1987 Tournament Players Championship

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.

1987 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 26–29, 1987
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field144 players, 72 after cut
Cut143 (−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
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

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]

2. Designated players

Andy North

3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member

Seve Ballesteros

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

Hale Irwin, Bill Rogers

5. The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1986

Source:[7]

6. The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections"

Rodger Davis, Dave Stockton

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Steve Jones United States66−6
T2Bob Eastwood United States67−5
Brad Fabel United States
Sandy Lyle Scotland
Greg Norman Australia
T6Isao Aoki Japan68−4
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

Source:[10][11]

Second round

Friday, March 27, 1987
Saturday, March 28, 1987

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Steve Jones United States66-67=133−11
Mark O'Meara United States68-65=133
T3Dan Pohl United States68-66=134−10
Scott Simpson United States69-65=134
T5Brad Fabel United States67-68=135−9
Greg Norman Australia67-68=135
T7Hale Irwin United States68-68=136−8
Tom Purtzer United States69-67=136
Jeff Sluman United States70-66=136
10Curt Byrum United States69-68=137−7

Source:[10][12]

Third round

Saturday, March 28, 1987

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Mark O'Meara United States68-65-69=202−14
Scott Simpson United States69-65-68=202
T3Ben Crenshaw United States70-68-66=204−12
Sandy Lyle Scotland67-71-66=204
5Jeff Sluman United States70-66-69=205−11
6Paul Azinger United States68-70-68=206−10
Bill Glasson United States69-69-68=206
Greg Norman Australia67-68-71=206
9Nick Price Zimbabwe71-68-68=207−9
10Tom Purtzer United States69-67-72=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
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Sandy Lyle Scotland67-71-66-70=274−14Playoff
Jeff Sluman United States70-66-69-69=274
3Mark O'Meara United States68-65-69-73=275−1368,000
T4Greg Norman Australia67-68-71-70=276−1244,000
Scott Simpson United States69-65-68-74=276
6Paul Azinger United States68-70-68-71=277−1136,000
T7Bill Glasson United States69-69-68-72=278−1032,250
Dan Pohl United States68-66-75-69=278
T9Ben Crenshaw United States70-68-66-75=279−927,000
Tom Kite United States72-70-67-70=279
Tom Purtzer United States69-67-72-71=279

Source:[13]

Playoff

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Sandy Lyle Scotland5-3-4=12E180,000
2Jeff Sluman United States5-3-5=13+1108,000
  • The sudden-death playoff began on hole 16, went to 17, and ended at 18.
Scorecard
Hole 16  17  18 
Par534
LyleEEE
SlumanEE+1

Source:[2]

References

  1. "Tournament Players Championship". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 30, 1987. p. 22.
  2. "Lyle takes TPC with playoff win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 30, 1987. p. 2C.
  3. Loomis, Tom (March 30, 1987). "Lyle ducks rain, competition for extra-hole victory in TPC". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 20.
  4. Hanley, Reid (March 30, 1987). "Lyle bags the TPC in playoff". Chicago Tribune. p. 8, sec. 3.
  5. Ballard, Sarah (April 6, 1987). "Taming a toothless tiger". Sports Illustrated. p. 128.
  6. "Official Money – 1986". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  7. "Charles Schwab Cup Money List". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  8. "Official Money | PGA TOUR Stats". PGATour. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  9. "1987 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 305. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.
  10. "Weather still leads TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1987. p. 7C.
  11. "Norman storms into TPC's lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1987. p. 2B.
  12. "O'Meara tramps 27 holes for lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1987. p. 8D.
  13. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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