1993 Players Championship Explained

1993 Players Championship
Dates:March 25–28, 1993
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1]
Field:146 players, 72 after cut
Cut:142 (−2)
Purse:$2.5 million
Winners Share:$450,000
Champion: Nick Price
Score:270 (−18)
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:1992
Next:1994

The 1993 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the twentieth Players Championship.

Tournament summary

Nick Price set a scoring record of 270 (−18) at the Stadium Course and finished five strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer.[2] [3] Price bettered the previous record by three strokes, set by Mark McCumber in 1988 and equaled by Davis Love III in 1992.[2] Price's record was short-lived, as Greg Norman broke it by six strokes with 264 (−24) the following year.

Defending champion Davis Love III finished 23 strokes back, in a tie for 67th place.

Venue

See main article: TPC at Sawgrass. This was the thirteenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, and it remained at .[1]

Eligibility requirements

The top 125 PGA Tour members from the final 1992 Official Money List.[4]

Fred Couples, Davis Love III, John Cook, Nick Price, Corey Pavin, Tom Kite, Paul Azinger, Brad Faxon, Lee Janzen, Dan Forsman, Mark O'Meara, Steve Elkington, Jeff Sluman, David Frost, Bruce Lietzke, Chip Beck, Greg Norman, Jim Gallagher Jr., Jay Haas, Mark Brooks, Keith Clearwater, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Lehman, David Peoples, John Huston, David Edwards, Craig Stadler, Billy Ray Brown, Steve Pate, Ben Crenshaw, Gene Sauers, Rick Fehr, Fred Funk, Joey Sindelar, Bill Britton, John Daly, Jeff Maggert, Mark Calcavecchia, Lanny Wadkins, Ken Green, Loren Roberts, Payne Stewart, Nolan Henke, Russ Cochran, Larry Mize, Richard Zokol, Rocco Mediate, Tom Watson, Jay Don Blake, Jay Delsing, Andrew Magee, Bill Glasson, Mike Hulbert, Gil Morgan, Howard Twitty, Ian Baker-Finch, Blaine McCallister, Ted Schulz, Dudley Hart, D. A. Weibring, Phil Blackmar, Craig Parry, Wayne Levi, Ed Dougherty, Gary Hallberg, Bruce Fleisher, Brad Bryant, Mark Carnevale, Brad Fabel, Robert Gamez, Mike Standly, Fulton Allem, Peter Persons, Billy Andrade, Donnie Hammond, Brian Claar, Billy Mayfair, Bob Estes, Kenny Perry, Dillard Pruitt, Wayne Grady, Mike Smith, Kirk Triplett, Mark Wiebe, John Inman, Tom Sieckmann, John Adams, Phil Mickelson, Bob Gilder, Jim McGovern, Tom Purtzer, Larry Rinker, Jim Woodward, Doug Tewell, Scott Simpson, Dick Mast, Curtis Strange, Ed Humenik, David Toms, Scott Gump, Neal Lancaster, Mike Springer, Kelly Gibson, Mark McCumber, Don Pooley, Jim Hallet, Steve Lamontagne, Dan Pohl, Ronnie Black, Bob Lohr, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Ed Fiori, P. H. Horgan III, Mike Reid, Dan Halldorson, Dave Barr, Mike Donald, Mike Sullivan, Lance Ten Broeck, Marco Dawson, Buddy Gardner, Roger Maltbie

Designated players.

John Mahaffey, Jodie Mudd, Larry Nelson, Hale Irwin

Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member.

Ian Woosnam, José María Olazábal

Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and World Series of Golf.

Hal Sutton, Calvin Peete, Bernhard Langer, Hubert Green, Bob Tway, Denis Watson

British Open winners since 1990.

Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections."

Ernie Els, Anders Forsbrand, Tony Johnstone, Jumbo Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Vijay Singh

To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1993 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Nestle Invitational.

Brett Ogle, Greg Twiggs, Dave Rummells, Scott Hoch, Joel Edwards

Source:[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 25, 1993

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 64 −8
T3 65 −7
T5 66 −6
Joel Edwards
T9 67 −5
Steve Elkington
Source:[6]

Second round

Friday, March 26, 1993

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 64-68=132 −12
T2 65-69=134 −10
69-65=134
67-67=134
5 66-69=135 −9
T8 66-70=136 −8
68-68=136
66-70=136
65-71=136
71-65=136
Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, March 27, 1993

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 64-68-71=203 −13
T2 65-69-70=204 −12
66-70-68=204
67-71-66=204
5 68-69-68=205 −11
T6 70-67-69=206 −10
70-70-66=206
T8 66-70-71=207 −9
66-69-72=207
69-69-69=207
69-70-68=207
68-71-68=207
Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, March 28, 1993

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Nick Price 64-68-71-67=270 −18 450,000
2 65-69-70-71=275 −13 270,000
T3 68-71-72-65=276 −12 145,000
66-70-68-72=276
5 67-71-66-73=277 −11 100,000
T6 68-69-68-73=278 −10 80,937
70-67-69-72=278
68-71-68-71=278
72-68-68-70=278
10 70-72-69-68=279 −9 67,500
[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Players Championship . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . March 29, 1993 . 2C .
  2. News: Price gets tagged 'immaculate' . Toledo Blade . (Ohio) . Associated Press . March 29, 1993 . 20.
  3. News: Stymied no more . Sports Illustrated . Reilly . Rick . Rick Reilly . April 5, 1993 . 46.
  4. Web site: Golf Stat and Records PGA TOUR . 2023-04-29 . www.pgatour.com.
  5. Web site: 1993 PGA Tour Media Guide . live . PGA Tour . 336. https://web.archive.org/web/20200927062737/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1993_pgatour.pdf . 2020-09-27 .
  6. News: The Players Championship . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . March 26, 1993 . 2C.
  7. News: The Players Championship . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . March 27, 1993 . 2C.
  8. News: Price's putts lead to precarious lead . Sunday Star-News . (Wilmington, North Carolina) . Associated Press . March 28, 1993 . 6C.
  9. Web site: Past Results 1974 – present . PGA Tour . March 1, 2020 . September 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html . dead .

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