Hal Sutton - "1983 Tournament Players Championship" SHORT TRACK
Winner of the PGA Championship later that same year, Hal Sutton remembers his win at the 1983 Tournament Players Championship in its second year at TPC-Sawgrass. Hal shot a final round 69 in windy conditions to come from 4 back and win the first of his two TPC's, "FORE the Good of the Game."
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"FORE the Good of the Game” is a golf podcast featuring interviews with World Golf Hall of Fame members, winners of major championships and other people of influence in and around the game of golf. Highlighting the positive aspects of the game, we aim to create and provide an engaging and timeless repository of content that listeners can enjoy now and forever. Co-hosted by PGA Tour star Bruce Devlin, our podcast focuses on telling their life stories, in their voices. Join Bruce and Mike Gonzalez “FORE the Good of the Game.”
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Straight down the middle. It went straight down the middle. Then it started to hook just.
Mike GonzalezLet's take you back then early in your career because uh it wasn't too long you were on you had been on the tour when you you won the the the players' championship at Sawgrass, and and wasn't that maybe the second year or so that they'd uh they were on the stadium course.
SPEAKER_01It was. It was my first year. I wasn't eligible my rookie year. Jerry Payton won it the first year that they were there, and then uh it was a lot harder golf course at that time than it is right now. They softened it up. You are absolutely right.
Mike GonzalezIt was very controversial early, wasn't it?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it was. Yeah, it was uh I never will forget uh in that particular win in 83. I hit it over the green on 16. The pin was back left, and at the time the water didn't go all the way behind the 16th. It went behind the 16th green, but on the left hand side there was um some land that you could surface, play and surface. And par five, and it was the green was more perched up. They lowered that green by a long shot. And I mean I hit this great shot in there right at the flag with a draw, and it went over the green, and I had the hardest pitch shot you can ever imagine. And I never will forget it. I pitched it about a foot for Birdie and was in the mix after that. I wasn't really in the mix to that point, and the wind was blowing pretty hard that day, and I hit this unbelievable shot into 17. Wind was blowing hard left to right, and I hit it, started at the left center of the green, and the wind blew it all the way over to the flag. I had like a six-inch putt for Birdie, and that's where I ended up taking the lead right there. But it was a bunch of us in there. You know, nobody knew who was gonna win, and I just happened to be the last man standing, really.
Mike GonzalezIs this the one that started on a uh a Friday because uh of rain the the the previous day and then had to finish on Monday?
SPEAKER_01Well, uh I I won it twice and both of them were on Monday finishes.
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Intro MusicLike they say, whack down the fairway. It went smack down the fairway. When it started to slice, just smidge off line. It headed for two, but it bounced off nine. My candidates, as long as you're still in the stage, you're okay.
