1980 Tournament Players Championship

1980 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 20–23, 1980
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s)	Sawgrass Country Club,; East-West course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,000 yards (6,400 m)
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$440,000
Winner's share	$72,000
Champion
	Lee Trevino
	278 (−10)
	← 1979 1981 →

Sawgrass CC

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Location in the United States

Sawgrass CC

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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]

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1974, 1976, 1978	69	73	69	73	284	−4	T14
Mark Hayes	United States	1977	70	75	75	71	291	+3	T45
Lanny Wadkins	United States	1979	69	76	72	74	291	+3	T45

Source:^[1]^[3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 20, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Hale Irwin	United States	67	−5
T1	Steve Melnyk	United States	67	−5
T3	George Burns	United States	68	−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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Hale Irwin	United States	67-72=139	−5
T1	Curtis Strange	United States	68-71=139	−5
T3	Steve Melnyk	United States	67-73=140	−4
	Lee Trevino	United States	68-72=140
	Tom Watson	United States	69-71=140
T6	John Mahaffey	United States	70-71=141	−3
	Gary Player	South Africa	70-71=141
	Greg Powers	United States	72-69=141
	J. C. Snead	United States	70-71=141
T10	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69-73=142	−2
	George Burns	United States	68-74=142
	Bill Calfee	United States	68-74=142
	Danny Edwards	United States	68-74=142
	Peter Jacobsen	United States	68-74=142
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	69-73=142
	Don Pooley	United States	69-73=142
	Mike Reid	United States	70-72=142

Source:^[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 22, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Trevino	United States	68-72-68=208	−8
2	Hubert Green	United States	72-71-66=209	−7
T3	Gary Player	South Africa	70-71-69=210	−6
T3	Curtis Strange	United States	68-71-71=210	−6
T5	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69-73-69=211	−5
	Peter Jacobsen	United States	68-74-69=211
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	69-73-69=211
	Don Pooley	United States	69-73-69=211
T9	Brad Bryant	United States	72-71-69=212	−4
	Jay Haas	United States	72-73-67=212
	Hale Irwin	United States	67-72-73=212
	Tom Watson	United States	69-71-72=212

Source:^[9]^[10]

Final round

Sunday, March 23, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Lee Trevino	United States	68-72-68-70=278	−10	72,000
2	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-73-69-66=279	−9	43,200
T3	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69-73-69-69=280	−8	23,200
T3	Tom Watson	United States	69-71-72-68=280	−8	23,200
T5	Peter Jacobsen	United States	68-74-69-71=282	−6	14,600
	John Mahaffey	United States	70-71-72-69=282
	Mike Reid	United States	70-72-72-68=282
T8	Danny Edwards	United States	68-74-69-71=283	−5	10,400
	Hubert Green	United States	72-71-66-74=283
	Jay Haas	United States	72-73-67-71=283
	Grier Jones	United States	74-69-72-68=283
	Gary Player	South Africa	70-71-69-73=283
	Dan Pohl	United States	73-72-69-69=283

Source:^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Golf: TPC results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 22.
^ "Trevino proves he's a big boy, too". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 19.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Trevino says TPC no major, but he beat the best to win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1980. p. 5C.
^ "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.
^ ^a ^b Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
^ McDermott, Barry (March 15, 1982). "Target golf is the aim". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
^ "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.
^ "Strange pulls even with Hale after two rounds at windy TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 22, 1980. p. 11B.
^ "Trevino leads Nicklaus, Player, Watson in TPC". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 4C.
^ "Trevino's birdie takes PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 11B.

External links

The Players Championship website

30°11′20″N 81°22′12″W / 30.189°N 81.37°W / 30.189; -81.37

[srreslts-1] "Golf: TPC results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 22.

[srtrvnw-2] "Trevino proves he's a big boy, too". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 19.

[ergtrwns-3] "Trevino says TPC no major, but he beat the best to win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1980. p. 5C.

[tbtbpc-4] "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.

[sivlattw-5] Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.

[sivtgita-6] McDermott, Barry (March 15, 1982). "Target golf is the aim". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.

[ergfrrd-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.

[secrd-8] "Strange pulls even with Hale after two rounds at windy TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 22, 1980. p. 11B.

[trev54-9] "Trevino leads Nicklaus, Player, Watson in TPC". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 4C.

[ergthrnd-10] "Trevino's birdie takes PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 23, 1980. p. 11B.

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