1996 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 28–31, 1996 |
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 | 146 players, 77 after cut |
Cut | 143 (−1) |
Prize fund | $3.5 million |
Winner's share | $630,000 |
Champion | |
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270 (−18) | |
Location Map | |
![]() ![]() TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States | |
The 1996 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 28–31 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 23rd Players Championship.
Fred Couples shot a final round 64 to win his second Players, four strokes ahead of runners-up Colin Montgomerie and Tommy Tolles, the 54-hole leader.[2][3][4] Couples' previous win was twelve years earlier in 1984.[5][6]
Defending champion Lee Janzen finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for 46th place.
Venue[]
This was the fifteenth 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 the final 1995 Official Money List
- All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months, concluding with the Freeport-McDermott Classic and dating from the 1995 Players Championship
- 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"
- Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top-10 money-winners from the 1996 Official Money List through the Freeport-McDermott Classic
- To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1996 Official Money List through the Freeport-McDermott Classic
Source:[7]
Field[]
, John Adams, Fulton Allem, Robert Allenby, Billy Andrade, Woody Austin, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Chip Beck, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Guy Boros, Michael Bradley, Mike Brisky, Mark Brooks, Brad Bryant, Patrick Burke, Curt Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Brandel Chamblee, Brian Claar, Lennie Clements, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Marco Dawson, Glen Day, Jay Delsing, Ed Dougherty, David Duval, David Edwards, Joel Edwards, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Rick Fehr, Keith Fergus, Dan Forsman, Robin Freeman, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Jim Gallagher Jr., Robert Gamez, Kelly Gibson, Bill Glasson, Paul Goydos, Wayne Grady, Ken Green, Scott Gump, Jay Haas, Mike Heinen, Nolan Henke, Brian Henninger, Tim Herron, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Brian Kamm, Jerry Kelly, Tom Kite, Neal Lancaster, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, John Mahaffey, Doug Martin, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Scott McCarron, Mark McCumber, Jim McGovern, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Gil Morgan, John Morse, Larry Nelson, Frank Nobilo, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Brett Ogle, David Ogrin, Masashi Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Corey Pavin, Kenny Perry, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Dillard Pruitt, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Lee Rinker, Loren Roberts, Costantino Rocca, Charlie Rymer, Gene Sauers, Tom Scherrer, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Craig Stadler, Mike Standly, Payne Stewart, Dave Stockton Jr., Curtis Strange, Steve Stricker, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Tommy Tolles, David Toms, Sam Torrance, Kirk Triplett, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway, Omar Uresti, Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Watson, Mark Wiebe, John Wilson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, March 28, 1996
Friday, March 29, 1996
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Justin Leonard | ![]() |
65 | −7 |
Kenny Perry | ![]() | |||
T3 | Craig Parry | ![]() |
66 | −6 |
Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() | |||
T5 | Mark Calcavecchia | ![]() |
67 | −5 |
David Frost | ![]() | |||
Hale Irwin | ![]() | |||
Corey Pavin | ![]() | |||
Kirk Triplett | ![]() | |||
T10 | Chip Beck | ![]() |
68 | −4 |
John Daly | ![]() | |||
Steve Elkington | ![]() | |||
Robert Gamez | ![]() | |||
Jay Haas | ![]() | |||
Brian Kamm | ![]() | |||
John Morse | ![]() | |||
Frank Nobilo | ![]() | |||
Jeff Sluman | ![]() | |||
Grant Waite | ![]() | |||
Duffy Waldorf | ![]() |
Second round[]
Friday, March 29, 1996
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tommy Tolles | ![]() |
69-64=133 | −11 |
T2 | Mark Calcavecchia | ![]() |
67-68=135 | −9 |
Justin Leonard | ![]() |
65-70=135 | ||
T4 | David Duval | ![]() |
70-66=136 | −8 |
Jay Haas | ![]() |
68-68=136 | ||
Kenny Perry | ![]() |
65-71=136 | ||
Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
66-70=136 | ||
T8 | Chip Beck | ![]() |
68-69=137 | −7 |
David Frost | ![]() |
67-70=137 | ||
Larry Mize | ![]() |
70-67=137 |
Source:[8]
Third round[]
Saturday, March 30, 1996
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tommy Tolles | ![]() |
69-64-69=202 | −14 |
2 | David Duval | ![]() |
70-66-68=204 | −12 |
T3 | Jay Haas | ![]() |
68-68-69=205 | −11 |
Michael Bradley | ![]() |
72-67-66=205 | ||
T5 | Fred Couples | ![]() |
66-72-68=206 | −10 |
Ernie Els | ![]() |
71-70-65=206 | ||
Fred Funk | ![]() |
70-69-67=206 | ||
Scott Gump | ![]() |
70-68-68=206 | ||
Colin Montgomerie | ![]() |
71-69-66=206 | ||
Kenny Perry | ![]() |
65-71-70=206 | ||
Vijay Singh | ![]() |
70-68-68=206 |
Source:[10]
Final round[]
Sunday, March 31, 1996
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fred Couples (c) | ![]() |
66-72-68-64=270 | −18 | 630,000 |
T2 | Colin Montgomerie | ![]() |
71-69-66-68=274 | −14 | 308,000 |
Tommy Tolles | ![]() |
69-64-69-72=274 | |||
T4 | David Duval | ![]() |
70-66-68-71=275 | −13 | 137,812 |
Rocco Mediate | ![]() |
74-69-66-66=275 | |||
Kenny Perry | ![]() |
65-71-70-69=275 | |||
Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
66-70-72-67=275 | |||
T8 | Ernie Els | ![]() |
71-70-65-70=276 | −12 | 94,500 |
Jay Haas | ![]() |
68-68-69-71=276 | |||
Tom Lehman | ![]() |
70-72-67-67=276 | |||
Vijay Singh | ![]() |
70-68-68-70=276 | |||
Grant Waite | ![]() |
68-72-68-68=276 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
T13 | Fred Funk | ![]() |
70-69-67-71=277 | −11 | 65,625 |
Jim Furyk | ![]() |
70-70-67-70=277 | |||
Larry Mize | ![]() |
70-67-71-69=277 | |||
Gil Morgan | ![]() |
70-69-69-69=277 | |||
T17 | Patrick Burke | ![]() |
72-71-69-66=278 | −10 | 54,250 |
David Frost | ![]() |
67-70-72-69=278 | |||
T19 | Michael Bradley | ![]() |
72-67-66-74=279 | −9 | 35,735 |
John Daly | ![]() |
68-70-69-72=279 | |||
Joel Edwards | ![]() |
71-67-71-70=279 | |||
Steve Elkington (c) | ![]() |
68-73-68-70=279 | |||
Wayne Grady | ![]() |
72-69-68-70=279 | |||
Scott Gump | ![]() |
70-68-68-73=279 | |||
Nolan Henke | ![]() |
71-68-68-72=279 | |||
Tim Herron | ![]() |
69-73-68-69=279 | |||
Scott Hoch | ![]() |
71-70-70-68=279 | |||
Kirk Triplett | ![]() |
67-72-73-67=279 | |||
T29 | Mark Calcavecchia | ![]() |
67-68-75-70=280 | −8 | 23,275 |
Robert Gamez | ![]() |
68-73-70-69=280 | |||
Mark O'Meara | ![]() |
73-69-69-69=280 | |||
Masashi Ozaki | ![]() |
71-69-69-71=280 | |||
T33 | John Adams | ![]() |
71-69-71-70=281 | −7 | 17,718 |
Jay Don Blake | ![]() |
74-68-68-71=281 | |||
Jim Carter | ![]() |
70-72-66-73=281 | |||
Marco Dawson | ![]() |
72-71-69-69=281 | |||
Steve Jones | ![]() |
70-69-69-73=281 | |||
Phil Mickelson | ![]() |
71-72-64-74=281 | |||
Loren Roberts | ![]() |
73-70-70-68=281 | |||
Tom Watson | ![]() |
72-68-69-72=281 | |||
T41 | Blaine McCallister | ![]() |
72-70-66-74=282 | −6 | 12,950 |
Jeff Sluman | ![]() |
68-72-72-70=282 | |||
Craig Stadler | ![]() |
73-70-71-68=282 | |||
Payne Stewart | ![]() |
73-70-68-71=282 | |||
Bobby Wadkins | ![]() |
71-70-68-73=282 | |||
T46 | Hale Irwin | ![]() |
67-73-69-74=283 | −5 | 9,360 |
Lee Janzen (c) | ![]() |
70-71-70-72=283 | |||
Davis Love III (c) | ![]() |
69-70-72-72=283 | |||
Steve Lowery | ![]() |
73-70-68-72=283 | |||
Corey Pavin | ![]() |
67-71-76-69=283 | |||
Nick Price (c) | ![]() |
70-69-73-71=283 | |||
Dillard Pruitt | ![]() |
71-71-71-70=283 | |||
T53 | Guy Boros | ![]() |
69-72-70-73=284 | −4 | 7,990 |
Neal Lancaster | ![]() |
73-70-69-72=284 | |||
Jeff Maggert | ![]() |
70-70-77-67=284 | |||
Jesper Parnevik | ![]() |
69-70-72-73=284 | |||
Craig Parry | ![]() |
66-74-72-72=284 | |||
Gene Sauers | ![]() |
69-72-72-71=284 | |||
Hal Sutton (c) | ![]() |
72-69-73-70=284 | |||
T60 | Chip Beck | ![]() |
68-69-76-72=285 | −3 | 7,665 |
Frank Nobilo | ![]() |
68-72-72-73=285 | |||
T62 | Larry Nelson | ![]() |
71-69-73-73=286 | −2 | 7,490 |
Dan Pohl | ![]() |
72-70-73-71=286 | |||
Tom Purtzer | ![]() |
74-69-72-71=286 | |||
T65 | Justin Leonard | ![]() |
65-70-80-72=287 | −1 | 7,315 |
Mike Reid | ![]() |
70-73-72-72=287 | |||
T67 | Woody Austin | ![]() |
72-71-72-73=288 | E | 7,105 |
Brian Kamm | ![]() |
68-74-71-75=288 | |||
Doug Martin | ![]() |
69-71-76-72=288 | |||
Don Pooley | ![]() |
69-73-74-72=288 | |||
T71 | Michael Campbell | ![]() |
70-73-69-77=289 | +1 | 6,895 |
Mike Hulbert | ![]() |
73-70-73-73=289 | |||
T73 | Ben Crenshaw | ![]() |
70-73-71-76=290 | +2 | 6,685 |
Jim Gallagher Jr. | ![]() |
71-70-76-73=290 | |||
Ken Green | ![]() |
71-71-74-74=290 | |||
John Morse | ![]() |
68-74-74-74=290 | |||
77 | Mark McCumber (c) | ![]() |
69-74-71-79=293 | +5 | 6,510 |
CUT | Fulton Allem | ![]() |
73-71=144 | E | |
Paul Azinger | ![]() |
73-71=144 | |||
Mark Brooks | ![]() |
69-75=144 | |||
Curt Byrum | ![]() |
72-72=144 | |||
Brian Claar | ![]() |
72-72=144 | |||
Lennie Clements | ![]() |
75-69=144 | |||
John Cook | ![]() |
73-71=144 | |||
Dan Forsman | ![]() |
72-72=144 | |||
Bill Glasson | ![]() |
72-72=144 | |||
Peter Jacobsen | ![]() |
73-71=144 | |||
Tom Kite (c) | ![]() |
71-73=144 | |||
David Ogrin | ![]() |
74-70=144 | |||
Costantino Rocca | ![]() |
73-71=144 | |||
Tom Scherrer | ![]() |
70-74=144 | |||
Duffy Waldorf | ![]() |
68-76=144 | |||
John Wilson | ![]() |
73-71=144 | |||
Ian Woosnam | ![]() |
72-72=144 | |||
David Edwards | ![]() |
70-75=145 | +1 | ||
Bob Estes | ![]() |
71-74=145 | |||
Nick Faldo | ![]() |
70-75=145 | |||
Mike Heinen | ![]() |
74-71=145 | |||
Bruce Lietzke | ![]() |
71-74=145 | |||
Andrew Magee | ![]() |
76-69=145 | |||
Dave Stockton Jr. | ![]() |
69-76=145 | |||
David Toms | ![]() |
73-72=145 | |||
Robert Allenby | ![]() |
75-71=146 | +2 | ||
Billy Andrade | ![]() |
74-72=146 | |||
Glen Day | ![]() |
74-72=146 | |||
Jay Delsing | ![]() |
71-75=146 | |||
John Huston | ![]() |
72-74=146 | |||
Sandy Lyle (c) | ![]() |
76-70=146 | |||
John Mahaffey (c) | ![]() |
71-75=146 | |||
Greg Norman (c) | ![]() |
73-73=146 | |||
Naomichi Ozaki | ![]() |
72-74=146 | |||
Scott Simpson | ![]() |
70-76=146 | |||
Joey Sindelar | ![]() |
76-70=146 | |||
Bob Tway | ![]() |
72-74=146 | |||
Lanny Wadkins (c) | ![]() |
71-75=146 | |||
![]() |
73-74=147 | +3 | |||
Brad Bryant | ![]() |
76-71=147 | |||
Robin Freeman | ![]() |
79-68=147 | |||
Bob Lohr | ![]() |
76-71=147 | |||
Charlie Rymer | ![]() |
75-72=147 | |||
Steve Stricker | ![]() |
75-72=147 | |||
Brandel Chamblee | ![]() |
73-75=148 | +4 | ||
Keith Fergus | ![]() |
73-75=148 | |||
Jerry Kelly | ![]() |
74-74=148 | |||
Omar Uresti | ![]() |
70-78=148 | |||
Mike Standly | ![]() |
72-77=149 | +5 | ||
Curtis Strange | ![]() |
75-74=149 | |||
Mike Sullivan | ![]() |
73-76=149 | |||
Ian Baker-Finch | ![]() |
73-77=150 | +6 | ||
Brad Fabel | ![]() |
75-75=150 | |||
Kelly Gibson | ![]() |
80-70=150 | |||
Paul Goydos | ![]() |
75-75=150 | |||
Brett Ogle | ![]() |
76-74=150 | |||
Lee Rinker | ![]() |
74-76=150 | |||
Sam Torrance | ![]() |
74-76=150 | |||
Mike Brisky | ![]() |
72-79=151 | +7 | ||
Scott McCarron | ![]() |
75-76=151 | |||
Billy Mayfair | ![]() |
76-76=152 | +8 | ||
Mark Wiebe | ![]() |
76-76=152 | |||
Phil Blackmar | ![]() |
73-80=153 | +9 | ||
Rick Fehr | ![]() |
73-80=153 | |||
Brian Henninger | ![]() |
79-74=153 | |||
Jim McGovern | ![]() |
76-77=153 | |||
Ted Tryba | ![]() |
80-73=153 | |||
WD | Scott Verplank | ![]() |
78 | +6 | |
Ed Dougherty | ![]() |
81 | +9 |
Source:[11]
References[]
- ^ a b "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). April 1, 1996. p. 4C.
- ^ Reilly, Rick (April 8, 1996). "As easy as T-P-C". Sports Illustrated. p. 50.
- ^ "Wet green helps Couples win 'long green' in TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 1C.
- ^ "Couples takes charge for TPC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 3B.
- ^ "Two birdies aid Couples' biggest win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 3C.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (April 9, 1984). "Gone, even with the wind". Sports Illustrated. p. 53.
- ^ "1996 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 311. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.
- ^ a b "Golf: The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 30, 1996. p. 4C.
- ^ "Golf: The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 1996. p. 2C.
- ^ "Tolles just wants a PGA triumph". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1996. p. 3H.
- ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
External links[]
- The Players Championship
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