1980 Tournament Players Championship

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]

1980 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 20–23, 1980
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]
Field144 players, 79 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$440,000
Winner's share$72,000
Champion
Lee Trevino
278 (−10)
Location Map
Sawgrass CC
Location in the United States
Sawgrass CC
Location in Florida

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]

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Hale Irwin United States67−5
Steve Melnyk United States
T3George Burns United States68−4
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 United States

Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, March 21, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Hale Irwin United States67-72=139−5
Curtis Strange United States68-71=139
T3Steve Melnyk United States67-73=140−4
Lee Trevino United States68-72=140
Tom Watson United States69-71=140
T6John Mahaffey United States70-71=141−3
Gary Player South Africa70-71=141
Greg Powers United States72-69=141
J. C. Snead United States70-71=141
T10Seve Ballesteros Spain69-73=142−2
George Burns United States68-74=142
Bill Calfee United States68-74=142
Danny Edwards United States68-74=142
Peter Jacobsen United States68-74=142
Jack Nicklaus United States69-73=142
Don Pooley United States69-73=142
Mike Reid United States70-72=142

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 22, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Trevino United States68-72-68=208−8
2Hubert Green United States72-71-66=209−7
T3Gary Player South Africa70-71-69=210−6
Curtis Strange United States68-71-71=210
T5Seve Ballesteros Spain69-73-69=211−5
Peter Jacobsen United States68-74-69=211
Jack Nicklaus United States69-73-69=211
Don Pooley United States69-73-69=211
T9Brad Bryant United States72-71-69=212−4
Jay Haas United States72-73-67=212
Hale Irwin United States67-72-73=212
Tom Watson United States69-71-72=212

Source:[9][10]

Final round

Sunday, March 23, 1980

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Lee Trevino United States68-72-68-70=278−1072,000
2Ben Crenshaw United States71-73-69-66=279−943,200
T3Seve Ballesteros Spain69-73-69-69=280−823,200
Tom Watson United States69-71-72-68=280
T5Peter Jacobsen United States68-74-69-71=282−614,600
John Mahaffey United States70-71-72-69=282
Mike Reid United States70-72-72-68=282
T8Danny Edwards United States68-74-72-69=283−510,400
Hubert Green United States72-71-66-74=283
Jay Haas United States72-73-67-71=283
Grier Jones United States74-69-72-68=283
Gary Player South Africa70-71-69-73=283
Dan Pohl United States73-72-69-69=283

Source:[11]

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. "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. 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. "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.
  8. "Strange pulls even with Hale after two rounds at windy TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 22, 1980. p. 11B.
  9. "Trevino leads Nicklaus, Player, Watson in TPC". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 4C.
  10. "Trevino's birdie takes PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 11B.
  11. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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