1980 Tournament Players Championship Explained

1980 Tournament Players Championship
Dates:March 20–23, 1980
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:Sawgrass Country Club,
East-West course
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:7000yd[1]
Field:144 players, 79 after cut
Cut:148 (+4)
Purse:$440,000
Winners Share:$72,000
Champion: Lee Trevino
Score:278 (−10)
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Sawgrass CC
Coordinates:30.189°N -81.37°W
Previous:1979
Next: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.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Defending champion Lanny Wadkins finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for 45th place.

Venue

See main article: 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,[3] [5] but early construction delays due to weather caused the championship to return for a fifth and final year in 1981.[6]

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:[7]

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 par
T1 67 −5
Steve Melnyk
T3 68 −4
Ed Sneed
Curtis Strange
Ron Streck
Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, March 21, 1980

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 67-72=139 −5
68-71=139
T3 67-73=140 −4
68-72=140
69-71=140
T6 70-71=141 −3
70-71=141
72-69=141
70-71=141
T10 69-73=142 −2
68-74=142
68-74=142
68-74=142
68-74=142
69-73=142
69-73=142
70-72=142
Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, March 22, 1980

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68-72-68=208 −8
2 72-71-66=209 −7
T3 70-71-69=210 −6
68-71-71=210
T5 69-73-69=211 −5
68-74-69=211
69-73-69=211
69-73-69=211
T9 72-71-69=212 −4
72-73-67=212
67-72-73=212
69-71-72=212
Source:[10] [11]

Final round

Sunday, March 23, 1980

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Lee Trevino 68-72-68-70=278 −10 72,000
2 71-73-69-66=279 −9 43,200
T3 69-73-69-69=280 −8 23,200
69-71-72-68=280
T5 68-74-69-71=282 −6 14,600
70-71-72-69=282
70-72-72-68=282
T8 68-74-72-69=283 −5 10,400
72-71-66-74=283
72-73-67-71=283
74-69-72-68=283
70-71-69-73=283
73-72-69-69=283
[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Golf: TPC results . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press . March 24, 1980 . 22.
  2. News: Trevino proves he's a big boy, too . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press . March 24, 1980 . 19.
  3. News: Trevino says TPC no major, but he beat the best to win . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). UPI . March 24, 1980 . 5C.
  4. News: Trevino beats the best in TPC . Chicago Tribune . wire services . March 24, 1980 . 5, sec. 3.
  5. Seems like old times . Sports Illustrated . Jenkins . Dan . Dan Jenkins . March 31, 1980 . 18.
  6. Target golf is the aim . Sports Illustrated . McDermott . Barry. March 15, 1982 . 38.
  7. Web site: 1980 PGA Tour Media Guide . 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 .
  8. News: Irwin says his slump is all over and his 67 helps him prove it . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . March 21, 1980 . 7D.
  9. News: Strange pulls even with Hale after two rounds at windy TPC . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . UPI . March 22, 1980 . 11B.
  10. News: Trevino leads Nicklaus, Player, Watson in TPC . Sunday Star-News . (Wilmington, North Carolina) . Associated Press . March 23, 1980 . 4C.
  11. News: Trevino's birdie takes PGA lead. Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . March 23, 1980 . 11B.
  12. Web site: Past Results 1974 – present . PGA Tour . March 1, 2020 . September 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html . dead .

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