1981 Tournament Players Championship
| Dates | March 19–23, 1981 |
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| Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
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Sawgrass Country Club, East-West course |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,000 yards (6,400 m) |
| Field | 143 players, 74 after cut |
| Cut | 151 (+7) |
| Prize fund | $440,000 |
| Winner's share | $72,000 |
 Raymond Floyd
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| 285 (−3), playoff | |
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The 1981 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 19–23 at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. The eighth Tournament Players Championship, it was the fifth consecutive at Sawgrass and the champion was Raymond Floyd.
The final round on Sunday was washed-out by thunderstorms and played on Monday. After 72 holes, three players were tied at 285 (−3): Floyd, Barry Jaeckel, and Curtis Strange. The playoff began at the par-3 15th hole, where Floyd made par and the other two had bogeys.
In addition to the winner's share of $72,000, Floyd won a $250,000 bonus for consecutive victories during the tour's Florida swing; he won at Doral near Miami the previous week.
Defending champion Lee Trevino finished four strokes back, in a tie for twelfth place.
This was the fifth and last Tournament Players Championship held at Sawgrass Country Club; it moved to the nearby TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in 1982. The new course was scheduled to make its debut in 1981, but heavy rains during construction pushed it back a year.
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The sudden-death playoff began and ended at the par-3 15th hole.
Coordinates: 30°11′20″N 81°22′12″W / 30.189°N 81.37°W
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