Golf tournament
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.
Ian Baker-Finch
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
Source: [ 5]
Second round
Friday, March 24, 1995
Source: [ 6]
Third round
Saturday, March 25, 1995
Source: [ 2] [ 7]
Final round
Sunday, March 26, 1995
Champion
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
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
^ a b c "Janzen conquers 17th hole, TPC" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1995. p. 2B.^ a b 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 .
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