1985 Tournament Players Championship

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1985 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 28–31, 1985
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1][2]
Field144 players, 75 after cut
Cut146 (+2)[3]
Prize fund$900,000
Winner's share$162,000
Champion
United States Calvin Peete
274 (−14)
Location map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida
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The 1985 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 28–31 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the twelfth Tournament Players Championship.

Calvin Peete shot 66 in the final round for 274 (–14) and the win, three strokes ahead of runner-up D. A. Weibring.[2][4][5] Peete was the only player to break par in all four rounds.[6]

Defending champion Fred Couples finished nineteen strokes back, in a tie for 49th place.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the fourth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[2]

Field

Tommy Aaron, Sam Adams, Bud Allin, George Archer, Wally Armstrong, Butch Baird, Miller Barber, Frank Beard, Don Bies, Homero Blancas, Julius Boros, Gay Brewer, George Cadle, Billy Casper, Ron Cerrudo, Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Tim Collins, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, Chuck Courtney, Bruce Crampton, Richard Crawford, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Bob Dickson, Terry Diehl, Terry Dill, Ed Dougherty, Dale Douglass, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Randy Erskine, Tom Evans, Jack Ewing, Forrest Fezler, Pat Fitzsimons, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, Al Geiberger, Gibby Gilbert, David Glenz, Bob Goalby, David Graham, Lou Graham, Hubert Green, Bert Greene, Bobby Greenwood, Gary Groh, Mark Hayes, Jerry Heard, Lionel Hebert, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Larry Hinson, Babe Hiskey, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Don Iverson, Tony Jacklin, Don January, Tom Jenkins, George Johnson, Ralph Johnston, Spike Kelley, Tom Kite, George Knudson, Bruce Lietzke, John Lister, Gene Littler, Lyn Lott, Dick Lotz, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Fred Marti, Rik Massengale, Jim Masserio, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Jerry McGee, Mac McLendon, Steve Melnyk, Bob Menne, Allen Miller, Bobby Mitchell, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Larry Nelson, Dwight Nevil, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Andy North, Peter Oosterhuis, Roy Pace, Arnold Palmer, Bob Payne, Eddie Pearce, Gary Player, Joe Porter, Sammy Rachels, Mike Reasor, Victor Regalado, Dick Rhyan, Phil Rodgers, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bill Rogers, Mason Rudolph, John Schlee, John Schroeder, Tom Shaw, Curtis Sifford, Dan Sikes, Jim Simons, Bob E. Smith, J. C. Snead, Bob Stanton, Nate Starks, Ken Still, Dave Stockton, Alan Tapie, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, Lee Trevino, Bob Unger, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Art Wall Jr., Bobby Walzel, Tom Watson, DeWitt Weaver, Tom Weiskopf, Jim Wiechers, Bob Wynn, Mike Wynn, Kermit Zarley, Bob Zender, Larry Ziegler, Billy Ziobro, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 28, 1985

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Hale Irwin  United States 67 −5
T2 Morris Hatalsky  United States 68 −4
Bernard Langer  West Germany
Larry Rinker  United States
D. A. Weibring  United States
T6 Ronnie Black  United States 69 −3
Mark Brooks  United States
Bobby Wadkins  United States
T9 Isao Aoki  Japan 70 −2
John Cook  United States
Dan Halldorson  Canada
Tom Kite  United States
Pat McGowan  United States
Mark O'Meara  United States
Calvin Peete  United States
Curtis Strange  United States

Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, March 29, 1985

Place Player Country Score To par
1 D. A. Weibring  United States 68-68=136 −8
T2 Dan Halldorson  Canada 70-68=138 −6
Bernard Langer  West Germany 68-70=138
T4 Hale Irwin  United States 67-72=139 −5
Calvin Peete  United States 70-69=139
6 Larry Rinker  United States 68-72=140 −4
T7 Jodie Mudd  United States 71-70=141 −3
Jack Nicklaus  United States 71-70=141
T9 Mike Donald  United States 71-71=142 −2
Greg Norman  Australia 71-71=142
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 73-69=142
J.C. Snead  United States 71-71=142
Mike Sullivan  United States 73-69=142
Doug Tewell  United States 75-67=142
Brett Upper  United States 72-70=142
Denis Watson  Zimbabwe 73-69=142

Source:[3]

Third round

Saturday, March 30, 1985

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Hale Irwin  United States 67-72-69=208 −8
Calvin Peete  United States 70-69-69=208
D. A. Weibring  United States 68-68-72=208
T4 Gary Hallberg  United States 72-71-67=210 −6
Dan Halldorson  Canada 70-68-72=210
6 Larry Rinker  United States 68-72-71=211 −5
T7 Dan Forsman  United States 74-69-69=212 −4
Jack Nicklaus  United States 71-70-71=212
Payne Stewart  United States 73-70-69=212
Greg Twiggs  United States 73-72-67=212

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, March 31, 1985

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Calvin Peete  United States 70-69-69-66=274 −14 162,000
2 D. A. Weibring  United States 68-68-72-69=277 −11 97,200
3 Larry Rinker  United States 68-72-71-70=281 −7 61,200
4 Gary Hallberg  United States 72-71-67-72=282 −6 43,200
T5 Dan Halldorson  Canada 70-68-72-73=283 −5 34,200
Hale Irwin  United States 67-72-69-75=283
T7 Isao Aoki  Japan 70-75-74-65=284 −4 27,112
Lon Hinkle  United States 71-72-71-70=284
Bernhard Langer  West Germany 68-70-75-71=284
Bruce Lietzke  United States 71-72-70-71=284

Source:[9]

References

  1. ^ "Golf: TPC results". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. April 1, 1985. p. 12.
  2. ^ a b c McDermott, Barry (April 8, 1985). "Call it a major win, for Peete's sake". Sports Illustrated. p. 40.
  3. ^ a b "Golf: TPC results". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 30, 1985. p. 14.
  4. ^ Green, Bob (April 1, 1985). "Peete finally breaks - the bank". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
  5. ^ "Peete promoting this win to major". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1985. p. 1B.
  6. ^ Verdi, Bob (April 1, 1985). "Peete's TPC title kills a few myths". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 4.
  7. ^ "Birdie flies Irwin into lead at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1985. p. 2D.
  8. ^ "Wind blows Weibring off course, nearly out of lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1985. p. 11E.
  9. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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