Sports headlines for Thursday March 18, 1982:
- Giants' Fan Sues Dodger Players Who Attacked Him
- Sprinter Nehemiah Gets Tryout With Eagles
- Stanford Denies Negotiating With Bobby Knight
- Nelson Shares TPC Lead At 67; Trevino Shoots 82
Scores through round 1 of the 1982 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament held at Sawgrass Country Club (Ponta Vedra Beach, FL) from March 18, 1982 to March 21, 1982 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Nelson | 67 | -5 | 67 | $12,500 | |||
| 1 | George Burns | 67 | -5 | 67 | $9,100 | |||
| 1 | Lyn Lott | 67 | -5 | 67 | $1,184 | |||
| 4 | Scott Simpson | 68 | -4 | 68 | $44,000 | |||
| 4 | Ed Sneed | 68 | -4 | 68 | $12,500 | |||
| 4 | Vance Heafner | 68 | -4 | 68 | $9,100 | |||
| 4 | Skeeter Heath | 68 | -4 | 68 | $1,070 | |||
| 4 | Pat Lindsey | 68 | -4 | 68 | $1,030 | |||
| 9 | Bruce Lietzke | 69 | -3 | 69 | $24,000 | |||
| 9 | Roger Maltbie | 69 | -3 | 69 | $20,000 | |||
| 9 | Don January | 69 | -3 | 69 | $6,500 | |||
| 9 | Bob Eastwood | 69 | -3 | 69 | $6,500 | |||
| 9 | George Archer | 69 | -3 | 69 | $4,800 | |||
| 9 | Gibby Gilbert | 69 | -3 | 69 | $4,800 | |||
| 9 | Jim Thorpe | 69 | -3 | 69 | $2,959 | |||
| 9 | Bruce Fleisher | 69 | -3 | 69 | $2,412 | |||
| 9 | Jim Simons | 69 | -3 | 69 | $2,412 | |||
| 18 | Jerry Pate | 70 | -2 | 70 | $90,000 | |||
| 18 | Brad Bryant | 70 | -2 | 70 | $44,000 | |||
| 18 | Tom Watson | 70 | -2 | 70 | $16,188 | |||
| 18 | Hale Irwin | 70 | -2 | 70 | $6,500 | |||
| 18 | Gil Morgan | 70 | -2 | 70 | $1,345 | |||
| 18 | Ed Fiori | 70 | -2 | 70 | $1,184 | |||
| 18 | Doug Tewell | 70 | -2 | 70 | $1,115 | |||
| 18 | Gary Hallberg | 70 | -2 | 70 | $1,000 | |||
| 18 | Mike Donald | 70 | -2 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 18 | Morris Hatalsky | 70 | -2 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 28 | Craig Stadler | 71 | -1 | 71 | $16,188 | |||
| 28 | Bob Byman | 71 | -1 | 71 | $4,800 | |||
| 28 | Mike Reid | 71 | -1 | 71 | $3,550 | |||
| 28 | Tom Kite | 71 | -1 | 71 | $3,550 | |||
| 28 | Bill Britton | 71 | -1 | 71 | $2,959 | |||
| 28 | Lee Elder | 71 | -1 | 71 | $1,800 | |||
| 28 | Mark Hayes | 71 | -1 | 71 | $1,000 | |||
| 28 | Barney Thompson | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 36 | Scott Hoch | 72 | Even | 72 | $9,100 | |||
| 36 | Tim Simpson | 72 | Even | 72 | $9,100 | |||
| 36 | J.C. Snead | 72 | Even | 72 | $9,100 | |||
| 36 | Peter Jacobsen | 72 | Even | 72 | $3,550 | |||
| 36 | Jay Haas | 72 | Even | 72 | $3,550 | |||
| 36 | Bobby Cole | 72 | Even | 72 | $2,412 | |||
| 36 | Denis Watson | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,800 | |||
| 36 | John N. Cook | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,800 | |||
| 36 | Bobby Wadkins | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,115 | |||
| 36 | Jim Barber | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,115 | |||
| 36 | Barry Jaeckel | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,070 | |||
| 36 | Bob Gilder | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,030 | |||
| 36 | Woody Blackburn | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,030 | |||
| 36 | Mark O'Meara | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,000 | |||
| 36 | Rod Curl | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 36 | Howard Twitty | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 36 | Beau Baugh | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 36 | Joe Inman | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 36 | Arnold Palmer | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 36 | Bruce Devlin | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 36 | Jim Nelford | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Hubert Green | 73 | +1 | 73 | $16,188 | |||
| 57 | Seve Ballesteros | 73 | +1 | 73 | $16,188 | |||
| 57 | Jim Booros | 73 | +1 | 73 | $12,500 | |||
| 57 | Bill Rogers | 73 | +1 | 73 | $7,500 | |||
| 57 | Tom Weiskopf | 73 | +1 | 73 | $4,800 | |||
| 57 | John Mahaffey | 73 | +1 | 73 | $2,412 | |||
| 57 | Jim Dent | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,800 | |||
| 57 | Calvin Peete | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,800 | |||
| 57 | Allen Miller | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,345 | |||
| 57 | Curtis Strange | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,184 | |||
| 57 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,115 | |||
| 57 | Bobby Clampett | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,115 | |||
| 57 | Tommy Valentine | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,070 | |||
| 57 | Lou Graham | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,000 | |||
| 57 | Keith Fergus | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,000 | |||
| 57 | Dave Stockton | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,000 | |||
| 57 | Peter Oosterhuis | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Terry Mauney | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Gary Player | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Jack Nicklaus | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Tom Purtzer | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Isao Aoki | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 57 | John Schroeder | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Frank Conner | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Terry Diehl | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | D.A. Weibring | 74 | +2 | 74 | $3,550 | |||
| 82 | George Cadle | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,345 | |||
| 82 | Phil Hancock | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,184 | |||
| 82 | Dan Halldorson | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,000 | |||
| 82 | Victor Regalado | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,000 | |||
| 82 | Bill Kratzert | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,000 | |||
| 82 | Chip Beck | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Johnny Miller | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Pat McGowan | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Greg Powers | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Tom Jenkins | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Lanny Wadkins | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Jim Colbert | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Mark Pfeil | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | David Edwards | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 82 | John Adams | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 99 | Nick Faldo | 75 | +3 | 75 | $2,412 | |||
| 99 | Jeff Mitchell | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,184 | |||
| 99 | Don Pooley | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,115 | |||
| 99 | Dave Barr | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,030 | |||
| 99 | John Mazza | 75 | +3 | 75 | $1,000 | |||
| 99 | Ben Crenshaw | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 99 | Mike Holland | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 99 | Sammy Rachels | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 99 | Wayne Levi | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 99 | Bill Calfee | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 99 | Bud Allin | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 99 | Thomas Gray | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Andy North | 76 | +4 | 76 | $2,959 | |||
| 111 | Mike McCullough | 76 | +4 | 76 | $1,345 | |||
| 111 | Forrest Fezler | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Danny Edwards | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Grier Jones | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Jerry Heard | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Gary Trivisonno | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Lennie Clements | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 119 | Andy Bean | 77 | +5 | 77 | $2,412 | |||
| 119 | Bruce Douglass | 77 | +5 | 77 | $1,800 | |||
| 119 | Ed Dougherty | 77 | +5 | 77 | $1,030 | |||
| 119 | Bob Shearer | 77 | +5 | 77 | $1,000 | |||
| 119 | Joe Hager | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 119 | David Graham | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 119 | Dan Pohl | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 119 | Mike Sullivan | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 119 | Rex Caldwell | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 119 | David Thore | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 119 | Mike Nicolette | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 119 | Sam Snead | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Ray Floyd | 78 | +6 | 78 | $4,800 | |||
| 131 | Dave Eichelberger | 78 | +6 | 78 | $1,000 | |||
| 131 | Mark Lye | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Don Levin | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Leonard Thompson | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 136 | Miller Barber | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 136 | Rik Massengale | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 136 | Bob Murphy | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 136 | Fred Couples | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 136 | Ron Streck | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 141 | Gary McCord | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 142 | Lonnie Nielsen | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 142 | Charles Coody | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 142 | Mark McCumber | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 145 | Lee Trevino | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 145 | Jack Renner | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 145 | Mike Morley | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 |


