1986 Tournament Players Championship

1986 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 27–30, 1986
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	144 (E)
Prize fund	$900,000
Winner's share	$162,000
Champion
	John Mahaffey
	275 (−13)
Location map
	TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida
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The 1986 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 27–30 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the thirteenth Tournament Players Championship.

John Mahaffey shot 71 in the final round for 275 (−13) and the win, one stroke ahead of runner-up Larry Mize, the 54-hole leader.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Calvin Peete missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes, the first time a participating defending champion did not play the weekend.

Venue

This was the fifth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).^[1]

Field

John Adams, Isao Aoki, Kikuo Arai, George Archer, Paul Azinger, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Woody Blackburn, Phil Blackmar, Charles Bolling, Ken Brown, George Burns, Rex Caldwell, Antonio Cerda Jr., Chen Tze-chung, Bobby Clampett, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, Jim Colbert, Frank Conner, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Jay Delsing, Andy Dillard, Mike Donald, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Keith Fergus, Ed Fiori, Raymond Floyd, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Jim Gallagher Jr., Buddy Gardner, Bob Gilder, Bill Glasson, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Donnie Hammond, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Bill Israelson, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Tom Kite, Kenny Knox, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Greg Ladehoff, Bernhard Langer, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Pat Lindsey, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Mark Lye, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Dick Mast, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Johnny Miller, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Bob Murphy, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Tim Norris, Andy North, Mac O'Grady, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, Arnold Palmer, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, Chris Perry, Mark Pfeil, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Bill Rogers, Clarence Rose, Dave Rummells, Bill Sander, Gene Sauers, Tom Sieckmann, Tony Sills, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, J. C. Snead, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Dennis Trixler, Bob Tway, Howard Twitty, Brett Upper, Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, Willie Wood, Fuzzy Zoeller, Richard Zokol

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 27, 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Keith Fergus	United States	66	−6
	Ken Green	United States
	Larry Mize	United States
	Tony Sills	United States
	Bob Tway	United States
T6	David Edwards	United States	67	−5
	Raymond Floyd	United States
	Lanny Wadkins	United States
	Willie Wood	United States
T10	Danny Edwards	United States	68	−4
	Mark O'Meara	United States
	J. C. Snead	United States
	Doug Tewell	United States
	Lee Trevino	United States
	Mark Wiebe	United States

Source:^[5]

Second round

Friday, March 28, 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Larry Mize	United States	66-68=134	−10
T1	Bob Murphy	United States	69-65=134	−10
3	Dave Rummells	United States	70-65=135	−9
T4	David Edwards	United States	67-69=208	−8
	Doug Tewell	United States	68-68=136
	Brett Upper	United States	71-65=136
T7	Mike Hulbert	United States	69-68=137	−7
T7	Jim Thorpe	United States	69-68=137	−7
T9	Tom Kite	United States	69-69=138	−6
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	71-67=138
	Payne Stewart	United States	71-67=138

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, March 29, 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Larry Mize	United States	66-68-66=200	−16
2	John Mahaffey	United States	69-70-65=204	−12
T3	Bob Murphy	United States	69-65-74=208	−8
T3	Tim Simpson	United States	72-70-66=208	−8
T5	Tom Kite	United States	69-69-71=209	−7
T5	Brett Upper	United States	71-65-73=209	−7
T7	Dick Mast	United States	69-73-68=210	−6
T7	Doug Tewell	United States	68-68-74=210	−6
T9	Tony Sills	United States	71-73-70=211	−5
	Jim Simons	United States	69-72-70=211
	Hal Sutton	United States	71-72-68=211
	Jim Thorpe	United States	69-68-74=211
	Lee Trevino	United States	68-73-70=211
	Bob Tway	United States	66-73-72=211

Source:^[7]^[8]

Final round

Sunday, March 30, 1986

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	John Mahaffey	United States	69-70-65-71=275	−13	162,000
2	Larry Mize	United States	66-68-66-76=276	−12	97,200
3	Tim Simpson	United States	72-70-66-72=280	−8	61,200
T4	Tom Kite	United States	69-69-71-72=281	−7	37,200
	Jim Thorpe	United States	69-68-74-70=281
	Brett Upper	United States	71-65-73-72=281
T7	John Cook	United States	71-73-70-68=282	−6	28,050
	Jay Haas	United States	73-68-73-68=282
	Hal Sutton (c)	United States	71-72-68-71=282
T10	Dave Rummells	United States	70-65-79-69=283	−5	21,600
	Payne Stewart	United States	71-67-75-70=283
	Doug Tewell	United States	68-68-74-73=283
	Bob Tway	United States	66-73-72-72=283

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T14	Scott Hoch	United States	69-74-71-70=284	−4	16,200
	Davis Love III	United States	71-71-75-67=284
	Bob Murphy	United States	69-65-74-76=284
T17	Ronnie Black	United States	70-71-74-70=285	−3	13,950
T17	Joey Sindelar	United States	70-70-73-72=285	−3	13,950
T19	David Edwards	United States	67-69-76-74=286	−2	12,150
T19	Jim Simons	United States	69-72-70-75=286	−2	12,150
T21	Andy Bean	United States	70-73-72-72=287	−1	7,627
	Charles Bolling	United States	73-70-73-71=287
	Jim Colbert	United States	73-70-73-71=287
	Danny Edwards	United States	68-72-74-73=287
	Keith Fergus	United States	66-73-73-75=287
	Raymond Floyd (c)	United States	67-73-75-72=287
	Kenny Knox	United States	71-73-69-74=287
	Gary Koch	United States	72-70-72-73=287
	Dick Mast	United States	69-73-68-77=287
	Larry Rinker	United States	72-70-75-70=287
	Tom Sieckmann	United States	70-69-77-71=287
	Lee Trevino (c)	United States	68-73-70-76=287
T33	Ken Green	United States	66-75-76-71=288	E	4,654
	Morris Hatalsky	United States	74-70-69-75=288
	Peter Jacobsen	United States	72-69-72-75=288
	Greg Norman	Australia	70-71-77-70=288
	Mark O'Meara	United States	68-74-74-72=288
	Tony Sills	United States	66-75-70-77=288
	D. A. Weibring	United States	70-71-74-73=288
T40	Mike Donald	United States	73-71-72-73=289	+1	3,240
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	70-73-73-73=289
	Bruce Lietzke	United States	70-71-75-73=289
	David Ogrin	United States	70-74-71-74=289
	Loren Roberts	United States	70-73-73-73=289
	Jeff Sluman	United States	70-74-75-70=289
	Mike Sullivan	United States	72-68-75-74=289
	Lanny Wadkins (c)	United States	67-73-76-73=289
T48	David Frost	South Africa	70-69-75-76=290	+2	2,262
	Wayne Levi	United States	73-71-76-70=290
	Roger Maltbie	United States	70-73-79-68=290
	Mark Pfeil	United States	69-74-70-77=290
	Tom Purtzer	United States	72-70-77-71=290
	Dave Stockton	United States	72-72-76-70=290
T54	Ben Crenshaw	United States	73-71-73-74=291	+3	2,061
	Tim Norris	United States	74-68-74-75=291
	Chris Perry	United States	69-72-72-78=291
	Mark Wiebe	United States	68-72-78-73=291
T58	Frank Conner	United States	70-73-77-72=292	+4	1,971
	Mike Hulbert	United States	69-68-78-77=292
	Gil Morgan	United States	70-73-73-76=292
	Corey Pavin	United States	70-72-72-78=292
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	71-67-75-79=292
	Tom Watson	United States	70-74-74-74=292
T64	Paul Azinger	United States	70-71-77-75=293	+5	1,890
	Dave Barr	Canada	69-72-73-79=293
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	69-75-78-71=293
T67	Ken Brown	Scotland	72-71-76-75=294	+6	1,818
	Chen Tze-chung	Taiwan	71-69-82-72=294
	Barry Jaeckel	United States	70-73-76-75=294
	J. C. Snead	United States	68-73-74-79=294
	Dennis Trixler	United States	71-73-74-76=294
T72	Greg Ladehoff	United States	73-69-78-76=296	+8	1,755
T72	Steve Pate	United States	71-72-78-75=296	+8	1,755
74	Willie Wood	United States	67-73-77-80=297	+9	1,728
75	George Burns	United States	71-73-75-80=299	+11	1,710
CUT	George Archer	United States	71-74=145	+1
	Lennie Clements	United States	72-73=145
	Brad Faxon	United States	72-73=145
	Dan Forsman	United States	75-70=145
	Buddy Gardner	United States	73-72=145
	Bob Gilder	United States	71-74=145
	Bill Glasson	United States	75-70=145
	Hubert Green	United States	72-73=145
	Mark Lye	United States	73-72=145
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	74-71=145
	Johnny Miller	United States	70-75=145
	Jodie Mudd	United States	72-73=145
	Scott Simpson	United States	74-71=145
	Leonard Thompson	United States	70-75=145
	Chip Beck	United States	77-69=146	+2
	Jay Delsing	United States	73-73=146
	Bob Eastwood	United States	72-74=146
	Brad Fabel	United States	71-75=146
	Jim Gallagher Jr.	United States	74-72=146
	Dan Halldorson	Canada	70-76=146
	Bill Israelson	United States	74-72=146
	Calvin Peete (c)	United States	73-73=146
	Mike Reid	United States	71-75=146
	Bill Rogers	United States	71-75=146
	Bill Sander	United States	74-72=146
	Gene Sauers	United States	73-73=146
	Curtis Strange	United States	74-72=146
	Ron Streck	United States	73-73=146
	Rex Caldwell	United States	77-70=147	+3
	Russ Cochran	United States	73-74=147
	Andy Dillard	United States	71-76=147
	Nick Faldo	England	69-78=147
	Ed Fiori	United States	74-73=147
	Hale Irwin	United States	75-72=147
	Billy Kratzert	United States	77-70=147
	Pat Lindsey	United States	72-75=147
	Pat McGowan	United States	74-73=147
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	United States	74-73=147
	Craig Stadler	United States	75-72=147
	Howard Twitty	United States	71-76=147
	Bobby Wadkins	United States	71-76=147
	Woody Blackburn	United States	70-78=148	+4
	Bob Lohr	United States	74-74=148
	Andrew Magee	United States	72-76=148
	Mark McCumber	United States	75-73=148
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	72-76=148
	Mark Hayes (c)	United States	72-77=149	+5
	Joe Inman	United States	73-76=149
	Larry Nelson	United States	72-77=149
	Scott Verplank	United States	72-77=149
	Kikuo Arai	Japan	71-79=150	+6
	Antonio Cerda Jr.	Mexico	75-75=150
	Bobby Clampett	United States	74-76=150
	David Graham	Australia	75-75=150
	Gary Hallberg	United States	74-76=150
	Andy North	United States	72-78=150
	Dan Pohl	United States	74-76=150
	Don Pooley	United States	71-79=150
	Mac O'Grady	United States	72-79=151	+7
	Richard Zokol	Canada	76-75=151	+7
	John Adams	United States	75-77=152	+8
	Isao Aoki	Japan	74-78=152
	Arnold Palmer	United States	75-77=152
	Wayne Grady	Australia	82-71=153	+9
Lon Hinkle	United States	74-80=154	+10
Phil Blackmar	United States	79-76=155	+11
Clarence Rose	United States	80-76=156	+12
Fred Couples (c)	United States	77-80=157	+13
WD	Donnie Hammond	United States	82	+10

Source:^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Golf: TPC scores". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 31, 1986. p. 14.
^ Reilly, Rick (April 7, 1986). "Nipped at the wire in the TPC". Sports Illustrated. p. 36.
^ "Mahaffey catches Mize on the last hole". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1986. p. 1C.
^ Hanley, Reid (March 31, 1986). "TPC falls into Mahaffey's lap". Chicago Tribune. p. 3, sec. 3.
^ "Five golfers share lead at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1986. p. 2D.
^ "Mize matches Murphy". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1986. p. 8B.
^ Boswell, Thomas (March 30, 1986). "Mahaffey in perfect spot - 4 shots back". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 6B.
^ Hanley, Reid (March 30, 1986). "Mize breaks away to take Players' lead". Chicago Tribune. p. 6, sec. 4.
^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

External links

The Players Championship website

[gtpcsc-1] "Golf: TPC scores". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 31, 1986. p. 14.

[natwire-2] Reilly, Rick (April 7, 1986). "Nipped at the wire in the TPC". Sports Illustrated. p. 36.

[mcmolhole-3] "Mahaffey catches Mize on the last hole". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1986. p. 1C.

[falllap-4] Hanley, Reid (March 31, 1986). "TPC falls into Mahaffey's lap". Chicago Tribune. p. 3, sec. 3.

[fgsld-5] "Five golfers share lead at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1986. p. 2D.

[mmmurp-6] "Mize matches Murphy". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1986. p. 8B.

[mipspot-7] Boswell, Thomas (March 30, 1986). "Mahaffey in perfect spot - 4 shots back". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 6B.

[mbrkawy-8] Hanley, Reid (March 30, 1986). "Mize breaks away to take Players' lead". Chicago Tribune. p. 6, sec. 4.

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

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