1987 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 26–29, 1987 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°WCoordinates: 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)[1] |
Field | 144 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 143 (−1) |
Prize fund | $1.0 million |
Winner's share | $180,000 |
Champion | |
Sandy Lyle | |
274 (−14), playoff | |
Location Map | |
TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States | |
The 1987 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 26–29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the fourteenth Tournament Players Championship.
Sandy Lyle of Scotland defeated Jeff Sluman on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to become the first international player to win the title.[2][3][4] Rains had softened the course and led to favorable scoring;[5] the 36-hole cut of 143 (−1) was the lowest until 1993.
At the second playoff hole, the par-3 17th "Island Green," an unruly spectator jumped into the water as Sluman was addressing his six-foot (1.8 m) birdie putt for the win. After order was restored, he missed and they went to third extra hole at 18. Both found the fairway with their tee shots but both approaches went deep. Sluman couldn't save par from twelve feet (3.7 m) while Lyle made his from seven feet (2.1 m) to end it.[2][3][5]
This was the second playoff at the Tournament Players Championship, but the first at the Stadium Course. This year also marked the championship's first seven-figure purse and its last with "Tournament" in the title.
Defending champion John Mahaffey finished ten strokes back, in a tie for 32nd place.
Venue[]
This was the sixth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[1]
Eligibility requirements[]
1. Top 126 players, if PGA Tour members, from Final 1986 Official Money List:
Greg Norman, Bob Tway, Payne Stewart, Andy Bean, Dan Pohl, Hal Sutton, Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer, John Mahaffey, Calvin Peete, Fuzzy Zoeller, Joey Sindelar, Jim Thorpe, Ken Green, Larry Mize, Doug Tewell, Corey Pavin, Tom Watson, Mike Hulbert, Don Pooley, Lanny Wadkins, Kenny Knox, Mark Wiebe, John Cook, Donnie Hammond, Paul Azinger, Mark O'Meara, Tim Simpson, Curtis Strange, Bobby Wadkins, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Price, Scott Hoch, Tom Purtzer, Chip Beck, Roger Maltbie, Scott Simpson, Gene Sauers, Phil Blackmar, Clarence Rose, Jay Haas, David Frost, Bruce Lietzke, Jodie Mudd, Bob Murphy, Gary Koch, Steve Pate, Willie Wood, Craig Stadler, Dan Forsman, D. A. Weibring, Ronnie Black, Howard Twitty, Mark Calcavecchia, Wayne Levi, Jeff Sluman, Rick Fehr, J. C. Snead, Sandy Lyle, Pat McGowan, Mike Reid, Danny Edwards, Ernie Gonzalez, Larry Nelson, Dave Barr, David Edwards, Bill Glasson, Hubert Green, Mark Hayes, Brian Claar, Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Peter Jacobsen, Lennie Clements, Mark McCumber, Jim Colbert, Mike Donald, Morris Hatalsky, Bob Gilder, Lon Hinkle, Bobby Clampett, David Graham, Brett Upper, Brad Faxon, Buddy Gardner, Russ Cochran, Tom Byrum, Blaine McCallister, Bobby Cole, Charlie Bolling, TC Chen, Lee Trevino, Bob Lohr, Jack Renner, Dan Halldorson, Leonard Thompson, Dave Rummells, George Archer, Barry Jaeckel, Larry Rinker, Jim Gallagher Jr., Curt Byrum, Dick Mast, Ken Brown, Mark Lye, George Burns, David Ogrin, Chris Perry, Fred Wadsworth, Andy Dillard, Bob Eastwood, Johnny Miller, Ed Fiori, Andrew Magee, Gary Hallberg, Mark Pfeil, Jay Delsing, John Adams, Tom Sieckmann, Antonio Cerda, Jr.
Source:[6]
- Mac O'Grady, Gil Morgan, Mike Sullivan, and Tony Sills elected not to play
2. Designated players
3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member
4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of the Tournament Players Championship, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament and World Series of Golf
5. The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1986
- Bruce Crampton elected not to play
Source:[7]
6. The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections"
7. To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1987 Official Money List, as of the completion of the USF&G Classic, March 22, 1987
Isao Aoki, Keith Clearwater, Steve Elkington, Sam Randolph, Brad Fabel, Bill Sander, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Steve Jones, Rick Dalpos, Rocco Mediate, Jay Don Blake, John Inman, Mark Brooks, Denis Watson, Richard Zokol, Mike Nicolette
Source:[8]
General source:[9]
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, March 26, 1987
Friday, March 27, 1987
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Steve Jones | United States | 66 | −6 |
T2 | Bob Eastwood | United States | 67 | −5 |
Brad Fabel | United States | |||
Sandy Lyle | Scotland | |||
Greg Norman | Australia | |||
T6 | Isao Aoki | Japan | 68 | −4 |
Paul Azinger | United States | |||
Mark Brooks | United States | |||
Hale Irwin | United States | |||
Wayne Levi | United States | |||
Blaine McCallister | United States | |||
Mark O'Meara | United States | |||
Chris Perry | United States | |||
Dan Pohl | United States | |||
Dave Rummells | United States | |||
Gene Sauers | United States | |||
Hal Sutton | United States |
Second round[]
Friday, March 27, 1987
Saturday, March 28, 1987
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Steve Jones | United States | 66-67=133 | −11 |
Mark O'Meara | United States | 68-65=133 | ||
T3 | Dan Pohl | United States | 68-66=134 | −10 |
Scott Simpson | United States | 69-65=134 | ||
T5 | Brad Fabel | United States | 67-68=135 | −9 |
Greg Norman | Australia | 67-68=135 | ||
T7 | Hale Irwin | United States | 68-68=136 | −8 |
Tom Purtzer | United States | 69-67=136 | ||
Jeff Sluman | United States | 70-66=136 | ||
10 | Curt Byrum | United States | 69-68=137 | −7 |
Third round[]
Saturday, March 28, 1987
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Mark O'Meara | United States | 68-65-69=202 | −14 |
Scott Simpson | United States | 69-65-68=202 | ||
T3 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 70-68-66=204 | −12 |
Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 67-71-66=204 | ||
5 | Jeff Sluman | United States | 70-66-69=205 | −11 |
6 | Paul Azinger | United States | 68-70-68=206 | −10 |
Bill Glasson | United States | 69-69-68=206 | ||
Greg Norman | Australia | 67-68-71=206 | ||
9 | Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 71-68-68=207 | −9 |
10 | Tom Purtzer | United States | 69-67-72=208 | −8 |
Source:[12]
Final round[]
Sunday, March 29, 1987
On the 72nd hole, Lyle and Sluman both made birdie putts to finish at 274 (−14) and advanced to the playoff.[2][3][5]
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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T1 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 67-71-66-70=274 | −14 | Playoff |
Jeff Sluman | United States | 70-66-69-69=274 | |||
3 | Mark O'Meara | United States | 68-65-69-73=275 | −13 | 68,000 |
T4 | Greg Norman | Australia | 67-68-71-70=276 | −12 | 44,000 |
Scott Simpson | United States | 69-65-68-74=276 | |||
6 | Paul Azinger | United States | 68-70-68-71=277 | −11 | 36,000 |
T7 | Bill Glasson | United States | 69-69-68-72=278 | −10 | 32,250 |
Dan Pohl | United States | 68-66-75-69=278 | |||
T9 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 70-68-66-75=279 | −9 | 27,000 |
Tom Kite | United States | 72-70-67-70=279 | |||
Tom Purtzer | United States | 69-67-72-71=279 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
T12 | Brad Fabel | United States | 67-68-75-70=280 | −8 | 21,000 |
Mark McCumber | United States | 69-71-69-71=280 | |||
Larry Mize | United States | 70-70-69-71=280 | |||
T15 | David Frost | South Africa | 70-69-71-71=281 | −7 | 16,000 |
Hubert Green | United States | 69-71-72-69=281 | |||
Steve Jones | United States | 66-67-76-72=281 | |||
Tsuneyuki Nakajima | Japan | 69-70-70-72=281 | |||
Mike Reid | United States | 72-69-69-71=281 | |||
T20 | Keith Clearwater | United States | 73-70-71-68=282 | −6 | 11,650 |
Morris Hatalsky | United States | 73-69-70-70=282 | |||
Chris Perry | United States | 68-71-70-73=282 | |||
Mark Wiebe | United States | 70-69-71-72=282 | |||
T24 | Isao Aoki | Japan | 68-73-72-70=283 | −5 | 7,737 |
Buddy Gardner | United States | 69-69-75-70=283 | |||
Ken Green | United States | 71-72-69-71=283 | |||
Mike Hulbert | United States | 71-71-71-70=283 | |||
Hale Irwin | United States | 68-68-74-73=283 | |||
Bernhard Langer | West Germany | 72-71-71-69=283 | |||
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 71-68-68-76=283 | |||
Hal Sutton (c) | United States | 68-74-71-70=283 | |||
T32 | Curt Byrum | United States | 69-68-73-74=284 | −4 | 5,414 |
David Edwards | United States | 70-70-70-74=284 | |||
Bob Gilder | United States | 73-68-72-71=284 | |||
John Mahaffey (c) | United States | 70-72-69-73=284 | |||
Jack Renner | United States | 70-73-69-72=284 | |||
Dave Rummells | United States | 68-71-73-72=284 | |||
Gene Sauers | United States | 68-72-72-72=284 | |||
T39 | Scott Hoch | United States | 76-65-70-74=285 | −3 | 4,400 |
Clarence Rose | United States | 73-69-70-73=285 | |||
T41 | Bobby Cole | South Africa | 70-70-71-75=286 | −2 | 3,900 |
Mike Nicolette | United States | 73-69-70-74=286 | |||
Don Pooley | United States | 74-68-73-71=286 | |||
T44 | Chip Beck | United States | 71-71-76-69=287 | −1 | 3,023 |
Chen Tze-chung | Taiwan | 71-69-73-74=287 | |||
Lennie Clements | United States | 74-67-72-74=287 | |||
John Inman | United States | 73-70-72-72=287 | |||
Bob Murphy | United States | 73-70-69-75=287 | |||
Bill Rogers | United States | 69-73-69-76=287 | |||
T50 | Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 73-69-73-73=288 | E | 2,435 |
Jay Haas | United States | 70-73-74-71=288 | |||
Rocco Mediate | United States | 71-72-76-69=288 | |||
Corey Pavin | United States | 75-68-70-75=288 | |||
T54 | United States | 70-73-73-73=289 | +1 | 2,270 | |
Bob Eastwood | United States | 67-73-74-75=289 | |||
Mark Hayes (c) | United States | 70-70-73-76=289 | |||
Barry Jaeckel | United States | 72-69-72-76=289 | |||
Andy North | United States | 70-69-76-74=289 | |||
Fuzzy Zoeller | United States | 75-67-73-74=289 | |||
60 | Russ Cochran | United States | 72-70-76-72=290 | +2 | 2,200 |
T61 | Ken Brown | Scotland | 71-71-69-80=291 | +3 | 2,170 |
Dan Forsman | United States | 71-69-74-77=291 | |||
T63 | Mark Brooks | United States | 68-75-73-76=292 | +4 | 2,130 |
Joey Sindelar | United States | 72-71-71-78=292 | |||
T65 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 70-69-77-77=293 | +5 | 2,080 |
George Burns | United States | 69-73-84-67=293 | |||
Larry Rinker | United States | 75-68-78-72=293 | |||
68 | Rodger Davis | Australia | 73-70-76-76=295 | +7 | 2,040 |
69 | Blaine McCallister | United States | 68-73-80-75=296 | +8 | 2,020 |
70 | Dave Stockton | United States | 68-70-79-80=297 | +9 | 2,000 |
71 | Bob Lohr | United States | 72-71-73-82=298 | +10 | 1,980 |
72 | Sam Randolph | United States | 71-71-82-78=302 | +14 | 1,960 |
CUT | John Adams | United States | 72-72=144 | E | |
Tom Byrum | United States | 76-68=144 | |||
Bobby Clampett | United States | 74-70=144 | |||
John Cook | United States | 72-72=144 | |||
Fred Couples (c) | United States | 72-72=144 | |||
Steve Elkington | Australia | 74-70=144 | |||
Jim Gallagher Jr. | United States | 71-73=144 | |||
Lon Hinkle | United States | 71-73=144 | |||
Kenny Knox | United States | 73-71=144 | |||
Andrew Magee | United States | 71-73=144 | |||
Roger Maltbie | United States | 73-71=144 | |||
Larry Nelson | United States | 73-71=144 | |||
Jack Nicklaus (c) | United States | 70-74=144 | |||
Steve Pate | United States | 71-73=144 | |||
J. C. Snead | United States | 71-73=144 | |||
Leonard Thompson | United States | 74-70=144 | |||
Bob Tway | United States | 71-73=144 | |||
Bobby Wadkins | United States | 72-72=144 | |||
D. A. Weibring | United States | 72-72=144 | |||
Richard Zokol | Canada | 74-70=144 | |||
Phil Blackmar | United States | 71-74=145 | +1 | ||
Charlie Bolling | United States | 69-76=145 | |||
Ed Fiori | United States | 75-70=145 | |||
Gary Hallberg | United States | 77-68=145 | |||
Johnny Miller | United States | 73-72=145 | |||
Calvin Peete (c) | United States | 71-74=145 | |||
Mark Pfeil | United States | 73-72=145 | |||
Tim Simpson | United States | 73-72=145 | |||
Payne Stewart | United States | 77-68=145 | |||
Doug Tewell | United States | 74-71=145 | |||
Lanny Wadkins (c) | United States | 70-75=145 | |||
Tom Watson | United States | 73-72=145 | |||
Mexico | 75-71=146 | +2 | |||
Danny Edwards | United States | 70-76=146 | |||
Donnie Hammond | United States | 70-76=146 | |||
Wayne Levi | United States | 68-78=146 | |||
Pat McGowan | United States | 74-72=146 | |||
Craig Stadler | United States | 74-72=146 | |||
Jim Thorpe | United States | 76-70=146 | |||
Fred Wadsworth | United States | 69-77=146 | |||
Dave Barr | Canada | 73-74=147 | +3 | ||
Ronnie Black | United States | 72-75=147 | |||
Mike Donald | United States | 78-69=147 | |||
Brad Faxon | United States | 76-71=147 | |||
Rick Fehr | United States | 73-74=147 | |||
Bruce Lietzke | United States | 71-76=147 | |||
Davis Love III | United States | 73-74=147 | |||
Mark Lye | United States | 73-74=147 | |||
Dick Mast | United States | 74-73=147 | |||
Denis Watson | Zimbabwe | 73-74=147 | |||
Jay Don Blake | United States | 78-70=148 | +4 | ||
Brian Claar | United States | 81-67=148 | |||
Rick Dalpos | United States | 73-75=148 | |||
Bill Sander | United States | 74-74=148 | |||
United States | 71-77=148 | ||||
Jay Delsing | United States | 73-76=149 | +5 | ||
Ernie Gonzalez | United States | 76-73=149 | |||
Dan Halldorson | Canada | 76-73=149 | |||
Raymond Floyd (c) | United States | 74-76=150 | +6 | ||
Gary Koch | United States | 75-75=150 | |||
Curtis Strange | United States | 75-75=150 | |||
Howard Twitty | United States | 76-74=150 | |||
Lee Trevino (c) | United States | 70-81=151 | +7 | ||
George Archer | United States | 77-75=152 | +8 | ||
Peter Jacobsen | United States | 75-77=152 | |||
David Ogrin | United States | 73-79=152 | |||
Andy Bean | United States | 73-80=153 | +9 | ||
David Graham | Australia | 76-77=153 | |||
Tom Sieckmann | United States | 81-72=153 | |||
Willie Wood | United States | 80-78=158 | +14 | ||
WD | Jodie Mudd | United States | 70 | −2 | |
Jim Colbert | United States | 75 | +3 |
Source:[13]
Playoff[]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 5-3-4=12 | E | 180,000 |
2 | Jeff Sluman | United States | 5-3-5=13 | +1 | 108,000 |
- The sudden-death playoff began on hole 16, went to 17, and ended at 18.
Scorecard[]
Hole | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Par | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Lyle | E | E | E |
Sluman | E | E | +1 |
Source:[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Tournament Players Championship". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 30, 1987. p. 22.
- ^ a b c d "Lyle takes TPC with playoff win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 30, 1987. p. 2C.
- ^ a b c Loomis, Tom (March 30, 1987). "Lyle ducks rain, competition for extra-hole victory in TPC". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 20.
- ^ Hanley, Reid (March 30, 1987). "Lyle bags the TPC in playoff". Chicago Tribune. p. 8, sec. 3.
- ^ a b c Ballard, Sarah (April 6, 1987). "Taming a toothless tiger". Sports Illustrated. p. 128.
- ^ "Official Money – 1986". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Charles Schwab Cup Money List". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ "Official Money | PGA TOUR Stats". PGATour. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ^ "1987 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 305. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.
- ^ a b "Weather still leads TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1987. p. 7C.
- ^ "Norman storms into TPC's lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1987. p. 2B.
- ^ a b "O'Meara tramps 27 holes for lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1987. p. 8D.
- ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
External links[]
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