Golf tournament
The 1986 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour , held March 27–30 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach , southeast of Jacksonville . It was the thirteenth Tournament Players Championship .
John Mahaffey shot 71 in the final round for 275 (−13) and the win, one stroke ahead of runner-up Larry Mize , the 54-hole leader.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Calvin Peete missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes, the first time a participating defending champion did not play the weekend.
Venue
This was the fifth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[ 1]
Eligibility requirements
1. Top 125 players, if PGA Tour members, from final 1985 Official Money List:
Curtis Strange , Lanny Wadkins , Calvin Peete , Jim Thorpe , Raymond Floyd , Corey Pavin , Hal Sutton , Roger Maltbie , John Mahaffey , Mark O'Meara , Craig Stadler , Joey Sindelar , Bernhard Langer , Tom Kite , Fuzzy Zoeller , Hubert Green , Larry Mize , Tom Watson , Payne Stewart , Mac O'Grady , George Burns , Wayne Levi , Peter Jacobsen , Andy North , Danny Edwards , Dan Pohl , Phil Blackmar , Bill Glasson , Larry Rinker , Hale Irwin , Mark McCumber , Andy Bean , Jodie Mudd , Scott Hoch , Mark Wiebe , Billy Kratzert , Fred Couples , Scott Simpson , Mike Reid , Wayne Grady , Greg Norman , Jack Nicklaus , Tim Simpson , Bob Tway , Don Pooley , Willie Wood , D. A. Weibring , Bob Eastwood , Ken Green , Dan Forsman , Larry Nelson , Ron Streck , Lee Trevino , Woody Blackburn , Doug Tewell , Bruce Lietzke , Keith Fergus , Brett Upper , Gil Morgan , Clarence Rose , Johnny Miller , Dave Barr , Tony Sills , Buddy Gardner , Gary Koch , Jay Haas , David Frost , Ed Fiori , Mark Lye , Dan Halldorson , George Archer , Gary Hallberg , Lon Hinkle , Donnie Hammond , Jeff Sluman , Bob Murphy , Nick Price , Bob Lohr , Howard Twitty , Loren Roberts , Isao Aoki , Mike Donald , Steve Pate , Russ Cochran , Jim Colbert , Pat McGowan , Bobby Wadkins , Tim Norris , Barry Jaeckel , Paul Azinger , Bobby Clampett , David Ogrin , Morris Hatalsky , Chip Beck , TC Chen , Andrew Magee , Brad Fabel , David Graham , Richard Zokol , Frank Conner , J. C. Snead , Jim Simons , John Cook , Joe Inman , Mark Hayes , Ronnie Black , Chris Perry , Kikuo Arai , Ken Brown , Rex Caldwell , Bill Sander , Mark Pfeil , Nick Faldo , Pat Lindsey , Tom Purtzer , Lennie Clements , Gene Sauers , Leonard Thompson , Bob Gilder , Brad Faxon , Jay Delsing
Source:[ 5]
2. Designated players
Ben Crenshaw , Scott Verplank
3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player whether or not he is a PGA Tour member
Sandy Lyle
4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of the Tournament Players Championship , PGA Championship , U.S. Open , Masters Tournament and World Series of Golf
Dave Stockton
5. The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1985
Source:[ 6]
6. The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections"
Dick Mast , Tsuneyuki Nakajima , Arnold Palmer
7. To complete a field of 144 players. those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1986 Official Money List as of the completion of the Hertz Bay Hill Classic on March 16, 1986
Kenny Knox , Jim Gallagher Jr. , Mike Hulbert , Antonio Cerda Jr. , Andy Dillard , Mike Sullivan , Bill Israelson , David Edwards , Dave Rummells , John Adams , Dennis Trixler , Davis Love III , Tom Sieckmann , Greg Ladehoff , Charlie Bolling , Bill Rogers
Source:[ 7]
General Source:[ 8]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 27, 1986
Source: [ 9]
Second round
Friday, March 28, 1986
Source: [ 10]
Third round
Saturday, March 29, 1986
Source: [ 11] [ 12]
Final round
Sunday, March 30, 1986
Champion
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T14
Scott Hoch 69-74-71-70=284
−4
16,200
Davis Love III 71-71-75-67=284
Bob Murphy 69-65-74-76=284
T17
Ronnie Black 70-71-74-70=285
−3
13,950
Joey Sindelar 70-70-73-72=285
T19
David Edwards 67-69-76-74=286
−2
12,150
Jim Simons 69-72-70-75=286
T21
Andy Bean 70-73-72-72=287
−1
7,627
Charlie Bolling 73-70-73-71=287
Jim Colbert 73-70-73-71=287
Danny Edwards 68-72-74-73=287
Keith Fergus 66-73-73-75=287
Raymond Floyd (c)67-73-75-72=287
Kenny Knox 71-73-69-74=287
Gary Koch 72-70-72-73=287
Dick Mast 69-73-68-77=287
Larry Rinker 72-70-75-70=287
Tom Sieckmann 70-69-77-71=287
Lee Trevino (c)68-73-70-76=287
T33
Ken Green 66-75-76-71=288
E
4,654
Morris Hatalsky 74-70-69-75=288
Peter Jacobsen 72-69-72-75=288
Greg Norman 70-71-77-70=288
Mark O'Meara 68-74-74-72=288
Tony Sills 66-75-70-77=288
D. A. Weibring 70-71-74-73=288
T40
Mike Donald 73-71-72-73=289
+1
3,240
Bernhard Langer 70-73-73-73=289
Bruce Lietzke 70-71-75-73=289
David Ogrin 70-74-71-74=289
Loren Roberts 70-73-73-73=289
Jeff Sluman 70-74-75-70=289
Mike Sullivan 72-68-75-74=289
Lanny Wadkins (c)67-73-76-73=289
T48
David Frost 70-69-75-76=290
+2
2,262
Wayne Levi 73-71-76-70=290
Roger Maltbie 70-73-79-68=290
Mark Pfeil 69-74-70-77=290
Tom Purtzer 72-70-77-71=290
Dave Stockton 72-72-76-70=290
T54
Ben Crenshaw 73-71-73-74=291
+3
2,061
Tim Norris 74-68-74-75=291
Chris Perry 69-72-72-78=291
Mark Wiebe 68-72-78-73=291
T58
Frank Conner 70-73-77-72=292
+4
1,971
Mike Hulbert 69-68-78-77=292
Gil Morgan 70-73-73-76=292
Corey Pavin 70-72-72-78=292
Nick Price 71-67-75-79=292
Tom Watson 70-74-74-74=292
T64
Paul Azinger 70-71-77-75=293
+5
1,890
Dave Barr 69-72-73-79=293
Tsuneyuki Nakajima 69-75-78-71=293
T67
Ken Brown 72-71-76-75=294
+6
1,818
Chen Tze-chung 71-69-82-72=294
Barry Jaeckel 70-73-76-75=294
J. C. Snead 68-73-74-79=294
Dennis Trixler 71-73-74-76=294
T72
Greg Ladehoff 73-69-78-76=296
+8
1,755
Steve Pate 71-72-78-75=296
74
Willie Wood 67-73-77-80=297
+9
1,728
75
George Burns 71-73-75-80=299
+11
1,710
CUT
George Archer 71-74=145
+1
Lennie Clements 72-73=145
Brad Faxon 72-73=145
Dan Forsman 75-70=145
Buddy Gardner 73-72=145
Bob Gilder 71-74=145
Bill Glasson 75-70=145
Hubert Green 72-73=145
Mark Lye 73-72=145
Sandy Lyle 74-71=145
Johnny Miller 70-75=145
Jodie Mudd 72-73=145
Scott Simpson 74-71=145
Leonard Thompson 70-75=145
Chip Beck 77-69=146
+2
Jay Delsing 73-73=146
Bob Eastwood 72-74=146
Brad Fabel 71-75=146
Jim Gallagher Jr. 74-72=146
Dan Halldorson 70-76=146
Bill Israelson 74-72=146
Calvin Peete (c)73-73=146
Mike Reid 71-75=146
Bill Rogers 71-75=146
Bill Sander 74-72=146
Gene Sauers 73-73=146
Curtis Strange 74-72=146
Ron Streck 73-73=146
Rex Caldwell 77-70=147
+3
Russ Cochran 73-74=147
Andy Dillard 71-76=147
Nick Faldo 69-78=147
Ed Fiori 74-73=147
Hale Irwin 75-72=147
Billy Kratzert 77-70=147
Pat Lindsey 72-75=147
Pat McGowan 74-73=147
Jack Nicklaus (c)74-73=147
Craig Stadler 75-72=147
Howard Twitty 71-76=147
Bobby Wadkins 71-76=147
Woody Blackburn 70-78=148
+4
Bob Lohr 74-74=148
Andrew Magee 72-76=148
Mark McCumber 75-73=148
Fuzzy Zoeller 72-76=148
Mark Hayes (c)72-77=149
+5
Joe Inman 73-76=149
Larry Nelson 72-77=149
Scott Verplank 72-77=149
Kikuo Arai 71-79=150
+6
Antonio Cerda Jr. 75-75=150
Bobby Clampett 74-76=150
David Graham 75-75=150
Gary Hallberg 74-76=150
Andy North 72-78=150
Dan Pohl 74-76=150
Don Pooley 71-79=150
Mac O'Grady 72-79=151
+7
Richard Zokol 76-75=151
John Adams 75-77=152
+8
Isao Aoki 74-78=152
Arnold Palmer 75-77=152
Wayne Grady 82-71=153
+9
Lon Hinkle 74-80=154
+10
Phil Blackmar 79-76=155
+11
Clarence Rose 80-76=156
+12
Fred Couples (c)77-80=157
+13
WD
Donnie Hammond 82
+10
Source: [ 13]
References
^ a b "Golf: TPC scores" . Tuscaloosa News . (Alabama). Associated Press. March 31, 1986. p. 14.^ Reilly, Rick (April 7, 1986). "Nipped at the wire in the TPC" . Sports Illustrated . p. 36.^ "Mahaffey catches Mize on the last hole" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1986. p. 1C.^ Hanley, Reid (March 31, 1986). "TPC falls into Mahaffey's lap" . Chicago Tribune . p. 3, sec. 3. ^ "Official Money – 1985" . PGA Tour. Retrieved August 17, 2021 .^ "Charles Schwab Cup Money List – 1985" . PGA Tour. Retrieved August 30, 2021 .^ "Official Money – 1986 – through Hertz Bay Hill Classic" . PGA Tour. Retrieved August 30, 2021 .^ "1986 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF) . PGA Tour. p. 292. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2020.^ "Five golfers share lead at TPC" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1986. p. 2D.^ "Mize matches Murphy" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1986. p. 8B.^ Boswell, Thomas (March 30, 1986). "Mahaffey in perfect spot - 4 shots back" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). (Washington Post) . p. 6B. ^ Hanley, Reid (March 30, 1986). "Mize breaks away to take Players' lead" . Chicago Tribune . p. 6, sec. 4. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present" . PGA Tour . Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
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