1994 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 24–27, 1994 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°WCoordinates: 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)[1] |
Field | 144 players, 85 after cut |
Cut | 144 (E) |
Prize fund | $2.5 million |
Winner's share | $450,000 |
Champion | |
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264 (−24) | |
Location Map | |
![]() ![]() TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States | |
The 1994 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–27 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 21st Players Championship.
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[]
This was the thirteenth 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 1993 Official Money List
- 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
- Any foreign player meeting the requirements of designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member
- Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and NEC World Series of Golf
- British Open winners since 1990
- Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections"
- 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
Source:[5]
Field[]
John Adams, Fulton Allem, Michael Allen, Billy Andrade, Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Dave Barr, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Michael Bradley, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Brad Bryant, Mark Calcavecchia, Brandel Chamblee, Brian Claar, Keith Clearwater, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Marco Dawson, Jay Delsing, Trevor Dodds, Ed Dougherty, David Edwards, Joel Edwards, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Rick Fehr, Ed Fiori, John Flannery, Bruce Fleisher, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Gallagher Jr., Robert Gamez, Kelly Gibson, Bob Gilder, Bill Glasson, Paul Goydos, Wayne Grady, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Donnie Hammond, Dudley Hart, Nolan Henke, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, Ed Humenik, John Huston, John Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Brian Kamm, Tom Kite, Greg Kraft, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Dick Mast, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Mark McCumber, Jim McGovern, Mark McNulty, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Jodie Mudd, Larry Nelson, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Brett Ogle, David Ogrin, José María Olazábal, Masashi Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Craig Parry, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, Kenny Perry, Dan Pohl, Nick Price, Dillard Pruitt, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Dave Rummells, Gene Sauers, Ted Schulz, Peter Senior, Tom Sieckmann, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Mike Springer, Craig Stadler, Mike Standly, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Steve Stricker, Hal Sutton, Doug Tewell, Jim Thorpe, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway, Greg Twiggs, Howard Twitty, Lanny Wadkins, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Willie Wood, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller, Richard Zokol
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, March 24, 1994
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greg Norman | ![]() |
63 | −9 |
T2 | Lee Janzen | ![]() |
65 | −7 |
Tom Kite | ![]() | |||
Jeff Maggert | ![]() | |||
Colin Montgomerie | ![]() | |||
6 | Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
66 | −6 |
T7 | Jay Delsing | ![]() |
67 | −5 |
Nick Faldo | ![]() | |||
Dan Forsman | ![]() | |||
Wayne Grady | ![]() | |||
Hale Irwin | ![]() | |||
Hal Sutton | ![]() |
Source:[6]
Second round[]
Friday, March 25, 1994
Saturday, March 26, 1994
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greg Norman | ![]() |
63-67=130 | −14 |
2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
66-67=133 | −11 |
T3 | Davis Love III | ![]() |
68-66=134 | −10 |
Jeff Maggert | ![]() |
65-69=134 | ||
T5 | Craig Parry | ![]() |
69-66=135 | −9 |
Hal Sutton | ![]() |
67-68=135 | ||
T7 | Nick Faldo | ![]() |
67-69=136 | −8 |
Brad Faxon | ![]() |
68-68=136 | ||
Tom Kite | ![]() |
65-71=136 | ||
Mike Springer | ![]() |
68-68=136 |
Third round[]
Saturday, March 26, 1994
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greg Norman | ![]() |
63-67-67=197 | −19 |
2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
66-67-68=201 | −15 |
3 | Jeff Maggert | ![]() |
65-69-69=203 | −13 |
T4 | Nick Faldo | ![]() |
67-69-68=204 | −12 |
Davis Love III | ![]() |
68-66-70=204 | ||
T6 | Brad Faxon | ![]() |
68-68-70=206 | −10 |
Gary Hallberg | ![]() |
68-69-69=206 | ||
Tom Kite | ![]() |
65-71-70=206 | ||
9 | Hale Irwin | ![]() |
67-70-70=207 | −9 |
T10 | Craig Parry | ![]() |
69-66-73=208 | −8 |
Mike Springer | ![]() |
68-68-72=208 |
Source:[7]
Final round[]
Sunday, March 27, 1994
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greg Norman | ![]() |
63-67-67-67=264 | −24 | 450,000 |
2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
66-67-68-67=268 | −20 | 270,000 |
3 | Jeff Maggert | ![]() |
65-69-69-68=271 | −17 | 170,000 |
4 | Hale Irwin | ![]() |
67-70-70-69=276 | −12 | 120,000 |
5 | Nick Faldo | ![]() |
67-69-68-73=277 | −11 | 100,000 |
T6 | Brad Faxon | ![]() |
68-68-70-72=278 | −10 | 83,750 |
Davis Love III (c) | ![]() |
68-66-70-74=278 | |||
Steve Lowery | ![]() |
68-74-69-67=278 | |||
T9 | Gary Hallberg | ![]() |
68-69-69-73=279 | −9 | 65,000 |
Nolan Henke | ![]() |
73-69-69-68=279 | |||
Tom Kite (c) | ![]() |
65-71-70-73=279 | |||
Colin Montgomerie | ![]() |
65-73-71-70=279 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
13 | Mike Springer | ![]() |
68-68-72-72=280 | −8 | 52,500 |
T14 | Dave Barr | ![]() |
68-69-72-72=281 | −7 | 42,500 |
José María Olazábal | ![]() |
69-69-73-70=281 | |||
Craig Parry | ![]() |
69-66-73-73=281 | |||
Loren Roberts | ![]() |
68-71-71-71=281 | |||
Tom Watson | ![]() |
71-72-71-67=281 | |||
T19 | Ben Crenshaw | ![]() |
72-72-68-70=282 | −6 | 31,375 |
Dillard Pruitt | ![]() |
70-71-68-73=282 | |||
Mike Standly | ![]() |
72-71-68-71=282 | |||
Hal Sutton (c) | ![]() |
67-68-74-73=282 | |||
T23 | Mark Calcavecchia | ![]() |
70-72-69-72=283 | −5 | 23,000 |
John Cook | ![]() |
70-71-72-70=283 | |||
Tim Simpson | ![]() |
69-71-70-73=283 | |||
Steve Stricker | ![]() |
72-70-70-71=283 | |||
T27 | Chip Beck | ![]() |
73-71-67-73=284 | −4 | 16,640 |
Lennie Clements | ![]() |
68-71-74-71=284 | |||
Jay Delsing | ![]() |
67-73-71-73=284 | |||
Ed Fiori | ![]() |
70-68-74-72=284 | |||
Jim Gallagher Jr. | ![]() |
76-68-70-70=284 | |||
Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
74-68-70-72=284 | |||
Wayne Levi | ![]() |
72-68-72-72=284 | |||
John Mahaffey (c) | ![]() |
71-73-65-75=284 | |||
T35 | Jay Don Blake | ![]() |
70-73-69-73=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
Bob Estes | ![]() |
70-71-70-74=285 | |||
Bob Gilder | ![]() |
71-71-70-73=285 | |||
Mike Hulbert | ![]() |
71-71-70-73=285 | |||
John Huston | ![]() |
68-73-72-72=285 | |||
Lee Janzen | ![]() |
65-75-70-75=285 | |||
Neal Lancaster | ![]() |
71-68-72-74=285 | |||
Roger Maltbie | ![]() |
71-69-73-72=285 | |||
Joey Sindelar | ![]() |
70-74-70-71=285 | |||
Ted Tryba | ![]() |
68-73-69-75=285 | |||
T45 | Ernie Els | ![]() |
69-73-72-72=286 | −2 | 7,150 |
Rick Fehr | ![]() |
70-73-68-75=286 | |||
Wayne Grady | ![]() |
67-73-71-75=286 | |||
Andrew Magee | ![]() |
72-71-70-73=286 | |||
Naomichi Ozaki | ![]() |
71-72-70-73=286 | |||
Kirk Triplett | ![]() |
71-72-70-73=286 | |||
T51 | David Edwards | ![]() |
69-70-72-76=287 | −1 | 5,962 |
Steve Elkington (c) | ![]() |
71-72-75-69=287 | |||
Gene Sauers | ![]() |
73-69-75-70=287 | |||
Grant Waite | ![]() |
74-68-71-74=287 | |||
T55 | Fulton Allem | ![]() |
70-71-72-75=288 | E | 5,600 |
Brian Claar | ![]() |
68-76-72-72=288 | |||
Keith Clearwater | ![]() |
70-72-70-76=288 | |||
Jay Haas | ![]() |
75-69-71-73=288 | |||
Jim McGovern | ![]() |
72-72-71-73=288 | |||
Larry Nelson | ![]() |
70-67-76-75=288 | |||
Vijay Singh | ![]() |
71-69-69-79=288 | |||
T62 | Michael Allen | ![]() |
74-69-73-73=289 | +1 | 5,250 |
Joel Edwards | ![]() |
68-75-73-73=289 | |||
Paul Goydos | ![]() |
72-72-71-74=289 | |||
Mark McCumber (c) | ![]() |
73-71-75-70=289 | |||
Kenny Perry | ![]() |
69-75-73-72=289 | |||
Jim Thorpe | ![]() |
73-69-73-74=289 | |||
Howard Twitty | ![]() |
69-75-72-73=289 | |||
T69 | Ian Baker-Finch | ![]() |
73-69-74-74=290 | +2 | 4,950 |
Brandel Chamblee | ![]() |
70-72-72-76=290 | |||
Russ Cochran | ![]() |
70-73-78-69=290 | |||
Donnie Hammond | ![]() |
68-73-75-74=290 | |||
D. A. Weibring | ![]() |
75-69-70-76=290 | |||
T74 | Brad Bryant | ![]() |
75-69-75-72=291 | +3 | 4,725 |
Sandy Lyle (c) | ![]() |
71-72-71-77=291 | |||
Dick Mast | ![]() |
73-70-74-74=291 | |||
Tom Sieckmann | ![]() |
73-68-69-81=291 | |||
T78 | John Adams | ![]() |
72-70-76-74=292 | +4 | 4,525 |
Fred Funk | ![]() |
73-71-73-75=292 | |||
Greg Kraft | ![]() |
72-71-72-77=292 | |||
Corey Pavin | ![]() |
69-73-73-77=292 | |||
82 | Masashi Ozaki | ![]() |
68-76-75-74=293 | +5 | 4,400 |
83 | Dan Forsman | ![]() |
67-77-73-77=294 | +6 | 4,350 |
84 | Robert Gamez | ![]() |
70-72-81-72=295 | +7 | 4,300 |
85 | Denis Watson | ![]() |
74-69-80-74=297 | +9 | 4,250 |
CUT | Seve Ballesteros | ![]() |
74-71=145 | +1 | |
Michael Bradley | ![]() |
72-73=145 | |||
Ed Dougherty | ![]() |
71-74=145 | |||
Bruce Fleisher | ![]() |
70-75=145 | |||
Bill Glasson | ![]() |
74-71=145 | |||
Dudley Hart | ![]() |
71-74=145 | |||
Ed Humenik | ![]() |
73-72=145 | |||
Tom Lehman | ![]() |
68-77=145 | |||
Blaine McCallister | ![]() |
70-75=145 | |||
Larry Mize | ![]() |
74-71=145 | |||
Ted Schulz | ![]() |
71-74=145 | |||
Payne Stewart | ![]() |
72-73=145 | |||
Mark Brooks | ![]() |
69-77=146 | +2 | ||
Billy Ray Brown | ![]() |
72-74=146 | |||
Scott Hoch | ![]() |
72-74=146 | |||
John Inman | ![]() |
71-75=146 | |||
Dan Pohl | ![]() |
76-70=146 | |||
Dave Rummells | ![]() |
74-72=146 | |||
Peter Senior | ![]() |
72-74=146 | |||
Scott Simpson | ![]() |
71-75=146 | |||
Craig Stadler | ![]() |
72-74=146 | |||
Bob Tway | ![]() |
69-77=146 | |||
Duffy Waldorf | ![]() |
70-76=146 | |||
Willie Wood | ![]() |
73-73=146 | |||
Ronnie Black | ![]() |
75-72=147 | +3 | ||
Trevor Dodds | ![]() |
78-69=147 | |||
John Flannery | ![]() |
72-75=147 | |||
David Frost | ![]() |
70-77=147 | |||
Mark McNulty | ![]() |
71-76=147 | |||
Jodie Mudd (c) | ![]() |
69-78=147 | |||
Mike Reid | ![]() |
74-73=147 | |||
Jeff Sluman | ![]() |
71-76=147 | |||
Ian Woosnam | ![]() |
73-74=147 | |||
Billy Andrade | ![]() |
72-76=148 | +4 | ||
Kelly Gibson | ![]() |
73-75=148 | |||
Bruce Lietzke | ![]() |
78-70=148 | |||
David Ogrin | ![]() |
70-78=148 | |||
Brett Ogle | ![]() |
77-72=149 | +5 | ||
Steve Pate | ![]() |
74-75=149 | |||
Nick Price (c) | ![]() |
73-76=149 | |||
Phil Blackmar | ![]() |
77-73=150 | +6 | ||
Bob Lohr | ![]() |
74-76=150 | |||
Billy Mayfair | ![]() |
78-72=150 | |||
Tom Purtzer | ![]() |
73-77=150 | |||
David Toms | ![]() |
73-77=150 | |||
Marco Dawson | ![]() |
75-76=151 | +7 | ||
Ken Green | ![]() |
74-77=151 | |||
Larry Rinker | ![]() |
71-80=151 | |||
Doug Tewell | ![]() |
75-76=151 | |||
Lanny Wadkins (c) | ![]() |
73-78=151 | |||
Mark O'Meara | ![]() |
73-79=152 | +8 | ||
Curtis Strange | ![]() |
76-76=152 | |||
Peter Jacobsen | ![]() |
73-80=153 | +9 | ||
Richard Zokol | ![]() |
75-78=153 | |||
John Daly | ![]() |
74-80=154 | +10 | ||
Brian Kamm | ![]() |
78-76=154 | |||
Greg Twiggs | ![]() |
80-77=157 | +13 | ||
WD | Hubert Green | ![]() |
76 | +4 | |
Calvin Peete (c) | ![]() |
85 | +13 |
Source:[9]
References[]
- ^ a b "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 28, 1994. p. 2C.
- ^ "Norman storms to record in Players Championship". The Free Lance–Star. (Fredericksburg, Virginia). March 28, 1994. p. B-3.
- ^ a b "Norman runs away for 4-stroke win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1994. p. 2B.
- ^ Reilly, Rick (April 4, 1994). "Sharp as a shark". Sports Illustrated. p. 46.
- ^ "1994 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 337. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.
- ^ "Golf: The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 25, 1994. p. 2C.
- ^ a b "Norman blowing away all competitors at TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1994. p. 7G.
- ^ "Golf: The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 26, 1994. p. 2C.
- ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
External links[]
- The Players Championship
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