1982 Tournament Players Championship

August 2023 1982 Tournament Players Championship March 18–21, 1982 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 6857 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0E80AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ImgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6617%2C1637924 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Associated Press 3 share TPC lead with 67s March 19, 1982 12B 147 players,82 after cuthttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0k80AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ImgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6647%2C2468933 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida UPI Lietzke, Bryant battle back to share TPC lead March 21, 1982 12B 148 (+4) $500,000 $90,000 USA Jerry Pate 280 (−8) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 1981 1983 The 1982 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held March 18–21 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the ninth Tournament Players Championship and the first at the new course.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z080AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ImgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4747%2C974665 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida UPI Golf's richest tournament starts today March 18, 1982 14-Bvault.si.com Sports Illustrated McDermott Barry Target golf is the aim March 15, 1982 38https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9PZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6925%2C555410 Spokane Chronicle Washington Associated Press Golf's greatest take back seat to TPC course March 17, 1982 44 Playing an orange ball,http://www.pgatour.com/news/2012/03/21/players1982orangeball.html PGA Tour Vartan Kupelian Seeing orange: The story behind Pate's Players-winning ball March 21, 2012 May 12, 2016 Jerry Pate shot a final round 67 (−5) to win by two strokes over runners-up Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IMVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5611%2C5178301 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Pate takes dive after TPC win March 22, 1982 3B Pate started the final round three strokes behind the leaders, in a tie for sixth place.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BsVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6872%2C4942517 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services TPC lead surprises Lietzke, Bryant March 21, 1982 7C Following his win, Pate pushed tour commissioner Deane Beman and course designer Pete Dye into the lake along the 18th green, and then joined them.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cUxSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VHsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5597%2C6730642 St. Petersburg Times Florida Johnson Mark For Pate, a big win and another splash March 22, 1982 1C https://www.si.com/vault/1982/03/29/564848/last-one-in-is-a-winner Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Last one in is a winner March 29, 1982 24 https://www.si.com/vault/2004/03/23/367686/present-at-the-plunge-the-instant-golf-changed-the-witnesses-to-jerry-pates-famous-dive-at-the-1982-players-championship-remember-that-day-and-its-importance Sports Illustrated Van Sickle Gary Present at the plunge March 23, 2004 32 Notables to miss the cut included hall of famers Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Lee Trevino.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1982/03/21/page/60/article/briefing Chicago Tribune New course sends top pros packing March 21, 1982 12, sec. 4 Defending champion Raymond Floyd finished 11 strokes back, in a tie for 22nd place. Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the first Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; its 1982 setup measured 6857 yd.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0E80AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ImgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6617%2C1637924 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Associated Press Three share TPC lead with 67s March 19, 1982 11B The debut was delayed a year due to heavy rains during construction. Eligibility requirements All designated players Winners of major TPA Tour co-sponsored or approved events beginning with the 1981 Tournament Players Championship and concluding with the tournament immediately preceding the 1982 TPC The current British Open champion Leaders in the TPA Tour Official Standings as necessary to complete the field, beginning with the 1981 TPC and concluding with the Bay Hill Classic, which concludes March 7, 1982 Source:1982 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1982_pgatour.pdf live PGA Tour 233 https://web.archive.org/web/20200927060802/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1982_pgatour.pdf 2020-09-27 Field John Adams, Buddy Allin, Isao Aoki, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Jim Barber, Miller Barber, Dave Barr, Beau Baugh, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Woody Blackburn, Jim Booros, Bill Britton, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Bob Byman, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Bill Calfee, Bobby Clampett, Lennie Clements, Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Mike Donald, Ed Dougherty, Bruce Douglass, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Nick Faldo, Keith Fergus, Forrest Fezler, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Thomas Gray, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Joe Hager, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Vance Heafner, Jerry Heard, Skeeter Heath, Scott Hoch, Mike Holland, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Don January, Tom Jenkins, Grier Jones, Tom Kite, Billy Kratzert, Wayne Levi, Don Levin, Bruce Lietzke, Pat Lindsey, Lyn Lott, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Rik Massengale, Terry Mauney, John Mazza, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Nicolette, Lonnie Nielsen, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, Peter Oosterhuis, Arnold Palmer, Jerry Pate, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Tom Purtzer, Sammy Rachels, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Bill Rogers, John Schroeder, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, J. C. Snead, Sam Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Doug Tewell, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, David Thore, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Gary Trivisonno, Howard Twitty, Tommy Valentine, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Fuzzy Zoeller Round summaries First round Thursday, March 18, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA George Burns 67 −5 USA Lyn Lott USA Larry Nelson T4 USA Vance Heafner 68 −4 USA Skeeter Heath USA Pat Lindsey USA Scott Simpson USA Ed SneedT9 USA George Archer 69 −3 USA Bob Eastwood USA Bruce Fleisher USA Gibby Gilbert USA Don January USA Bruce Lietzke USA Roger Maltbie USA Jim Simons USA Jim Thorpe Source: Second round Friday, March 19, 1982 Saturday, March 20, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Vance Heafner 68-70=138 −6 USA Hale Irwin 70-68=138 USA Lyn Lott 67-71=138 USA Scott Simpson 68-70=138 USA Tim Simpson 72-66=138T6 USA Brad Bryant 70-69=139 −5 USA Larry Nelson 67-72=139 USA Ed Sneed 68-71=139 USA Craig Stadler 71-68=139T10 USA George Burns 67-73=140 −4 USA Gibby Gilbert 69-71=140 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0U80AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ImgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5401%2C2088509 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Associated Press TPA scores March 20, 1982 11Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0k80AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ImgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2243%2C2442672 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Associated Press TPA scores March 21, 1982 6B Third round Saturday, March 20, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Brad Bryant 70-69-71=210 −6 USA Bruce Lietzke 69-72-69=210 T3 USA Vance Heafner 68-70-73=210 −5 USA Scott Simpson 68-70-73=2115 USA George Archer 69-73-70=212 −4 T6 USA Hale Irwin 70-68-75=213 −3 USA Jerry Pate 70-73-70=213 USA Tim Simpson 72-66-75=213 USA Ed Sneed 68-71-74=213T10 ESP Seve Ballesteros 73-72-69=214 −2 USA Gibby Gilbert 69-71-74=214 USA Scott Hoch 72-70-72=214 USA Don January 69-73-72=214 USA Roger Maltbie 69-72-73=214 USA Craig Stadler 71-68-75=214 USA Tom Watson 70-76-68=214 Source: Final round Sunday, March 21, 1982 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Jerry Pate 70-73-70-67=280 −8 90,000T2 USA Brad Bryant 70-69-71-72=282 −6 44,000 USA Scott Simpson 68-70-73-71=2824 USA Bruce Lietzke 69-72-69-73=283 −5 24,0005 USA Roger Maltbie 69-72-73-70=284 −4 20,000T6 ESP Seve Ballesteros 73-72-69-72=286 −2 16,187 USA Hubert Green 73-75-70-68=286 USA Craig Stadler 71-68-75-72=286 USA Tom Watson 70-76-68-72=286T10 USA Jim Booros 73-72-71-71=287 −1 12,500 USA Larry Nelson 67-72-77-71=287 USA Ed Sneed 68-71-74-74=287 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 USA George Burns 67-73-75-73=288 E 9,100 USA Vance Heafner 68-70-73-77=288 USA Scott Hoch 72-70-72-74=288 USA Tim Simpson 72-66-75-75=288 USA J. C. Snead 72-76-70-70=28818 USA Bill Rogers 73-70-75-71=289 +1 7,500T19 USA Bob Eastwood 69-72-74-75=290 +2 6,500 USA Hale Irwin 70-68-75-77=290 USA Don January 69-73-72-76=290T22 USA George Archer 69-73-70-79=291 +3 4,800 USA Bob Byman 71-75-73-72=291 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 78-70-71-72=291 USA Gibby Gilbert 69-71-74-77=291 USA Tom Weiskopf 73-68-74-76=291T27 USA Jay Haas 72-66-77-77=292 +4 3,550 USA Peter Jacobsen 72-72-77-71=292 USA Tom Kite 71-71-75-75=292 USA Mike Reid 71-74-77-70=292 USA D. A. Weibring 74-73-70-75=292T32 USA Bill Britton 71-76-70-76=293 +5 2,958 USA Andy North 76-70-76-71=293 USA Jim Thorpe 69-76-71-77=293T35 USA Andy Bean 77-69-73-75=294 +6 2,412 ZAF 1928 Bobby Cole 72-75-72-75=294 ENG Nick Faldo 75-70-75-74=294 USA Bruce Fleisher 69-73-77-75=294 USA John Mahaffey 73-72-74-75=294 USA Jim Simons 69-77-72-76=294T41 USA John Cook 72-75-73-75=295 +7 1,800 USA Jim Dent 73-73-78-71=295 USA Bruce Douglass 77-69-73-76=295 USA Lee Elder 71-76-74-74=295 USA Calvin Peete 73-73-79-70=295 ZWE Denis Watson 72-74-73-76=295T47 USA George Cadle 74-74-74-74=296 +8 1,345 USA Mike McCullough 76-71-74-75=296 USA Allen Miller 73-75-74-74=296 USA Gil Morgan 70-76-78-72=296T51 USA Ed Fiori 70-74-80-73=297 +9 1,184 USA Phil Hancock 74-70-79-74=297 USA Lyn Lott 67-71-80-79=297 USA Jeff Mitchell 75-71-76-75=297 USA Curtis Strange 73-74-74-76=297T56 USA Jim Barber 72-75-74-77=298 +10 1,115 USA Bobby Clampett 73-72-78-75=298 USA Don Pooley 75-71-77-75=298 USA Doug Tewell 70-75-77-76=298 USA Bobby Wadkins 72-72-79-75=298 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 73-73-75-77=298T62 USA Skeeter Heath 68-79-76-76=299 +11 1,070 USA Barry Jaeckel 72-75-76-76=299 USA Tommy Valentine 73-72-72-82=299T65 CAN Dave Barr 75-73-79-73=300 +12 1,030 USA Woody Blackburn 72-76-78-74=300 USA Ed Dougherty 77-71-79-73=300 USA Bob Gilder 72-74-78-76=300 USA Pat Lindsey 68-78-78-76=300T70 USA Lou Graham 73-74-77-77=301 +13 1,000 CAN Dan Halldorson 74-74-78-75=301T72 USA Gary Hallberg 70-78-77-77=302 +14 1,000 USA John Mazza 75-70-76-81=302 AUS Bob Shearer 77-69-76-80=302T75 USA Dave Eichelberger 78-69-75-81=303 +15 1,000 USA Keith Fergus 73-73-81-76=303T77 USA Mark O'Meara 72-76-78-79=305 +17 1,000 USA Dave Stockton 73-75-78-79=30579 MEX Victor Regalado 74-72-80-81=307 +19 1,00080 USA Mark Hayes (c) 71-76-81-80=308 +20 1,00081 USA Billy Kratzert 74-74-81-82=311 +23 1,000CUT USA Beau Baugh 72-77=149 +5 USA Chip Beck 74-75=149 USA Ben Crenshaw 75-74=149 USA Joe Inman 72-77=149 USA Gary McCord 80-69=149 USA Pat McGowan 74-75=149 USA Johnny Miller 74-75=149 USA Arnold Palmer 72-77=149 USA Greg Powers 74-75=149 USA Howard Twitty 72-77=149 AUS Bruce Devlin 72-78=150 +6 USA Mike Donald 70-80=150 USA Tom Jenkins 74-76=150 USA Terry Mauney 73-77=150 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 73-77=150 USA Lanny Wadkins (c) 74-76=150 USA Joe Hager 77-74=151 +7 CAN Jim Nelford 72-79=151 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-78=151 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 73-78=151 USA Jack Renner 82-69=151 JPN Isao Aoki 73-79=152 +8 USA Jim Colbert 74-78=152 USA Danny Edwards 76-76=152 USA Forrest Fezler 76-76=152 USA Lonnie Nielsen 81-71=152 USA Tom Purtzer 73-79=152 USA Barney Thompson 71-81=152 USA Miller Barber 79-74=153 +9 USA Bill Calfee 75-78=153 AUS David Graham 77-76=153 USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez 74-79=153 USA Jerry Heard 76-78=154 +10 USA Mark Lye 78-76=154 USA Rik Massengale 79-75=154 USA Mark Pfeil 74-80=154 USA John Schroeder 73-81=154 USA Gary Trivisonno 76-78=154 USA Rex Caldwell 77-78=155 +11 USA Lennie Clements 76-79=155 USA Frank Conner 73-82=155 USA Charles Coody 81-74=155 USA Terry Diehl 73-82=155 USA David Edwards 74-81=155 USA Don Levin 78-77=155 USA John Adams 74-82=156 +12 USA Buddy Allin 75-81=156 USA David Thore 77-79=156 USA Thomas Gray 75-82=157 +13 USA Mike Nicolette 77-80=157 USA Bob Murphy 79-79=158 +14 USA Sam Snead 77-81=158 USA Fred Couples 79-80=159 +15 USA Mark McCumber 81-78=159 USA Mike Morley 82-78=160 +16 USA Ron Streck 79-84=163 +19WD USA Rod Curl 72 E USA Mike Holland 75 +3 USA Wayne Levi 75 USA Sammy Rachels 75 USA Grier Jones 76 +4 USA Dan Pohl 77 +5 USA Mike Sullivan 77 USA Leonard Thompson 78 +6DQ USA Morris Hatalsky 70-77-79=226 +10 USA Lee Trevino (c) 82 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 Video You Tube – Memorable Moments: The Players – PGA Tour References External links The Players Championship website Full Leaderboard PGA Tour – Pate looks back on 30th anniversary of breakthrough at TPC Sawgrass 1982 Category:1982 in golf Category:1982 in American sports Category:1982 in sports in Florida Category:March 1982 sports events in the United States