The 1991 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 eighteenth Players Championship.
Steve Elkington birdied the final hole to win the title at 276 (−12), one stroke ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller. Elkington won a second Players six years later in 1997.
Defending champion Jodie Mudd missed the 36-hole cut by five strokes.
Venue
This was the tenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, set at for a second year.
Eligibility requirements 1. The top 125 PGA Tour members from the Final 1990 Official Money List:
John Adams, Fulton Allem, Billy Andrade, Tommy Armour III, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Jim Booros, Bill Britton, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Brad Bryant, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, David Canipe, Brian Claar, Keith Clearwater, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Jay Delsing, Mike Donald, Ed Dougherty, Bob Eastwood, David Edwards, Steve Elkington, Bob Estes, Brad Fabel, Brad Faxon, Rick Fehr, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Gallagher Jr., Robert Gamez, Buddy Gardner, Bob Gilder, Bill Glasson, Wayne Grady, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Jim Hallet, Donnie Hammond, Morris Hatalsky, Nolan Henke, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, Kenny Knox, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Mark Lye, Andrew Magee, John Mahaffey, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Mark McCumber, Rocco Mediate, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Larry Nelson, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, David Peoples, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Peter Persons, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Bill Sander, Gene Sauers, Ted Schulz, Tom Sieckmann, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Mike Smith, Craig Stadler, Ray Stewart, Curtis Strange, Hal Sutton, Brian Tennyson, Doug Tewell, Jim Thorpe, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Howard Twitty, Stan Utley, Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, Bob Wolcott, Willie Wood, Jim Woodward, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Richard Zokol
Emlyn Aubrey, Payne Stewart, Raymond Floyd, Mike Reid, Tony Sills, Scott Simpson, and Jeff Sluman elected not to play
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2. Designated players:
3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member:
Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam, Nick Faldo, José María Olazábal
4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and World Series of Golf:
David Graham, Jerry Pate, Seve Ballesteros, Calvin Peete, Bernhard Langer Andy North, Hubert Green, Roger Maltbie
5. British Open winners since 1990:
6. Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections":
Mark Hayes, Masashi Ozaki, Peter Senior, Craig Parry, Denis Watson, Mark McNulty
7. To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1991 Official Money List, as of the completion of the USF&G Classic:
Dan Halldorson, Dave Rummells, Bart Bryant, John Daly, Jeff Maggert, Neal Lancaster, Dan Pohl
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Round summaries First round Thursday, March 28, 1991 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bob Tway 65 −7T2 Russ Cochran 66 −6 Bob Eastwood Steve Elkington Peter Persons T6 Paul Azinger 67 −5 Phil Blackmar Jay Don Blake Blaine McCallister Mike Smith D. A. Weibring Source:
Second round Friday, March 29, 1991 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Paul Azinger 67-68=135 −9T2 Steve Elkington 66-70=136 −8 Fuzzy Zoeller 68-68=136 4 Ian Baker-Finch 69-69=138 −6T5 Billy Andrade 68-71=139 −5 Phil Blackmar 67-72=139 Brian Claar 70-69=139 Bob Lohr 68-71=139 Chris Perry 68-71=139 Curtis Strange 71-68=139 Kirk Triplett 68-71=139 Willie Wood 71-68=139 Source:
Third round Saturday, March 30, 1991 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Paul Azinger 67-68-69=204 −122 Fuzzy Zoeller 68-68-69=205 −11 T3 Bob Lohr 68-71-68=207 −9 Tom Watson 68-74-65=207 T5 Phil Blackmar 67-72-69=208−8 Brian Claar 70-69-69=208 Steve Elkington 66-70-72=208 T8 Ian Baker-Finch 69-69-71=209 −7 Curtis Strange 71-68-70=209T10 Ed Dougherty 71-70-69=210 −6 Chris Perry 68-71-71=210 Nick Price 68-75-67=210 Gene Sauers 68-74-68=210 Joey Sindelar 68-75-67=210 Source:
Final round Sunday, March 31, 1991
Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Steve Elkington 66-70-72-68=276 −12 288,0002 Fuzzy Zoeller 68-68-69-72=277 −11 172,800T3 Paul Azinger 67-68-69-74=278 −10 83,200 Phil Blackmar 67-72-69-70=278 John Cook 71-73-69-65=278T6 Bernhard Langer 70-70-71-69=280 −8 53,600 Bruce Lietzke 71-72-68-69=280 Curtis Strange 71-68-70-71=280T9 Bob Lohr 68-71-68-74=281 −7 41,600 Nick Price 68-75-67-71=281 Gene Sauers 68-74-68-71=281 Bobby Wadkins 68-74-69-70=281 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Jay Delsing 71-71-71-69=282 −6 32,000 Mark McCumber (c) 70-72-69-71=282T15 Keith Clearwater 72-72-70-69=283 −5 25,600 John Huston 72-71-70-70=283 Rocco Mediate 69-74-68-72=283 Craig Parry 70-74-69-70=283 Ian Woosnam 72-69-70-72=283T20 Bob Eastwood 66-74-71-73=284 −4 19,306 Neal Lancaster 71-73-69-71=284 Tom Watson 68-74-65-77=284T23 Fred Couples (c) 70-74-69-72=285 −3 14,720 Blaine McCallister 67-75-70-73=285 Mark McNulty 70-72-72-71=285 Larry Nelson 72-72-70-71=285T27 Billy Andrade 68-71-74-73=286 −2 9,394 Jay Don Blake 67-75-75-69=286 Bill Britton 69-71-74-72=286 Billy Ray Brown 72-73-69-72=286 Ed Dougherty 71-70-69-76=286 Ken Green 69-76-71-70=286 Hale Irwin 68-74-69-75=286 Andy North 72-72-70-72=286 Masashi Ozaki 73-72-72-69=286 Steve Pate 69-73-70-74=286 Chris Perry 68-71-71-76=286 Peter Persons 66-75-71-74=286 Loren Roberts 69-73-71-73=286 Robert Wrenn 70-72-73-71=286T41 Ian Baker-Finch 69-69-71-78=287 −1 5,064 Brian Claar 70-69-69-79=287 David Edwards 71-73-70-73=287 David Frost 69-71-72-75=287 Buddy Gardner 70-71-74-72=287 Bill Glasson 72-70-72-73=287 Steve Jones 71-70-71-75=287 Corey Pavin 69-76-71-71=287 Joey Sindelar 68-75-67-77=287 Bob Tway 65-77-72-73=287 D. A. Weibring 67-74-72-74=287T52 John Adams 69-75-72-72=288 E 3,731 Chip Beck 70-73-71-74=288 Mark Hayes (c) 71-73-73-71=288 Larry Rinker 74-71-70-73=288 Tim Simpson 72-73-67-76=288T57 Mike Donald 71-72-74-72=289 +1 3,552 Nick Faldo 72-72-71-74=289 Kenny Knox 73-71-77-68=289 Mark Lye 72-73-69-75=289 Kenny Perry 74-70-75-70=28962 Lanny Wadkins (c) 70-75-70-75=290 +2 3,456T63 Seve Ballesteros 72-72-73-74=291 +3 3,360 Jim Booros 72-72-73-74=291 Greg Norman 75-70-70-76=291 Bob Wolcott 69-75-74-73=291 Willie Wood 71-68-74-78=291T68 Ray Stewart 70-73-76-73=292 +4 3,232 Hal Sutton (c) 72-73-73-74=292 Kirk Triplett 68-71-79-74=29271 Tommy Armour III 71-74-74-74=293 +5 3,16872 David Peoples 71-73-75-75=294 +6 3,136T73 Billy Mayfair 70-75-74-76=295 +7 3,088 Stan Utley 73-71-69-82=29575 Dan Forsman 71-74-76-78=299 +11 3,04076 Calvin Peete (c) 73-72-78-79=302 +14 3,008CUT Dave Barr 69-77=146 +2 Mark Brooks 70-76=146 Jay Haas 69-77=146 Jim Hallet 70-76=146 Andrew Magee 71-75=146 John Mahaffey (c) 72-74=146 Roger Maltbie 72-74=146 Dave Rummells 75-71=146 Jeff Sluman 69-77=146 Craig Stadler 72-74=146 Mark Wiebe 73-73=146 Fulton Allem 75-72=147 +3 Brad Bryant 72-75=147 Brad Faxon 71-76=147 Fred Funk 73-74=147 Jim Gallagher Jr. 72-75=147 Wayne Grady 71-76=147 Hubert Green 70-77=147 Donnie Hammond 70-77=147 Nolan Henke 71-76=147 Lee Janzen 73-74=147 Sandy Lyle (c) 72-75=147 Larry Mize 73-74=147 Mark O'Meara 71-76=147 Mike Smith 67-80=147 Denis Watson 73-74=147 Mark Calcavecchia 71-77=148 +4 Ben Crenshaw 73-75=148 Rick Fehr 70-78=148 Tom Kite (c) 77-71=148 José María Olazábal 74-74=148 Bart Bryant 75-74=149 +5 Brad Fabel 74-75=149 Morris Hatalsky 72-77=149 Scott Hoch 71-78=149 Dan Pohl 70-79=149 Tom Purtzer 71-78=149 Bill Sander 70-79=149 Brian Tennyson 75-74=149 Doug Tewell 71-78=149 David Canipe 76-74=150 +6 Bob Estes 72-78=150 Wayne Levi 75-75=150 Davis Love III 71-79=150 Jodie Mudd (c) 75-75=150 Howard Twitty 73-77=150 Andy Bean 73-78=151 +7 Tom Byrum 75-76=151 Robert Gamez 76-75=151 Dan Halldorson 72-79=151 Mike Hulbert 72-79=151 Gil Morgan 72-79=151 Jerry Pate (c) 72-79=151 Ted Schulz 72-79=151 Bob Gilder 69-83=152 +8 Gary Hallberg 73-79=152 Jeff Maggert 75-77=152 Jim Thorpe 76-76=152 Jim Woodward 73-79=152 John Daly 73-81=154 +10 Peter Jacobsen 74-80=154 Peter Senior 78-76=154 Tom Sieckmann 75-81=156 +12 David Graham 76-81=157 +13 Richard Zokol 76-85=161 +17 Scott Verplank 84-79=163 +19WD Russ Cochran 66-78-79=223 +7 Don Pooley 72-77=149 +5
References
External links The Players Championship website