1986 Tournament Players Championship

Golf tournament

1986 Tournament Players ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| March 27–30, 1986
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| 144 players, 75 after cut
Cut| 144 (E)
Prize fund| $900,000
Winner's share| $162,000
Champion
John Mahaffey
275 (−13)
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The 1986 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 27–30 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the thirteenth Tournament Players Championship.

John Mahaffey shot 71 in the final round for 275 (−13) and the win, one stroke ahead of runner-up Larry Mize, the 54-hole leader.[2][3][4]

Calvin Peete missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes, the first time a participating defending champion did not play the weekend.

## Venue

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Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the fifth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[1]

## Eligibility requirements

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1\. Top 125 players, if PGA Tour members, from final 1985 Official Money List:

Curtis Strange, Lanny Wadkins, Calvin Peete, Jim Thorpe, Raymond Floyd, Corey Pavin, Hal Sutton, Roger Maltbie, John Mahaffey, Mark O'Meara, Craig Stadler, Joey Sindelar, Bernhard Langer, Tom Kite, Fuzzy Zoeller, Hubert Green, Larry Mize, Tom Watson, Payne Stewart, Mac O'Grady, George Burns, Wayne Levi, Peter Jacobsen, Andy North, Danny Edwards, Dan Pohl, Phil Blackmar, Bill Glasson, Larry Rinker, Hale Irwin, Mark McCumber, Andy Bean, Jodie Mudd, Scott Hoch, Mark Wiebe, Billy Kratzert, Fred Couples, Scott Simpson, Mike Reid, Wayne Grady, Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus, Tim Simpson, Bob Tway, Don Pooley, Willie Wood, D. A. Weibring, Bob Eastwood, Ken Green, Dan Forsman, Larry Nelson, Ron Streck, Lee Trevino, Woody Blackburn, Doug Tewell, Bruce Lietzke, Keith Fergus, Brett Upper, Gil Morgan, Clarence Rose, Johnny Miller, Dave Barr, Tony Sills, Buddy Gardner, Gary Koch, Jay Haas, David Frost, Ed Fiori, Mark Lye, Dan Halldorson, George Archer, Gary Hallberg, Lon Hinkle, Donnie Hammond, Jeff Sluman, Bob Murphy, Nick Price, Bob Lohr, Howard Twitty, Loren Roberts, Isao Aoki, Mike Donald, Steve Pate, Russ Cochran, Jim Colbert, Pat McGowan, Bobby Wadkins, Tim Norris, Barry Jaeckel, Paul Azinger, Bobby Clampett, David Ogrin, Morris Hatalsky, Chip Beck, TC Chen, Andrew Magee, Brad Fabel, David Graham, Richard Zokol, Frank Conner, J. C. Snead, Jim Simons, John Cook, Joe Inman, Mark Hayes, Ronnie Black, Chris Perry, Kikuo Arai, Ken Brown, Rex Caldwell, Bill Sander, Mark Pfeil, Nick Faldo, Pat Lindsey, Tom Purtzer, Lennie Clements, Gene Sauers, Leonard Thompson, Bob Gilder, Brad Faxon, Jay Delsing

* Jim Nelford, Jack Renner, Mike Smith, and Denis Watson elected not to play

Source:[5]

2\. Designated players

Ben Crenshaw, Scott Verplank

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

Sandy Lyle

4\. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of the Tournament Players Championship, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament and World Series of Golf

Dave Stockton

5\. The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1985

* Peter Thomson elected not to play

Source:[6]

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

Dick Mast, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Arnold Palmer

7\. To complete a field of 144 players. those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1986 Official Money List as of the completion of the Hertz Bay Hill Classic on March 16, 1986

Kenny Knox, Jim Gallagher Jr., Mike Hulbert, Antonio Cerda Jr., Andy Dillard, Mike Sullivan, Bill Israelson, David Edwards, Dave Rummells, John Adams, Dennis Trixler, Davis Love III, Tom Sieckmann, Greg Ladehoff, Charlie Bolling, Bill Rogers

Source:[7]

General Source:[8]

## Round summaries

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### First round

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Thursday, March 27, 1986

Place | Player | Score | To par

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T1 |  Keith Fergus | 66 | −6
Ken Green
Larry Mize
Tony Sills
Bob Tway
T6 |  David Edwards | 67 | −5
Raymond Floyd
Lanny Wadkins
Willie Wood
T10 |  Danny Edwards | 68 | −4
Mark O'Meara
J. C. Snead
Doug Tewell
Lee Trevino
Mark Wiebe

Source:[9]

### Second round

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Friday, March 28, 1986

Place | Player | Score | To par

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T1 |  Larry Mize | 66-68=134 | −10
Bob Murphy | 69-65=134
3 |  Dave Rummells | 70-65=135 | −9
T4 |  David Edwards | 67-69=208 | −8
Doug Tewell | 68-68=136
Brett Upper | 71-65=136
T7 |  Mike Hulbert | 69-68=137 | −7
Jim Thorpe | 69-68=137
T9 |  Tom Kite | 69-69=138 | −6
Nick Price | 71-67=138
Payne Stewart | 71-67=138

Source:[10]

### Third round

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Saturday, March 29, 1986

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Larry Mize | 66-68-66=200 | −16
2 |  John Mahaffey | 69-70-65=204 | −12
T3 |  Bob Murphy | 69-65-74=208 | −8
Tim Simpson | 72-70-66=208
T5 |  Tom Kite | 69-69-71=209 | −7
Brett Upper | 71-65-73=209
T7 |  Dick Mast | 69-73-68=210 | −6
Doug Tewell | 68-68-74=210
T9 |  Tony Sills | 71-73-70=211 | −5
Jim Simons | 69-72-70=211
Hal Sutton | 71-72-68=211
Jim Thorpe | 69-68-74=211
Lee Trevino | 68-73-70=211
Bob Tway | 66-73-72=211

Source:[11][12]

### Final round

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Sunday, March 30, 1986

Champion

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

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1 |  John Mahaffey | 69-70-65-71=275 | −13 | 162,000
2 |  Larry Mize | 66-68-66-76=276 | −12 | 97,200
3 |  Tim Simpson | 72-70-66-72=280 | −8 | 61,200
T4 |  Tom Kite | 69-69-71-72=281 | −7 | 37,200
Jim Thorpe | 69-68-74-70=281
Brett Upper | 71-65-73-72=281
T7 |  John Cook | 71-73-70-68=282 | −6 | 28,050
Jay Haas | 73-68-73-68=282
Hal Sutton (c) | 71-72-68-71=282
T10 |  Dave Rummells | 70-65-79-69=283 | −5 | 21,600
Payne Stewart | 71-67-75-70=283
Doug Tewell | 68-68-74-73=283
Bob Tway | 66-73-72-72=283
Leaderboard below the top 10

Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)
T14 |  Scott Hoch | 69-74-71-70=284 | −4 | 16,200
Davis Love III | 71-71-75-67=284
Bob Murphy | 69-65-74-76=284
T17 |  Ronnie Black | 70-71-74-70=285 | −3 | 13,950
Joey Sindelar | 70-70-73-72=285
T19 |  David Edwards | 67-69-76-74=286 | −2 | 12,150
Jim Simons | 69-72-70-75=286
T21 |  Andy Bean | 70-73-72-72=287 | −1 | 7,627
Charlie Bolling | 73-70-73-71=287
Jim Colbert | 73-70-73-71=287
Danny Edwards | 68-72-74-73=287
Keith Fergus | 66-73-73-75=287
Raymond Floyd (c) | 67-73-75-72=287
Kenny Knox | 71-73-69-74=287
Gary Koch | 72-70-72-73=287
Dick Mast | 69-73-68-77=287
Larry Rinker | 72-70-75-70=287
Tom Sieckmann | 70-69-77-71=287
Lee Trevino (c) | 68-73-70-76=287
T33 |  Ken Green | 66-75-76-71=288 | E | 4,654
Morris Hatalsky | 74-70-69-75=288
Peter Jacobsen | 72-69-72-75=288
Greg Norman | 70-71-77-70=288
Mark O'Meara | 68-74-74-72=288
Tony Sills | 66-75-70-77=288
D. A. Weibring | 70-71-74-73=288
T40 |  Mike Donald | 73-71-72-73=289 | +1 | 3,240
Bernhard Langer | 70-73-73-73=289
Bruce Lietzke | 70-71-75-73=289
David Ogrin | 70-74-71-74=289
Loren Roberts | 70-73-73-73=289
Jeff Sluman | 70-74-75-70=289
Mike Sullivan | 72-68-75-74=289
Lanny Wadkins (c) | 67-73-76-73=289
T48 |  David Frost | 70-69-75-76=290 | +2 | 2,262
Wayne Levi | 73-71-76-70=290
Roger Maltbie | 70-73-79-68=290
Mark Pfeil | 69-74-70-77=290
Tom Purtzer | 72-70-77-71=290
Dave Stockton | 72-72-76-70=290
T54 |  Ben Crenshaw | 73-71-73-74=291 | +3 | 2,061
Tim Norris | 74-68-74-75=291
Chris Perry | 69-72-72-78=291
Mark Wiebe | 68-72-78-73=291
T58 |  Frank Conner | 70-73-77-72=292 | +4 | 1,971
Mike Hulbert | 69-68-78-77=292
Gil Morgan | 70-73-73-76=292
Corey Pavin | 70-72-72-78=292
Nick Price | 71-67-75-79=292
Tom Watson | 70-74-74-74=292
T64 |  Paul Azinger | 70-71-77-75=293 | +5 | 1,890
Dave Barr | 69-72-73-79=293
Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 69-75-78-71=293
T67 |  Ken Brown | 72-71-76-75=294 | +6 | 1,818
Chen Tze-chung | 71-69-82-72=294
Barry Jaeckel | 70-73-76-75=294
J. C. Snead | 68-73-74-79=294
Dennis Trixler | 71-73-74-76=294
T72 |  Greg Ladehoff | 73-69-78-76=296 | +8 | 1,755
Steve Pate | 71-72-78-75=296
74 |  Willie Wood | 67-73-77-80=297 | +9 | 1,728
75 |  George Burns | 71-73-75-80=299 | +11 | 1,710
CUT |  George Archer | 71-74=145 | +1 |
Lennie Clements | 72-73=145
Brad Faxon | 72-73=145
Dan Forsman | 75-70=145
Buddy Gardner | 73-72=145
Bob Gilder | 71-74=145
Bill Glasson | 75-70=145
Hubert Green | 72-73=145
Mark Lye | 73-72=145
Sandy Lyle | 74-71=145
Johnny Miller | 70-75=145
Jodie Mudd | 72-73=145
Scott Simpson | 74-71=145
Leonard Thompson | 70-75=145
Chip Beck | 77-69=146 | +2
Jay Delsing | 73-73=146
Bob Eastwood | 72-74=146
Brad Fabel | 71-75=146
Jim Gallagher Jr. | 74-72=146
Dan Halldorson | 70-76=146
Bill Israelson | 74-72=146
Calvin Peete (c) | 73-73=146
Mike Reid | 71-75=146
Bill Rogers | 71-75=146
Bill Sander | 74-72=146
Gene Sauers | 73-73=146
Curtis Strange | 74-72=146
Ron Streck | 73-73=146
Rex Caldwell | 77-70=147 | +3
Russ Cochran | 73-74=147
Andy Dillard | 71-76=147
Nick Faldo | 69-78=147
Ed Fiori | 74-73=147
Hale Irwin | 75-72=147
Billy Kratzert | 77-70=147
Pat Lindsey | 72-75=147
Pat McGowan | 74-73=147
Jack Nicklaus (c) | 74-73=147
Craig Stadler | 75-72=147
Howard Twitty | 71-76=147
Bobby Wadkins | 71-76=147
Woody Blackburn | 70-78=148 | +4
Bob Lohr | 74-74=148
Andrew Magee | 72-76=148
Mark McCumber | 75-73=148
Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-76=148
Mark Hayes (c) | 72-77=149 | +5
Joe Inman | 73-76=149
Larry Nelson | 72-77=149
Scott Verplank | 72-77=149
Kikuo Arai | 71-79=150 | +6
Antonio Cerda Jr. | 75-75=150
Bobby Clampett | 74-76=150
David Graham | 75-75=150
Gary Hallberg | 74-76=150
Andy North | 72-78=150
Dan Pohl | 74-76=150
Don Pooley | 71-79=150
Mac O'Grady | 72-79=151 | +7
Richard Zokol | 76-75=151
John Adams | 75-77=152 | +8
Isao Aoki | 74-78=152
Arnold Palmer | 75-77=152
Wayne Grady | 82-71=153 | +9
Lon Hinkle | 74-80=154 | +10
Phil Blackmar | 79-76=155 | +11
Clarence Rose | 80-76=156 | +12
Fred Couples (c) | 77-80=157 | +13
WD |  Donnie Hammond | 82 | +10

Source:[13]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Golf: TPC scores". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 31, 1986. p. 14.
2. ^ Reilly, Rick (April 7, 1986). "Nipped at the wire in the TPC". Sports Illustrated. p. 36.
3. ^ "Mahaffey catches Mize on the last hole". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1986. p. 1C.
4. ^ Hanley, Reid (March 31, 1986). "TPC falls into Mahaffey's lap". Chicago Tribune. p. 3, sec. 3.
5. ^ "Official Money – 1985". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
6. ^ "Charles Schwab Cup Money List – 1985". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
7. ^ "Official Money – 1986 – through Hertz Bay Hill Classic". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
8. ^ "1986 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 292\. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2020.
9. ^ "Five golfers share lead at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1986. p. 2D.
10. ^ "Mize matches Murphy". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1986. p. 8B.
11. ^ Boswell, Thomas (March 30, 1986). "Mahaffey in perfect spot - 4 shots back". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 6B.
12. ^ Hanley, Reid (March 30, 1986). "Mize breaks away to take Players' lead". Chicago Tribune. p. 6, sec. 4.
13. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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