Sunday June 7, 1981
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Final results of the 1981 Atlanta Classic


Tournament held at Atlanta Country Club (Marietta, GA) from June 4, 1981 to June 7, 1981     (Par 72)

Tom Watson defeated Tommy Valentine on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
1Tom Watson68706871-11277$54,000
1Tommy Valentine68657272-11277$32,400
3Lee Elder71657469-9279$15,600
3Mike Morley70667271-9279$15,600
3Calvin Peete68686974-9279$15,600
6Bill Britton69737167-8280$10,050
6Ray Floyd69667471-8280$10,050
6Frank Conner70676974-8280$10,050
9Pat Lindsey70737068-7281$8,100
9Jerry Pate71726870-7281$8,100
9Jack Nicklaus68726972-7281$8,100
12Joe Inman71717169-6282$6,600
12Mike Reid69707271-6282$6,600
14George Archer72737167-5283$5,250
14Alan Tapie69756970-5283$5,250
14Bob Murphy72736870-5283$5,250
14Isao Aoki67707571-5283$5,250
18Beau Baugh70717568-4284$3,651
18Mike Holland72727268-4284$3,651
18Jack Ferenz68717669-4284$3,651
18J.C. Snead71697371-4284$3,651
18Rex Caldwell74697071-4284$3,651
18Lindy Miller69727172-4284$3,651
18Wayne Levi70677275-4284$3,651
25Barry Harwell74707368-3285$2,058
25Ron Streck71727369-3285$2,058
25Lyn Lott72717270-3285$2,058
25Lanny Wadkins68717670-3285$2,058
25John Schroeder72707370-3285$2,058
25Dewitt Weaver70717371-3285$2,058
25Brad Bryant71737071-3285$2,058
25Bobby Clampett74697072-3285$2,058
25Mark Hayes74667372-3285$2,058
25Mike Sullivan69737073-3285$2,058
25Bruce Douglass69726975-3285$2,058
36Larry Nelson73717270-2286$1,444
36Mike McCullough71717272-2286$1,444
36Larry Ziegler69746974-2286$1,444
36Doug Tewell69707275-2286$1,444
40Woody Blackburn71737667-1287$940
40Fred Couples71747369-1287$940
40Mike Donald74717369-1287$940
40Scott Hoch73727270-1287$940
40Jim Booros71717570-1287$940
40Dana Quigley72737270-1287$940
40Tim Simpson72737171-1287$940
40Grier Jones73717271-1287$940
40Mike Gove74707172-1287$940
40Tim Norris72667673-1287$940
40Steve Melnyk69737273-1287$940
40Mark Lye69737273-1287$940
40Don Pooley70687475-1287$940
40Dave Eichelberger72697175-1287$940
54Greg Norman71697870Even288$684
54Dave Barr73717272Even288$684
54Gary Player73697373Even288$684
54Bobby Walzel73717173Even288$684
54Bob Eastwood68717574Even288$684
59Roger Maltbie68737771+1289$651
59Bob Shearer75667672+1289$651
59Howard Twitty72737272+1289$651
59George Cadle69727573+1289$651
59Don Levin73727074+1289$651
59Bill Calfee70707277+1289$651
65Bruce Devlin75677969+2290$624
65Vance Heafner70697873+2290$624
65Greg Powers73727174+2290$624
68Michael Brannan71727969+3291$603
68Thomas Gray74717175+3291$603
68Jerry McGee71707377+3291$603
68Stanton Altgelt68727477+3291$603
72Bob Tway72737672+5293$582
72Mike Smith72727475+5293$582
72Jeff Mitchell76697177+5293$582
75Tom Jones70757574+6294$567
75Ed Fiori72727575+6294$567
77Jack Newton73727674+7295$555
77John Mazza71737477+7295$555
79Mike Klein70747876+10298$546
80Gary Wintz72737876+11299$537
80Lennie Clements71727581+11299$537
82Dennis Trixler70747883+17305$528


Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
Allen Miller737300+2146$0
Ben Crenshaw747200+2146$0
Danny Edwards707600+2146$0
Ed Sneed737300+2146$0
Jack Renner737300+2146$0
Jerry Heard697700+2146$0
Joe Hager747200+2146$0
John Fought707600+2146$0
Loren Roberts747200+2146$0
Lou Graham737300+2146$0
Mike Peck757100+2146$0
Morris Hatalsky737300+2146$0
Tom Shaw737300+2146$0
Wally Armstrong767000+2146$0
Bill Sander727500+3147$0
D.A. Weibring777000+3147$0
Dale Douglass757200+3147$0
Dick Mast757200+3147$0
John Jacobs777000+3147$0
Mike Preston737400+3147$0
R.W. Eaks717600+3147$0
Sammy Rachels757200+3147$0
Ted Goin737400+3147$0
Terry Diehl727500+3147$0
Tom Storey767100+3147$0
Arnold Palmer757300+4148$0
Gary Koch747400+4148$0
Gary McCord688000+4148$0
Gibby Gilbert777100+4148$0
Jim Nelford747400+4148$0
Jim Thorpe737500+4148$0
Mark Pfeil717700+4148$0
Peter Oosterhuis717700+4148$0
Tommy Aaron757300+4148$0
Bob Beauchemin777200+5149$0
Charles Coody767300+5149$0
Curtis Worley737600+5149$0
Jaime Gonzalez737600+5149$0
Sale Omohundro747500+5149$0
Barry Jaeckel787200+6150$0
Bob Smith767400+6150$0
Gary Hardin747600+6150$0
Jeff Hewes727800+6150$0
Jon Chaffee737700+6150$0
Mark O'Meara727800+6150$0
Phil Hancock757500+6150$0
Rik Massengale777300+6150$0
Al Geiberger797200+7151$0
Bill Loeffler747700+7151$0
Gary Hallberg777400+7151$0
Rod Nuckolls787300+7151$0
Rod Curl738000+9153$0
Skip Dunaway797500+10154$0
Woody Fitzhugh797500+10154$0
Bert Yancey807500+11155$0
Gary Trivisonno807600+12156$0
John Traub787800+12156$0
Artie McNickle827500+13157$0
WDPerry Arthur71000-171$0
WDMike Nicolette77000+577$0
WDClint Doyle78000+678$0
WDJim Dent81000+981$0
WDPete Brown82000+1082$0
WDJim Colbert7271760+3219$0

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