1978 Tournament Players Championship

August 2023 1978 Tournament Players Championship March 16–19, 1978 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Sawgrass Country Club,East-West course PGA Tour 72 7174 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N_JVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3613%2C5644239 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press TPC scores high and so is Nicklaus March 20, 1978 1Dhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xtkvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4u0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6568%2C2326501 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Nicklaus tops TPC with 75 March 20, 1978 16 142 players, 79 after cut 153 (+9) $344,270 $60,000 USA Jack Nicklaus 289 (+1) USA#USA Florida yes Sawgrass CC Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.189 N 81.370 W type:event inline,title 1977 1979 The 1978 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 16–19 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The fifth Tournament Players Championship, it was the second at Sawgrass and Jack Nicklaus won his third TPC title at 289 (+1), one stroke ahead of runner-up Lou Graham.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1978/03/20/page/86/article/nicklaus-holds-on-for-2d-win-of-year Chicago Tribune wire services Nicklaus holds on for 2d win of year March 20, 1978 6, sec. 6https://www.si.com/vault/1978/03/27/822484/off-in-a-world-of-his-own-aroused-by-the-challenge-of-tom-watson-jack-nicklaus-has-outdone-even-himself-in-his-last-four-tournaments-finishing-second-first-second-and-now-first-again-at-sawgrass Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Off in a world of his own March 27, 1978 20 Both shot 75 (+3) in the windy final round and Nicklaus went without a birdie. This was the fourth consecutive start for Nicklaus in 1978 that ended with a top-two finish: two wins and two second places. Four months later in July, he won his third Open Championship to become the first to win the TPC and a major title in the same calendar year, later joined by Hal Sutton (1983, PGA), Tiger Woods (2001, Masters), and Martin Kaymer (2014, U.S. Open). Defending champion Mark Hayes finished eleven strokes back, in a tie for 28th place. Venue Sawgrass Country Club This was the second of five Tournament Players Championships held at Sawgrass Country Club; it moved to the nearby TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in 1982. Eligibility requirements All designated players Winners of major PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved events beginning with the 1977 Tournament Players Championship and concluding with the tournament immediately preceding the 1978 TPC The current British Open champion Leaders In PGA Tour Official Standings as necessary to complete the field, beginning with the 1977 Tournament Players Championship and concluding with the tournament scheduled to end on the Sunday immediately preceding the 1978 TPC, the Florida Citrus Open Source:1978 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1978_pgatour.pdf live PGA Tour 207 https://web.archive.org/web/20200927062459/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1978_pgatour.pdf 2020-09-27 Field Tommy Aaron, Sam Adams, Wally Armstrong, Butch Baird, Miller Barber, Andy Bean, Frank Beard, Don Bies, Homero Blancas, George Burns, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Bill Calfee, Billy Casper, Antonio Cerda Jr., Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Ed Dougherty, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Randy Erskine, Keith Fergus, Forrest Fezler, Raymond Floyd, Rod Funseth, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Hubert Green, Gary Groh, Jay Haas, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Dale Hayes, Mark Hayes, Jerry Heard, Mike Hill, Lon Hinkle, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Don Iverson, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Don January, Tom Jenkins, Grier Jones, Tom Kite, George Knudson, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Stan Lee, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, John Lister, Gene Littler, Lyn Lott, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Bill Mallon, Roger Maltbie, Graham Marsh, Fred Marti, Rik Massengale, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Jerry McGee, Mac McLendon, Artie McNickle, Steve Melnyk, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Florentino Molina, Orville Moody, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Larry Nelson, Dwight Nevil, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Andy North, Peter Oosterhuis, Arnold Palmer, Jerry Pate, Bob Payne, Eddie Pearce, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Don Pooley, Joe Porter, Tom Purtzer, Sammy Rachels, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bill Rogers, John Schlee, John Schroeder, Tom Shaw, Bob Shearer, Dan Sikes, Jim Simons, Tim Simpson, Bob E. Smith, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Ken Still, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Alan Tapie, Steve Taylor, Doug Tewell, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, Lee Trevino, Howard Twitty, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Art Wall Jr., Bobby Walzel, Tom Watson, Tom Weiskopf, Bob Wynn, Kermit Zarley, Bob Zender, Larry Ziegler, Fuzzy Zoeller Round summaries First round Thursday, March 16, 1978 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Ben Crenshaw 70 −2 USA Gibby Gilbert USA Gary Groh USA Jack Nicklaus MEX Victor Regalado USA John Schroeder USA Bobby WadkinsT8 USA Lou Graham 71 −1 USA Joe Inman USA Artie McNickle USA Larry Nelson Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NPJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3270%2C4658695 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Nicklaus making his big bid March 17, 1978 7C Second round Friday, March 17, 1978 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-71=141 −3 USA Lou Graham 71-70=141 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-71=141 4 USA Larry Nelson 71-72=143 −1 5 USA John Mahaffey 72-72=144 ET6 USA Mike Morley 72-73=145 +1 USA Andy North 74-71=145 USA John Schroeder 70-75=145 T9 USA Sam Adams 74-72=146 +2 AUS David Graham 72-74=146 USA Joe Inman 71-75=146 USA Artie McNickle 71-75=146 USA Mac McLendon 72-74=146 ARG Florentino Molina 72-74=146 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 73-73=146 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NfJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6866%2C4858230 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services Birdies bring back Nicklaus into a TPC tie March 18, 1978 6B Third round Saturday, March 18, 1978 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-71-73=214 −2 2 USA Lou Graham 71-70-74=215 −1T3 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-71-77=218 +2 USA Larry Nelson 71-72-75=218 T5 USA John Mahaffey 72-72-75=219 +3 USA Andy North 74-71-74=219 T7 USA Lon Hinkle 75-72-74=221 +5 USA Mike McCullough 77-75-69=221 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 73-73-75=221 USA John Schroeder 70-75-76=221 USA Bob Shearer 74-75-72=221 USA Bob Zender 75-73-73=221 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NvJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6934%2C5244661 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Nicklaus slips then fights back March 19, 1978 6B Final round Sunday, March 19, 1978 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 70-71-73-75=289 +1 60,0002 USA Lou Graham 71-70-74-75=290 +2 34,2003 USA Lon Hinkle 75-72-74-70=291 +3 21,300T4 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-71-77-74=292 +4 11,700 USA Larry Nelson 71-72-75-74=292 USA Andy North 74-71-74-73=292 USA John Schroeder 70-75-76-71=2928 USA Jim Colbert 74-74-74-72=294 +6 8,850T9 USA Hubert Green 76-77-71-71=295 +7 7,500 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 73-73-75-74=295 MEX Victor Regalado 70-79-76-70=295 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 USA Jerry Heard 73-78-71-74=296 +8 5,460 USA John Mahaffey 72-72-75-77=296 USA Mike McCullough 77-75-69-75=296 ARG Florentino Molina 72-74-76-74=296 USA Bobby Wadkins 70-79-73-74=296T17 USA Lee Elder 75-76-75-71=297 +9 4,200 USA Phil Hancock 73-74-75-75=297 USA Jerry Pate 76-76-75-70=297T20 USA Danny Edwards 75-73-75-75=298 +10 2,892 AUS David Graham 72-74-78-74=298 AUS Graham Marsh 73-76-73-76=298 USA Mac McLendon 72-74-76-76=298 USA Gil Morgan 73-77-76-72=298 USA John Schlee 77-73-75-73=298 AUS Bob Shearer 74-75-72-77=29827 USA Rod Funseth 74-73-78-74=299 +11 2,310T28 USA Andy Bean 73-78-76-73=300 +12 1,791 USA Keith Fergus 73-75-82-70=300 USA Gibby Gilbert 70-77-79-74=300 USA Mark Hayes (c) 73-77-77-73=300 USA Joe Inman 71-75-79-75=300 USA Tom Kite 74-77-78-71=300 USA Lyn Lott 75-76-78-71=300 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 74-73-77-76=300 USA Alan Tapie 73-75-82-70=300 USA Kermit Zarley 75-77-73-75=300 USA Bob Zender 75-73-73-79=300T39 USA Sam Adams 74-72-77-78=301 +13 1,290 USA Fred Marti 72-79-77-73=301 USA Leonard Thompson 74-76-79-72=301T42 USA Frank Conner 75-74-75-78=302 +14 1,082 USA Morris Hatalsky 74-79-74-75=302 USA Hale Irwin 75-75-75-77=302 USA Billy Kratzert 75-76-75-76=302T46 USA Miller Barber 78-74-76-75=303 +15 975 ZAF 1928 Bobby Cole 72-79-81-71=303 USA Charles Coody 73-76-74-80=303 USA Don January 73-74-79-77=303T50 USA Mike Morley 72-73-79-80=304 +16 945 USA Mark Pfeil 74-75-78-77=304T52 USA Bob Eastwood 79-72-82-72=305 +17 910 USA Peter Jacobsen 74-76-80-75=305 USA Artie McNickle 71-75-82-77=305 USA Bill Rogers 73-75-79-78=305 USA Jim Simons 73-80-79-73=305T57 USA Jay Haas 76-76-76-78=306 +18 860 USA Steve Melnyk 76-75-79-76=306 USA Mike Reid 76-77-75-78=306 USA Ron Streck 75-78-77-76=306 USA Tom Weiskopf 73-80-74-79=30662 USA Chi Chi Rodriguez 73-77-80-77=307 +19 830T63 USA Wayne Levi 74-75-82-77=308 +20 810 USA Allen Miller 74-73-79-82=308 USA Art Wall Jr. 73-79-77-79=308T66 USA Don Bies 76-77-81-75=309 +21 770 USA Rex Caldwell 75-76-80-78=309 USA Gary Groh 70-77-79-83=309 USA Gary McCord 77-75-77-80=309 USA Jerry McGee 76-76-75-82=309T71 USA Tom Shaw 76-75-83-76=310 +22 750 USA J. C. Snead 74-77-82-77=310T73 USA Rod Curl 75-78-82-76=311 +23 750 NZL John Lister 76-76-81-78=311T75 USA Homero Blancas 74-77-84-77=312 +24 750 USA Howard Twitty 78-75-81-78=312T77 USA Forrest Fezler 76-75-82-80=313 +25 750 USA Arnold Palmer 74-78-76-85=313CUT USA George Burns 79-75=154 +10 USA Dave Eichelberger 78-76=154 USA Raymond Floyd 77-77=154 USA Mike Hill 76-78=154 USA Rik Massengale 73-81=154 USA Dwight Nevil 78-76=154 USA Sammy Rachels 77-77=154 USA Steve Taylor 76-78=154 USA Tom Watson 76-78=154 USA Bill Calfee 79-76=155 +11 USA Billy Casper 77-78=155 USA Jim Dent 74-81=155 USA Terry Diehl 78-77=155 USA Tom Jenkins 77-78=155 USA Bruce Lietzke 77-78=155 USA Jeff Mitchell 74-81=155 USA Joe Porter 76-79=155 USA Tom Purtzer 75-80=155 USA Jack Renner 75-80=155 USA Dan Sikes 74-81=155 USA Ed Sneed 76-79=155 USA Wally Armstrong 77-79=156 +12 USA Butch Baird 78-78=156 USA Don Iverson 81-75=156 USA Grier Jones 79-77=156 USA Orville Moody 74-82=156 USA Bob Payne 75-81=156 USA Dave Stockton 79-77=156 USA Curtis Strange 83-73=156 USA Doug Tewell 79-77=156 USA Bobby Walzel 78-78=156 AUS Bruce Devlin 76-81=157 +13 USA Barry Jaeckel 76-81=157 USA Gary Koch 77-80=157 USA Stan Lee 80-77=157 USA Mark Lye 78-79=157 USA Roger Maltbie 79-78=157 USA Eddie Pearce 80-77=157 USA Don Pooley 74-83=157 USA Bob E. Smith 74-83=157 USA Bobby Nichols 77-81=158 +14 USA Barney Thompson 76-82=158 USA Larry Ziegler 79-79=158 USA Tommy Aaron 83-76=159 +15 USA Bob Gilder 74-85=159 CAN George Knudson 80-79=159 USA Johnny Miller 77-82=159 USA Frank Beard 80-80=160 +16 MEX Antonio Cerda Jr. 82-78=160 USA Randy Erskine 75-85=160 ZAF 1928 Dale Hayes 77-83=160 USA Bob Murphy 78-82=160 USA Ken Still 80-80=160 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 77-83=160 USA Lanny Wadkins 79-82=161 +17 USA Calvin Peete 81-81=162 +18 USA Tim Simpson 81-81=162 USA Bob Wynn 76-86=162 USA Ed Dougherty 78-85=163 +19 USA Craig Stadler 79-85=164 +20 USA Bill Mallon 84-85=169 +25 USA George Cadle 81-89=170 +26WD USA Lee Trevino 75-78=153 +9 USA Gene Littler 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 1978 Category:1978 in golf Category:1978 in American sports Category:1978 in sports in Florida Category:March 1978 sports events in the United States