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, and finished at 277, one stroke ahead of runner-up It was his second win on tour, and he won this championship twelve years later in Trevino, the champion in 1980 at adjacent Sawgrass Country Club, 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, but finished eight strokes back.

Venue

This was the third Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at . In response to player concerns, the course had undergone further refinements: greens were flattened and slowed and most of the waste areas were removed.

Eligibility requirements Top 125 players, if PGA Tour members, from Final 1983 Official Money List Designated players Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member Winners in the last 10 calendar years of the Tournament Players Championship, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament and World Series of Golf (beginning in 1976) The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1983 The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections" To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1984 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Bay Hill Classic, March 19, 1984

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Field John Adams, Isao Aoki, George Archer, Wally Armstrong, Seve Ballesteros, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Jim Booros, Bob Boyd, Bill Britton, Mark Brooks, Brad Bryant, George Burns, George Cadle, Rex Caldwell, Chen Tze-chung, Bobby Clampett, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, Jim Colbert, Frank Conner, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Jim Dent, Mike Donald, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Keith Fergus, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, Dan Forsman, John Fought, Buddy Gardner, Al Geiberger, Gibby Gilbert, Bob Gilder, David Graham, Lou Graham, Thomas Gray, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Donnie Hammond, Phil Hancock, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Vance Heafner, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Barry Jaeckel, Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Ralph Landrum, Bernhard Langer, Wayne Levi, Steven Liebler, Bruce Lietzke, Pat Lindsey, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Allen Miller, Johnny Miller, Jeff Mitchell, Larry Mize, Griff Moody, Gil Morgan, Bob Murphy, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Jim Nelford, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Nicolette, Greg Norman, Tim Norris, Andy North, Mac O'Grady, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, Peter Oosterhuis, Arnold Palmer, Jerry Pate, Corey Pavin, Mark Pfeil, Gary Player, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Greg Powers, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Sammy Rachels, Joey Rassett, Victor Regalado, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Larry Rinker, Bill Rogers, Clarence Rose, Bill Sander, Bob Shearer, Tony Sills, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Dave Stockton, Curtis Strange, Ron Streck, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Tom Weiskopf, Willie Wood, Richard Zokol

Round summaries First round Thursday, March 29, 1984

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jim Thorpe 68 −42 John Mahaffey 69 −3T3 Seve Ballesteros 70 −2 Johnny Miller T6 John Cook 71 −1 Fred Couples Hubert Green Jay Haas Wayne Levi Bruce Lietzke Tim Simpson Hal Sutton Source:

Second round Friday, March 30, 1984 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Fred Couples 71-64=135 −92 Jim Thorpe 68-69=137 −7T3 Seve Ballesteros 70-68=138 −6 Lanny Wadkins 72-66=1385 Johnny Miller 70-69=139 −5T6 Jay Haas 71-69=140 −4 Larry Rinker 75-67=140T8 Isao Aoki 72-69=141 −3 Mark O'Meara 72-69=141 Hal Sutton 71-70=141 Source:

Third round Saturday, March 31, 1984

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Fred Couples 71-64-71=206 −102 Seve Ballesteros 70-68-70=208 −8 3 Tom Watson 75-67-67=209 −7T4 Mark O'Meara 72-69-69=210 −6 Craig Stadler 74-70-66=210 Lee Trevino 76-66-68=210 7 John Mahaffey 69-74-69=212 −4 T8 Dan Pohl 71-69-74=214 −2 Larry Mize 75-72-67=214 Dan Pohl 74-69-71=214 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 1, 1984 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Fred Couples 71-64-71-71=277 −11 144,0002 Lee Trevino (c) 76-66-68-68=278 −10 86,400T3 Seve Ballesteros 70-68-70-74=282 −6 46,400 Craig Stadler 74-70-66-72=282T5 Mark O'Meara 72-69-69-73=283 −5 30,400 Lanny Wadkins (c) 72-66-78-67=2837 Nick Price 70-72-74-68=284 −4 26,800T8 Dan Pohl 74-69-71-71=285 −3 24,000 Tom Watson 75-67-67-76=285T10 John Mahaffey 69-74-69-74=286 −2 20,800 Jim Thorpe 68-69-78-71=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 Raymond Floyd (c) 77-71-70-69=287 −1 16,800 Bruce Lietzke 71-73-74-69=287 Tim Simpson 71-73-74-69=287T15 Isao Aoki 72-69-76-71=288 E 12,800 David Edwards 73-71-78-66=288 Phil Hancock 76-70-72-70=288 Hale Irwin 73-74-72-69=288 Larry Mize 75-72-67-74=288T20 Jim Colbert 74-75-72-68=289 +1 8,666 Nick Faldo 73-73-74-69=289 Keith Fergus 74-73-72-70=289 Donnie Hammond 77-70-69-73=289 Wayne Levi 71-71-76-71=289 Pat Lindsey 73-71-75-70=289T26 Ben Crenshaw 74-73-73-70=290 +2 6,160 Peter Oosterhuis 73-69-74-74=290 Mike Sullivan 75-70-71-74=290T29 Chip Beck 77-72-73-69=291 +3 5,320 Jay Haas 71-69-74-77=291 Bernhard Langer 72-70-75-74=291 Johnny Miller 70-69-78-74=291T33 George Archer 76-69-77-70=292 +4 4,050 Brad Faxon 75-72-77-68=292 John Fought 75-72-73-72=292 Barry Jaeckel 72-72-72-76=292 Jack Nicklaus (c) 78-70-75-69=292 Clarence Rose 73-72-72-75=292 Scott Simpson 75-74-72-71=292 Curtis Strange 74-73-74-71=292T41 David Graham 76-73-73-71=293 +5 3,120 Tom Purtzer 76-69-76-72=293 Hal Sutton (c) 71-70-74-78=293T44 Russ Cochran 72-74-76-72=294 +6 2,361 John Cook 71-76-73-74=294 Dave Eichelberger 74-72-73-75=294 Scott Hoch 78-71-72-73=294 Gil Morgan 72-76-73-73=294 Ron Streck 76-72-73-73=294 Willie Wood 72-73-77-72=294T51 Peter Jacobsen 75-73-76-71=295 +7 1,925 Tom Jenkins 80-69-72-74=295 Tom Kite 74-70-74-77=295T54 Gary Hallberg 73-71-78-74=296 +8 1,824 Gary Koch 77-71-75-73=296 Allen Miller 76-72-73-75=296 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 74-71-76-75=296 Larry Rinker 73-67-85-71=296T59 Wally Armstrong 76-73-74-74=297 +9 1,768 Gibby Gilbert 76-72-79-70=29761 Gary Player 74-73-74-77=298 +10 1,744T62 Bob Eastwood 74-72-77-76=299 +11 1,720 Larry Nelson 75-72-74-78=299T64 Bobby Clampett 73-75-79-73=300 +12 1,688 Payne Stewart 79-70-75-76=300T66 Buddy Gardner 73-75-73-80=301 +13 1,640 Thomas Gray 75-73-79-74=301 Hubert Green 71-78-81-71=301 Arnold Palmer 72-76-76-77=30170 Lennie Clements 72-76-77-77=302 +14 1,60071 Danny Edwards 76-72-78-79=305 +17 1,584CUT Rex Caldwell 75-75=150 +6 Jim Dent 76-74=150 Lou Graham 76-74=150 Mac O'Grady 78-72=150 Sammy Rachels 77-73=150 Doug Tewell 75-75=150 Dave Barr 79-72=151 +7 Andy Bean 79-72=151 Mark Brooks 77-74=151 Frank Conner 78-73=151 Ralph Landrum 75-76=151 Greg Norman 72-79=151 Tim Norris 79-72=151 Greg Powers 76-75=151 Joey Rassett 74-77=151 Joey Sindelar 74-77=151 Bobby Wadkins 75-76=151 John Adams 75-77=152 +8 Mike Donald 80-72=152 Dan Halldorson 79-73=152 Mark Lye 78-74=152 Pat McGowan 74-78=152 David Ogrin 75-77=152 Mark Pfeil 79-73=152 Don Pooley 80-72=152 Victor Regalado 75-77=152 Mike Reid 81-71=152 Jack Renner 75-77=152 Ed Sneed 74-78=152 Bill Britton 79-74=153 +9 Mark Hayes (c) 77-76=153 Joe Inman 77-76=153 Griff Moody 78-75=153 Jerry Pate (c) 79-74=153 D. A. Weibring 76-77=153 Ronnie Black 80-74=154 +10 George Cadle 76-78=154 Lee Elder 80-74=154 Al Geiberger (c) 79-75=154 Steven Liebler 80-74=154 Jim Nelford 79-75=154 Bill Rogers 75-79=154 Tom Weiskopf 78-76=154 Brad Bryant 81-74=155 +11 George Burns 81-74=155 Roger Maltbie 77-78=155 Richard Zokol 77-78=155 Bob Gilder 76-80=156 +12 Gary McCord 79-77=156 Andy North 81-75=156 Chen Tze-chung 80-77=157 +13 Ken Green 85-72=157 Corey Pavin 75-82=157 J. C. Snead 85-72=157 Bob Boyd 80-78=158 +14 Bruce Fleisher 83-75=158 Dave Stockton 84-74=158 Leonard Thompson 79-79=158 Jim Booros 82-77=159 +15 Bob Murphy 84-75=159 Bill Sander 80-79=159 Tony Sills 81-78=159 Morris Hatalsky 77-83=160 +16 Bob Shearer 80-80=160 Denis Watson 82-79=161 +17 Ed Fiori 84-81=165 +21 Dan Forsman 86-80=166 +22 Lon Hinkle 84-85=169 +25WD Mike Nicolette 76 +4 Vance Heafner 79 +7 Mike McCullough 88 +16DQ Mark McCumber 72 E Jeff Mitchell

References

External links The Players Championship website