1995 Players Championship

1995 Players Championship
Tournament information
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)
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
	TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida
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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.

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
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
T8	Greg Norman	70	−2
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
T1	Corey Pavin	66-73=139	−5
T1	Gene Sauers	67-72=139	−5
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
T6	D. A. Weibring	71-70=141	−3
T8	Lennie Clements	71-61=142	−2
T8	Payne Stewart	69-73=142	−2
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
T1	Bernhard Langer	69-71-71=211	−5
T1	Corey Pavin	66-73-72=211	−5
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

Source:^[2]^[7]

Final round

Sunday, March 26, 1995

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
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
T6	Davis Love III (c)	73-67-74-72=286	−2	104,250
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
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	+13
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.

External links

The Players Championship website

[jc17th-1] "Janzen conquers 17th hole, TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1995. p. 2B.

[roln-2] Reilly, Rick (April 3, 1995). "Right on line". Sports Illustrated. p. 50.

[3] "Golf Stat and Records | PGA TOUR". www.pgatour.com. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

[4] "1995 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 358. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2020.

[frwmst-5] "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 24, 1995. p. 2C.

[crowdgt-6] "Crowd gathers near top of TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 25, 1995. p. 2D.

[wbtpc-7] "Wind blasts TPC course as two lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 26, 1995. p. 9G.

[tpcpr-8] "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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