May. 5, 2008
TOURNAMENT RECAP: A year later, Fred Couples beat Hal Sutton's record of being the youngest player to win the tournament. The 24-year-old Couples matched Lee Trevino birdie for birdie over the final round and had the luxury of three-putting the 18th hole to win by one shot. His total of 277 beat Jerry Pate's 1982 TPC Sawgrass tournament record by three strokes.
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| Couples' scorecard at TPC Sawgrass |
| 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 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
37 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
34 |
71 |
| Round 2 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
32 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
32 |
64 |
| Round 3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
38 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
33 |
71 |
| Round 4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
34 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
37 |
71 |
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| 1984 PLAYERS leaderboard |
| 1 |
Fred Couples |
71 |
64 |
71 |
71 |
277/-11 |
$144,000 |
| 2 |
Lee Trevino |
76 |
66 |
68 |
68 |
278/-10 |
$86,400 |
| T3 |
Seve Ballesteros |
70 |
68 |
70 |
74 |
282/-6 |
$46,400 |
| T3 |
Craig Stadler |
74 |
70 |
66 |
72 |
282/-6 |
$46,400 |
| T5 |
Mark O'Meara |
72 |
69 |
69 |
73 |
283/-5 |
$30,400 |
| T5 |
Lanny Wadkins |
72 |
66 |
78 |
67 |
283/-5 |
$30,400 |
| 7 |
Nick Price |
70 |
72 |
74 |
68 |
284/-4 |
$26,800 |
| T8 |
Dan Pohl |
74 |
69 |
71 |
71 |
285/-3 |
$24,000 |
| T8 |
Tom Watson |
75 |
67 |
67 |
76 |
285/-3 |
$24,000 |
| T10 |
John Mahaffey |
69 |
74 |
69 |
74 |
286/-2 |
$20,800 |
| T10 |
Jim Thorpe |
68 |
69 |
78 |
71 |
286/-2 |
$20,800 |
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