1980 Tournament Players Championship

1980 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 20–23, 1980
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′20″N 81°22′12″W / 30.189°N 81.370°W / 30.189; -81.370
Course(s)Sawgrass Country Club,
East-West course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,000 yards (6,400 m)[1]
Field144 players, 79 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$440,000
Winner's share$72,000
Champion
United States Lee Trevino
278 (−10)
Location map
Sawgrass CC is located in the United States
Sawgrass CC
Sawgrass CC
Location in the United States
Sawgrass CC is located in Florida
Sawgrass CC
Sawgrass CC
Location in Florida
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The 1980 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 20–23 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The seventh Tournament Players Championship, it was the fourth at Sawgrass and Lee Trevino won at 278 (−10), one stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw.[2][3][4][5]

Defending champion Lanny Wadkins finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for 45th place.

  1. ^ "Golf: TPC results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 22.
  2. ^ "Trevino proves he's a big boy, too". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1980. p. 19.
  3. ^ "Trevino says TPC no major, but he beat the best to win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1980. p. 5C.
  4. ^ "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.
  5. ^ Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.