1980 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 20–23, 1980
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′20″N 81°22′12″W / 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]
Field144 players, 79 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$440,000
Winner's share$72,000
Champion
United States Lee Trevino
278 (−10)
Location Map
Sawgrass CC is located in the United States
Sawgrass CC
Sawgrass CC
Location in the United States
Sawgrass CC is located in Florida
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Sawgrass CC
Location in Florida

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

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
T1United States Hale Irwin67−5
United States Steve Melnyk
T3United States George Burns68−4
United States Bill Calfee
United States Danny Edwards
United States Joe Inman
United States Peter Jacobsen
United States Mike Morley
United States Ed Sneed
United States Curtis Strange
United States Ron Streck
United States Lee Trevino

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, March 21, 1980

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Hale Irwin67-72=139−5
United States Curtis Strange68-71=139
T3United States Steve Melnyk67-73=140−4
United States Lee Trevino68-72=140
United States Tom Watson69-71=140
T6United States John Mahaffey70-71=141−3
South Africa Gary Player70-71=141
United States Greg Powers72-69=141
United States J. C. Snead70-71=141
T10Spain Seve Ballesteros69-73=142−2
United States George Burns68-74=142
United States Bill Calfee68-74=142
United States Danny Edwards68-74=142
United States Peter Jacobsen68-74=142
United States Jack Nicklaus69-73=142
United States Don Pooley69-73=142
United States Mike Reid70-72=142

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, March 22, 1980

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Lee Trevino68-72-68=208−8
2United States Hubert Green72-71-66=209−7
T3South Africa Gary Player70-71-69=210−6
United States Curtis Strange68-71-71=210
T5Spain Seve Ballesteros69-73-69=211−5
United States Peter Jacobsen68-74-69=211
United States Jack Nicklaus69-73-69=211
United States Don Pooley69-73-69=211
T9United States Brad Bryant72-71-69=212−4
United States Jay Haas72-73-67=212
United States Hale Irwin67-72-73=212
United States Tom Watson69-71-72=212

Source:[10][11]

Final round

Sunday, March 23, 1980

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Lee Trevino68-72-68-70=278−1072,000
2United States Ben Crenshaw71-73-69-66=279−943,200
T3Spain Seve Ballesteros69-73-69-69=280−823,200
United States Tom Watson69-71-72-68=280
T5United States Peter Jacobsen68-74-69-71=282−614,600
United States John Mahaffey70-71-72-69=282
United States Mike Reid70-72-72-68=282
T8United States Danny Edwards68-74-72-69=283−510,400
United States Hubert Green72-71-66-74=283
United States Jay Haas72-73-67-71=283
United States Grier Jones74-69-72-68=283
South Africa Gary Player70-71-69-73=283
United States Dan Pohl73-72-69-69=283

Source:[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Golf: TPC results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 22.
  2. ↑ "Trevino proves he's a big boy, too". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 19.
  3. 1 2 "Trevino says TPC no major, but he beat the best to win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1980. p. 5C.
  4. ↑ "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.
  5. 1 2 Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  6. ↑ McDermott, Barry (March 15, 1982). "Target golf is the aim". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
  7. ↑ "1980 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 216. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Irwin says his slump is all over and his 67 helps him prove it". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 21, 1980. p. 7D.
  9. ↑ "Strange pulls even with Hale after two rounds at windy TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 22, 1980. p. 11B.
  10. ↑ "Trevino leads Nicklaus, Player, Watson in TPC". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 4C.
  11. ↑ "Trevino's birdie takes PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 11B.
  12. ↑ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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