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Sunday 25 March 1979PGA TourYear in Review
Wadkins wins Tournament Players Championship
Sawgrass Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 March 1979 · Lanny Wadkins’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $440,000 USD · dates March 22–25 from the event article; SI feature confirms Thursday–Sunday rounds; final round Sunday, March 25 (event article)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Tom Watson USA · 288five strokes back; played the last three holes Saturday in four over par, then got within three strokes of Wadkins on Sunday's back nine (SI) Lanny's A Two-time Winner – Sports Illustrated, April 2, 1979
143 started · cut +3, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Tournament Players Championship
Sawgrass Country Club, East-West course, Sawgrass Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lanny Wadkins
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
2 April 1979 · p. 24 From the print archive
They were two of the best rounds of golf I've ever played in my life.
Sports Illustrated
2 April 1979 · p. 24 From the print archive
When you've got the driver under control, when your tempo is good, and when you get the putter going with confidence, you can shoot good scores. There wasn't anything I didn't think I could do, even when the wind blew.
Sports Illustrated
2 April 1979
I can't wait for Augusta
Sports Illustrated
2 April 1979 · p. 24 From the print archive
McCumber could be suspended for giving false hope to a hundred guys who can't play.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanny Wadkins | 67 · 68 · 76 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| 2 | Tom Watson | 70 · 72 · 75 · 71 | 288 | E |
| 3 | Jack Renner | 73 · 70 · 71 · 75 | 289 | +1 |
| 4 | Phil Hancock | 69 · 73 · 75 · 74 | 291 | +3 |
| T5 | Billy Kratzert | 69 · 70 · 75 · 79 | 293 | +5 |
| T5 | Wayne Levi | 69 · 72 · 77 · 75 | 293 | +5 |
| T5 | Lee Trevino | 70 · 69 · 75 · 79 | 293 | +5 |
| 8 | Andy Bean | 72 · 73 · 74 · 75 | 294 | +6 |
| T9 | Jay Haas | 71 · 74 · 74 · 76 | 295 | +7 |
| T9 | Tom Kite | 72 · 73 · 75 · 75 | 295 | +7 |
| T9 | Jack Newton | 69 · 74 · 77 · 75 | 295 | +7 |
The golfer
born 1949-12-05, Richmond, Virginia; USA; turned pro 1971; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet