1981 PGA Championship
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1981 PGA Championship was the 63rd PGA Championship, held August 6–9 at Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. Larry Nelson won the first of his three major titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller.[1][2]
Lee Trevino, 1974 champion, did not sign his scorecard after an opening round 74 and was disqualified after turning himself in.[3][4] Bob Murphy led after each of the first two rounds,[5][6] but was 8-over on the weekend and finished ten strokes back in 18th place.[1] After a second consecutive 66 on Saturday, Nelson held the 54-hole lead, four strokes ahead of Zoeller[7]
Tom Watson was the PGA Tour money list leader in August 1981, but missed the cut by a stroke.[6]
It was the second major held at the Highlands Course, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1976. The PGA Championship returned in 2001 and 2011.
Course layout
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 456 | 458 | 469 | 210 | 546 | 445 | 185 | 422 | 419 | 3,610 | 374 | 470 | 510 | 390 | 415 | 215 | 410 | 213 | 463 | 3,460 | 7,070 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, August 6, 1981
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Bob Eastwood | 67 | −3 |
| Template:Flagicon Mark Lye | |||
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Rex Caldwell | 68 | −2 |
| Template:Flagicon Vance Heafner | |||
| Template:Flagicon Andy North | |||
| T7 | Template:Flagicon Charles Coody | 69 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Lon Hinkle | |||
| Template:Flagicon Roger Maltbie | |||
| Template:Flagicon Dan Pohl | |||
| Template:Flagicon Ron Streck |
Source:[8]
Second round
Friday, August 7, 1981
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy | 66-69=135 | −5 |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Bob Eastwood | 67-69=136 | −4 |
| Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson | 70-66=136 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Dan Pohl | 69-67=136 | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Andy North | 69-68=137 | −3 |
| T6 | Template:Flagicon Vance Heafner | 68-70=138 | −2 |
| Template:Flagicon Tom Kite | 71-67=138 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Fuzzy Zoeller | 70-68=138 | ||
| T9 | Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan | 70-69=139 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 71-68=139 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate | 71-68=139 |
Source:[9]
Third round
Saturday, August 8, 1981
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson | 70-66-66=202 | −8 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Fuzzy Zoeller | 70-68-68=206 | −4 |
| T3 | Template:Flagicon Tom Kite | 71-67-69=207 | −3 |
| Template:Flagicon Andy North | 69-68-70=207 | ||
| T5 | Template:Flagicon Bob Eastwood | 67-69-72=208 | −2 |
| Template:Flagicon Vance Heafner | 68-70-70=208 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy | 66-69-73=208 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Greg Norman | 73-67-68=208 | ||
| T9 | Template:Flagicon Isao Aoki | 75-68-66=209 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate | 71-68-70=209 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Dan Pohl | 69-67-73=209 |
Source:[10]
Final round
Sunday, August 9, 1981
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson | 70-66-66-71=273 | −7 | 60,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Fuzzy Zoeller | 70-68-68-71=277 | −3 | 40,000 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Dan Pohl | 69-67-73-69=278 | −2 | 25,000 |
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Isao Aoki | 75-68-66-70=279 | −1 | 13,146 |
| Template:Flagicon Keith Fergus | 71-71-69-68=279 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Bob Gilder | 74-69-70-66=279 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Tom Kite | 71-67-69-72=279 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Bruce Lietzke | 70-70-71-68=279 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 71-68-71-69=279 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Greg Norman | 73-67-68-71=279 |
Source:[11]
References
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External links
- PGA.com – 1981 PGA Championship
- Yahoo! Sports: 1981 PGA Championship leaderboard
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