Sports headlines for Thursday March 19, 1981:
- Ainge Beats Irish On the Last Shot; Virginia Also Advances
- Luzinski Will Be Dealt To White Sox For Trout
- Sabres Set Record With 9 Goals In A Period
- Clarke Scores 1,000th Point For Flyers
- Arizona Jury Deliberating on Kush Case
- Baseball's Master Trader Frank Lane Dead At 85
- Auerbach Gets Lifetime Contract To Be Celtics' GM
- Eichelberger Shares TPC Lead With Morley
Scores through round 1 of the 1981 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament held at Sawgrass Country Club (Ponta Vedra Beach, FL) from March 19, 1981 to March 22, 1981 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Morley | 68 | -4 | 68 | $7,371 | |||
| 1 | Dave Eichelberger | 68 | -4 | 68 | $3,080 | |||
| 3 | Barry Jaeckel | 69 | -3 | 69 | $35,200 | |||
| 3 | Jim Dent | 69 | -3 | 69 | $2,160 | |||
| 5 | Dan Halldorson | 70 | -2 | 70 | $11,200 | |||
| 5 | Mike Sullivan | 70 | -2 | 70 | $848 | |||
| 7 | Leonard Thompson | 71 | -1 | 71 | $11,200 | |||
| 7 | Gary Hallberg | 71 | -1 | 71 | $11,200 | |||
| 7 | Gil Morgan | 71 | -1 | 71 | $7,371 | |||
| 7 | Tom Purtzer | 71 | -1 | 71 | $4,680 | |||
| 7 | Mark O'Meara | 71 | -1 | 71 | $3,080 | |||
| 7 | Johnny Miller | 71 | -1 | 71 | $1,680 | |||
| 7 | Roger Maltbie | 71 | -1 | 71 | $1,144 | |||
| 14 | Ray Floyd | 72 | Even | 72 | $72,000 | |||
| 14 | Curtis Strange | 72 | Even | 72 | $35,200 | |||
| 14 | Miller Barber | 72 | Even | 72 | $15,750 | |||
| 14 | Ron Streck | 72 | Even | 72 | $7,371 | |||
| 14 | Danny Edwards | 72 | Even | 72 | $3,520 | |||
| 14 | Jay Haas | 72 | Even | 72 | $2,600 | |||
| 14 | Jerry McGee | 72 | Even | 72 | $2,160 | |||
| 14 | Hubert Green | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,680 | |||
| 14 | Dan Pohl | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,144 | |||
| 14 | Hale Irwin | 72 | Even | 72 | $947 | |||
| 14 | D.A. Weibring | 72 | Even | 72 | $947 | |||
| 14 | Rex Caldwell | 72 | Even | 72 | $900 | |||
| 14 | Tom Watson | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 27 | Jim Simons | 73 | +1 | 73 | $15,750 | |||
| 27 | Bruce Lietzke | 73 | +1 | 73 | $15,750 | |||
| 27 | Grier Jones | 73 | +1 | 73 | $7,371 | |||
| 27 | Jack Renner | 73 | +1 | 73 | $7,371 | |||
| 27 | Lee Trevino | 73 | +1 | 73 | $7,371 | |||
| 27 | Bobby Walzel | 73 | +1 | 73 | $4,680 | |||
| 27 | Barney Thompson | 73 | +1 | 73 | $4,680 | |||
| 27 | John Mahaffey | 73 | +1 | 73 | $4,680 | |||
| 27 | Pat McGowan | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,144 | |||
| 27 | Bill Rogers | 73 | +1 | 73 | $947 | |||
| 27 | Mick Soli | 73 | +1 | 73 | $872 | |||
| 27 | Bob Gilder | 73 | +1 | 73 | $848 | |||
| 27 | Andy North | 73 | +1 | 73 | $804 | |||
| 27 | Bruce Douglass | 73 | +1 | 73 | $792 | |||
| 27 | Jim Thorpe | 73 | +1 | 73 | $768 | |||
| 27 | Michael Brannan | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 43 | Frank Conner | 74 | +2 | 74 | $11,200 | |||
| 43 | Dave Stockton | 74 | +2 | 74 | $4,680 | |||
| 43 | Wayne Levi | 74 | +2 | 74 | $3,080 | |||
| 43 | Calvin Peete | 74 | +2 | 74 | $2,600 | |||
| 43 | Charles Coody | 74 | +2 | 74 | $2,600 | |||
| 43 | Mark Hayes | 74 | +2 | 74 | $2,160 | |||
| 43 | Mark McCumber | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,144 | |||
| 43 | Tom Jenkins | 74 | +2 | 74 | $900 | |||
| 43 | Ben Crenshaw | 74 | +2 | 74 | $848 | |||
| 43 | Terry Diehl | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 43 | Dana Quigley | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 43 | Larry Ziegler | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 43 | Larry Nelson | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 43 | Jack Newton | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 43 | Alan Tapie | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Bobby Clampett | 75 | +3 | 75 | $7,371 | |||
| 58 | Jack Nicklaus | 75 | +3 | 75 | $2,600 | |||
| 58 | Scott Hoch | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,680 | |||
| 58 | Bud Allin | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,680 | |||
| 58 | Arnold Palmer | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,144 | |||
| 58 | Jerry Pate | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,144 | |||
| 58 | Ed Fiori | 75 | +3 | 75 | $947 | |||
| 58 | Lee Elder | 75 | +3 | 75 | $947 | |||
| 58 | Keith Fergus | 75 | +3 | 75 | $900 | |||
| 58 | Peter Oosterhuis | 75 | +3 | 75 | $872 | |||
| 58 | Bobby Cole | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Craig Stadler | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Tim Simpson | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 58 | John Adams | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Mike Nicolette | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Joe Hager | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 74 | Tom Weiskopf | 76 | +4 | 76 | $4,680 | |||
| 74 | Joe Inman | 76 | +4 | 76 | $1,680 | |||
| 74 | Bill Kratzert | 76 | +4 | 76 | $1,680 | |||
| 74 | Lonnie Nielsen | 76 | +4 | 76 | $824 | |||
| 74 | John Schroeder | 76 | +4 | 76 | $824 | |||
| 74 | George Burns | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 74 | John N. Cook | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 74 | Morris Hatalsky | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 74 | Ed Sneed | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 74 | Victor Regalado | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 74 | Roger Calvin | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 74 | Mark Rohde | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 74 | Chip Beck | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Seve Ballesteros | 77 | +5 | 77 | $2,600 | |||
| 87 | Howard Twitty | 77 | +5 | 77 | $1,680 | |||
| 87 | Bobby Wadkins | 77 | +5 | 77 | $1,680 | |||
| 87 | Lou Graham | 77 | +5 | 77 | $784 | |||
| 87 | Rik Massengale | 77 | +5 | 77 | $776 | |||
| 87 | David Edwards | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Gene Littler | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Steve Melnyk | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Phil Hancock | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Jaime Gonzalez | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | John Fought | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Bob Eastwood | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Bobby Nichols | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Doug Tewell | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Peter Jacobsen | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Jim Colbert | 78 | +6 | 78 | $15,750 | |||
| 103 | Skip Dunaway | 78 | +6 | 78 | $900 | |||
| 103 | Don Pooley | 78 | +6 | 78 | $824 | |||
| 103 | Andy Bean | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Scott Simpson | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Gibby Gilbert | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Vance Heafner | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Jon Chaffee | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Lyn Lott | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Bob Murphy | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Terry Mauney | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 103 | George Cadle | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Antonio Cerda | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 116 | Mike Gove | 79 | +7 | 79 | $804 | |||
| 116 | Artie McNickle | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 116 | Lanny Wadkins | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 116 | Mark Lye | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 116 | Bob Shearer | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 116 | Gary Player | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 116 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 116 | Buddy Gardner | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 124 | Mark Pfeil | 80 | +8 | 80 | $872 | |||
| 124 | J.C. Snead | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 124 | Jeff Mitchell | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 124 | Mike McCullough | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 124 | Dave Hill | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 124 | Bill Calfee | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Greg Powers | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Mike Reid | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Jim Nelford | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Gary Koch | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Bruce Devlin | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Sammy Rachels | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Butch Baird | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 137 | Wally Armstrong | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 137 | Rod Curl | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 137 | David Graham | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Tommy Valentine | 83 | +11 | 83 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Mike Donald | 83 | +11 | 83 | $0 | |||
| 142 | Brad Bryant | 86 | +14 | 86 | $0 | |||
| 142 | Lon Hinkle | 86 | +14 | 86 | $0 |


