Sunday March 22, 1981
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Sports headlines for Sunday March 22, 1981:




Final results 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)

Raymond Floyd defeated Barry Jaeckel and Curtis Strange on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
1Ray Floyd72747168-3285$72,000
1Curtis Strange72727170-3285$35,200
1Barry Jaeckel69707274-3285$35,200
4Miller Barber72786968-1287$15,750
4Bruce Lietzke73756871-1287$15,750
4Jim Colbert78696971-1287$15,750
4Jim Simons73687373-1287$15,750
8Leonard Thompson71767269Even288$11,200
8Gary Hallberg71737272Even288$11,200
8Frank Conner74727072Even288$11,200
8Dan Halldorson70707474Even288$11,200
12Gil Morgan71787367+1289$7,371
12Bobby Clampett75737170+1289$7,371
12Grier Jones73737370+1289$7,371
12Ron Streck72747271+1289$7,371
12Jack Renner73737271+1289$7,371
12Mike Morley68777272+1289$7,371
12Lee Trevino73737073+1289$7,371
19Tom Weiskopf76746971+2290$4,680
19Bobby Walzel73727372+2290$4,680
19Tom Purtzer71737472+2290$4,680
19Dave Stockton74737073+2290$4,680
19Barney Thompson73737173+2290$4,680
19John Mahaffey73707176+2290$4,680
25Danny Edwards72687873+3291$3,520
26Wayne Levi74767270+4292$3,080
26Dave Eichelberger68767474+4292$3,080
26Mark O'Meara71737276+4292$3,080
29Charles Coody74747570+5293$2,600
29Calvin Peete74767172+5293$2,600
29Jay Haas72737573+5293$2,600
29Seve Ballesteros77697275+5293$2,600
29Jack Nicklaus75687476+5293$2,600
34Jerry McGee72757473+6294$2,160
34Mark Hayes74727573+6294$2,160
34Jim Dent69747774+6294$2,160
37Scott Hoch75767371+7295$1,680
37Howard Twitty77747173+7295$1,680
37Johnny Miller71747674+7295$1,680
37Bobby Wadkins77717374+7295$1,680
37Bill Kratzert76737175+7295$1,680
37Bud Allin75727375+7295$1,680
37Hubert Green72757276+7295$1,680
37Joe Inman76726978+7295$1,680
45Jerry Pate75767372+8296$1,144
45Mark McCumber74757572+8296$1,144
45Arnold Palmer75747473+8296$1,144
45Pat McGowan73757276+8296$1,144
45Dan Pohl72727676+8296$1,144
45Roger Maltbie71777177+8296$1,144
51Lee Elder75757671+9297$947
51Hale Irwin72757872+9297$947
51D.A. Weibring72737874+9297$947
51Ed Fiori75767175+9297$947
51Bill Rogers73747179+9297$947
56Skip Dunaway78727474+10298$900
56Keith Fergus75747475+10298$900
56Tom Jenkins74777275+10298$900
56Rex Caldwell72757378+10298$900
60Mick Soli73787474+11299$872
60Peter Oosterhuis75767276+11299$872
60Mark Pfeil80707277+11299$872
63Bob Gilder73747875+12300$848
63Ben Crenshaw74737776+12300$848
63Mike Sullivan70787577+12300$848
66Don Pooley78717874+13301$824
66John Schroeder76757575+13301$824
66Lonnie Nielsen76757377+13301$824
69Mike Gove79727379+15303$804
69Andy North73767480+15303$804
71Bruce Douglass73767976+16304$792
72Lou Graham77747778+18306$784
73Rik Massengale77748175+19307$776
74Jim Thorpe73778178+21309$768


Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
Artie McNickle797300+8152$0
Craig Stadler757700+8152$0
Dana Quigley747800+8152$0
David Edwards777500+8152$0
Gene Littler777500+8152$0
Gibby Gilbert787400+8152$0
John Adams757700+8152$0
John N. Cook767600+8152$0
Larry Nelson747800+8152$0
Larry Ziegler747800+8152$0
Scott Simpson787400+8152$0
Terry Diehl747800+8152$0
Tim Simpson757700+8152$0
Tom Watson728000+8152$0
Vance Heafner787400+8152$0
Ed Sneed767700+9153$0
Jon Chaffee787500+9153$0
Lanny Wadkins797400+9153$0
Lyn Lott787500+9153$0
Mark Lye797400+9153$0
Michael Brannan738000+9153$0
Morris Hatalsky767700+9153$0
Steve Melnyk777600+9153$0
Bob Shearer797500+10154$0
Gary Player797500+10154$0
Jaime Gonzalez777700+10154$0
John Fought777700+10154$0
Phil Hancock777700+10154$0
Bob Eastwood777800+11155$0
Bob Murphy787700+11155$0
Fuzzy Zoeller797600+11155$0
Jack Newton748100+11155$0
Jeff Mitchell807500+11155$0
Terry Mauney787700+11155$0
Victor Regalado767900+11155$0
Alan Tapie748200+12156$0
Bobby Nichols777900+12156$0
Roger Calvin768000+12156$0
Tommy Valentine837300+12156$0
Buddy Gardner797800+13157$0
Chi Chi Rodriguez778000+13157$0
Doug Tewell778000+13157$0
George Cadle787900+13157$0
Mike Nicolette758200+13157$0
Greg Powers817700+14158$0
Mike McCullough807800+14158$0
Bill Calfee807900+15159$0
Bruce Devlin817800+15159$0
Dave Hill807900+15159$0
Gary Koch817800+15159$0
Jim Nelford817800+15159$0
Joe Hager758400+15159$0
Mike Reid817800+15159$0
Peter Jacobsen778300+16160$0
Sammy Rachels817900+16160$0
Wally Armstrong827800+16160$0
Brad Bryant867500+17161$0
Mark Rohde768500+17161$0
David Graham828000+18162$0
Rod Curl828000+18162$0
Antonio Cerda788500+19163$0
Butch Baird818200+19163$0
Chip Beck768700+19163$0
Mike Donald838300+22166$0
Lon Hinkle868100+23167$0
WDBobby Cole75000+375$0
WDGeorge Burns76000+476$0
WDAndy Bean78000+678$0
WDJ.C. Snead80000+880$0

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