1995 Players Championship Explained

1995 Players Championship
Dates:	March 23–26, 1995
Location:	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:	TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course
Tour:	PGA Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	^[1]
Field:	149 players, 74 after cut
Cut:	149 (+5)
Purse:	$3.0 million
Winners Share:	$540,000
Champion:	Lee Janzen
Score:	283 (−5)
Map:	USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:	30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:	1994
Next:	1996

The 1995 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 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 5feet 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

See main article: TPC at Sawgrass. This was the fourteenth 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 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	Score	To par
1	66	−6
2	67	−5
T3	69	−3




T8	70	−2
Greg Norman
T10	71	−1

Source:^[5]

Second round

Friday, March 24, 1995

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		66-73=139	−5
	67-72=139
T3		69-71=140	−4
	73-67=140
	79-71=140
T6		73-68=141	−3
	71-70=141
T8		71-61=142	−2
	69-73=142
T10		74-69=143	−1
	75-68=143
	72-71=143
	74-69=143
	74-69=143
	69-74=143
	71-72=143
	71-72=143
	71-72=143
	72-71=143
	74-69=143

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, March 25, 1995

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		69-71-71=211	−5
	66-73-72=211
3		69-74-69=212	−4
4		69-73-71=213	−3
T5		74-69-71=214	−2
	73-67-74=214
	79-71-74=214
	71-70-73=214
T9		72-71-72=215	−1
	74-70-71=215
	71-72-72=215
	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		69-71-71-73=284	−4	324,000
T3		66-73-72-74=285	−3	156,000
	67-72-78-68=285
	69-73-71-72=285
T6		72-71-72-71=286	−2	104,250
Davis Love III (c)	73-67-74-72=286
T8		74-69-73-71=287	−1	87,000
	69-77-72-69=287
	74-70-72-71=287

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11		74-70-71-73=288	E	69,000
	71-72-73-72=288
	69-71-74-74=288
T14		71-72-72-74=289	+1	52,500
	78-66-75-70=289
	79-70-71-69=289
	73-73-75-68=289
T18		73-71-76-70=290	+2	39,120
	74-75-71-70=290
	71-71-76-72=290
	71-72-72-75=290
	71-77-70-72=290
T23		74-72-73-72=291	+3	25,950
Mark McCumber (c)	71-73-72-75=291
	76-72-71-72=291
	78-70-74-69=291
	76-71-72-72=291
	74-69-73-75=291
T29		75-70-74-73=292	+4	19,500
Fred Couples (c)	73-72-73-74=292
	74-69-71-78=292
	72-72-75-73=292
	72-71-75-74=292
T34		76-73-75-69=293	+5	16,200
	73-74-72-74=293
	73-72-72-76=293
T37		75-68-73-78=294	+6	13,200
	72-74-75-73=294
	74-75-67-78=294
	70-75-72-77=294
Greg Norman (c)	70-74-73-77=294
Nick Price (c)	73-71-75-75=294
T43		73-76-75-71=295	+7	9,620
Tom Kite (c)	71-74-76-74=295
	73-74-74-74=295
	78-70-75-72=295
	74-72-73-76=295
	71-70-73-81=295
T49		73-74-76-73=296	+8	7,330
	74-69-78-75=296
	75-74-75-72=296
	74-74-72-76=296
	74-73-74-75=296
	74-74-78-70=296
T55		73-68-78-78=297	+9	6,750
	74-75-73-75=297
John Mahaffey (c)	76-73-72-76=297
	71-74-80-72=297
	76-73-73-75=297
	72-73-77-75=297
T61		72-75-76-75=298	+10	6,390
	78-71-77-72=298
	73-73-74-78=298
	77-71-74-76=298
	74-75-72-77=298
	75-74-77-72=298
67		71-75-78-75=299	+11	6,180
T68		72-72-78-78=300	+12	6,030
	74-74-75-77=300
	72-74-76-78=300
	78-71-74-77=300
72		73-76-81-72=302	+14	5,880
73		77-72-78-79=306	+18	5,820
CUT		77-73=150	+6
	75-75=150
	77-73=150
	76-74=150
	75-75=150
	75-75=150
	78-72=150
	75-75=150
	76-74=150
	75-75=150
	79-71=150
	76-74=150
	76-75=151	+7
	76-75=151
	75-76=151
	80-71=151
	80-71=151
	77-74=151
Hal Sutton (c)	72-79=151
	73-79=152	+8
	75-77=152
	75-77=152
	79-73=152
	79-73=152
	74-78=152
	75-77=152
	79-73=152
	73-79=152
	76-76=152
	74-79=153	+9
	80-73=153
	80-73=153
	80-73=153
	81-72=153
	76-77=153
	79-74=153
	72-81=153
	82-72=154	+10
	74-80=154
	76-78=154
	74-80=154
	80-74=154
	80-75=155	+11
	73-82=155
Sandy Lyle (c)	79-76=155
Jack Nicklaus (c)	76-79=155
	80-75=155
	80-75=155
	80-75=155
	78-78=156	+12
	72-84=156
	80-76=156
	79-77=156
	82-74=156
	75-82=157	+13
	78-79=157
	74-83=157
	77-80=157
	79-78=157
	83-75=158	+14
	79-79=158
	79-79=158
	82-77=159	+15
	81-78=159
	81-78=159
	77-82=159
Lanny Wadkins (c)	81-78=159
	81-80=161	+17
	79-82=161
Jodie Mudd (c)	80-81=161
WD		71-73-78=222	+6
Steve Elkington (c)	76	+4
	82	+10
	85	+13
Calvin Peete (c)	85
DQ		81	+9

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External links

The Players Championship website

Notes and References

News: Janzen conquers 17th hole, TPC . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . March 27, 1995 . 2B.
Right on line . Sports Illustrated . Reilly . Rick . Rick Reilly . April 3, 1995 . 50.
Web site: Golf Stat and Records PGA TOUR . 2023-05-03 . www.pgatour.com.
Web site: 1995 PGA Tour Media Guide . live . PGA Tour . 358. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924132454/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1995_pgatour.pdf . 2020-09-24 .
News: Players Championship . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). March 24, 1995 . 2C.
News: Crowd gathers near top of TPC . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . March 25, 1995 . 2D.
News: Wind blasts TPC course as two lead . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . March 26, 1995 . 9G.
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 .