1981 PGA Championship

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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
United States Larry Nelson
273 (−7)

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

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Location in the United States

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 71 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 +9
Sam Snead  United States 1942, 1949, 1951 79 WD +9
Lee Trevino  United States 1974 74 DQ [5][6]

Source:[1]

Final leaderboard

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]

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External links

Preceded by Major Championships Succeeded by
1982 Masters

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