# 1982 Tournament Players Championship

The 1982 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held March 18–21 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the ninth Tournament Players Championship and the first at the new course.
Playing an orange ball, Jerry Pate shot a final round 67 (−5) to win by two strokes over runners-up Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant. Pate started the final round three strokes behind the leaders, in a tie for sixth place. Following his win, Pate pushed tour commissioner Deane Beman and course designer Pete Dye into the lake along the 18th green, and then joined them.
Notables to miss the cut included hall of famers Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Lee Trevino. Defending champion Raymond Floyd finished 11 strokes back, in a tie for 22nd place.

## Venue

This was the first Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; its 1982 setup measured 6,857 yards (6,270 m). The debut was delayed a year due to heavy rains during construction.

## Eligibility requirements

* All designated players
* Winners of major TPA Tour co-sponsored or approved events beginning with the 1981 Tournament Players Championship and concluding with the tournament immediately preceding the 1982 TPC
* The current British Open champion
* Leaders in the TPA Tour Official Standings as necessary to complete the field, beginning with the 1981 TPC and concluding with the Bay Hill Classic, which concludes March 7, 1982
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## Field

John Adams, Buddy Allin, Isao Aoki, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Jim Barber, Miller Barber, Dave Barr, Beau Baugh, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Woody Blackburn, Jim Booros, Bill Britton, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Bob Byman, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Bill Calfee, Bobby Clampett, Lennie Clements, Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Terry Diehl, Mike Donald, Ed Dougherty, Bruce Douglass, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Nick Faldo, Keith Fergus, Forrest Fezler, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Thomas Gray, Hubert Green, Jay Haas, Joe Hager, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Vance Heafner, Jerry Heard, Skeeter Heath, Scott Hoch, Mike Holland, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Don January, Tom Jenkins, Grier Jones, Tom Kite, Billy Kratzert, Wayne Levi, Don Levin, Bruce Lietzke, Pat Lindsey, Lyn Lott, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Rik Massengale, Terry Mauney, John Mazza, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Nicolette, Lonnie Nielsen, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, Peter Oosterhuis, Arnold Palmer, Jerry Pate, Calvin Peete, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Tom Purtzer, Sammy Rachels, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Bill Rogers, John Schroeder, Bob Shearer, Jim Simons, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, J. C. Snead, Sam Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Doug Tewell, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, David Thore, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Gary Trivisonno, Howard Twitty, Tommy Valentine, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Fuzzy Zoeller

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 18, 1982
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | George Burns | 67 | −5 |
| T1 | Lyn Lott | 67 | −5 |
| T1 | Larry Nelson | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Vance Heafner | 68 | −4 |
| T4 | Skeeter Heath | 68 | −4 |
| T4 | Pat Lindsey | 68 | −4 |
| T4 | Scott Simpson | 68 | −4 |
| T4 | Ed Sneed | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | George Archer | 69 | −3 |
| T9 | Bob Eastwood | 69 | −3 |
| T9 | Bruce Fleisher | 69 | −3 |
| T9 | Gibby Gilbert | 69 | −3 |
| T9 | Don January | 69 | −3 |
| T9 | Bruce Lietzke | 69 | −3 |
| T9 | Roger Maltbie | 69 | −3 |
| T9 | Jim Simons | 69 | −3 |
| T9 | Jim Thorpe | 69 | −3 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 19, 1982 Saturday, March 20, 1982
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Vance Heafner | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T1 | Hale Irwin | 70-68=138 | −6 |
| T1 | Lyn Lott | 67-71=138 | −6 |
| T1 | Scott Simpson | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T1 | Tim Simpson | 72-66=138 | −6 |
| T6 | Brad Bryant | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T6 | Larry Nelson | 67-72=139 | −5 |
| T6 | Ed Sneed | 68-71=139 | −5 |
| T6 | Craig Stadler | 71-68=139 | −5 |
| T10 | George Burns | 67-73=140 | −4 |
| T10 | Gibby Gilbert | 69-71=140 | −4 |
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### Third round

Saturday, March 20, 1982
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Brad Bryant | 70-69-71=210 | −6 |
| T1 | Bruce Lietzke | 69-72-69=210 | −6 |
| T3 | Vance Heafner | 68-70-73=210 | −5 |
| T3 | Scott Simpson | 68-70-73=211 | −5 |
| 5 | George Archer | 69-73-70=212 | −4 |
| T6 | Hale Irwin | 70-68-75=213 | −3 |
| T6 | Jerry Pate | 70-73-70=213 | −3 |
| T6 | Tim Simpson | 72-66-75=213 | −3 |
| T6 | Ed Sneed | 68-71-74=213 | −3 |
| T10 | Seve Ballesteros | 73-72-69=214 | −2 |
| T10 | Gibby Gilbert | 69-71-74=214 | −2 |
| T10 | Scott Hoch | 72-70-72=214 | −2 |
| T10 | Don January | 69-73-72=214 | −2 |
| T10 | Roger Maltbie | 69-72-73=214 | −2 |
| T10 | Craig Stadler | 71-68-75=214 | −2 |
| T10 | Tom Watson | 70-76-68=214 | −2 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 21, 1982
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Jerry Pate | 70-73-70-67=280 | −8 | 90,000 |
| T2 | Brad Bryant | 70-69-71-72=282 | −6 | 44,000 |
| T2 | Scott Simpson | 68-70-73-71=282 | −6 | 44,000 |
| 4 | Bruce Lietzke | 69-72-69-73=283 | −5 | 24,000 |
| 5 | Roger Maltbie | 69-72-73-70=284 | −4 | 20,000 |
| T6 | Seve Ballesteros | 73-72-69-72=286 | −2 | 16,187 |
| T6 | Hubert Green | 73-75-70-68=286 | −2 | 16,187 |
| T6 | Craig Stadler | 71-68-75-72=286 | −2 | 16,187 |
| T6 | Tom Watson | 70-76-68-72=286 | −2 | 16,187 |
| T10 | Jim Booros | 73-72-71-71=287 | −1 | 12,500 |
| T10 | Larry Nelson | 67-72-77-71=287 | −1 | 12,500 |
| T10 | Ed Sneed | 68-71-74-74=287 | −1 | 12,500 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T13 | George Burns | 67-73-75-73=288 | E | 9,100 |
| T13 | Vance Heafner | 68-70-73-77=288 | E | 9,100 |
| T13 | Scott Hoch | 72-70-72-74=288 | E | 9,100 |
| T13 | Tim Simpson | 72-66-75-75=288 | E | 9,100 |
| T13 | J. C. Snead | 72-76-70-70=288 | E | 9,100 |
| 18 | Bill Rogers | 73-70-75-71=289 | +1 | 7,500 |
| T19 | Bob Eastwood | 69-72-74-75=290 | +2 | 6,500 |
| T19 | Hale Irwin | 70-68-75-77=290 | +2 | 6,500 |
| T19 | Don January | 69-73-72-76=290 | +2 | 6,500 |
| T22 | George Archer | 69-73-70-79=291 | +3 | 4,800 |
| T22 | Bob Byman | 71-75-73-72=291 | +3 | 4,800 |
| T22 | Raymond Floyd (c) | 78-70-71-72=291 | +3 | 4,800 |
| T22 | Gibby Gilbert | 69-71-74-77=291 | +3 | 4,800 |
| T22 | Tom Weiskopf | 73-68-74-76=291 | +3 | 4,800 |
| T27 | Jay Haas | 72-66-77-77=292 | +4 | 3,550 |
| T27 | Peter Jacobsen | 72-72-77-71=292 | +4 | 3,550 |
| T27 | Tom Kite | 71-71-75-75=292 | +4 | 3,550 |
| T27 | Mike Reid | 71-74-77-70=292 | +4 | 3,550 |
| T27 | D. A. Weibring | 74-73-70-75=292 | +4 | 3,550 |
| T32 | Bill Britton | 71-76-70-76=293 | +5 | 2,958 |
| T32 | Andy North | 76-70-76-71=293 | +5 | 2,958 |
| T32 | Jim Thorpe | 69-76-71-77=293 | +5 | 2,958 |
| T35 | Andy Bean | 77-69-73-75=294 | +6 | 2,412 |
| T35 | Bobby Cole | 72-75-72-75=294 | +6 | 2,412 |
| T35 | Nick Faldo | 75-70-75-74=294 | +6 | 2,412 |
| T35 | Bruce Fleisher | 69-73-77-75=294 | +6 | 2,412 |
| T35 | John Mahaffey | 73-72-74-75=294 | +6 | 2,412 |
| T35 | Jim Simons | 69-77-72-76=294 | +6 | 2,412 |
| T41 | John Cook | 72-75-73-75=295 | +7 | 1,800 |
| T41 | Jim Dent | 73-73-78-71=295 | +7 | 1,800 |
| T41 | Bruce Douglass | 77-69-73-76=295 | +7 | 1,800 |
| T41 | Lee Elder | 71-76-74-74=295 | +7 | 1,800 |
| T41 | Calvin Peete | 73-73-79-70=295 | +7 | 1,800 |
| T41 | Denis Watson | 72-74-73-76=295 | +7 | 1,800 |
| T47 | George Cadle | 74-74-74-74=296 | +8 | 1,345 |
| T47 | Mike McCullough | 76-71-74-75=296 | +8 | 1,345 |
| T47 | Allen Miller | 73-75-74-74=296 | +8 | 1,345 |
| T47 | Gil Morgan | 70-76-78-72=296 | +8 | 1,345 |
| T51 | Ed Fiori | 70-74-80-73=297 | +9 | 1,184 |
| T51 | Phil Hancock | 74-70-79-74=297 | +9 | 1,184 |
| T51 | Lyn Lott | 67-71-80-79=297 | +9 | 1,184 |
| T51 | Jeff Mitchell | 75-71-76-75=297 | +9 | 1,184 |
| T51 | Curtis Strange | 73-74-74-76=297 | +9 | 1,184 |
| T56 | Jim Barber | 72-75-74-77=298 | +10 | 1,115 |
| T56 | Bobby Clampett | 73-72-78-75=298 | +10 | 1,115 |
| T56 | Don Pooley | 75-71-77-75=298 | +10 | 1,115 |
| T56 | Doug Tewell | 70-75-77-76=298 | +10 | 1,115 |
| T56 | Bobby Wadkins | 72-72-79-75=298 | +10 | 1,115 |
| T56 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 73-73-75-77=298 | +10 | 1,115 |
| T62 | Skeeter Heath | 68-79-76-76=299 | +11 | 1,070 |
| T62 | Barry Jaeckel | 72-75-76-76=299 | +11 | 1,070 |
| T62 | Tommy Valentine | 73-72-72-82=299 | +11 | 1,070 |
| T65 | Dave Barr | 75-73-79-73=300 | +12 | 1,030 |
| T65 | Woody Blackburn | 72-76-78-74=300 | +12 | 1,030 |
| T65 | Ed Dougherty | 77-71-79-73=300 | +12 | 1,030 |
| T65 | Bob Gilder | 72-74-78-76=300 | +12 | 1,030 |
| T65 | Pat Lindsey | 68-78-78-76=300 | +12 | 1,030 |
| T70 | Lou Graham | 73-74-77-77=301 | +13 | 1,000 |
| T70 | Dan Halldorson | 74-74-78-75=301 | +13 | 1,000 |
| T72 | Gary Hallberg | 70-78-77-77=302 | +14 | 1,000 |
| T72 | John Mazza | 75-70-76-81=302 | +14 | 1,000 |
| T72 | Bob Shearer | 77-69-76-80=302 | +14 | 1,000 |
| T75 | Dave Eichelberger | 78-69-75-81=303 | +15 | 1,000 |
| T75 | Keith Fergus | 73-73-81-76=303 | +15 | 1,000 |
| T77 | Mark O'Meara | 72-76-78-79=305 | +17 | 1,000 |
| T77 | Dave Stockton | 73-75-78-79=305 | +17 | 1,000 |
| 79 | Victor Regalado | 74-72-80-81=307 | +19 | 1,000 |
| 80 | Mark Hayes (c) | 71-76-81-80=308 | +20 | 1,000 |
| 81 | Billy Kratzert | 74-74-81-82=311 | +23 | 1,000 |
| CUT | Beau Baugh | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Chip Beck | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Ben Crenshaw | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Joe Inman | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Gary McCord | 80-69=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Pat McGowan | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Johnny Miller | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Arnold Palmer | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Greg Powers | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Howard Twitty | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Bruce Devlin | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Mike Donald | 70-80=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Tom Jenkins | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Terry Mauney | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Peter Oosterhuis | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Lanny Wadkins (c) | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Joe Hager | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jim Nelford | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Gary Player | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jack Renner | 82-69=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Isao Aoki | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jim Colbert | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Danny Edwards | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Forrest Fezler | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Lonnie Nielsen | 81-71=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Barney Thompson | 71-81=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Miller Barber | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Bill Calfee | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | David Graham | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 74-79=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Jerry Heard | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Mark Lye | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Rik Massengale | 79-75=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Mark Pfeil | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | John Schroeder | 73-81=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Gary Trivisonno | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Rex Caldwell | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Lennie Clements | 76-79=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Frank Conner | 73-82=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Charles Coody | 81-74=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Terry Diehl | 73-82=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | David Edwards | 74-81=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Don Levin | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | John Adams | 74-82=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Buddy Allin | 75-81=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | David Thore | 77-79=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Thomas Gray | 75-82=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Mike Nicolette | 77-80=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Bob Murphy | 79-79=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Sam Snead | 77-81=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Fred Couples | 79-80=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Mark McCumber | 81-78=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Mike Morley | 82-78=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Ron Streck | 79-84=163 | +19 | |
| WD | Rod Curl | 72 | E | |
| WD | Mike Holland | 75 | +3 | |
| WD | Wayne Levi | 75 | +3 | |
| WD | Sammy Rachels | 75 | +3 | |
| WD | Grier Jones | 76 | +4 | |
| WD | Dan Pohl | 77 | +5 | |
| WD | Mike Sullivan | 77 | +5 | |
| WD | Leonard Thompson | 78 | +6 | |
| DQ | Morris Hatalsky | 70-77-79=226 | +10 | |
| DQ | Lee Trevino (c) | 82 | +10 | |
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## Video

* You Tube – Memorable Moments: The Players – PGA Tour