1983 PLAYERS champion

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May. 5, 2008

TOURNAMENT RECAP: Hal Sutton, at 24, became the youngest winner to date after a wild final round when the lead changed hands 11 times. Sutton's first-round 73 was the highest ever start by a winner. Sutton was the leader in the clubhouse at 283 as John Cook reached No. 18 needing birdie to win, but he hooked his ball into the water and the tournament belonged to Sutton, who said: "I thought for one time in my life I was going to beat my heroes -- (Jack) Nicklaus, (Arnold) Palmer and (Raymond) Floyd. I may never do it again but I got them this one time."

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP: More champions | Tournament home | TPC Sawgrass

MORE SUTTON: Profile | Sutton receives Payne Stewart Award

Sutton's scorecard at TPC Sawgrass

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	72
Yardage	388	511	162	360	454	381	439	215	582	3492	395	529	336	172	438	426	497	132	440	3365	6857
Round 1	4	5	3	3	4	4	5	3	5	36	6	4	4	4	4	3	6	2	4	37	73
Round 2	4	4	2	4	4	5	5	3	6	37	3	5	3	3	5	3	5	3	4	34	71
Round 3	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	3	6	36	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	34	70
Round 4	4	4	2	3	5	4	5	3	5	35	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	2	5	34	69

1983 PLAYERS leaderboard

Pos	Player	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4	Total	Earnings
1	Hal Sutton	73	71	70	69	283/-5	$126,000
2	Bob Eastwood	69	75	71	69	284/-4	$75,600
T3	John Cook	69	70	71	75	285/-3	$36,400
T3	Bruce Lietzke	68	75	71	71	285/-3	$36,400
T3	John Mahaffey	72	74	72	67	285/-3	$36,400
T6	Vance Heafner	72	71	69	74	286/-2	$24,325
T6	Doug Tewell	72	74	70	70	286/-2	$24,325
T8	Ed Fiori	72	73	71	71	287/-1	$21,000
T8	Curtis Strange	72	75	70	70	287/-1	$21,000
T10	Bobby Clampett	69	72	70	77	288/E	$17,500
T10	Ben Crenshaw	70	74	69	75	288/E	$17,500
T10	Don Pooley	71	70	72	75	288/E	$17,500