1978 Tournament Players Championship

1978 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 16–19, 1978
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; 30.189°N 81.370°W
Course(s)	Sawgrass Country Club,; East-West course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,174 yards (6,560 m)[1][2]
Field	142 players, 79 after cut
Cut	153 (+9)
Prize fund	$344,270
Winner's share	$60,000
Champion
	Jack Nicklaus
	289 (+1)
Location Map
	Sawgrass CC Location in the United States Sawgrass CC Location in Florida

The 1978 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 16–19 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The fifth Tournament Players Championship, it was the second at Sawgrass and Jack Nicklaus won his third TPC title at 289 (+1), one stroke ahead of runner-up Lou Graham.[1][2][3][4] Both shot 75 (+3) in the windy final round and Nicklaus went without a birdie.[1][3]

This was the fourth consecutive start for Nicklaus in 1978 that ended with a top-two finish: two wins and two second places.[1][4] Four months later in July, he won his third Open Championship to become the first to win the TPC and a major title in the same calendar year, later joined by Hal Sutton (1983, PGA), Tiger Woods (2001, Masters), and Martin Kaymer (2014, U.S. Open).

Defending champion Mark Hayes finished eleven strokes back, in a tie for 28th place.

Venue

This was the second of five Tournament Players Championships held at Sawgrass Country Club; it moved to the nearby TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in 1982.

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1974, 1976	70	71	73	75	289	+1	1
Mark Hayes	United States	1977	73	77	77	73	300	+12	T28

Source:[1][2]

Thursday, March 16, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70	−2
	Gibby Gilbert	United States
	Gary Groh	United States
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
	Victor Regalado	Mexico
	John Schroeder	United States
	Bobby Wadkins	United States
T8	Lou Graham	United States	71	−1
	Joe Inman	United States
	Artie McNickle	United States
	Larry Nelson	United States

Source:[5]

Friday, March 17, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-71=141	−3
	Lou Graham	United States	71-70=141
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-71=141
4	Larry Nelson	United States	71-72=143	−1
5	John Mahaffey	United States	72-72=144	E
T6	Mike Morley	United States	72-73=145	+1
	Andy North	United States	74-71=145
	John Schroeder	United States	70-75=145
T9	Sam Adams	United States	74-72=146	+2
	David Graham	Australia	72-74=146
	Joe Inman	United States	71-75=146
	Artie McNickle	United States	71-75=146
	Mac McLendon	United States	72-74=146
	Florentino Molina	Argentina	72-74=146
	Peter Oosterhuis	England	73-73=146

Source:[6]

Saturday, March 18, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-71-73=214	−2
2	Lou Graham	United States	71-70-74=215	−1
T3	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-71-77=218	+2
T3	Larry Nelson	United States	71-72-75=218	+2
T5	John Mahaffey	United States	72-72-75=219	+3
T5	Andy North	United States	74-71-74=219	+3
T7	Lon Hinkle	United States	75-72-74=221	+5
	Mike McCullough	United States	77-75-69=221
	Peter Oosterhuis	England	73-73-75=221
	John Schroeder	United States	70-75-76=221
	Bob Shearer	United States	74-75-72=221
	Bob Zender	United States	75-73-73=221

Source:[7]

Sunday, March 19, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-71-73-75=289	+1	60,000
2	Lou Graham	United States	71-70-74-75=290	+2	34,200
3	Lon Hinkle	United States	75-72-74-70=291	+3	21,300
T4	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-71-77-74=292	+4	11,700
	Larry Nelson	United States	71-72-75-74=292
	Andy North	United States	74-71-74-73=292
	John Schroeder	United States	70-75-76-71=292
8	Jim Colbert	United States	74-74-74-72=294	+6	8,850
T9	Hubert Green	United States	76-77-71-71=295	+7	7,500
	Peter Oosterhuis	England	73-73-75-74=295
	Victor Regalado	Mexico	70-79-76-70=295

Source:[1][2]

"TPC scores high and so is Nicklaus". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 20, 1978. p. 1D.
"Nicklaus tops TPC with 75". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 20, 1978. p. 16.
"Nicklaus holds on for 2d win of year". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 20, 1978. p. 6, sec. 6.
Jenkins, Dan (March 27, 1978). "Off in a world of his own". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
"Nicklaus making his big bid". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 17, 1978. p. 7C.
"Birdies bring back Nicklaus into a TPC tie". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 18, 1978. p. 6B.
"Nicklaus slips then fights back". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 19, 1978. p. 6B.

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