1994 Players Championship Explained

1994 Players Championship
Dates:March 24–27, 1994
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1]
Field:144 players, 85 after cut
Cut:144 (E)
Purse:$2.5 million
Winners Share:$450,000
Champion: Greg Norman
Score:264 (−24)
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:1993
Next:1995

The 1994 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 21st Players Championship.

Tournament summary

Greg Norman set the scoring record of 264 (−24) at the Stadium Course and finished four strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller.[2] [3] [4] Norman opened with 63 and followed with three rounds at 67 to set the 36-hole (130) and 54-hole (197) scoring records as well.[3]

Nick Price had set the mark the previous year at 270 (−18), three better than Mark McCumber's 273 in 1988 (equaled by Davis Love III in 1992).

Defending champion Nick Price missed the 36-hole cut by five strokes.

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 Final 1993 Official Money List.[5]

Nick Price, Greg Norman, Jim Gallagher Jr., David Frost, Payne Stewart, Lee Janzen, Tom Kite, Fulton Allem, Jeff Maggert, Davis Love III, Larry Mize, Scott Simpson, John Huston, Steve Elkington, Corey Pavin, David Edwards, Mark Calcavecchia, Chip Beck, Jay Haas, Jim McGovern, Rick Fehr, Craig Stadler, Billy Mayfair, Nolan Henke, Bob Estes, Tom Lehman, Howard Twitty, Grant Waite, Dan Forsman, Scott Hoch, Joey Sindelar, Fuzzy Zoeller, Billy Andrade, Mark McCumber, Mark O'Meara, Keith Clearwater, John Cook, Tom Watson, Donnie Hammond, Brett Ogle, Mike Standly, Craig Parry, Ben Crenshaw, Dudley Hart, Loren Roberts, Bob Lohr, Brad Faxon, Fred Funk, Bill Glasson, D. A. Weibring, Russ Cochran, Greg Kraft, Blaine McCallister, Andrew Magee, Curtis Strange, Steve Pate, Hale Irwin, Mark Brooks, Dave Rummells, Lanny Wadkins, John Inman, Robert Gamez, Jay Delsing, Greg Twiggs, Michael Allen, Brad Bryant, Ken Green, John Daly, Peter Jacobsen, John Adams, Mike Springer, Richard Zokol, Bruce Fleisher, Dick Mast, Phil Blackmar, Duffy Waldorf, Brian Claar, Jay Don Blake, Tom Sieckmann, Kenny Perry, Mike Hulbert, Kirk Triplett, Steve Lowery, Jeff Sluman, Brian Kamm, Wayne Levi, Dave Barr, Billy Ray Brown, Dillard Pruitt, Ed Dougherty, Ted Schulz, Bruce Lietzke, John Flannery, Roger Maltbie, David Ogrin, Ed Humenik, Joel Edwards, Neal Lancaster, Bob Gilder, Bob Tway, Kelly Gibson, Gary Hallberg, Willie Wood, Lennie Clements, Ian Baker-Finch, Joe Ozaki, Ted Tryba, Doug Tewell, Larry Rinker, Brandel Chamblee, Michael Bradley, David Toms, Marco Dawson, Ronnie Black, Trevor Dodds, Ed Fiori, Gene Sauers

All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months concluding with the Nestle Invitational.

Vijay Singh

Designated players.

Wayne Grady, Tom Purtzer, Jodie Mudd, Tim Simpson

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

Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, Seve Ballesteros

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

Hubert Green, Denis Watson, Calvin Peete, Sandy Lyle, Larry Nelson, Dan Pohl, Mike Reid, John Mahaffey

British Open winners since 1990.

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

Ernie Els, Mark McNulty, Masashi Ozaki, José María Olazábal, Colin Montgomerie, Peter Senior

To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1994 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Nestle Invitational.

Paul Goydos, Hal Sutton, Steve Stricker, Jim Thorpe

Source:[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 24, 1994

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 63 −9
T2 65 −7
6 66 −6
T7 67 −5
Dan Forsman
Hale Irwin
Hal Sutton
Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, March 25, 1994
Saturday, March 26, 1994

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 63-67=130 −14
2 66-67=133 −11
T3 68-66=134 −10
65-69=134
T5 69-66=135 −9
67-68=135
T7 67-69=136 −8
68-68=136
65-71=136
68-68=136
Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 26, 1994

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 63-67-67=197 −19
2 66-67-68=201 −15
3 65-69-69=203 −13
T4 67-69-68=204 −12
68-66-70=204
T6 68-68-70=206 −10
68-69-69=206
65-71-70=206
9 67-70-70=207 −9
T10 69-66-73=208 −8
68-68-72=208
Source:[9]

Final round

Sunday, March 27, 1994

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Greg Norman 63-67-67-67=264 −24 450,000
2 66-67-68-67=268 −20 270,000
3 65-69-69-68=271 −17 170,000
4 67-70-70-69=276 −12 120,000
5 67-69-68-73=277 −11 100,000
T6 68-68-70-72=278 −10 83,750
Davis Love III (c) 68-66-70-74=278
68-74-69-67=278
T9 68-69-69-73=279 −9 65,000
73-69-69-68=279
Tom Kite (c) 65-71-70-73=279
65-73-71-70=279
[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Players Championship . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . March 28, 1994 . 2C.
  2. News: Norman storms to record in Players Championship . . (Fredericksburg, Virginia) . B-3 . March 28, 1994.
  3. News: Norman runs away for 4-stroke win . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press . March 28, 1994 . 2B.
  4. News: Sharp as a shark . Sports Illustrated . Reilly . Rick . Rick Reilly . April 4, 1994 . 46.
  5. Web site: Golf Stat and Records PGA TOUR . 2023-04-30 . www.pgatour.com.
  6. Web site: 1994 PGA Tour Media Guide . live . PGA Tour . 337. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924134119/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1994_pgatour.pdf . 2020-09-24 .
  7. News: Golf: The Players Championship . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . March 25, 1994 . 2C.
  8. News: Golf: The Players Championship . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . March 26, 1994 . 2C.
  9. News: Norman blowing away all competitors at TPC . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press . March 27, 1994 . 7G.
  10. 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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