1985 Tournament Players Championship Explained

1985 Tournament Players Championship
Dates:March 28–31, 1985
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1] [2]
Field:144 players, 75 after cut
Cut:146 (+2)[3]
Purse:$900,000
Winners Share:$162,000
Champion: Calvin Peete
Score:274 (−14)
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:1984
Next:1986

The 1985 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the twelfth Tournament Players Championship.

Calvin Peete shot 66 in the final round for 274 (−14) and the win, three strokes ahead of runner-up Peete was the only player to break par in all four rounds.[4]

Defending champion Fred Couples finished nineteen strokes back, in a tie for 49th place.

Venue

See main article: TPC at Sawgrass. This was the fourth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .[2]

Field

1. Top 125 players, if PGA Tour members, from Final 1984 Official Money List:[5]

Tom Watson, Mark O'Meara, Andy Bean, Denis Watson, Tom Kite, Bruce Lietzke, Fred Couples, Craig Stadler, Greg Norman, Peter Jacobsen, Payne Stewart, Lee Trevino, Gil Morgan, Curtis Strange, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Crenshaw, Gary Koch, Corey Pavin, Jack Renner, Wayne Levi, John Mahaffey, Scott Simpson, David Edwards, Bob Eastwood, Calvin Peete, Hal Sutton, Scott Hoch, George Archer, Lanny Wadkins, Gary Hallberg, Hale Irwin, Dan Pohl, Hubert Green, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Larry Mize, George Burns, Nick Faldo, Tom Purtzer, Fuzzy Zoeller, Tim Simpson, Larry Nelson, Billy Kratzert, Jay Haas, Mike Donald, Johnny Miller, Jim Thorpe, Mike Reid, Mark McCumber, Russ Cochran, Seve Ballesteros, Rex Caldwell, Don Pooley, Buddy Gardner, Roger Maltbie, Doug Tewell, David Graham, Joey Sindelar, Larry Rinker, Willie Wood, Dave Barr, Mike Sullivan, Jim Colbert, D. A. Weibring, Nick Price, Bobby Wadkins, Raymond Floyd, Mark Pfeil, Vance Heafner, Tony Sills, Lon Hinkle, Jim Simons, Bernhard Langer, Jim Nelford, Tommy Nakajima, Keith Fergus, Peter Oosterhuis, John Adams, Ron Streck, Brad Faxon, Ralph Landrum, Isao Aoki, Gibby Gilbert, Gary McCord, Donnie Hammond, Loren Roberts, J. C. Snead, John Cook, Sammy Rachels, Clarence Rose, Mike Nicolette, Tim Norris, Allen Miller, Pat Lindsey, Richard Zokol, Frank Conner, Dan Halldorson, TC Chen, Joe Inman, Danny Edwards, Tom Jenkins, Pat McGowan, Dan Forsman, Howard Twitty, Morris Hatalsky, Phil Hancock, Jim Dent, Barry Jaeckel, Victor Regalado, Ken Brown, David Ogrin, Jodie Mudd, Mark Hayes, Mike Smith, Bobby Clampett, Jerry Pate, Ed Fiori, Mac O'Grady, John Fought, Mark Brooks, Lance Ten Broeck, Tommy Valentine, Brett Upper

Mark Lye and Gary Player did not play

2. Designated players

Bill Rogers

3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member

4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament, and World Series of Golf (beginning In 1976)

Andy North, Dave Stockton

5. The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1984

Don January (did not to play)

6. The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections"

Arnold Palmer, Lou Graham

7. To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1985 Official Money List, as of the completion of the USF&G Classic, March 17, 1985[6]

Woody Blackburn, Bill Glasson, Brad Fabel, Paul Azinger, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jay Delsing, Mike Bright, Bob Lohr, Chris Perry, Phil Blackmar, Wayne Grady, Greg Twiggs, Gene Sauers, David Lundstrom

General source:[7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 28, 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67 −5
T2 68 −4
Bernhard Langer
D. A. Weibring
T6 69 −3
Bobby Wadkins
T9 70 −2
John Cook
Tom Kite
Pat McGowan
Mark O'Meara
Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, March 29, 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68-68=136 −8
T2 70-68=138 −6
68-70=138
T4 67-72=139 −5
70-69=139
6 68-72=140 −4
T7 71-70=141 −3
71-70=141
T9 71-71=142 −2
71-71=142
73-69=142
71-71=142
73-69=142
75-67=142
Brett Upper 72-70=142
73-69=142
Source:[3]

Third round

Saturday, March 30, 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 67-72-69=208 −8
70-69-69=208
68-68-72=208
T4 72-71-67=210 −6
70-68-72=210
6 68-72-71=211 −5
T7 74-69-69=212 −4
71-70-71=212
73-70-69=212
73-72-67=212
Source:[9]

Final round

Sunday, March 31, 1985

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Calvin Peete 70-69-69-66=274 −14 162,000
2 68-68-72-69=277 −11 97,200
3 68-72-71-70=281 −7 61,200
4 72-71-67-72=282 −6 43,200
T5 70-68-72-73=283 −5 34,200
67-72-69-75=283
T7 70-75-74-65=284 −4 27,112
71-72-71-70=284
68-70-75-71=284
71-72-70-71=284
[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Golf: TPC results . Tuscaloosa News . (Alabama) . Associated Press . April 1, 1985 . 12.
  2. Call it a major win, for Peete's sake . Sports Illustrated . McDermott . Barry . April 8, 1985 . 40.
  3. News: Golf: TPC results . Tuscaloosa News . (Alabama) . Associated Press . March 30, 1985 . 14.
  4. News: Peete's TPC title kills a few myths . Chicago Tribune . Verdi . Bob . April 1, 1985 . 1, sec. 4.
  5. Web site: Official Money – 1984 . 2021-08-14 . PGA Tour.
  6. Web site: Official Money – 1985 . 2021-08-14 . PGA Tour.
  7. Web site: 1985 PGA Tour Media Guide . live . PGA Tour . 272. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924152401/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1985_pgatour.pdf . September 24, 2020 .
  8. News: Birdie flies Irwin into lead at TPC . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . March 29, 1985 . 2D.
  9. News: Wind blows Weibring off course, nearly out of lead . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . March 31, 1985 . 11E.
  10. 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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