The 1989 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the sixteenth Players Championship.

In gusty conditions, Tom Kite won the title at 279 (−9), one stroke ahead of runner-up Chip Beck.

Defending champion Mark McCumber finished four strokes back, in a tie for sixth place.

Venue

This was the eighth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Field Fulton Allem, Isao Aoki, George Archer, Tommy Armour III, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Jim Benepe, Ronnie Black, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Bill Britton, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Brad Bryant, Curt Byrum, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Rex Caldwell, David Canipe, Jim Carter, Chen Tze-chung, Bobby Clampett, Keith Clearwater, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Mike Donald, Bob Eastwood, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Steve Elkington, Brad Fabel, Brad Faxon, Ed Fiori, Raymond Floyd, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Jim Gallagher Jr., Buddy Gardner, Bob Gilder, Bill Glasson, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Jim Hallet, Donnie Hammond, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, Kenny Knox, Gary Koch, Bernhard Langer, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Mark Lye, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Dick Mast, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, John McComish, Mark McCumber, Rocco Mediate, Johnny Miller, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Tim Norris, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, Masashi Ozaki, Jerry Pate, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Sam Randolph, Don Reese, Mike Reid, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Bill Rogers, Clarence Rose, Dave Rummells, Bill Sander, Gene Sauers, Ted Schulz, Tom Sieckmann, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, J. C. Snead, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Brian Tennyson, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Bob Tway, Greg Twiggs, Howard Twitty, Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Richard Zokol

Round summaries First round Thursday, March 16, 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Keith Clearwater 65 −7 T2 David Frost 66 −6 Bruce Lietzke Steve Pate 5 Ben Crenshaw 67 −5 T6 Paul Azinger 68 −4 Andy Bean Fred Couples David Graham Mike Hulbert Steve Jones Mike Donald Kenny Perry Curtis Strange Source:

Second round Friday, March 17, 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bruce Lietzke 66-69=135 −9 2 David Frost 66-71=137 −7 3 Fred Couples 68-70=138 −6 T4 Fulton Allem 70-69=139 −5 Paul Azinger 68-71=139 Chip Beck 71-68=139 Ben Crenshaw 67-72=139 Tom Kite 69-70=139 Gary Koch 70-69=139 Mark McCumber 69-70=139 Dan Pohl 69-70=139 Source:

Third round Saturday, March 18, 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Chip Beck 71-68-68=207 −9 2 Tom Kite 69-70-69=208 −8 T3 Fred Couples 68-70-71=209 −7 Ben Crenshaw 67-72-70=209 Gary Koch 70-69-70=209 Bruce Lietzke 66-69-74=209 Mark McCumber 69-70-70=209T8 Gil Morgan 71-69-70=210 −6 Greg Norman 74-67-69=210T10 Jack Nicklaus 71-72-68=211 −5 Craig Stadler 70-72-69=211 Source:

Final round Sunday, March 19, 1989 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tom Kite 69-70-69-71=279 −9 243,0002 Chip Beck 71-68-68-73=280 −8 145,8003 Bruce Lietzke 66-69-74-72=281 −7 91,800T4 Fred Couples (c) 68-70-71-73=282 −6 59,400 Greg Norman 74-67-69-72=282T6 Mark McCumber (c) 69-70-70-74=283 −5 46,912 Gil Morgan 71-69-70-73=283T8 Andy Bean 68-76-69-71=284 −4 39,150 David Frost 66-71-75-72=284 Gary Koch 70-69-70-75=284 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Ben Crenshaw 67-72-70-76=285 −3 31,050 Rocco Mediate 73-71-69-72=285 Tom Watson 71-73-71-70=285T14 Fulton Allem 70-69-75-72=286 −2 24,300 Paul Azinger 68-71-74-73=286 Loren Roberts 72-73-69-72=286T17 Brad Faxon 72-71-69-75=287 −1 19,575 Tim Simpson 70-71-71-75=287 Mike Sullivan 72-71-70-74=287 Mark Wiebe 74-71-71-71=287T21 Mike Donald 68-72-73-75=288 E 12,673 David Edwards 71-73-69-75=288 Ken Green 70-71-73-74=288 Chris Perry 70-75-70-73=288 Kenny Perry 68-77-72-71=288 Larry Rinker 71-72-72-73=288 Craig Stadler 70-72-69-77=288 D. A. Weibring 70-74-72-72=288T29 Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-72-68-78=289 +1 8,775 Mike Reid 73-71-71-74=289 Ted Schulz 73-72-73-71=289 Hal Sutton (c) 71-71-78-69=289 Bob Tway 69-73-72-75=289T34 Jim Gallagher Jr. 70-72-74-74=290 +2 6,672 Bob Gilder 73-71-73-73=290 Steve Pate 66-78-71-75=290 Corey Pavin 70-70-77-73=290 Joey Sindelar 72-73-68-77=290 Curtis Strange 68-76-72-74=290 Doug Tewell 70-75-72-73=290T41 Keith Clearwater 65-76-74-76=291 +3 5,130 Steve Jones 68-75-73-75=291 Roger Maltbie 75-71-71-74=291 Lanny Wadkins (c) 73-73-71-74=291T45 Jim Carter 74-70-73-75=292 +4 3,952 John Mahaffey (c) 73-73-73-73=292 David Ogrin 72-74-74-72=292 Masashi Ozaki 75-68-70-79=292 Fuzzy Zoeller 74-72-71-75=292T50 Gary Hallberg 74-72-71-76=293 +5 3,256 Wayne Levi 75-71-68-79=293 Dan Pohl 69-70-75-79=293 Clarence Rose 72-71-75-75=293 Richard Zokol 71-74-72-76=293T55 Mark Hayes (c) 70-76-74-74=294 +6 3,064 Kenny Knox 72-74-71-77=294 Tom Purtzer 71-74-76-73=294 Gene Sauers 74-72-72-76=294T59 Billy Ray Brown 72-72-74-77=295 +7 2,902 Brad Bryant 74-71-76-74=295 Ed Fiori 74-70-81-70=295 Dan Halldorson 73-72-75-75=295 Mike Hulbert 68-74-79-74=295 Bob Lohr 71-73-75-76=295 Larry Nelson 70-75-72-78=295 Greg Twiggs 74-71-77-73=295T67 Tom Byrum 72-72-74-78=296 +8 2,754 Bernhard Langer 72-74-76-74=296 John McComish 75-70-74-77=296T70 Peter Jacobsen 70-75-74-78=297 +9 2,686 Larry Mize 72-71-76-78=29772 David Graham 68-77-78-75=298 +10 2,64673 Dave Barr 72-69-79-79=299 +11 2,61974 Bill Britton 71-74-76-80=301 +13 2,592CUT Jay Don Blake 71-76=147 +3 Curt Byrum 72-75=147 Mark Calcavecchia 74-73=147 Lennie Clements 74-73=147 Wayne Grady 72-75=147 Hale Irwin 74-73=147 Andrew Magee 73-74=147 Billy Mayfair 72-75=147 Blaine McCallister 76-71=147 Nick Price 73-74=147 Don Reese 70-77=147 Robert Wrenn 72-75=147 Isao Aoki 73-75=148 +4 Ronnie Black 74-74=148 David Canipe 72-76=148 Chen Tze-chung 74-74=148 Buddy Gardner 73-75=148 Jay Haas 76-72=148 Donnie Hammond 78-70=148 Scott Hoch 74-74=148 John Huston 70-78=148 Mark Lye 71-77=148 Sandy Lyle (c) 75-73=148 Tom Sieckmann 73-75=148 Scott Simpson 75-73=148 J. C. Snead 73-75=148 Payne Stewart 70-78=148 Leonard Thompson 71-77=148 Ian Baker-Finch 74-75=149 +5 Bobby Clampett 73-76=149 John Cook 72-77=149 Bob Eastwood 76-73=149 Lon Hinkle 74-75=149 Davis Love III 74-75=149 Don Pooley 70-79=149 Mark Brooks 75-75=150 +6 Johnny Miller 76-74=150 Mark O'Meara 72-78=150 Dave Rummells 74-76=150 Tommy Armour III 79-72=151 +7 Rex Caldwell 78-73=151 Steve Elkington 77-74=151 Dan Forsman 73-78=151 Hubert Green 77-74=151 Jim Hallet 78-73=151 Morris Hatalsky 77-74=151 Andy North 73-78=151 Sam Randolph 74-77=151 Jim Benepe 78-74=152 +8 Russ Cochran 78-74=152 Brad Fabel 81-71=152 Raymond Floyd (c) 72-80=152 Jerry Pate (c) 77-75=152 Calvin Peete (c) 81-72=153 +9 Bill Sander 78-75=153 Jeff Sluman 73-80=153 Brian Tennyson 75-78=153 Bobby Wadkins 75-78=153 Phil Blackmar 73-81=154 +10 Dave Eichelberger 80-74=154 Jodie Mudd 73-81=154 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 79-75=154 Tim Norris 80-75=155 +11 Howard Twitty 76-80=156 +12 Scott Verplank 73-83=156 Denis Watson 80-76=156 Dick Mast 79-78=157 +13 George Archer 81-78=159 +15WD Bill Glasson 76 +4DQ Bill Rogers

References

External links The Players Championship website