| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 29 – April 1, 1984 |
| Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W |
| Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1] |
| Field | 144 players, 71 after cut |
| Cut | 149 (+5) |
| Prize fund | $800,000 |
| Winner's share | $144,000 |
| Champion | |
 Fred Couples | |
| 277 (−11) | |
| Location map | |
  TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States  TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida | |
The 1984 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 29 to April 1 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the eleventh Tournament Players Championship.
Fred Couples, age 24, shot a course record 64 in the second round,[2][3] and finished at 277, one stroke ahead of runner-up Lee Trevino.[4][5] It was his second win on tour, and he won this championship twelve years later in 1996.[6][7][8] Trevino, the champion in 1980 at adjacent Sawgrass Country Club,[9][10] had missed the cut at the previous two editions, the first two held at the new venue.
Defending champion Hal Sutton finished sixteen strokes back, in a tie for 41st place.
Couples was the youngest champion for twenty years, until Adam Scott won at age 23 in 2004. Sutton had been the youngest, but only for a year; Couples was five months younger at the time of his win.
Eight years later, Couples lowered the course record to 63 in the third round,[11] but finished eight strokes back.
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- ^ "Couples grabs TPC lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 31, 1984. p. 20.
- ^ "Couples takes advantage of a dying wind with a 64". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1984. p. 7C.
- ^ "Two birdies aid Couples' biggest win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 3C.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (April 9, 1984). "Gone, even with the wind". Sports Illustrated. p. 53.
- ^ Reilly, Rick (April 8, 1996). "As easy as T-P-C". Sports Illustrated. p. 50.
- ^ "Wet green helps Couples win 'long green' in TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 1C.
- ^ "Couples takes charge for TPC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 3B.
- ^ "Trevino beats the best in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 24, 1980. p. 5, sec. 3.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (March 31, 1980). "Seems like old times". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
- ^ "Couples rallies, Faldo leads". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1992. p. 3E.