1983 Tournament Players Championship

Golf tournament

1983 Tournament Players ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| March 24–28, 1983
Location| Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W﻿ / ﻿30.198°N 81.394°W﻿ / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)| TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)| PGA Tour
Statistics
Par| 72
Length| 6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field| 129 players, 67 after cut
Cut| 149 (+5)
Prize fund| $700,000
Winner's share| $126,000
Champion
Hal Sutton
283 (−5)
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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.[2] Thunderstorms on Sunday morning allowed only the third round to be completed,[3] and the final round was held on Monday.[4]

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.[4][5] 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.[6][7]

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

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Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the second Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m). Despite refinements in the past year, the Pete Dye-designed course continued to be scrutinized by many.[8][9][10][11]

## Eligibility requirements

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1. Top 125 players on Final 1982 Official Money List
2. Players who appear in Top 25 on 1983 Official Money List as of March 14, 1981
3. Leading 1982 Official Money Winner on the Senior PGA Tour
4. All designated players
5. Any foreign player who meets the requirements of a designated Player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member
6. Past winners of the Tournament Players Championship, World Series of Golf, PGA Championship, Masters Tournament and U.S. Open since 1973
7. Three "special selections," as determined by TPC Committee

Source:[12]

## Field

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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.[6][7]

## Round summaries

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### First round

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Friday, March 25, 1983

Rain washed out play on Thursday, and the final two rounds were rescheduled for Sunday.

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Bruce Lietzke | 68 | −4
T2 |  Bobby Clampett | 69 | −3
John Cook
Bob Eastwood
Mark McCumber
Leonard Thompson
T7 |  Ben Crenshaw | 70 | −2
Danny Edwards
Raymond Floyd
Peter Oosterhuis
Tom Weiskopf

Source:[13]

### Second round

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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.

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  John Cook | 69-70=139 | −5
T2 |  Bobby Clampett | 69-72=141 | −3
Peter Jacobsen | 73-68=141
Don Pooley | 71-70=141
J. C. Snead | 71-70=141
6 |  Bob Murphy | 72-70=142 | −2
T7 |  Lennie Clements | 73-70=143 | −1
Vance Heafner | 72-71=143
Bruce Lietzke | 68-75=143
Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 71-72=143

Source:[14]

### Third round

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Sunday, March 27, 1983

Officials had hoped to complete the event with 36 holes on Sunday.[2] Thunderstorms in the morning delayed play for three hours, and the final round was moved to Monday.[3]

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  John Cook | 69-70-71=210 | −6
2 |  Bobby Clampett | 69-72-70=211 | −5
3 |  Vance Heafner | 72-71-69=212 | −4
T4 |  Ben Crenshaw | 70-74-69=213 | −3
Peter Jacobsen | 73-68-72=213
Don Pooley | 71-70-72=213
T7 |  Bruce Lietzke | 68-75-71=214 | −2
Hal Sutton | 73-71-70=214
9 |  Bob Eastwood | 69-75-71=215 | −1
T10 |  Keith Fergus | 74-71-71=216 | E
Ed Fiori | 72-73-71=216
Gil Morgan | 74-72-70=216
Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 71-72-73=216
J. C. Snead | 71-70-75=216

Source:[15]

### Final round

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Monday, March 28, 1983

Champion

(c) = past champion
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)

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1 |  Hal Sutton | 73-71-70-69=283 | −5 | 126,000
2 |  Bob Eastwood | 69-75-71-69=284 | −4 | 75,600
T3 |  John Cook | 69-70-71-75=285 | −3 | 36,400
Bruce Lietzke | 68-75-71-71=285
John Mahaffey | 72-74-72-67=285
T6 |  Vance Heafner | 72-71-69-74=286 | −2 | 24,325
Doug Tewell | 72-74-70-70=286
T8 |  Ed Fiori | 72-73-71-71=287 | −1 | 21,000
Curtis Strange | 72-75-70-70=287
T10 |  Bobby Clampett | 69-72-70-77=288 | E | 17,500
Ben Crenshaw | 70-74-69-75=288
Don Pooley | 71-70-72-75=288
Leaderboard below the top 10

Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)
T13 |  Keith Fergus | 74-71-71-73=289 | +1 | 13,533
Wayne Levi | 72-74-71-72=289
Larry Mize | 72-76-72-69=289
T16 |  Peter Jacobsen | 73-68-72-77=290 | +2 | 11,200
Johnny Miller | 73-73-73-71=290
Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 71-72-73-74=290
T19 |  Lennie Clements | 73-70-74-74=291 | +3 | 8,785
Jack Nicklaus (c) | 73-76-68-74=291
Tom Purtzer | 71-73-76-71=291
Tom Watson | 75-74-70-72=291
T23 |  Terry Diehl | 73-71-75-73=292 | +4 | 6,440
Raymond Floyd (c) | 70-76-72-74=292
Barry Jaeckel | 73-71-74-74=292
Gil Morgan | 74-72-70-76=292
T27 |  Danny Edwards | 70-77-73-73=293 | +5 | 4,970
Bruce Fleisher | 73-75-75-70=293
Tom Kite | 72-75-73-73=293
Mike McCullough | 74-74-73-72=293
Leonard Thompson | 69-76-74-74=293
T32 |  Joe Inman | 72-72-74-76=294 | +6 | 4,142
Bob Murphy | 72-70-77-75=294
J. C. Snead | 71-70-75-78=294
T35 |  John Adams | 74-74-76-71=295 | +7 | 3,304
Seve Ballesteros | 72-75-70-78=295
David Edwards | 72-75-73-75=295
Nick Faldo | 74-74-72-75=295
Bob Gilder | 72-73-74-76=295
David Graham | 73-72-74-76=295
Calvin Peete | 73-73-77-72=295
42 |  Allen Miller | 75-74-72-75=296 | +8 | 2,730
T43 |  Isao Aoki | 75-74-75-73=297 | +9 | 2,244
Frank Conner | 73-75-75-74=297
Dave Eichelberger | 76-73-73-75=297
Gary Koch | 77-71-79-70=297
Tim Norris | 74-74-76-73=297
Peter Oosterhuis | 70-78-73-76=297
T49 |  Charles Coody | 76-72-79-71=298 | +10 | 1,727
Hale Irwin | 75-72-72-79=298
Mark McCumber | 69-77-75-77=298
Mark O'Meara | 71-77-74-76=298
Bobby Wadkins | 72-75-74-77=298
T54 |  Arnold Palmer | 77-72-76-74=299 | +11 | 1,617
Jim Thorpe | 73-75-77-74=299
T56 |  Al Geiberger (c) | 72-74-74-80=300 | +12 | 1,568
Gibby Gilbert | 72-74-75-79=300
Lon Hinkle | 74-73-73-80=300
Ron Streck | 71-77-76-76=300
Tom Weiskopf | 70-77-81-72=300
T61 |  Jim Nelford | 72-77-72-80=301 | +13 | 1,519
Scott Simpson | 75-74-76-76=301
T63 |  Greg Norman | 71-77-76-78=302 | +14 | 1,498
Craig Stadler | 74-74-70-84=302
65 |  Mark Pfeil | 71-75-81-77=304 | +16 | 1,470
66 |  Jim Colbert | 72-77-83-73=305 | +17 | 1,456
WD |  Mike Nicolette | 73-71-79=223 | +7 | 1,442
T68 |  Jim Dent | 75-75=150 | +6 | 1,379
Tom Jenkins | 79-71=150
Roger Maltbie | 71-79=150
Bill Rogers | 74-76=150
Bob Shearer | 78-72=150
Jim Simons | 73-77=150
Lee Trevino (c) | 77-73=150
Howard Twitty | 78-72=150
CUT |  Chip Beck | 75-76=151 | +7 |
Thomas Gray | 76-75=151
Hubert Green | 74-77=151
Scott Hoch | 77-74=151
Pat Lindsey | 78-73=151
Mark McNulty | 73-78=151
Dan Pohl | 76-75=151
Clarence Rose | 76-75=151
Ed Sneed | 75-76=151
Brad Bryant | 75-77=152 | +8
George Burns | 78-74=152
Rex Caldwell | 71-81=152
Lee Elder | 77-75=152
Forrest Fezler | 78-74=152
John Fought | 76-76=152
Dan Halldorson | 78-74=152
Phil Hancock | 77-75=152
Steve Melnyk | 79-73=152
Tim Simpson | 75-77=152
George Archer | 75-78=153 | +9
Antonio Cerda Jr. | 74-79=153
Jack Renner | 78-75=153
Miller Barber | 77-77=154 | +10
Woody Blackburn | 75-79=154
Bruce Devlin | 76-78=154
Mike Donald | 78-76=154
Gary Hallberg | 76-78=154
Morris Hatalsky | 76-78=154
Pat McGowan | 80-74=154
D. A. Weibring | 80-74=154
Andy North | 77-78=155 | +11
Tommy Valentine | 73-82=155
Andy Bean | 73-83=156 | +12
Bill Britton | 79-77=156
Mark Lye | 74-82=156
Payne Stewart | 78-78=156
Lanny Wadkins (c) | 76-80=156
Denis Watson | 79-78=157 | +13
Mike Reid | 82-76=158 | +14
Jeff Mitchell | 81-78=159 | +15
Larry Ziegler | 75-84=159
Jodie Mudd | 78-82=160 | +16
Jim Booros | 82-79=161 | +17
Bob Byman | 80-81=161
Mike Holland | 75-86=161
Larry Nelson | 83-78=161
Greg Powers | 84-78=162 | +18
Fuzzy Zoeller | 82-80=162
Victor Regalado | 83-80=163 | +19
Bobby Cole | 86-79=165 | +21
Fred Couples | 81-84=165
WD |  Lou Graham | 77 | +5
Jay Haas | 80 | +8
DQ |  Mike Sullivan | 76 | +4

Source:[16]

## References

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1. ^ "Golf: TPC". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 29, 1983. p. 19.
2. ^ a b "Cook fights winds for TPC lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 27, 1983. p. D6.
3. ^ a b "Cook clings to lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 1983. p. 15.
4. ^ a b Green, Bob (March 29, 1983). "Sutton survives". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 17.
5. ^ Johnson, Mark (March 24, 1983). "Leaders fall and Sutton takes it all". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
6. ^ a b "Pate withdraws from TPC with neck injury". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). March 24, 1983. p. 3C.
7. ^ a b "Watson names favorites as the TPC begins play". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). March 24, 1983. p. 23.
8. ^ Johnson, Mark (March 24, 1983). "Picking the winner is as tough as the TPC course". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
9. ^ Johnson, Mark (March 26, 1983). "TPC – one man's fun is another man's nightmare". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 8C.
10. ^ "Architect says golf not meant to be fair". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 27, 1983. p. D6.
11. ^ "TPC course draws fire". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 29, 1983. p. 17.
12. ^ "1983 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 266\. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2020.
13. ^ "Lietzke's on the right course at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 26, 1983. p. 4B.
14. ^ "Cook has 2-shot edge in TPC's survival test". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1983. p. 7F.
15. ^ "Golf: TPC". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 1983. p. 17.
16. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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