1982 PLAYERS champion

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May. 5, 2008

TOURNAMENT RECAP: Jerry Pate made his own mark on the tournament in its new location, THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, with a two-shot victory over Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant. He played with an orange ball and shot 8-under-par 280, precisely the winning score predicted by course designer Pete Dye at the beginning of the championship. Pate celebrated by throwing Dye and then-PGA TOUR Commissioner Deane Beman into the greenside lake -- then dived in himself. Defending champion Raymond Floyd had gone home after 36 holes believing he'd missed the cut. But on being told he was still in, he chartered a plane, then took a helicopter and made his tee time Saturday with two minutes to spare -- and finished tied for 22nd.

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1982 PLAYERS leaderboard

Pos	Player	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4	Total	Earnings
1	Jerry Pate	70	73	70	67	280/-8	$90,000
T2	Brad Bryant	70	69	71	72	282/-6	$44,000
T2	Scott Simpson	68	70	73	71	282/-6	$44,000
4	Bruce Lietzke	69	72	69	73	283/-5	$24,000
5	Roger Maltbie	69	72	73	70	284/-4	$20,000
T6	Seve Ballesteros	73	72	69	72	286/-2	$16,188
T6	Hubert Green	73	75	70	68	286/-2	$16,188
T6	Craig Stadler	71	68	75	72	286/-2	$16,188
T6	Tom Watson	70	76	68	72	286/-2	$16,188
T10	Jim Booros	73	72	71	71	287/-1	$12,500
T10	Larry Nelson	67	72	77	71	287/-1	$12,500
T10	Ed Sneed	68	71	74	74	287/-1	$12,500