1980 Tournament Players Championship


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, one stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw.
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, but early construction delays due to weather caused the championship to return for a fifth and final year in 1981.

Field

, Bud Allin, George Archer, Wally Armstrong, Seve Ballesteros, Miller Barber, Andy Bean, Don Bies, Mike Brannan, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Bob Byman, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Bill Calfee, Jim Chancey, Jim Colbert, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Ed Dougherty, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, David Eger, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Keith Fergus, Forrest Fezler, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, John Fought, Rod Funseth, Buddy Gardner, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Lon Hinkle, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Don January, Grier Jones, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Stan Lee, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, John Lister, Gene Littler, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Bob Mann, Graham Marsh, Fred Marti, Rik Massengale, Terry Mauney, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Jerry McGee, Pat McGowan, Artie McNickle, Steve Melnyk, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Lindy Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Orville Moody, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Newton, Jack Nicklaus, Lonnie Nielsen, Andy North, Peter Oosterhuis, Jerry Pate, Eddie Pearce, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Tom Purtzer, Dana Quigley, Sammy Rachels, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bill Rogers, Bill Sander, Cesar Sanudo, John Schroeder, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Bob E. Smith, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Ken Still, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Alan Tapie, Doug Tewell, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Howard Twitty, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Bobby Walzel, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Kermit Zarley, Bob Zender, Larry Ziegler, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 20, 1980
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Hale Irwin67−5
T1Steve Melnyk67−5
T3George Burns68−4
T3Bill Calfee68−4
T3Danny Edwards68−4
T3Joe Inman68−4
T3Peter Jacobsen68−4
T3Mike Morley68−4
T3Ed Sneed68−4
T3Curtis Strange68−4
T3Ron Streck68−4
T3Lee Trevino68−4

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Second round

Friday, March 21, 1980
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Hale Irwin67-72=139−5
T1Curtis Strange68-71=139−5
T3Steve Melnyk67-73=140−4
T3Lee Trevino68-72=140−4
T3Tom Watson69-71=140−4
T6John Mahaffey70-71=141−3
T6Gary Player70-71=141−3
T6Greg Powers72-69=141−3
T6J. C. Snead70-71=141−3
T10Seve Ballesteros69-73=142−2
T10George Burns68-74=142−2
T10Bill Calfee68-74=142−2
T10Danny Edwards68-74=142−2
T10Peter Jacobsen68-74=142−2
T10Jack Nicklaus69-73=142−2
T10Don Pooley69-73=142−2
T10Mike Reid70-72=142−2

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Third round

Saturday, March 22, 1980
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Trevino68-72-68=208−8
2Hubert Green72-71-66=209−7
T3Gary Player70-71-69=210−6
T3Curtis Strange68-71-71=210−6
T5Seve Ballesteros69-73-69=211−5
T5Peter Jacobsen68-74-69=211−5
T5Jack Nicklaus69-73-69=211−5
T5Don Pooley69-73-69=211−5
T9Brad Bryant72-71-69=212−4
T9Jay Haas72-73-67=212−4
T9Hale Irwin67-72-73=212−4
T9Tom Watson69-71-72=212−4

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Final round

Sunday, March 23, 1980