# 1986 Tournament Players Championship

The 1986 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 27–30 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the thirteenth Tournament Players Championship.
John Mahaffey shot 71 in the final round for 275 (−13) and the win, one stroke ahead of runner-up Larry Mize, the 54-hole leader.
Calvin Peete missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes, the first time a participating defending champion did not play the weekend.

## Venue

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

## Eligibility requirements

1. Top 125 players, if PGA Tour members, from final 1985 Official Money List:
Curtis Strange, Lanny Wadkins, Calvin Peete, Jim Thorpe, Raymond Floyd, Corey Pavin, Hal Sutton, Roger Maltbie, John Mahaffey, Mark O'Meara, Craig Stadler, Joey Sindelar, Bernhard Langer, Tom Kite, Fuzzy Zoeller, Hubert Green, Larry Mize, Tom Watson, Payne Stewart, Mac O'Grady, George Burns, Wayne Levi, Peter Jacobsen, Andy North, Danny Edwards, Dan Pohl, Phil Blackmar, Bill Glasson, Larry Rinker, Hale Irwin, Mark McCumber, Andy Bean, Jodie Mudd, Scott Hoch, Mark Wiebe, Billy Kratzert, Fred Couples, Scott Simpson, Mike Reid, Wayne Grady, Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus, Tim Simpson, Bob Tway, Don Pooley, Willie Wood, D. A. Weibring, Bob Eastwood, Ken Green, Dan Forsman, Larry Nelson, Ron Streck, Lee Trevino, Woody Blackburn, Doug Tewell, Bruce Lietzke, Keith Fergus, Brett Upper, Gil Morgan, Clarence Rose, Johnny Miller, Dave Barr, Tony Sills, Buddy Gardner, Gary Koch, Jay Haas, David Frost, Ed Fiori, Mark Lye, Dan Halldorson, George Archer, Gary Hallberg, Lon Hinkle, Donnie Hammond, Jeff Sluman, Bob Murphy, Nick Price, Bob Lohr, Howard Twitty, Loren Roberts, Isao Aoki, Mike Donald, Steve Pate, Russ Cochran, Jim Colbert, Pat McGowan, Bobby Wadkins, Tim Norris, Barry Jaeckel, Paul Azinger, Bobby Clampett, David Ogrin, Morris Hatalsky, Chip Beck, TC Chen, Andrew Magee, Brad Fabel, David Graham, Richard Zokol, Frank Conner, J. C. Snead, Jim Simons, John Cook, Joe Inman, Mark Hayes, Ronnie Black, Chris Perry, Kikuo Arai, Ken Brown, Rex Caldwell, Bill Sander, Mark Pfeil, Nick Faldo, Pat Lindsey, Tom Purtzer, Lennie Clements, Gene Sauers, Leonard Thompson, Bob Gilder, Brad Faxon, Jay Delsing
* Jim Nelford, Jack Renner, Mike Smith, and Denis Watson elected not to play
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2. Designated players
Ben Crenshaw, Scott Verplank
3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player whether or not he is a PGA Tour member
Sandy Lyle
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
Dave Stockton
5. The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1985
* Peter Thomson elected not to play
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6. The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections"
Dick Mast, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Arnold Palmer
7. To complete a field of 144 players. those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1986 Official Money List as of the completion of the Hertz Bay Hill Classic on March 16, 1986
Kenny Knox, Jim Gallagher Jr., Mike Hulbert, Antonio Cerda Jr., Andy Dillard, Mike Sullivan, Bill Israelson, David Edwards, Dave Rummells, John Adams, Dennis Trixler, Davis Love III, Tom Sieckmann, Greg Ladehoff, Charlie Bolling, Bill Rogers
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## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 27, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Keith Fergus | 66 | −6 |
| T1 | Ken Green | 66 | −6 |
| T1 | Larry Mize | 66 | −6 |
| T1 | Tony Sills | 66 | −6 |
| T1 | Bob Tway | 66 | −6 |
| T6 | David Edwards | 67 | −5 |
| T6 | Raymond Floyd | 67 | −5 |
| T6 | Lanny Wadkins | 67 | −5 |
| T6 | Willie Wood | 67 | −5 |
| T10 | Danny Edwards | 68 | −4 |
| T10 | Mark O'Meara | 68 | −4 |
| T10 | J. C. Snead | 68 | −4 |
| T10 | Doug Tewell | 68 | −4 |
| T10 | Lee Trevino | 68 | −4 |
| T10 | Mark Wiebe | 68 | −4 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 28, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Larry Mize | 66-68=134 | −10 |
| T1 | Bob Murphy | 69-65=134 | −10 |
| 3 | Dave Rummells | 70-65=135 | −9 |
| T4 | David Edwards | 67-69=208 | −8 |
| T4 | Doug Tewell | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| T4 | Brett Upper | 71-65=136 | −8 |
| T7 | Mike Hulbert | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T7 | Jim Thorpe | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T9 | Tom Kite | 69-69=138 | −6 |
| T9 | Nick Price | 71-67=138 | −6 |
| T9 | Payne Stewart | 71-67=138 | −6 |
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### Third round

Saturday, March 29, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Larry Mize | 66-68-66=200 | −16 |
| 2 | John Mahaffey | 69-70-65=204 | −12 |
| T3 | Bob Murphy | 69-65-74=208 | −8 |
| T3 | Tim Simpson | 72-70-66=208 | −8 |
| T5 | Tom Kite | 69-69-71=209 | −7 |
| T5 | Brett Upper | 71-65-73=209 | −7 |
| T7 | Dick Mast | 69-73-68=210 | −6 |
| T7 | Doug Tewell | 68-68-74=210 | −6 |
| T9 | Tony Sills | 71-73-70=211 | −5 |
| T9 | Jim Simons | 69-72-70=211 | −5 |
| T9 | Hal Sutton | 71-72-68=211 | −5 |
| T9 | Jim Thorpe | 69-68-74=211 | −5 |
| T9 | Lee Trevino | 68-73-70=211 | −5 |
| T9 | Bob Tway | 66-73-72=211 | −5 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 30, 1986
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | John Mahaffey | 69-70-65-71=275 | −13 | 162,000 |
| 2 | Larry Mize | 66-68-66-76=276 | −12 | 97,200 |
| 3 | Tim Simpson | 72-70-66-72=280 | −8 | 61,200 |
| T4 | Tom Kite | 69-69-71-72=281 | −7 | 37,200 |
| T4 | Jim Thorpe | 69-68-74-70=281 | −7 | 37,200 |
| T4 | Brett Upper | 71-65-73-72=281 | −7 | 37,200 |
| T7 | John Cook | 71-73-70-68=282 | −6 | 28,050 |
| T7 | Jay Haas | 73-68-73-68=282 | −6 | 28,050 |
| T7 | Hal Sutton (c) | 71-72-68-71=282 | −6 | 28,050 |
| T10 | Dave Rummells | 70-65-79-69=283 | −5 | 21,600 |
| T10 | Payne Stewart | 71-67-75-70=283 | −5 | 21,600 |
| T10 | Doug Tewell | 68-68-74-73=283 | −5 | 21,600 |
| T10 | Bob Tway | 66-73-72-72=283 | −5 | 21,600 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T14 | Scott Hoch | 69-74-71-70=284 | −4 | 16,200 |
| T14 | Davis Love III | 71-71-75-67=284 | −4 | 16,200 |
| T14 | Bob Murphy | 69-65-74-76=284 | −4 | 16,200 |
| T17 | Ronnie Black | 70-71-74-70=285 | −3 | 13,950 |
| T17 | Joey Sindelar | 70-70-73-72=285 | −3 | 13,950 |
| T19 | David Edwards | 67-69-76-74=286 | −2 | 12,150 |
| T19 | Jim Simons | 69-72-70-75=286 | −2 | 12,150 |
| T21 | Andy Bean | 70-73-72-72=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Charlie Bolling | 73-70-73-71=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Jim Colbert | 73-70-73-71=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Danny Edwards | 68-72-74-73=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Keith Fergus | 66-73-73-75=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Raymond Floyd (c) | 67-73-75-72=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Kenny Knox | 71-73-69-74=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Gary Koch | 72-70-72-73=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Dick Mast | 69-73-68-77=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Larry Rinker | 72-70-75-70=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Tom Sieckmann | 70-69-77-71=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T21 | Lee Trevino (c) | 68-73-70-76=287 | −1 | 7,627 |
| T33 | Ken Green | 66-75-76-71=288 | E | 4,654 |
| T33 | Morris Hatalsky | 74-70-69-75=288 | E | 4,654 |
| T33 | Peter Jacobsen | 72-69-72-75=288 | E | 4,654 |
| T33 | Greg Norman | 70-71-77-70=288 | E | 4,654 |
| T33 | Mark O'Meara | 68-74-74-72=288 | E | 4,654 |
| T33 | Tony Sills | 66-75-70-77=288 | E | 4,654 |
| T33 | D. A. Weibring | 70-71-74-73=288 | E | 4,654 |
| T40 | Mike Donald | 73-71-72-73=289 | +1 | 3,240 |
| T40 | Bernhard Langer | 70-73-73-73=289 | +1 | 3,240 |
| T40 | Bruce Lietzke | 70-71-75-73=289 | +1 | 3,240 |
| T40 | David Ogrin | 70-74-71-74=289 | +1 | 3,240 |
| T40 | Loren Roberts | 70-73-73-73=289 | +1 | 3,240 |
| T40 | Jeff Sluman | 70-74-75-70=289 | +1 | 3,240 |
| T40 | Mike Sullivan | 72-68-75-74=289 | +1 | 3,240 |
| T40 | Lanny Wadkins (c) | 67-73-76-73=289 | +1 | 3,240 |
| T48 | David Frost | 70-69-75-76=290 | +2 | 2,262 |
| T48 | Wayne Levi | 73-71-76-70=290 | +2 | 2,262 |
| T48 | Roger Maltbie | 70-73-79-68=290 | +2 | 2,262 |
| T48 | Mark Pfeil | 69-74-70-77=290 | +2 | 2,262 |
| T48 | Tom Purtzer | 72-70-77-71=290 | +2 | 2,262 |
| T48 | Dave Stockton | 72-72-76-70=290 | +2 | 2,262 |
| T54 | Ben Crenshaw | 73-71-73-74=291 | +3 | 2,061 |
| T54 | Tim Norris | 74-68-74-75=291 | +3 | 2,061 |
| T54 | Chris Perry | 69-72-72-78=291 | +3 | 2,061 |
| T54 | Mark Wiebe | 68-72-78-73=291 | +3 | 2,061 |
| T58 | Frank Conner | 70-73-77-72=292 | +4 | 1,971 |
| T58 | Mike Hulbert | 69-68-78-77=292 | +4 | 1,971 |
| T58 | Gil Morgan | 70-73-73-76=292 | +4 | 1,971 |
| T58 | Corey Pavin | 70-72-72-78=292 | +4 | 1,971 |
| T58 | Nick Price | 71-67-75-79=292 | +4 | 1,971 |
| T58 | Tom Watson | 70-74-74-74=292 | +4 | 1,971 |
| T64 | Paul Azinger | 70-71-77-75=293 | +5 | 1,890 |
| T64 | Dave Barr | 69-72-73-79=293 | +5 | 1,890 |
| T64 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 69-75-78-71=293 | +5 | 1,890 |
| T67 | Ken Brown | 72-71-76-75=294 | +6 | 1,818 |
| T67 | Chen Tze-chung | 71-69-82-72=294 | +6 | 1,818 |
| T67 | Barry Jaeckel | 70-73-76-75=294 | +6 | 1,818 |
| T67 | J. C. Snead | 68-73-74-79=294 | +6 | 1,818 |
| T67 | Dennis Trixler | 71-73-74-76=294 | +6 | 1,818 |
| T72 | Greg Ladehoff | 73-69-78-76=296 | +8 | 1,755 |
| T72 | Steve Pate | 71-72-78-75=296 | +8 | 1,755 |
| 74 | Willie Wood | 67-73-77-80=297 | +9 | 1,728 |
| 75 | George Burns | 71-73-75-80=299 | +11 | 1,710 |
| CUT | George Archer | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Lennie Clements | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Brad Faxon | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Dan Forsman | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Buddy Gardner | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Bob Gilder | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Bill Glasson | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Hubert Green | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Mark Lye | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Sandy Lyle | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Johnny Miller | 70-75=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Jodie Mudd | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Scott Simpson | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Leonard Thompson | 70-75=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Chip Beck | 77-69=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Jay Delsing | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Bob Eastwood | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Brad Fabel | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Jim Gallagher Jr. | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Dan Halldorson | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Bill Israelson | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Calvin Peete (c) | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Mike Reid | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Bill Rogers | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Bill Sander | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Gene Sauers | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Curtis Strange | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Ron Streck | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Rex Caldwell | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Russ Cochran | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Andy Dillard | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Nick Faldo | 69-78=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Ed Fiori | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Hale Irwin | 75-72=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Billy Kratzert | 77-70=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Pat Lindsey | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Pat McGowan | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler | 75-72=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Howard Twitty | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Bobby Wadkins | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Woody Blackburn | 70-78=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Bob Lohr | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Andrew Magee | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Mark McCumber | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Mark Hayes (c) | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Joe Inman | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Larry Nelson | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Scott Verplank | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Kikuo Arai | 71-79=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Antonio Cerda Jr. | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Bobby Clampett | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | David Graham | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Gary Hallberg | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Andy North | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Dan Pohl | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Don Pooley | 71-79=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Mac O'Grady | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Richard Zokol | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | John Adams | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Isao Aoki | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Arnold Palmer | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Wayne Grady | 82-71=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Lon Hinkle | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Phil Blackmar | 79-76=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Clarence Rose | 80-76=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Fred Couples (c) | 77-80=157 | +13 | |
| WD | Donnie Hammond | 82 | +10 | |
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