# 1989 Players Championship

The 1989 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 16–19 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the sixteenth Players Championship.
In gusty conditions, Tom Kite won the title at 279 (−9), one stroke ahead of runner-up Chip Beck.
Defending champion Mark McCumber finished four strokes back, in a tie for sixth place.

## Venue

This was the eighth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).

## Field

Fulton Allem, Isao Aoki, George Archer, Tommy Armour III, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Jim Benepe, Ronnie Black, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Bill Britton, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Brad Bryant, Curt Byrum, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Rex Caldwell, David Canipe, Jim Carter, Chen Tze-chung, Bobby Clampett, Keith Clearwater, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Mike Donald, Bob Eastwood, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Steve Elkington, Brad Fabel, Brad Faxon, Ed Fiori, Raymond Floyd, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Jim Gallagher Jr., 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, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, Kenny Knox, Gary Koch, Bernhard Langer, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Mark Lye, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Dick Mast, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, John McComish, Mark McCumber, Rocco Mediate, Johnny Miller, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Tim Norris, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, Masashi Ozaki, Jerry Pate, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Sam Randolph, Don Reese, Mike Reid, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Bill Rogers, Clarence Rose, Dave Rummells, Bill Sander, Gene Sauers, Ted Schulz, Tom Sieckmann, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, J. C. Snead, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Brian Tennyson, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Bob Tway, Greg Twiggs, Howard Twitty, Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Richard Zokol

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 16, 1989
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Keith Clearwater | 65 | −7 |
| T2 | David Frost | 66 | −6 |
| T2 | Bruce Lietzke | 66 | −6 |
| T2 | Steve Pate | 66 | −6 |
| 5 | Ben Crenshaw | 67 | −5 |
| T6 | Paul Azinger | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Andy Bean | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Fred Couples | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | David Graham | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Mike Hulbert | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Steve Jones | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Mike Donald | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Kenny Perry | 68 | −4 |
| T6 | Curtis Strange | 68 | −4 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 17, 1989
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Bruce Lietzke | 66-69=135 | −9 |
| 2 | David Frost | 66-71=137 | −7 |
| 3 | Fred Couples | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T4 | Fulton Allem | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Paul Azinger | 68-71=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Chip Beck | 71-68=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Ben Crenshaw | 67-72=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Tom Kite | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Gary Koch | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Mark McCumber | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Dan Pohl | 69-70=139 | −5 |
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### Third round

Saturday, March 18, 1989
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Chip Beck | 71-68-68=207 | −9 |
| 2 | Tom Kite | 69-70-69=208 | −8 |
| T3 | Fred Couples | 68-70-71=209 | −7 |
| T3 | Ben Crenshaw | 67-72-70=209 | −7 |
| T3 | Gary Koch | 70-69-70=209 | −7 |
| T3 | Bruce Lietzke | 66-69-74=209 | −7 |
| T3 | Mark McCumber | 69-70-70=209 | −7 |
| T8 | Gil Morgan | 71-69-70=210 | −6 |
| T8 | Greg Norman | 74-67-69=210 | −6 |
| T10 | Jack Nicklaus | 71-72-68=211 | −5 |
| T10 | Craig Stadler | 70-72-69=211 | −5 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 19, 1989
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Tom Kite | 69-70-69-71=279 | −9 | 243,000 |
| 2 | Chip Beck | 71-68-68-73=280 | −8 | 145,800 |
| 3 | Bruce Lietzke | 66-69-74-72=281 | −7 | 91,800 |
| T4 | Fred Couples (c) | 68-70-71-73=282 | −6 | 59,400 |
| T4 | Greg Norman | 74-67-69-72=282 | −6 | 59,400 |
| T6 | Mark McCumber (c) | 69-70-70-74=283 | −5 | 46,912 |
| T6 | Gil Morgan | 71-69-70-73=283 | −5 | 46,912 |
| T8 | Andy Bean | 68-76-69-71=284 | −4 | 39,150 |
| T8 | David Frost | 66-71-75-72=284 | −4 | 39,150 |
| T8 | Gary Koch | 70-69-70-75=284 | −4 | 39,150 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Ben Crenshaw | 67-72-70-76=285 | −3 | 31,050 |
| T11 | Rocco Mediate | 73-71-69-72=285 | −3 | 31,050 |
| T11 | Tom Watson | 71-73-71-70=285 | −3 | 31,050 |
| T14 | Fulton Allem | 70-69-75-72=286 | −2 | 24,300 |
| T14 | Paul Azinger | 68-71-74-73=286 | −2 | 24,300 |
| T14 | Loren Roberts | 72-73-69-72=286 | −2 | 24,300 |
| T17 | Brad Faxon | 72-71-69-75=287 | −1 | 19,575 |
| T17 | Tim Simpson | 70-71-71-75=287 | −1 | 19,575 |
| T17 | Mike Sullivan | 72-71-70-74=287 | −1 | 19,575 |
| T17 | Mark Wiebe | 74-71-71-71=287 | −1 | 19,575 |
| T21 | Mike Donald | 68-72-73-75=288 | E | 12,673 |
| T21 | David Edwards | 71-73-69-75=288 | E | 12,673 |
| T21 | Ken Green | 70-71-73-74=288 | E | 12,673 |
| T21 | Chris Perry | 70-75-70-73=288 | E | 12,673 |
| T21 | Kenny Perry | 68-77-72-71=288 | E | 12,673 |
| T21 | Larry Rinker | 71-72-72-73=288 | E | 12,673 |
| T21 | Craig Stadler | 70-72-69-77=288 | E | 12,673 |
| T21 | D. A. Weibring | 70-74-72-72=288 | E | 12,673 |
| T29 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 71-72-68-78=289 | +1 | 8,775 |
| T29 | Mike Reid | 73-71-71-74=289 | +1 | 8,775 |
| T29 | Ted Schulz | 73-72-73-71=289 | +1 | 8,775 |
| T29 | Hal Sutton (c) | 71-71-78-69=289 | +1 | 8,775 |
| T29 | Bob Tway | 69-73-72-75=289 | +1 | 8,775 |
| T34 | Jim Gallagher Jr. | 70-72-74-74=290 | +2 | 6,672 |
| T34 | Bob Gilder | 73-71-73-73=290 | +2 | 6,672 |
| T34 | Steve Pate | 66-78-71-75=290 | +2 | 6,672 |
| T34 | Corey Pavin | 70-70-77-73=290 | +2 | 6,672 |
| T34 | Joey Sindelar | 72-73-68-77=290 | +2 | 6,672 |
| T34 | Curtis Strange | 68-76-72-74=290 | +2 | 6,672 |
| T34 | Doug Tewell | 70-75-72-73=290 | +2 | 6,672 |
| T41 | Keith Clearwater | 65-76-74-76=291 | +3 | 5,130 |
| T41 | Steve Jones | 68-75-73-75=291 | +3 | 5,130 |
| T41 | Roger Maltbie | 75-71-71-74=291 | +3 | 5,130 |
| T41 | Lanny Wadkins (c) | 73-73-71-74=291 | +3 | 5,130 |
| T45 | Jim Carter | 74-70-73-75=292 | +4 | 3,952 |
| T45 | John Mahaffey (c) | 73-73-73-73=292 | +4 | 3,952 |
| T45 | David Ogrin | 72-74-74-72=292 | +4 | 3,952 |
| T45 | Masashi Ozaki | 75-68-70-79=292 | +4 | 3,952 |
| T45 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 74-72-71-75=292 | +4 | 3,952 |
| T50 | Gary Hallberg | 74-72-71-76=293 | +5 | 3,256 |
| T50 | Wayne Levi | 75-71-68-79=293 | +5 | 3,256 |
| T50 | Dan Pohl | 69-70-75-79=293 | +5 | 3,256 |
| T50 | Clarence Rose | 72-71-75-75=293 | +5 | 3,256 |
| T50 | Richard Zokol | 71-74-72-76=293 | +5 | 3,256 |
| T55 | Mark Hayes (c) | 70-76-74-74=294 | +6 | 3,064 |
| T55 | Kenny Knox | 72-74-71-77=294 | +6 | 3,064 |
| T55 | Tom Purtzer | 71-74-76-73=294 | +6 | 3,064 |
| T55 | Gene Sauers | 74-72-72-76=294 | +6 | 3,064 |
| T59 | Billy Ray Brown | 72-72-74-77=295 | +7 | 2,902 |
| T59 | Brad Bryant | 74-71-76-74=295 | +7 | 2,902 |
| T59 | Ed Fiori | 74-70-81-70=295 | +7 | 2,902 |
| T59 | Dan Halldorson | 73-72-75-75=295 | +7 | 2,902 |
| T59 | Mike Hulbert | 68-74-79-74=295 | +7 | 2,902 |
| T59 | Bob Lohr | 71-73-75-76=295 | +7 | 2,902 |
| T59 | Larry Nelson | 70-75-72-78=295 | +7 | 2,902 |
| T59 | Greg Twiggs | 74-71-77-73=295 | +7 | 2,902 |
| T67 | Tom Byrum | 72-72-74-78=296 | +8 | 2,754 |
| T67 | Bernhard Langer | 72-74-76-74=296 | +8 | 2,754 |
| T67 | John McComish | 75-70-74-77=296 | +8 | 2,754 |
| T70 | Peter Jacobsen | 70-75-74-78=297 | +9 | 2,686 |
| T70 | Larry Mize | 72-71-76-78=297 | +9 | 2,686 |
| 72 | David Graham | 68-77-78-75=298 | +10 | 2,646 |
| 73 | Dave Barr | 72-69-79-79=299 | +11 | 2,619 |
| 74 | Bill Britton | 71-74-76-80=301 | +13 | 2,592 |
| CUT | Jay Don Blake | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Curt Byrum | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Mark Calcavecchia | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Lennie Clements | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Wayne Grady | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Hale Irwin | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Andrew Magee | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Billy Mayfair | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Blaine McCallister | 76-71=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Nick Price | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Don Reese | 70-77=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Robert Wrenn | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Isao Aoki | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Ronnie Black | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | David Canipe | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Chen Tze-chung | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Buddy Gardner | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Jay Haas | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Donnie Hammond | 78-70=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Scott Hoch | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | John Huston | 70-78=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Mark Lye | 71-77=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Sandy Lyle (c) | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Tom Sieckmann | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Scott Simpson | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | J. C. Snead | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Payne Stewart | 70-78=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Leonard Thompson | 71-77=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Ian Baker-Finch | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Bobby Clampett | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | John Cook | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Bob Eastwood | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Lon Hinkle | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Davis Love III | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Don Pooley | 70-79=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Mark Brooks | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Johnny Miller | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Mark O'Meara | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Dave Rummells | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Tommy Armour III | 79-72=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Rex Caldwell | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Steve Elkington | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Dan Forsman | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Hubert Green | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jim Hallet | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Morris Hatalsky | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Andy North | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Sam Randolph | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jim Benepe | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Russ Cochran | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Brad Fabel | 81-71=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Raymond Floyd (c) | 72-80=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jerry Pate (c) | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Calvin Peete (c) | 81-72=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Bill Sander | 78-75=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Jeff Sluman | 73-80=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Brian Tennyson | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Bobby Wadkins | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Phil Blackmar | 73-81=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Dave Eichelberger | 80-74=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jodie Mudd | 73-81=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 79-75=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Tim Norris | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Howard Twitty | 76-80=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Scott Verplank | 73-83=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Denis Watson | 80-76=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Dick Mast | 79-78=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | George Archer | 81-78=159 | +15 | |
| WD | Bill Glasson | 76 | +4 | |
| DQ | Bill Rogers | | | |
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