1981 Tournament Players Championship

The 1981 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 19–23 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The eighth Tournament Players Championship, it was the fifth consecutive at Sawgrass and the champion was Raymond Floyd.

1981 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 19–23, 1981
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.189°N 81.370°W / 30.189; -81.370
Course(s)Sawgrass Country Club,
East-West course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,000 yards (6,400 m)[1]
Field143 players, 74 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund$440,000
Winner's share$72,000
Champion
Raymond Floyd
285 (−3), playoff
Location Map
Sawgrass CC
Location in the United States
Sawgrass CC
Location in Florida

The final round on Sunday was washed-out by thunderstorms and played on Monday.[2] After 72 holes, three players were tied at 285 (−3): Floyd, Barry Jaeckel, and Curtis Strange. The playoff began at the par-3 15th hole, where Floyd made par and the other two had bogeys.[3][4]

In addition to the winner's share of $72,000, Floyd won a $250,000 bonus for consecutive victories during the tour's Florida swing; he won at Doral near Miami the previous week.[3][4]

Defending champion Lee Trevino finished four strokes back, in a tie for twelfth place.

Venue
Main article: Sawgrass Country Club

This was the fifth and last Tournament Players Championship held at Sawgrass Country Club; it moved to the nearby TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in 1982. The new course was scheduled to make its debut in 1981,[5][6] but heavy rains during construction pushed it back a year.[7]

Field

John Adams, Bud Allin, Wally Armstrong, Butch Baird, Seve Ballesteros, Miller Barber, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Mike Brannan, Brad Bryant, George Burns, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Bill Calfee, Roger Calvin, Antonio Cerda Jr., Jon Chaffee, Bobby Clampett, Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, John Cook, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Mike Donald, Bruce Douglass, Skip Dunaway, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Keith Fergus, Ed Fiori, Raymond Floyd, John Fought, Buddy Gardner, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, Jaime Gonzalez, Mike Gove, David Graham, Lou Graham, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Joe Hager, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Vance Heafner, Dave Hill, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Tom Jenkins, Grier Jones, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Gene Littler, Lyn Lott, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Rik Massengale, Terry Mauney, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Jerry McGee, Pat McGowan, Artie McNickle, Steve Melnyk, Johnny Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Newton, Bobby Nichols, 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, Dana Quigley, Sammy Rachels, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bill Rogers, Mark Rohde, John Schroeder, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Mick Soli, Craig Stadler, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Alan Tapie, Doug Tewell, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Howard Twitty, Tommy Valentine, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Bobby Walzel, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Larry Ziegler, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 20, 1981

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Dave Eichelberger United States68−4
Mike Morley United States
T3Jim Dent United States69−3
Barry Jaeckel United States
T5Dan Halldorson Canada70−2
Mike Sullivan United States
T7Gary Hallberg United States71−1
Roger Maltbie United States
Johnny Miller United States
Gil Morgan United States
Mark O'Meara United States
Tom Purtzer United States
Leonard Thompson United States

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, March 20, 1981

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Barry Jaeckel United States69-70=139−5
T2Danny Edwards United States72-68=140−4
Dan Halldorson Canada70-70=140
4Jim Simons United States73-68=141−3
5Jim Dent United States69-73=142−2
T6John Mahaffey United States73-70=143−1
Jack Nicklaus United States75-68=143
T8Dave Eichelberger United States68-76=144E
Gary Hallberg United States71-73=144
Mark O'Meara United States71-73=144
Dan Pohl United States72-72=144
Tom Purtzer United States71-73=144
Curtis Strange United States72-72=144

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, March 21, 1981

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Barry Jaeckel United States69-70-72=211−5
T2Dan Halldorson Canada70-70-74=214−2
John Mahaffey United States73-70-71=214
Jim Simons United States73-68-73=214
5Curtis Strange United States72-72-71=215−1
T6Jim Colbert United States78-69-69=216E
Frank Conner United States74-72-70=216
Gary Hallberg United States71-73-72=216
Bruce Lietzke United States73-75-68=216
Mark O'Meara United States71-73-72=216
Lee Trevino United States73-73-70=216

Source:[10]

Final round

Monday, March 23, 1981

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Raymond Floyd United States72-74-71-68=285−3Playoff
Barry Jaeckel United States69-70-72-74=285
Curtis Strange United States72-72-71-70=285
T4Miller Barber United States72-78-69-68=287−115,750
Jim Colbert United States78-69-69-71=287
Bruce Lietzke United States73-75-68-71=287
Jim Simons United States73-68-73-73=287
T8Frank Conner United States74-72-70-72=288E11,200
Gary Hallberg United States71-73-72-72=288
Dan Halldorson Canada70-70-74-74=288
Leonard Thompson United States71-76-72-69=288

Source:[11]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began and ended at the par-3 15th hole.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Raymond Floyd United States3E72,000
T2Barry Jaeckel United States4+135,200
Curtis Strange United States4+1
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References
  1. "TPC results". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 24, 1981. p. 10.
  2. "Thunderstorms postpone TPC". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. March 23, 1981. p. 3-D.
  3. "Floyd wins playoff for record payoff - $322,000". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1981. p. 3, sec. 6.
  4. "Floyd recoups his losses, takes golf's biggest check". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 24, 1981. p. 4C.
  5. "Trevino says TPC no major, but he beat the best to win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1980. p. 5C.
  6. Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  7. McDermott, Barry (March 15, 1982). "Target golf is the aim". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
  8. "Eichelberger likes calm, but thrives in wind". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 20, 1981. p. 5B.
  9. "Even TPC leader miffed by winds". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 21, 1981. p. 2B.
  10. "Jaeckel anxious to take gut check". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 22, 1981. p. 9B.
  11. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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