1985 Tournament Players Championship

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The 1985 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 28–31 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the twelfth Tournament Players Championship.

Calvin Peete shot 66 in the final round for 274 (−14) and the win, three strokes ahead of runner-up D. A. Weibring.^[2]^[4]^[5] Peete was the only player to break par in all four rounds.^[6]

Defending champion Fred Couples finished nineteen strokes back, in a tie for 49th place.

Venue

This was the fourth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).^[2]

Field

1. Top 125 players, if PGA Tour members, from Final 1984 Official Money List:^[7]

Tom Watson, Mark O'Meara, Andy Bean, Denis Watson, Tom Kite, Bruce Lietzke, Fred Couples, Craig Stadler, Greg Norman, Peter Jacobsen, Payne Stewart, Lee Trevino, Gil Morgan, Curtis Strange, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Crenshaw, Gary Koch, Corey Pavin, Jack Renner, Wayne Levi, John Mahaffey, Scott Simpson, David Edwards, Bob Eastwood, Calvin Peete, Hal Sutton, Scott Hoch, George Archer, Lanny Wadkins, Gary Hallberg, Hale Irwin, Dan Pohl, Hubert Green, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Larry Mize, George Burns, Nick Faldo, Tom Purtzer, Fuzzy Zoeller, Tim Simpson, Larry Nelson, Billy Kratzert, Jay Haas, Mike Donald, Johnny Miller, Jim Thorpe, Mike Reid, Mark McCumber, Russ Cochran, Seve Ballesteros, Rex Caldwell, Don Pooley, Buddy Gardner, Roger Maltbie, Doug Tewell, David Graham, Joey Sindelar, Larry Rinker, Willie Wood, Dave Barr, Mike Sullivan, Jim Colbert, D. A. Weibring, Nick Price, Bobby Wadkins, Raymond Floyd, Mark Pfeil, Vance Heafner, Tony Sills, Lon Hinkle, Jim Simons, Bernhard Langer, Jim Nelford, Tommy Nakajima, Keith Fergus, Peter Oosterhuis, John Adams, Ron Streck, Brad Faxon, Ralph Landrum, Isao Aoki, Gibby Gilbert, Gary McCord, Donnie Hammond, Loren Roberts, J. C. Snead, John Cook, Sammy Rachels, Clarence Rose, Mike Nicolette, Tim Norris, Allen Miller, Pat Lindsey, Richard Zokol, Frank Conner, Dan Halldorson, TC Chen, Joe Inman, Danny Edwards, Tom Jenkins, Pat McGowan, Dan Forsman, Howard Twitty, Morris Hatalsky, Phil Hancock, Jim Dent, Barry Jaeckel, Victor Regalado, Ken Brown, David Ogrin, Jodie Mudd, Mark Hayes, Mike Smith, Bobby Clampett, Jerry Pate, Ed Fiori, Mac O'Grady, John Fought, Mark Brooks, Lance Ten Broeck, Tommy Valentine, Brett Upper

Mark Lye and Gary Player did not play

2. Designated players

Bill Rogers

3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member

4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament, and World Series of Golf (beginning In 1976)

Andy North, Dave Stockton

5. The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1984

Don January (did not to play)

6. The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections"

Arnold Palmer, Lou Graham

7. To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1985 Official Money List, as of the completion of the USF&G Classic, March 17, 1985^[8]

Woody Blackburn, Bill Glasson, Brad Fabel, Paul Azinger, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jay Delsing, Mike Bright, Bob Lohr, Chris Perry, Phil Blackmar, Wayne Grady, Greg Twiggs, Gene Sauers, David Lundstrom

General source:^[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 28, 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hale Irwin	67	−5
T2	Morris Hatalsky	68	−4
	Bernhard Langer
	Larry Rinker
	D. A. Weibring
T6	Ronnie Black	69	−3
	Mark Brooks
	Bobby Wadkins
T9	Isao Aoki	70	−2
	John Cook
	Dan Halldorson
	Tom Kite
	Pat McGowan
	Mark O'Meara
	Calvin Peete
	Curtis Strange

Source:^[10]

Second round

Friday, March 29, 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	D. A. Weibring	68-68=136	−8
T2	Dan Halldorson	70-68=138	−6
T2	Bernhard Langer	68-70=138	−6
T4	Hale Irwin	67-72=139	−5
T4	Calvin Peete	70-69=139	−5
6	Larry Rinker	68-72=140	−4
T7	Jodie Mudd	71-70=141	−3
T7	Jack Nicklaus	71-70=141	−3
T9	Mike Donald	71-71=142	−2
	Greg Norman	71-71=142
	Nick Price	73-69=142
	J. C. Snead	71-71=142
	Mike Sullivan	73-69=142
	Doug Tewell	75-67=142
	Brett Upper	72-70=142
	Denis Watson	73-69=142

Source:^[3]

Third round

Saturday, March 30, 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Hale Irwin	67-72-69=208	−8
	Calvin Peete	70-69-69=208
	D. A. Weibring	68-68-72=208
T4	Gary Hallberg	72-71-67=210	−6
T4	Dan Halldorson	70-68-72=210	−6
6	Larry Rinker	68-72-71=211	−5
T7	Dan Forsman	74-69-69=212	−4
	Jack Nicklaus	71-70-71=212
	Payne Stewart	73-70-69=212
	Greg Twiggs	73-72-67=212

Source:^[11]

Final round

Sunday, March 31, 1985

Champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Calvin Peete	70-69-69-66=274	−14	162,000
2	D. A. Weibring	68-68-72-69=277	−11	97,200
3	Larry Rinker	68-72-71-70=281	−7	61,200
4	Gary Hallberg	72-71-67-72=282	−6	43,200
T5	Dan Halldorson	70-68-72-73=283	−5	34,200
T5	Hale Irwin	67-72-69-75=283	−5	34,200
T7	Isao Aoki	70-75-74-65=284	−4	27,112
	Lon Hinkle	71-72-71-70=284
	Bernhard Langer	68-70-75-71=284
	Bruce Lietzke	71-72-70-71=284

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
11	Doug Tewell	75-67-72-71=285	−3	22,500
12	Pat McGowan	70-74-70-72=286	−2	20,700
T13	Dan Forsman	74-69-69-75=287	−1	16,875
	Bill Rogers	73-72-71-71=287
	Craig Stadler	73-70-75-69=287
	Payne Stewart	73-70-69-75=287
T17	Jim Dent	71-74-74-69=288	E	12,600
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	71-70-71-76=288
	Mark O'Meara	70-75-72-71=288
	Don Pooley	72-72-71-73=288
	J. C. Snead	71-71-74-72=288
T22	Dave Barr	75-70-71-73=289	+1	8,640
	Ken Brown	75-70-73-71=289
	Nick Price	73-69-72-75=289
	Hal Sutton (c)	76-69-70-74=289
	Brett Upper	72-70-73-74=289
T27	Ed Fiori	72-72-73-73=290	+2	6,255
	Roger Maltbie	74-71-70-75=290
	Clarence Rose	75-68-72-75=290
	Joey Sindelar	73-70-71-76=290
	Howard Twitty	74-71-73-72=290
	Fuzzy Zoeller	72-74-72-72=290
T33	Jim Colbert	71-73-74-73=291	+3	4,654
	Ben Crenshaw	72-71-73-75=291
	Raymond Floyd (c)	75-71-71-74=291
	Bob Gilder	72-74-71-74=291
	David Graham	73-71-76-71=291
	Scott Simpson	73-73-70-75=291
	Curtis Strange	70-73-72-76=291
T40	Ronnie Black	69-75-71-77=292	+4	3,154
	Mike Bright	72-73-75-72=292
	Keith Fergus	72-72-75-73=292
	Allen Miller	71-74-74-73=292
	Jodie Mudd	71-70-75-76=292
	Mike Nicolette	77-69-75-71=292
	Mark Pfeil	73-72-71-76=292
	Tom Purtzer	74-69-72-77=292
	Mike Reid	72-74-71-75=292
T49	George Archer	72-74-75-72=293	+5	2,199
	Fred Couples (c)	73-72-74-74=293
	Mike Donald	71-71-77-74=293
	Greg Norman	71-71-74-77=293
	Greg Twiggs	73-72-67-81=293
	Richard Zokol	71-75-70-77=293
T55	Gibby Gilbert	75-70-73-76=294	+6	2,007
	Jay Haas	73-72-75-74=294
	Gary Koch	74-72-76-72=294
	Andy North	72-72-75-75=294
	Chris Perry	72-71-70-81=294
	Jack Renner	75-71-72-76=294
	Lee Trevino (c)	73-73-70-78=294
	Tom Watson	71-74-72-77=294
63	Barry Jaeckel	71-73-73-78=295	+7	1,926
T64	Phil Blackmar	73-73-79-71=296	+8	1,872
	Tom Kite	70-75-75-76=296
	Peter Oosterhuis	71-75-75-75=296
	Jerry Pate (c)	75-70-74-77=296
	Bobby Wadkins	69-76-75-76=296
T69	Danny Edwards	74-72-70-81=297	+9	1,791
	Ralph Landrum	73-73-70-81=297
	Arnold Palmer	74-72-75-76=297
	Denis Watson	73-69-76-79=297
73	Bobby Clampett	74-70-76-78=298	+10	1,746
74	Dan Pohl	71-73-74-81=299	+11	1,728
CUT	Paul Azinger	74-73=147	+3
	Andy Bean	74-73=147
	Mark Brooks	69-78=147
	Chen Tze-chung	73-74=147
	Frank Conner	73-74=147
	John Cook	70-77=147
	Brad Faxon	74-73=147
	John Fought	75-72=147
	Buddy Gardner	72-75=147
	Morris Hatalsky	68-79=147
	Pat Lindsey	72-75=147
	Willie Wood	78-69=147
	Bob Eastwood	79-69=148	+4
	Wayne Grady	75-73=148
	Hubert Green	72-76=148
	Andrew Magee	79-69=148
	John Mahaffey	76-72=148
	Mark McCumber	76-72=148
	Gil Morgan	71-77=148
	Tim Simpson	72-76=148
	David Edwards	73-76=149	+5
	Nick Faldo	79-70=149
	Mark Hayes (c)	77-72=149
	Sandy Lyle	74-75=149
	Loren Roberts	74-75=149
	Lance Ten Broeck	75-74=149
	Seve Ballesteros	76-74=150	+6
	George Burns	74-76=150
	Russ Cochran	76-74=150
	Scott Hoch	76-74=150
	Peter Jacobsen	75-75=150
	Larry Mize	71-79=150
	Corey Pavin	73-77=150
	Victor Regalado	74-76=150
	Gene Sauers	76-74=150
	Jim Thorpe	74-76=150
	Woody Blackburn	78-73=151	+7
	Bill Glasson	73-78=151
	Jim Nelford	76-75=151
	Tim Norris	76-75=151
	Brad Fabel	75-77=152	+8
	Joe Inman	77-75=152
	Wayne Levi	72-80=152
	David Lundstrom	74-78=152
	Johnny Miller	73-79=152
	Larry Nelson	76-76=152
	David Ogrin	79-73=152
	Jim Simons	77-75=152
	Tommy Valentine	78-74=152
	John Adams	72-81=153	+9
	Phil Hancock	83-70=153
	Tony Sills	77-76=153
	Tom Jenkins	77-77=154	+10
	Billy Kratzert	77-77=154
	Dave Stockton	77-77=154
	Ron Streck	74-80=154
	Lanny Wadkins (c)	80-74=154
	Chip Beck	81-74=155	+11
	Jay Delsing	79-76=155
	Donnie Hammond	83-72=155
	Sammy Rachels	77-78=155
	Rex Caldwell	76-80=156	+12
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	73-86=159	+15
	Lou Graham	80-80=160	+16
Bob Lohr	81-83=164	+20
Gary McCord	86-78=164	+20
WD	Mike Sullivan	73-69-75=217	+1
	Mac O'Grady	77	+5
	Vance Heafner	78	+6
	Mike Smith	84	+12

Source:^[12]

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