1982 Tournament Players Championship


The 1982 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held March 18–21 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the ninth Tournament Players Championship and the first at the new course.
Playing an orange ball, Jerry Pate shot a final round 67 to win by two strokes over runners-up Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant. Pate started the final round three strokes behind the leaders, in a tie for sixth place. Following his win, Pate pushed tour commissioner Deane Beman and course designer Pete Dye into the lake along the 18th green, and then joined them.
Notables to miss the cut included hall of famers Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and, Lee Trevino.
Defending champion Raymond Floyd finished eleven strokes back, in a tie for 22nd place.

Venue

This was the first Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; its 1982 setup measured. The debut was delayed a year due to heavy rains during construction.

Field

, Bud Allin, Isao Aoki, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Jim Barber, Miller Barber, Dave Barr, Beau Baugh, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Woody Blackburn, Jim Booros, Bill Britton, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Bob Byman, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Bill Calfee, Bobby Clampett, Lennie Clements, Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Mike Donald, Ed Dougherty, Bruce Douglass, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Nick Faldo, Keith Fergus, Forrest Fezler, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Thomas Gray, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Joe Hager, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Vance Heafner, Jerry Heard, Skeeter Heath, Scott Hoch, Mike Holland, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Don January, Tom Jenkins, Grier Jones, Tom Kite, Billy Kratzert, Wayne Levi, Don Levin, Bruce Lietzke, Pat Lindsey, Lyn Lott, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Rik Massengale, Terry Mauney, John Mazza, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Nicolette, Lonnie Nielsen, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, Peter Oosterhuis, Arnold Palmer, Jerry Pate, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Tom Purtzer, Sammy Rachels, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bill Rogers, John Schroeder, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, J. C. Snead, Sam Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Doug Tewell, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, David Thore, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Gary Trivisonno, Howard Twitty, Tommy Valentine, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 18, 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1George Burns67−5
T1Lyn Lott67−5
T1Larry Nelson67−5
T4Vance Heafner68−4
T4Skeeter Heath68−4
T4Pat Lindsey68−4
T4Scott Simpson68−4
T4Ed Sneed68−4
T9George Archer69−3
T9Bob Eastwood69−3
T9Bruce Fleisher69−3
T9Gibby Gilbert69−3
T9Don January69−3
T9Bruce Lietzke69−3
T9Roger Maltbie69−3
T9Jim Simons69−3
T9Jim Thorpe69−3

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Second round

Friday, March 19, 1982
Saturday, March 20, 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Vance Heafner68-70=138−6
T1Hale Irwin70-68=138−6
T1Lyn Lott67-71=138−6
T1Scott Simpson68-70=138−6
T1Tim Simpson72-66=138−6
T6Brad Bryant70-69=139−5
T6Larry Nelson67-72=139−5
T6Ed Sneed68-71=139−5
T6Craig Stadler71-68=139−5
T10George Burns67-73=140−4
T10Gibby Gilbert69-71=140−4

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Third round

Saturday, March 20, 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Brad Bryant70-69-71=210−6
T1Bruce Lietzke69-72-69=210−6
T3Vance Heafner68-70-73=210−5
T3Scott Simpson68-70-73=211−5
5George Archer69-73-70=212−4
T6Hale Irwin70-68-75=213−3
T6Jerry Pate70-73-70=213−3
T6Tim Simpson72-66-75=213−3
T6Ed Sneed68-71-74=213−3
T10Seve Ballesteros73-72-69=214−2
T10Gibby Gilbert69-71-74=214−2
T10Scott Hoch72-70-72=214−2
T10Don January69-73-72=214−2
T10Roger Maltbie69-72-73=214−2
T10Craig Stadler71-68-75=214−2
T10Tom Watson70-76-68=214−2

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Final round

Sunday, March 21, 1982

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