The 1986 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held 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.
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 .
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
Jim Nelford, Jack Renner, Mike Smith, and Denis Watson elected not to play
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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
Peter Thomson elected not to play
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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
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Round summaries First round Thursday, March 27, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Keith Fergus 66 −6 Ken Green Larry Mize Tony Sills Bob Tway T6 David Edwards 67 −5 Raymond Floyd Lanny Wadkins Willie Wood T10 Danny Edwards 68 −4 Mark O'Meara J. C. Snead Doug Tewell Lee Trevino Mark Wiebe Source:
Second round Friday, March 28, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Larry Mize 66-68=134 −10 Bob Murphy 69-65=1343 Dave Rummells 70-65=135 −9 T4 David Edwards 67-69=208 −8 Doug Tewell 68-68=136 Brett Upper 71-65=136T7 Mike Hulbert 69-68=137 −7 Jim Thorpe 69-68=137T9 Tom Kite 69-69=138 −6 Nick Price 71-67=138 Payne Stewart 71-67=138 Source:
Third round Saturday, March 29, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Larry Mize 66-68-66=200 −16 2 John Mahaffey 69-70-65=204 −12 T3 Bob Murphy 69-65-74=208 −8 Tim Simpson 72-70-66=208 T5 Tom Kite 69-69-71=209 −7 Brett Upper 71-65-73=209T7 Dick Mast 69-73-68=210 −6 Doug Tewell 68-68-74=210T9 Tony Sills 71-73-70=211 −5 Jim Simons 69-72-70=211 Hal Sutton 71-72-68=211 Jim Thorpe 69-68-74=211 Lee Trevino 68-73-70=211 Bob Tway 66-73-72=211 Source:
Final round Sunday, March 30, 1986 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 John Mahaffey 69-70-65-71=275 −13 162,0002 Larry Mize 66-68-66-76=276 −12 97,2003 Tim Simpson 72-70-66-72=280 −8 61,200T4 Tom Kite 69-69-71-72=281 −7 37,200 Jim Thorpe 69-68-74-70=281 Brett Upper 71-65-73-72=281T7 John Cook 71-73-70-68=282 −6 28,050 Jay Haas 73-68-73-68=282 Hal Sutton (c) 71-72-68-71=282T10 Dave Rummells 70-65-79-69=283 −5 21,600 Payne Stewart 71-67-75-70=283 Doug Tewell 68-68-74-73=283 Bob Tway 66-73-72-72=283 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)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=284T17 Ronnie Black 70-71-74-70=285 −3 13,950 Joey Sindelar 70-70-73-72=285T19 David Edwards 67-69-76-74=286 −2 12,150 Jim Simons 69-72-70-75=286T21 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=287T33 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=288T40 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=289T48 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=290T54 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=291T58 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=292T64 Paul Azinger 70-71-77-75=293 +5 1,890 Dave Barr 69-72-73-79=293 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 69-75-78-71=293T67 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=294T72 Greg Ladehoff 73-69-78-76=296 +8 1,755 Steve Pate 71-72-78-75=29674 Willie Wood 67-73-77-80=297 +9 1,72875 George Burns 71-73-75-80=299 +11 1,710CUT 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 +13WD Donnie Hammond 82 +10
References
External links The Players Championship website