1987 PLAYERS champion

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May. 5, 2008

TOURNAMENT RECAP: Scotsman Sandy Lyle became the first non-U.S. player to win THE PLAYERS Championship when he defeated Jeff Sluman in a playoff. The opening round was bizarre with Raymond Floyd hitting his ball into his own golf bag, and both he and Seve Ballesteros incurring penalties for going out of bounds. After Lyle and Sluman had finished with 274 totals, Sluman had a chance for a birdie, and victory, on the second extra hole -- the 17th -- but missed after a spectator jumped in the lake and distracted him. Lyle won with par on the 18th.

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Lyle'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	2	4	4	3	3	3	5	33	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	2	4	34	67
Round 2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	6	36	3	6	4	3	4	4	5	2	4	35	71
Round 3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	35	3	5	3	2	4	3	4	3	4	31	66
Round 4	5	4	3	3	4	4	5	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	3	3	34	70

1987 PLAYERS leaderboard

Pos	Player	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4	Total	Earnings
1	Sandy Lyle	67	71	66	70	274/-14	$180,000
2	Jeff Sluman	70	66	69	69	274/-14	$108,000
3	Mark O'Meara	68	65	69	73	275/-13	$68,000
T4	Greg Norman	67	68	71	70	276/-12	$44,000
T4	Scott Simpson	69	65	68	74	276/-12	$44,000
6	Paul Azinger	68	70	68	71	277/-11	$36,000
T7	Bill Glasson	69	69	68	72	278/-10	$32,250
T7	Dan Pohl	68	66	75	69	278/-10	$32,250
T9	Ben Crenshaw	70	68	66	75	279/-9	$27,000
T9	Tom Kite	72	70	67	70	279/-9	$27,000
T9	Tom Purtzer	69	67	72	71	279/-9	$27,000