1981 PGA Championship

1981 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 6–9, 1981
Location	Duluth, Georgia
Course(s)	Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,070 yards (6,465 m)
Field	147 players, 78 after cut^[1]
Cut	147 (+7)^[2]
Prize fund	$401,050
Winner's share	$60,000
Champion
Larry Nelson
273 (−7)
«1980 1982»

Atlanta AC

Location in the United States

Atlanta AC

Location in Georgia

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.^[3]^[4]

Lee Trevino, 1974 champion, did not sign his scorecard after an opening round 74 and was disqualified after turning himself in.^[5]^[6] Bob Murphy led after each of the first two rounds,^[7]^[8] but was 8-over on the weekend and finished ten strokes back in 18th place.^[3] After a second consecutive 66 on Saturday, Nelson held the 54-hole lead, four strokes ahead of Zoeller^[9]

Tom Watson was the PGA Tour money list leader in August 1981, but missed the cut by a stroke.^[8]

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.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973 1975, 1980	71	68	71	69	279	−1	T4
Raymond Floyd	United States	1969	71	70	71	72	284	+4	T19
Don January	United States	1967	70	72	70	72	284	+4	T19
Lanny Wadkins	United States	1977	70	71	74	71	286	+6	T33
David Graham	Australia	1979	75	69	74	70	288	+8	T43
Dave Stockton	United States	1970, 1976	70	75	70	73	288	+8	T43
Gary Player	South Africa	1962, 1972	75	72	71	71	289	+9	T49
Al Geiberger	United States	1966	73	74	77	69	293	+13	T67

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Lionel Hebert	United States	1957	73	77	150	+10
John Mahaffey	United States	1978	76	75	151	+11
Bobby Nichols	United States	1964	77	79	156	+16
Doug Ford	United States	1955	79	WD
Sam Snead	United States	1942, 1949, 1951	79	WD
Lee Trevino	United States	1974	74	DQ	^[5]^[6]

Source:^[1]^[10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 6, 1981

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bob Murphy	United States	66	−4
T2	Bob Eastwood	United States	67	−3
T2	Mark Lye	United States	67	−3
T4	Rex Caldwell	United States	68	−2
	Vance Heafner	United States
	Andy North	United States
T7	Charles Coody	United States	69	−1
	Lon Hinkle	United States
	Roger Maltbie	United States
	Dan Pohl	United States
	Ron Streck	United States

Source:^[11]

Second round

Friday, August 7, 1981

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bob Murphy	United States	66-69=135	−5
T2	Bob Eastwood	United States	67-69=136	−4
	Larry Nelson	United States	70-66=136
	Dan Pohl	United States	69-67=136
5	Andy North	United States	69-68=137	−3
T6	Vance Heafner	United States	68-70=138	−2
	Tom Kite	United States	71-67=138
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	70-68=138
T9	Gil Morgan	United States	70-69=139	−1
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-68=139
	Jerry Pate	United States	71-68=139

Source:^[10]

Third round

Saturday, August 8, 1981

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Larry Nelson	United States	70-66-66=202	−8
2	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	70-68-68=206	−4
T3	Tom Kite	United States	71-67-69=207	−3
T3	Andy North	United States	69-68-70=207	−3
T5	Bob Eastwood	United States	67-69-72=208	−2
	Vance Heafner	United States	68-70-70=208
	Bob Murphy	United States	66-69-73=208
	Greg Norman	Australia	73-67-68=208
T9	Isao Aoki	Japan	75-68-66=209	−1
	Jerry Pate	United States	71-68-70=209
	Dan Pohl	United States	69-67-73=209

Source:^[12]

Final round

Sunday, August 9, 1981

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Larry Nelson	United States	70-66-66-71=273	−7	60,000
2	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	70-68-68-71=277	−3	40,000
3	Dan Pohl	United States	69-67-73-69=278	−2	25,000
T4	Isao Aoki	Japan	75-68-66-70=279	−1	13,146
	Keith Fergus	United States	71-71-69-68=279
	Bob Gilder	United States	74-69-70-66=279
	Tom Kite	United States	71-67-69-72=279
	Bruce Lietzke	United States	70-70-71-68=279
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-68-71-69=279
	Greg Norman	Australia	73-67-68-71=279

Source:^[1]

References

1 2 3 "1981 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
↑ "Tournament Info for: 1981 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
1 2 Kindred, Dave (August 9, 1981). "Nelson tears up 'choke' label and PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1C.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (August 17, 1981). "A drive down easy street". Sports Illustrated. p. 48.
1 2 "Golf's honest men". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire services. August 7, 1981. p. 2D.
1 2 Parascenzo, Marino (August 7, 1981). "Trevino disqualified, Murphy leads PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (August 8, 1981). "Murphy grabs slim PGA lead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 9.
1 2 "Murphy's fat, happy, and leading". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 8, 1981. p. 1B.
↑ "Nelson's 66 captures PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. UPI. August 9, 1981. p. 1B.
1 2 "Murphy's fat, happy and leading". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 8, 1981. p. 1B.
↑ Kindred, Dave (August 7, 1981). "Murphy's accuracy pays off". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1D.
↑ "Nelson's 66 captures PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. UPI. August 9, 1981. p. 1B.

External links

About.com – 1981 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1981 PGA Championship
Yahoo! Sports: 1981 PGA Championship leaderboard

Preceded by 1981 Open Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1982 Masters

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Coordinates: 34°00′14″N 84°11′35″W / 34.004°N 84.193°W / 34.004; -84.193

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