Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 23–26, 1995 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,896 yards (6,306 m)[1] |
Field | 149 players, 74 after cut |
Cut | 149 (+5) |
Prize fund | $3.0 million |
Winner's share | $540,000 |
Champion | |
Lee Janzen | |
283 (−5) | |
Location Map | |
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The 1995 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 22nd Players Championship.
Tournament summary
On a wind-dried course, Lee Janzen won at 283 (−5), a stroke ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer. Janzen sank a 5-foot (1.5 m) putt for par on the final hole for the win.[1][2]
Defending champion Greg Norman finished eleven strokes back, in a tie for 37th place.
Venue
This was the fourteenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, and it remained at 6,896 yards (6,306 m).[1]
Eligibility requirements
The top 125 PGA Tour members from Final 1994 Official Money List.[3]
Nick Price, Greg Norman, Mark McCumber, Tom Lehman, Fuzzy Zoeller, Loren Roberts, Corey Pavin, Jeff Maggert, Hale Irwin, Scott Hoch, Steve Lowery, Mike Springer, Bob Estes, Phil Mickelson, John Huston, Bill Glasson, Brad Bryant, David Frost, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Fred Couples, Brad Faxon, Jay Haas, Kenny Perry, Rick Fehr, Bruce Lietzke, Hal Sutton, Mark Calcavecchia, Mark Brooks, Craig Stadler, Davis Love III, David Edwards, Lee Janzen, Andrew Magee, John Cook, Kirk Triplett, Lennie Clements, Mike Heinen, Curtis Strange, Larry Mize, Tom Watson, Robert Gamez, Glen Day, Craig Parry, Blaine McCallister, Billy Andrade, Steve Stricker, Jim Gallagher Jr., Vijay Singh, Dave Barr, Gil Morgan, Jay Don Blake, Scott Simpson, Dicky Pride, Neal Lancaster, Jeff Sluman, Mike Sullivan, Donnie Hammond, Steve Elkington, Brian Henninger, Steve Pate, Clark Dennis, Brett Ogle, Fred Funk, Chip Beck, Greg Kraft, Nolan Henke, Duffy Waldorf, D. A. Weibring, Gene Sauers, Ted Tryba, Paul Goydos, Guy Boros, Russ Cochran, Jim Furyk, Jim McGovern, Bob Lohr, Gary Hallberg, Mike Hulbert, Chris DiMarco, Mark O'Meara, Colin Montgomerie, Peter Jacobsen, Bobby Wadkins, Keith Clearwater, Wayne Levi, David Ogrin, Mark Carnevale, Tom Purtzer, Jim Thorpe, Dave Stockton Jr., Scott Verplank, Brian Kamm, Mike Standly, David Feherty, Bob Burns, Doug Tewell, Robin Freeman, Michael Bradley, Dillard Pruitt, Paul Stankowski, Yoshinori Mizumaki, Ed Humenik, Fulton Allem, Brian Claar, Brandel Chamblee, Dan Forsman, Billy Mayfair, Mark McNulty, Steve Rintoul, Ken Green, John Wilson, Bob Gilder, Mike Reid, Jesper Parnevik, Joe Ozaki, John Morse, Payne Stewart, Jay Delsing, Dennis Paulson, Justin Leonard, Joel Edwards, Curt Byrum
All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months concluding with the Nestle Invitational.
Designated players
Jodie Mudd, Nick Faldo, Wayne Grady, Paul Azinger, Lanny Wadkins, Rocco Mediate, Ernie Els
Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player whether or not he is a PGA Tour member.
Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, José María Olazábal
Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship and NEC World Series of Golf.
Calvin Peete, Andy North, Hubert Green, Roger Maltbie, John Mahaffey, Jack Nicklaus, Bob Tway, Dan Pohl, Larry Nelson
British Open winners since 1990.
Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections."
Masashi Ozaki, Frank Nobilo, Robert Allenby, Seve Ballesteros, Sandy Lyle, David Duval
To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1995 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Nestle Invitational.
Source:[4]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 23, 1995
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Corey Pavin | 66 | −6 |
2 | Gene Sauers | 67 | −5 |
T3 | Lee Janzen | 69 | −3 |
Bernhard Langer | |||
Larry Mize | |||
Payne Stewart | |||
Steve Stricker | |||
T8 | Andrew Magee | 70 | −2 |
Greg Norman | |||
T10 | Lennie Clements | 71 | −1 |
John Cook | |||
Tom Kite | |||
Tom Lehman | |||
Jeff Maggert | |||
Billy Mayfair | |||
Mark McCumber | |||
Rocco Mediate | |||
Scott Simpson | |||
Kirk Triplett | |||
D. A. Weibring |
Source:[5]
Second round
Friday, March 24, 1995
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Corey Pavin | 66-73=139 | −5 |
Gene Sauers | 67-72=139 | ||
T3 | Bernhard Langer | 69-71=140 | −4 |
Davis Love III | 73-67=140 | ||
Steve Stricker | 79-71=140 | ||
T6 | Hale Irwin | 73-68=141 | −3 |
D. A. Weibring | 71-70=141 | ||
T8 | Lennie Clements | 71-61=142 | −2 |
Payne Stewart | 69-73=142 | ||
T10 | Billy Andrade | 74-69=143 | −1 |
Seve Ballesteros | 75-68=143 | ||
Brad Bryant | 72-71=143 | ||
Robert Gamez | 74-69=143 | ||
Peter Jacobsen | 74-69=143 | ||
Lee Janzen | 69-74=143 | ||
Tom Lehman | 71-72=143 | ||
Jeff Maggert | 71-72=143 | ||
Scott Simpson | 71-72=143 | ||
Tom Watson | 72-71=143 | ||
Ian Woosnam | 74-69=143 |
Source:[6]
Third round
Saturday, March 25, 1995
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Bernhard Langer | 69-71-71=211 | −5 |
Corey Pavin | 66-73-72=211 | ||
3 | Lee Janzen | 69-74-69=212 | −4 |
4 | Payne Stewart | 69-73-71=213 | −3 |
T5 | Peter Jacobsen | 74-69-71=214 | −2 |
Davis Love III | 73-67-74=214 | ||
Steve Stricker | 79-71-74=214 | ||
D. A. Weibring | 71-70-73=214 | ||
T9 | Brad Bryant | 72-71-72=215 | −1 |
Brian Claar | 74-70-71=215 | ||
Tom Lehman | 71-72-72=215 | ||
Jeff Maggert | 71-72-72=215 |
Final round
Sunday, March 26, 1995
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Lee Janzen | 69-74-69-71=283 | −5 | 540,000 |
2 | Bernhard Langer | 69-71-71-73=284 | −4 | 324,000 |
T3 | Corey Pavin | 66-73-72-74=285 | −3 | 156,000 |
Gene Sauers | 67-72-78-68=285 | |||
Payne Stewart | 69-73-71-72=285 | |||
T6 | Brad Bryant | 72-71-72-71=286 | −2 | 104,250 |
Davis Love III (c) | 73-67-74-72=286 | |||
T8 | Billy Andrade | 74-69-73-71=287 | −1 | 87,000 |
Larry Mize | 69-77-72-69=287 | |||
Naomichi Ozaki | 74-70-72-71=287 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T11 | Brian Claar | 74-70-71-73=288 | E | 69,000 | |
Scott Simpson | 71-72-73-72=288 | ||||
Steve Stricker | 69-71-74-74=288 | ||||
T14 | Tom Lehman | 71-72-72-74=289 | +1 | 52,500 | |
Phil Mickelson | 78-66-75-70=289 | ||||
Colin Montgomerie | 79-70-71-69=289 | ||||
Craig Stadler | 73-73-75-68=289 | ||||
T18 | Curt Byrum | 73-71-76-70=290 | +2 | 39,120 | |
Mark Calcavecchia | 74-75-71-70=290 | ||||
Lennie Clements | 71-71-76-72=290 | ||||
Jeff Maggert | 71-72-72-75=290 | ||||
Billy Mayfair | 71-77-70-72=290 | ||||
T23 | Jim Gallagher Jr. | 74-72-73-72=291 | +3 | 25,950 | |
Mark McCumber (c) | 71-73-72-75=291 | ||||
Mark McNulty | 76-72-71-72=291 | ||||
José María Olazábal | 78-70-74-69=291 | ||||
Curtis Strange | 76-71-72-72=291 | ||||
Ian Woosnam | 74-69-73-75=291 | ||||
T29 | Michael Bradley | 75-70-74-73=292 | +4 | 19,500 | |
Fred Couples (c) | 73-72-73-74=292 | ||||
Peter Jacobsen | 74-69-71-78=292 | ||||
Masashi Ozaki | 72-72-75-73=292 | ||||
Tom Watson | 72-71-75-74=292 | ||||
T34 | Bob Estes | 76-73-75-69=293 | +5 | 16,200 | |
Justin Leonard | 73-74-72-74=293 | ||||
Loren Roberts | 73-72-72-76=293 | ||||
T37 | Seve Ballesteros | 75-68-73-78=294 | +6 | 13,200 | |
David Frost | 72-74-75-73=294 | ||||
Mike Heinen | 74-75-67-78=294 | ||||
Andrew Magee | 70-75-72-77=294 | ||||
Greg Norman (c) | 70-74-73-77=294 | ||||
Nick Price (c) | 73-71-75-75=294 | ||||
T43 | Bob Gilder | 73-76-75-71=295 | +7 | 9,620 | |
Tom Kite (c) | 71-74-76-74=295 | ||||
Wayne Levi | 73-74-74-74=295 | ||||
Bruce Lietzke | 78-70-75-72=295 | ||||
Vijay Singh | 74-72-73-76=295 | ||||
D. A. Weibring | 71-70-73-81=295 | ||||
T49 | Brad Faxon | 73-74-76-73=296 | +8 | 7,330 | |
Robert Gamez | 74-69-78-75=296 | ||||
Paul Goydos | 75-74-75-72=296 | ||||
Jesper Parnevik | 74-74-72-76=296 | ||||
Dicky Pride | 74-73-74-75=296 | ||||
Jeff Sluman | 74-74-78-70=296 | ||||
T55 | Hale Irwin | 73-68-78-78=297 | +9 | 6,750 | |
Bob Lohr | 74-75-73-75=297 | ||||
John Mahaffey (c) | 76-73-72-76=297 | ||||
Rocco Mediate | 71-74-80-72=297 | ||||
Kenny Perry | 76-73-73-75=297 | ||||
Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-73-77-75=297 | ||||
T61 | Chip Beck | 72-75-76-75=298 | +10 | 6,390 | |
Clark Dennis | 78-71-77-72=298 | ||||
Fred Funk | 73-73-74-78=298 | ||||
Ken Green | 77-71-74-76=298 | ||||
Nolan Henke | 74-75-72-77=298 | ||||
Bobby Wadkins | 75-74-77-72=298 | ||||
67 | Kirk Triplett | 71-75-78-75=299 | +11 | 6,180 | |
T68 | Ernie Els | 72-72-78-78=300 | +12 | 6,030 | |
Gil Morgan | 74-74-75-77=300 | ||||
Dan Pohl | 72-74-76-78=300 | ||||
Bob Tway | 78-71-74-77=300 | ||||
72 | Donnie Hammond | 73-76-81-72=302 | +14 | 5,880 | |
73 | Robert Allenby | 77-72-78-79=306 | +18 | 5,820 | |
CUT | Guy Boros | 77-73=150 | +6 | ||
Rick Fehr | 75-75=150 | ||||
Bill Glasson | 77-73=150 | ||||
John Morse | 76-74=150 | ||||
Larry Nelson | 75-75=150 | ||||
Frank Nobilo | 75-75=150 | ||||
David Ogrin | 78-72=150 | ||||
Mike Reid | 75-75=150 | ||||
Steve Rintoul | 76-74=150 | ||||
Mike Standly | 75-75=150 | ||||
Doug Tewell | 79-71=150 | ||||
Duffy Waldorf | 76-74=150 | ||||
Jay Don Blake | 76-75=151 | +7 | |||
Mark Brooks | 76-75=151 | ||||
Ben Crenshaw | 75-76=151 | ||||
Yoshi Mizumaki | 80-71=151 | ||||
Brett Ogle | 80-71=151 | ||||
Steve Pate | 77-74=151 | ||||
Hal Sutton (c) | 72-79=151 | ||||
Dave Barr | 73-79=152 | +8 | |||
Russ Cochran | 75-77=152 | ||||
Dan Forsman | 75-77=152 | ||||
Wayne Grady | 79-73=152 | ||||
Mike Hulbert | 79-73=152 | ||||
Greg Kraft | 74-78=152 | ||||
Roger Maltbie | 75-77=152 | ||||
Blaine McCallister | 79-73=152 | ||||
Jim McGovern | 73-79=152 | ||||
Ted Tryba | 76-76=152 | ||||
Fulton Allem | 74-79=153 | +9 | |||
Glen Day | 80-73=153 | ||||
Joel Edwards | 80-73=153 | ||||
Nick Faldo | 80-73=153 | ||||
Robin Freeman | 81-72=153 | ||||
Jay Haas | 76-77=153 | ||||
Dennis Paulson | 79-74=153 | ||||
Mike Sullivan | 72-81=153 | ||||
Jay Delsing | 82-72=154 | +10 | |||
David Edwards | 74-80=154 | ||||
Jim Furyk | 76-78=154 | ||||
John Huston | 74-80=154 | ||||
Scott Verplank | 80-74=154 | ||||
Mark Carnevale | 80-75=155 | +11 | |||
David Feherty | 73-82=155 | ||||
Sandy Lyle (c) | 79-76=155 | ||||
Jack Nicklaus (c) | 76-79=155 | ||||
Mark O'Meara | 80-75=155 | ||||
Craig Parry | 80-75=155 | ||||
Dave Stockton Jr. | 80-75=155 | ||||
David Duval | 78-78=156 | +12 | |||
Dillard Pruitt | 72-84=156 | ||||
Tom Purtzer | 80-76=156 | ||||
Paul Stankowski | 79-77=156 | ||||
John Wilson | 82-74=156 | ||||
Ed Humenik | 75-82=157 | +13 | |||
Brian Kamm | 78-79=157 | ||||
Neal Lancaster | 74-83=157 | ||||
Andy North | 77-80=157 | ||||
Jim Thorpe | 79-78=157 | ||||
Bob Burns | 83-75=158 | +14 | |||
Chris DiMarco | 79-79=158 | ||||
Mike Springer | 79-79=158 | ||||
Paul Azinger | 82-77=159 | +15 | |||
Brandel Chamblee | 81-78=159 | ||||
Hubert Green | 81-78=159 | ||||
Gary Hallberg | 77-82=159 | ||||
Lanny Wadkins (c) | 81-78=159 | ||||
Keith Clearwater | 81-80=161 | +17 | |||
Brian Henninger | 79-82=161 | ||||
Jodie Mudd (c) | 80-81=161 | ||||
WD | John Cook | 71-73-78=222 | +6 | ||
Steve Elkington (c) | 76 | +4 | |||
Scott Hoch | 82 | +10 | |||
Ian Baker-Finch | 85 | +13 | |||
Calvin Peete (c) | 85 | ||||
DQ | Steve Lowery | 81 | +9 |
Source:[8]
References
- 1 2 3 "Janzen conquers 17th hole, TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1995. p. 2B.
- 1 2 Reilly, Rick (April 3, 1995). "Right on line". Sports Illustrated. p. 50.
- ↑ "Golf Stat and Records | PGA TOUR". www.pgatour.com. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
- ↑ "1995 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 358. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 24, 1995. p. 2C.
- ↑ "Crowd gathers near top of TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 25, 1995. p. 2D.
- ↑ "Wind blasts TPC course as two lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 26, 1995. p. 9G.
- ↑ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.