1991 Players Championship


The 1991 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the eighteenth Players Championship.
Steve Elkington birdied the final hole to win the title at 276, one stroke ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller. Elkington won a second Players six years later in 1997.
Defending champion Jodie Mudd missed the 36-hole cut by five strokes.

Venue

This was the tenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, set at for a second year.

Field

, Fulton Allem, Billy Andrade, Tommy Armour III, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Jim Booros, Bill Britton, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Bart Bryant, Brad Bryant, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, David Canipe, Brian Claar, Keith Clearwater, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Jay Delsing, Mike Donald, Ed Dougherty, Bob Eastwood, David Edwards, Steve Elkington, Bob Estes, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Rick Fehr, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Gallagher Jr., Robert Gamez, Buddy Gardner, Bob Gilder, Bill Glasson, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Jim Hallet, Donnie Hammond, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Nolan Henke, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, Kenny Knox, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Mark Lye, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Mark McCumber, Mark McNulty, Rocco Mediate, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Larry Nelson, Greg Norman, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, José María Olazábal, Masashi Ozaki, Craig Parry, Jerry Pate, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, David Peoples, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Peter Persons, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Dave Rummells, Bill Sander, Gene Sauers, Ted Schulz, Peter Senior, Tom Sieckmann, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, Mike Smith, Craig Stadler, Ray Stewart, Curtis Strange, Hal Sutton, Brian Tennyson, Doug Tewell, Jim Thorpe, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Howard Twitty, Stan Utley, Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, Bob Wolcott, Willie Wood, Jim Woodward, Ian Woosnam, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Richard Zokol

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 28, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bob Tway65−7
T2Russ Cochran66−6
T2Bob Eastwood66−6
T2Steve Elkington66−6
T2Peter Persons66−6
T6Paul Azinger67−5
T6Phil Blackmar67−5
T6Jay Don Blake67−5
T6Blaine McCallister67−5
T6Mike Smith67−5
T6D. A. Weibring67−5

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Second round

Friday, March 29, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paul Azinger67-68=135−9
T2Steve Elkington66-70=136−8
T2Fuzzy Zoeller68-68=136−8
4Ian Baker-Finch69-69=138−6
T5Billy Andrade68-71=139−5
T5Phil Blackmar67-72=139−5
T5Brian Claar70-69=139−5
T5Bob Lohr68-71=139−5
T5Chris Perry68-71=139−5
T5Curtis Strange71-68=139−5
T5Kirk Triplett68-71=139−5
T5Willie Wood71-68=139−5

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Third round

Saturday, March 30, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paul Azinger67-68-69=204−12
2Fuzzy Zoeller68-68-69=205−11
T3Bob Lohr68-71-68=207−9
T3Tom Watson68-74-65=207−9
T5Phil Blackmar67-72-69=208−8
T5Brian Claar70-69-69=208−8
T5Steve Elkington66-70-72=208−8
T8Ian Baker-Finch69-69-71=209−7
T8Curtis Strange71-68-70=209−7
T10Ed Dougherty71-70-69=210−6
T10Chris Perry68-71-71=210−6
T10Nick Price68-75-67=210−6
T10Gene Sauers68-74-68=210−6
T10Joey Sindelar68-75-67=210−6

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Final round

Sunday, March 31, 1991