1982 Players Championship

1982 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 18–21, 1982
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s) TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field 147 players, 82 after cut[2]
Cut 148 (+4)
Prize fund $500,000
Winner's share $90,000
Champion
United States Jerry Pate
280 (−8)
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TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States

The 1982 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held March 18–21 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the ninth Players Championship.

Playing an orange ball,[3] Jerry Pate shot a final round 67 (–5) to win by two strokes over runners-up Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant.[4] Pate started the final round three strokes behind the leaders, in a tie for sixth place.[2][5] Following his win, Pate pushed tour commissioner Deane Beman and course designer Pete Dye into the lake along the 18th green, and then joined them.[4][6][7][8]

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the first Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; its 1982 setup measured 6,857 yards (6,270 m).

Final round

Sunday, March 21, 1982

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Jerry Pate  United States 70-73-70-67=280 −8 90,000
T2 Brad Bryant  United States 70-69-71-72=282 −6 44,000
Scott Simpson  United States 68-70-73-71=282
4 Bruce Lietzke  United States 69-72-69-73=283 −5 24,000
5 Roger Maltbie  United States 69-72-73-70=284 −4 20,000
T6 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 73-72-69-72=286 −2 16,187
Hubert Green  United States 73-75-70-68=286
Craig Stadler  United States 71-68-75-72=286
Tom Watson  United States 70-76-68-72=286
T10 Jim Booros  United States 73-72-71-71=287 −1 12,500
Larry Nelson  United States 67-72-77-71=287
Ed Sneed  United States 68-71-74-74=287

Source:[4]

Video

References

  1. "3 share TPC lead with 67s". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. March 19, 1982. p. 12B.
  2. 1 2 "Lietzke, Bryant battle back to share TPC lead". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. UPI. March 21, 1982. p. 12B.
  3. Kupelian, Vartan (March 21, 2012). "Seeing orange: The story behind Pate's Players-winning ball". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Pate takes dive after TPC win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. March 22, 1982. p. 3B.
  5. "TPC lead surprises Lietzke, Bryant". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire services. March 21, 1982. p. 7C.
  6. Johnson, Mark (March 22, 1982). "For Pate, a big win and another splash". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. p. 1C.
  7. Dan Jenkins (March 29, 1982). "Last one in is a winner". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  8. Van Sickle, Gary (March 23, 2004). "Present at the plunge". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.

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