# 1984 Tournament Players Championship

The 1984 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 29 to April 1 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the eleventh Tournament Players Championship.
Fred Couples, age 24, shot a course record 64 in the second round, and finished at 277, one stroke ahead of runner-up Lee Trevino. It was his second win on tour, and he won this championship twelve years later in 1996. Trevino, the champion in 1980 at adjacent Sawgrass Country Club, had missed the cut at the previous two editions, the first two held at the new venue.
Defending champion Hal Sutton finished sixteen strokes back, in a tie for 41st place.
Couples was the youngest champion for twenty years, until Adam Scott won at age 23 in 2004. Sutton had been the youngest, but only for a year; Couples was five months younger at the time of his win.
Eight years later, Couples lowered the course record to 63 in the third round, but finished eight strokes back.

## Venue

This was the third Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m). In response to player concerns, the course had undergone further refinements: greens were flattened and slowed and most of the waste areas were removed.

## Eligibility requirements

* Top 125 players, if PGA Tour members, from Final 1983 Official Money List
* Designated players
* Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member
* Winners in the last 10 calendar years of the Tournament Players Championship, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament and World Series of Golf (beginning in 1976)
* The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1983
* The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections"
* To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1984 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Bay Hill Classic, March 19, 1984
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## Field

John Adams, Isao Aoki, George Archer, Wally Armstrong, Seve Ballesteros, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Jim Booros, Bob Boyd, Bill Britton, Mark Brooks, Brad Bryant, George Burns, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Chen Tze-chung, Bobby Clampett, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, Jim Colbert, Frank Conner, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Jim Dent, Mike Donald, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Keith Fergus, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, Dan Forsman, John Fought, Buddy Gardner, Al Geiberger, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Thomas Gray, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Donnie Hammond, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Vance Heafner, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Ralph Landrum, Bernhard Langer, Wayne Levi, Steven Liebler, Bruce Lietzke, Pat Lindsey, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Larry Mize, Griff Moody, Gil Morgan, Bob Murphy, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Nicolette, Greg Norman, Tim Norris, Andy North, Mac O'Grady, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, Peter Oosterhuis, Arnold Palmer, Jerry Pate, Corey Pavin, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Sammy Rachels, Joey Rassett, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Larry Rinker, Bill Rogers, Clarence Rose, Bill Sander, Bob Shearer, Tony Sills, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Willie Wood, Richard Zokol

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 29, 1984
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jim Thorpe | 68 | −4 |
| 2 | John Mahaffey | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Seve Ballesteros | 70 | −2 |
| T3 | Johnny Miller | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | John Cook | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Fred Couples | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Hubert Green | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Jay Haas | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Wayne Levi | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Bruce Lietzke | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Tim Simpson | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Hal Sutton | 71 | −1 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 30, 1984
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Fred Couples | 71-64=135 | −9 |
| 2 | Jim Thorpe | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T3 | Seve Ballesteros | 70-68=138 | −6 |
| T3 | Lanny Wadkins | 72-66=138 | −6 |
| 5 | Johnny Miller | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T6 | Jay Haas | 71-69=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Larry Rinker | 75-67=140 | −4 |
| T8 | Isao Aoki | 72-69=141 | −3 |
| T8 | Mark O'Meara | 72-69=141 | −3 |
| T8 | Hal Sutton | 71-70=141 | −3 |
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### Third round

Saturday, March 31, 1984
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Fred Couples | 71-64-71=206 | −10 |
| 2 | Seve Ballesteros | 70-68-70=208 | −8 |
| 3 | Tom Watson | 75-67-67=209 | −7 |
| T4 | Mark O'Meara | 72-69-69=210 | −6 |
| T4 | Craig Stadler | 74-70-66=210 | −6 |
| T4 | Lee Trevino | 76-66-68=210 | −6 |
| 7 | John Mahaffey | 69-74-69=212 | −4 |
| T8 | Dan Pohl | 71-69-74=214 | −2 |
| T8 | Larry Mize | 75-72-67=214 | −2 |
| T8 | Dan Pohl | 74-69-71=214 | −2 |
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### Final round

Sunday, April 1, 1984
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Fred Couples | 71-64-71-71=277 | −11 | 144,000 |
| 2 | Lee Trevino (c) | 76-66-68-68=278 | −10 | 86,400 |
| T3 | Seve Ballesteros | 70-68-70-74=282 | −6 | 46,400 |
| T3 | Craig Stadler | 74-70-66-72=282 | −6 | 46,400 |
| T5 | Mark O'Meara | 72-69-69-73=283 | −5 | 30,400 |
| T5 | Lanny Wadkins (c) | 72-66-78-67=283 | −5 | 30,400 |
| 7 | Nick Price | 70-72-74-68=284 | −4 | 26,800 |
| T8 | Dan Pohl | 74-69-71-71=285 | −3 | 24,000 |
| T8 | Tom Watson | 75-67-67-76=285 | −3 | 24,000 |
| T10 | John Mahaffey | 69-74-69-74=286 | −2 | 20,800 |
| T10 | Jim Thorpe | 68-69-78-71=286 | −2 | 20,800 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T12 | Raymond Floyd (c) | 77-71-70-69=287 | −1 | 16,800 |
| T12 | Bruce Lietzke | 71-73-74-69=287 | −1 | 16,800 |
| T12 | Tim Simpson | 71-73-74-69=287 | −1 | 16,800 |
| T15 | Isao Aoki | 72-69-76-71=288 | E | 12,800 |
| T15 | David Edwards | 73-71-78-66=288 | E | 12,800 |
| T15 | Phil Hancock | 76-70-72-70=288 | E | 12,800 |
| T15 | Hale Irwin | 73-74-72-69=288 | E | 12,800 |
| T15 | Larry Mize | 75-72-67-74=288 | E | 12,800 |
| T20 | Jim Colbert | 74-75-72-68=289 | +1 | 8,666 |
| T20 | Nick Faldo | 73-73-74-69=289 | +1 | 8,666 |
| T20 | Keith Fergus | 74-73-72-70=289 | +1 | 8,666 |
| T20 | Donnie Hammond | 77-70-69-73=289 | +1 | 8,666 |
| T20 | Wayne Levi | 71-71-76-71=289 | +1 | 8,666 |
| T20 | Pat Lindsey | 73-71-75-70=289 | +1 | 8,666 |
| T26 | Ben Crenshaw | 74-73-73-70=290 | +2 | 6,160 |
| T26 | Peter Oosterhuis | 73-69-74-74=290 | +2 | 6,160 |
| T26 | Mike Sullivan | 75-70-71-74=290 | +2 | 6,160 |
| T29 | Chip Beck | 77-72-73-69=291 | +3 | 5,320 |
| T29 | Jay Haas | 71-69-74-77=291 | +3 | 5,320 |
| T29 | Bernhard Langer | 72-70-75-74=291 | +3 | 5,320 |
| T29 | Johnny Miller | 70-69-78-74=291 | +3 | 5,320 |
| T33 | George Archer | 76-69-77-70=292 | +4 | 4,050 |
| T33 | Brad Faxon | 75-72-77-68=292 | +4 | 4,050 |
| T33 | John Fought | 75-72-73-72=292 | +4 | 4,050 |
| T33 | Barry Jaeckel | 72-72-72-76=292 | +4 | 4,050 |
| T33 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 78-70-75-69=292 | +4 | 4,050 |
| T33 | Clarence Rose | 73-72-72-75=292 | +4 | 4,050 |
| T33 | Scott Simpson | 75-74-72-71=292 | +4 | 4,050 |
| T33 | Curtis Strange | 74-73-74-71=292 | +4 | 4,050 |
| T41 | David Graham | 76-73-73-71=293 | +5 | 3,120 |
| T41 | Tom Purtzer | 76-69-76-72=293 | +5 | 3,120 |
| T41 | Hal Sutton (c) | 71-70-74-78=293 | +5 | 3,120 |
| T44 | Russ Cochran | 72-74-76-72=294 | +6 | 2,361 |
| T44 | John Cook | 71-76-73-74=294 | +6 | 2,361 |
| T44 | Dave Eichelberger | 74-72-73-75=294 | +6 | 2,361 |
| T44 | Scott Hoch | 78-71-72-73=294 | +6 | 2,361 |
| T44 | Gil Morgan | 72-76-73-73=294 | +6 | 2,361 |
| T44 | Ron Streck | 76-72-73-73=294 | +6 | 2,361 |
| T44 | Willie Wood | 72-73-77-72=294 | +6 | 2,361 |
| T51 | Peter Jacobsen | 75-73-76-71=295 | +7 | 1,925 |
| T51 | Tom Jenkins | 80-69-72-74=295 | +7 | 1,925 |
| T51 | Tom Kite | 74-70-74-77=295 | +7 | 1,925 |
| T54 | Gary Hallberg | 73-71-78-74=296 | +8 | 1,824 |
| T54 | Gary Koch | 77-71-75-73=296 | +8 | 1,824 |
| T54 | Allen Miller | 76-72-73-75=296 | +8 | 1,824 |
| T54 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 74-71-76-75=296 | +8 | 1,824 |
| T54 | Larry Rinker | 73-67-85-71=296 | +8 | 1,824 |
| T59 | Wally Armstrong | 76-73-74-74=297 | +9 | 1,768 |
| T59 | Gibby Gilbert | 76-72-79-70=297 | +9 | 1,768 |
| 61 | Gary Player | 74-73-74-77=298 | +10 | 1,744 |
| T62 | Bob Eastwood | 74-72-77-76=299 | +11 | 1,720 |
| T62 | Larry Nelson | 75-72-74-78=299 | +11 | 1,720 |
| T64 | Bobby Clampett | 73-75-79-73=300 | +12 | 1,688 |
| T64 | Payne Stewart | 79-70-75-76=300 | +12 | 1,688 |
| T66 | Buddy Gardner | 73-75-73-80=301 | +13 | 1,640 |
| T66 | Thomas Gray | 75-73-79-74=301 | +13 | 1,640 |
| T66 | Hubert Green | 71-78-81-71=301 | +13 | 1,640 |
| T66 | Arnold Palmer | 72-76-76-77=301 | +13 | 1,640 |
| 70 | Lennie Clements | 72-76-77-77=302 | +14 | 1,600 |
| 71 | Danny Edwards | 76-72-78-79=305 | +17 | 1,584 |
| CUT | Rex Caldwell | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Jim Dent | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Lou Graham | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Mac O'Grady | 78-72=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Sammy Rachels | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Doug Tewell | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Dave Barr | 79-72=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Andy Bean | 79-72=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Mark Brooks | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Frank Conner | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Ralph Landrum | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Greg Norman | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Tim Norris | 79-72=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Greg Powers | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Joey Rassett | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Joey Sindelar | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Bobby Wadkins | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | John Adams | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mike Donald | 80-72=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Dan Halldorson | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mark Lye | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Pat McGowan | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | David Ogrin | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mark Pfeil | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Don Pooley | 80-72=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Victor Regalado | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mike Reid | 81-71=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jack Renner | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Ed Sneed | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Bill Britton | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Mark Hayes (c) | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Joe Inman | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Griff Moody | 78-75=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Jerry Pate (c) | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | D. A. Weibring | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Ronnie Black | 80-74=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | George Cadle | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Lee Elder | 80-74=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Al Geiberger (c) | 79-75=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Steven Liebler | 80-74=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jim Nelford | 79-75=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Bill Rogers | 75-79=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Tom Weiskopf | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Brad Bryant | 81-74=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | George Burns | 81-74=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Roger Maltbie | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Richard Zokol | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Bob Gilder | 76-80=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Gary McCord | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Andy North | 81-75=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Chen Tze-chung | 80-77=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Ken Green | 85-72=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Corey Pavin | 75-82=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | J. C. Snead | 85-72=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Bob Boyd | 80-78=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Bruce Fleisher | 83-75=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Dave Stockton | 84-74=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Leonard Thompson | 79-79=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Jim Booros | 82-77=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Bob Murphy | 84-75=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Bill Sander | 80-79=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Tony Sills | 81-78=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Morris Hatalsky | 77-83=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Bob Shearer | 80-80=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Denis Watson | 82-79=161 | +17 | |
| CUT | Ed Fiori | 84-81=165 | +21 | |
| CUT | Dan Forsman | 86-80=166 | +22 | |
| CUT | Lon Hinkle | 84-85=169 | +25 | |
| WD | Mike Nicolette | 76 | +4 | |
| WD | Vance Heafner | 79 | +7 | |
| WD | Mike McCullough | 88 | +16 | |
| DQ | Mark McCumber | 72 | E | |
| DQ | Jeff Mitchell | | | |
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