 17,500 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-74-69-75=288 USA Don Pooley 71-70-72-75=288 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 USA Keith Fergus 74-71-71-73=289 +1 13,533 USA Wayne Levi 72-74-71-72=289 USA Larry Mize 72-76-72-69=289T16 USA Peter Jacobsen 73-68-72-77=290 +2 11,200 USA Johnny Miller 73-73-73-71=290 JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima 71-72-73-74=290T19 USA Lennie Clements 73-70-74-74=291 +3 8,785 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-76-68-74=291 USA Tom Purtzer 71-73-76-71=291 USA Tom Watson 75-74-70-72=291T23 USA Terry Diehl 73-71-75-73=292 +4 6,440 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 70-76-72-74=292 USA Barry Jaeckel 73-71-74-74=292 USA Gil Morgan 74-72-70-76=292T27 USA Danny Edwards 70-77-73-73=293 +5 4,970 USA Bruce Fleisher 73-75-75-70=293 USA Tom Kite 72-75-73-73=293 USA Mike McCullough 74-74-73-72=293 USA Leonard Thompson 69-76-74-74=293T32 USA Joe Inman 72-72-74-76=294 +6 4,142 USA Bob Murphy 72-70-77-75=294 USA J. C. Snead 71-70-75-78=294T35 USA John Adams 74-74-76-71=295 +7 3,304 ESP Seve Ballesteros 72-75-70-78=295 USA David Edwards 72-75-73-75=295 ENG Nick Faldo 74-74-72-75=295 USA Bob Gilder 72-73-74-76=295 AUS David Graham 73-72-74-76=295 USA Calvin Peete 73-73-77-72=29542 USA Allen Miller 75-74-72-75=296 +8 2,730T43 JPN Isao Aoki 75-74-75-73=297 +9 2,244 USA Frank Conner 73-75-75-74=297 USA Dave Eichelberger 76-73-73-75=297 USA Gary Koch 77-71-79-70=297 USA Tim Norris 74-74-76-73=297 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 70-78-73-76=297T49 USA Charles Coody 76-72-79-71=298 +10 1,727 USA Hale Irwin 75-72-72-79=298 USA Mark McCumber 69-77-75-77=298 USA Mark O'Meara 71-77-74-76=298 USA Bobby Wadkins 72-75-74-77=298T54 USA Arnold Palmer 77-72-76-74=299 +11 1,617 USA Jim Thorpe 73-75-77-74=299T56 USA Al Geiberger (c) 72-74-74-80=300 +12 1,568 USA Gibby Gilbert 72-74-75-79=300 USA Lon Hinkle 74-73-73-80=300 USA Ron Streck 71-77-76-76=300 USA Tom Weiskopf 70-77-81-72=300T61 CAN Jim Nelford 72-77-72-80=301 +13 1,519 USA Scott Simpson 75-74-76-76=301T63 AUS Greg Norman 71-77-76-78=302 +14 1,498 USA Craig Stadler 74-74-70-84=30265 USA Mark Pfeil 71-75-81-77=304 +16 1,47066 USA Jim Colbert 72-77-83-73=305 +17 1,456WD USA Mike Nicolette 73-71-79=223 +7 1,442T68 USA Jim Dent 75-75=150 +6 1,379 USA Tom Jenkins 79-71=150 USA Roger Maltbie 71-79=150 USA Bill Rogers 74-76=150 AUS Bob Shearer 78-72=150 USA Jim Simons 73-77=150 USA Lee Trevino (c) 77-73=150 USA Howard Twitty 78-72=150CUT USA Chip Beck 75-76=151 +7 USA Thomas Gray 76-75=151 USA Hubert Green 74-77=151 USA Scott Hoch 77-74=151 USA Pat Lindsey 78-73=151 ZWE Mark McNulty 73-78=151 USA Dan Pohl 76-75=151 USA Clarence Rose 76-75=151 USA Ed Sneed 75-76=151 USA Brad Bryant 75-77=152 +8 USA George Burns 78-74=152 USA Rex Caldwell 71-81=152 USA Lee Elder 77-75=152 USA Forrest Fezler 78-74=152 USA John Fought 76-76=152 CAN Dan Halldorson 78-74=152 USA Phil Hancock 77-75=152 USA Steve Melnyk 79-73=152 USA Tim Simpson 75-77=152 USA George Archer 75-78=153 +9 MEX Antonio Cerda Jr. 74-79=153 USA Jack Renner 78-75=153 USA Miller Barber 77-77=154 +10 USA Woody Blackburn 75-79=154 AUS Bruce Devlin 76-78=154 USA Mike Donald 78-76=154 USA Gary Hallberg 76-78=154 USA Morris Hatalsky 76-78=154 USA Pat McGowan 80-74=154 USA D. A. Weibring 80-74=154 USA Andy North 77-78=155 +11 USA Tommy Valentine 73-82=155 USA Andy Bean 73-83=156 +12 USA Bill Britton 79-77=156 USA Mark Lye 74-82=156 USA Payne Stewart 78-78=156 USA Lanny Wadkins (c) 76-80=156 ZWE Denis Watson 79-78=157 +13 USA Mike Reid 82-76=158 +14 USA Jeff Mitchell 81-78=159 +15 USA Larry Ziegler 75-84=159 USA Jodie Mudd 78-82=160 +16 USA Jim Booros 82-79=161 +17 USA Bob Byman 80-81=161 USA Mike Holland 75-86=161 USA Larry Nelson 83-78=161 USA Greg Powers 84-78=162 +18 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 82-80=162 MEX Victor Regalado 83-80=163 +19 ZAF 1928 Bobby Cole 86-79=165 +21 USA Fred Couples 81-84=165WD USA Lou Graham 77 +5 USA Jay Haas 80 +8DQ USA Mike Sullivan 76 +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 1983 Category:1983 in golf Category:1983 in American sports Category:1983 in sports in Florida Category:March 1983 sports events in the United States