1985 Tournament Players Championship

1985 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 28–31, 1985
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass,; Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,857 yards (6,270 m)
Field	144 players, 75 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	$900,000
Winner's share	$162,000
Champion
	Calvin Peete
	274 (−14)
Location map
	TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States 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

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]

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
	Bernhard 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
T2	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	68-70=138	−6
T4	Hale Irwin	United States	67-72=139	−5
T4	Calvin Peete	United States	70-69=139	−5
6	Larry Rinker	United States	68-72=140	−4
T7	Jodie Mudd	United States	71-70=141	−3
T7	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-70=141	−3
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
T4	Dan Halldorson	Canada	70-68-72=210	−6
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
T5	Hale Irwin	United States	67-72-69-75=283	−5	34,200
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

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
11	Doug Tewell	United States	75-67-72-71=285	−3	22,500
12	Pat McGowan	United States	70-74-70-72=286	−2	20,700
T13	Dan Forsman	United States	74-69-69-75=287	−1	16,875
	Bill Rogers	United States	73-72-71-71=287
	Craig Stadler	United States	73-70-75-69=287
	Payne Stewart	United States	73-70-69-75=287
T17	Jim Dent	United States	71-74-74-69=288	E	12,600
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	United States	71-70-71-76=288
	Mark O'Meara	United States	70-75-72-71=288
	Don Pooley	United States	72-72-71-73=288
	J. C. Snead	United States	71-71-74-72=288
T22	Dave Barr	Canada	75-70-71-73=289	+1	8,640
	Ken Brown	Scotland	75-70-73-71=289
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	73-69-72-75=289
	Hal Sutton (c)	United States	76-69-70-74=289
	Brett Upper	United States	72-70-73-74=289
T27	Ed Fiori	United States	72-72-73-73=290	+2	6,255
	Roger Maltbie	United States	74-71-70-75=290
	Clarence Rose	United States	75-68-72-75=290
	Joey Sindelar	United States	73-70-71-76=290
	Howard Twitty	United States	74-71-73-72=290
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	72-74-72-72=290
T33	Jim Colbert	United States	71-73-74-73=291	+3	4,654
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-71-73-75=291
	Raymond Floyd (c)	United States	75-71-71-74=291
	Bob Gilder	United States	72-74-71-74=291
	David Graham	Australia	73-71-76-71=291
	Scott Simpson	United States	73-73-70-75=291
	Curtis Strange	United States	70-73-72-76=291
T40	Ronnie Black	United States	69-75-71-77=292	+4	3,154
	Mike Bright	United States	72-73-75-72=292
	Keith Fergus	United States	72-72-75-73=292
	Allen Miller	United States	71-74-74-73=292
	Jodie Mudd	United States	71-70-75-76=292
	Mike Nicolette	United States	77-69-75-71=292
	Mark Pfeil	United States	73-72-71-76=292
	Tom Purtzer	United States	74-69-72-77=292
	Mike Reid	United States	72-74-71-75=292
T49	George Archer	United States	72-74-75-72=293	+5	2,199
	Fred Couples (c)	United States	73-72-74-74=293
	Mike Donald	United States	71-71-77-74=293
	Greg Norman	Australia	71-71-74-77=293
	Greg Twiggs	United States	73-72-67-81=293
	Richard Zokol	Canada	71-75-70-77=293
T55	Gibby Gilbert	United States	75-70-73-76=294	+6	2,007
	Jay Haas	United States	73-72-75-74=294
	Gary Koch	United States	74-72-76-72=294
	Andy North	United States	72-72-75-75=294
	Chris Perry	United States	72-71-70-81=294
	Jack Renner	United States	75-71-72-76=294
	Lee Trevino (c)	United States	73-73-70-78=294
	Tom Watson	United States	71-74-72-77=294
63	Barry Jaeckel	United States	71-73-73-78=295	+7	1,926
T64	Phil Blackmar	United States	73-73-79-71=296	+8	1,872
	Tom Kite	United States	70-75-75-76=296
	Peter Oosterhuis	England	71-75-75-75=296
	Jerry Pate (c)	United States	75-70-74-77=296
	Bobby Wadkins	United States	69-76-75-76=296
T69	Danny Edwards	United States	74-72-70-81=297	+9	1,791
	Ralph Landrum	United States	73-73-70-81=297
	Arnold Palmer	United States	74-72-75-76=297
	Denis Watson	Zimbabwe	73-69-76-79=297
73	Bobby Clampett	United States	74-70-76-78=298	+10	1,746
74	Dan Pohl	United States	71-73-74-81=299	+11	1,728
CUT	Paul Azinger	United States	74-73=147	+3
	Andy Bean	United States	74-73=147
	Mark Brooks	United States	69-78=147
	Chen Tze-chung	Taiwan	73-74=147
	Frank Conner	United States	73-74=147
	John Cook	United States	70-77=147
	Brad Faxon	United States	74-73=147
	John Fought	United States	75-72=147
	Buddy Gardner	United States	72-75=147
	Morris Hatalsky	United States	68-79=147
	Pat Lindsey	United States	72-75=147
	Willie Wood	United States	78-69=147
	Bob Eastwood	United States	79-69=148	+4
	Wayne Grady	Australia	75-73=148
	Hubert Green	United States	72-76=148
	Andrew Magee	United States	79-69=148
	John Mahaffey	United States	76-72=148
	Mark McCumber	United States	76-72=148
	Gil Morgan	United States	71-77=148
	Tim Simpson	United States	72-76=148
	David Edwards	United States	73-76=149	+5
	Nick Faldo	England	79-70=149
	Mark Hayes (c)	United States	77-72=149
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	74-75=149
	Loren Roberts	United States	74-75=149
	Lance Ten Broeck	United States	75-74=149
	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	76-74=150	+6
	George Burns	United States	74-76=150
	Russ Cochran	United States	76-74=150
	Scott Hoch	United States	76-74=150
	Peter Jacobsen	United States	75-75=150
	Larry Mize	United States	71-79=150
	Corey Pavin	United States	73-77=150
	Victor Regalado	Mexico	74-76=150
	Gene Sauers	United States	76-74=150
	Jim Thorpe	United States	74-76=150
	Woody Blackburn	United States	78-73=151	+7
	Bill Glasson	United States	73-78=151
	Jim Nelford	Canada	76-75=151
	Tim Norris	United States	76-75=151
	Brad Fabel	United States	75-77=152	+8
	Joe Inman	United States	77-75=152
	Wayne Levi	United States	72-80=152
	David Lundstrom	United States	74-78=152
	Johnny Miller	United States	73-79=152
	Larry Nelson	United States	76-76=152
	David Ogrin	United States	79-73=152
	Jim Simons	United States	77-75=152
	Tommy Valentine	United States	78-74=152
	John Adams	United States	72-81=153	+9
	Phil Hancock	United States	83-70=153
	Tony Sills	United States	77-76=153
	Tom Jenkins	United States	77-77=154	+10
	Billy Kratzert	United States	77-77=154
	Dave Stockton	United States	77-77=154
	Ron Streck	United States	74-80=154
	Lanny Wadkins (c)	United States	80-74=154
	Chip Beck	United States	81-74=155	+11
	Jay Delsing	United States	79-76=155
	Donnie Hammond	United States	83-72=155
	Sammy Rachels	United States	77-78=155
	Rex Caldwell	United States	76-80=156	+12
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	73-86=159	+15
	Lou Graham	United States	80-80=160	+16
Bob Lohr	United States	81-83=164	+20
Gary McCord	United States	86-78=164	+20
WD	Mike Sullivan	United States	73-69-75=217	+1
	Mac O'Grady	United States	77	+5
	Vance Heafner	United States	78	+6
	Mike Smith	United States	84	+12

Source:^[9]

References

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

External links

The Players Championship website

[gtpcres-1] "Golf: TPC results". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. April 1, 1985. p. 12.

[gewtwn-2] McDermott, Barry (April 8, 1985). "Call it a major win, for Peete's sake". Sports Illustrated. p. 40.

[secrd-3] "Golf: TPC results". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 30, 1985. p. 14.

[pfinbthb-4] Green, Bob (April 1, 1985). "Peete finally breaks - the bank". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.

[prwtmj-5] "Peete promoting this win to major". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1985. p. 1B.

[kafmyth-6] Verdi, Bob (April 1, 1985). "Peete's TPC title kills a few myths". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 4.

[irwn-7] "Birdie flies Irwin into lead at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1985. p. 2D.

[wbwoc-8] "Wind blows Weibring off course, nearly out of lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1985. p. 11E.

[tpcpr-9] "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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