1996 Volvo PGA Championship

1996 Volvo PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	24–27 May 1996
Location	Virginia Water, Surrey, England 51°24′N 0°35′W / 51.40°N 0.59°W / 51.40; -0.5951°24′N 0°35′W / 51.40°N 0.59°W / 51.40; -0.59
Course(s)	Wentworth Club West Course
Tour(s)	European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	150 players, 71 after cut
Cut	144 (E)
Prize fund	€1,008,970
Winner's share	€233,324
Champion
Costantino Rocca
274 (−14)
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The 1996 Volvo PGA Championship was the 42nd edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 24–27 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

Costantino Rocca won his first Volvo PGA Championship with a two stroke victory over Nick Faldo and Paul Lawrie.^[1][2]

Past champions in the field[]

Ten former champions entered the tournament.^[3]

Made the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Nick Faldo	England	1978, 1980, 1981, 1989	67	69	72	68	276	−12	T2
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1988	73	70	68	70	281	−7	T11
Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe	1992	71	72	71	68	282	−6	T13
Paul Way	England	1985	71	71	69	72	283	−5	T21
Rodger Davis	Australia	1986	70	73	76	71	290	+2	T60

Missed the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1987, 1993, 1995	73	74	147	+3
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1983, 1991	77	71	148	+4
Mike Harwood	Australia	1990	74	76	150	+6
Manuel Piñero	Spain	1977	77	73	150	+6
Howard Clark	England	1984	71	82	153	+9

Nationalities in the field[]

North America (3)	South America (2)	Europe (128)	Oceania (11)	Asia (0)	Africa (6)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)	Argentina (2)	England (55)	Australia (8)		South Africa (4)
United States (2)		Northern Ireland (5)	New Zealand (3)		Zimbabwe (2)
		Scotland (14)
		Wales (5)
		Ireland (7)
		Denmark (2)
		France (6)
		Germany (3)
		Italy (2)
		Netherlands (1)
		Norway (1)
		Spain (10)
		Sweden (16)
		Switzerland (1)

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, 24 May 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Nick Faldo	England	67	−5
T2	Paul Curry	England	68	−4
	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe
T4	Robert Allenby	Australia	69	−3
	Ignacio Garrido	Spain
	Costantino Rocca	Italy
T7	Gordon Brand Jnr	Scotland	70	−2
	Stuart Cage	England
	José María Cañizares	Spain
	Eamonn Darcy	Ireland
	Rodger Davis	Australia
	Paul Eales	England
	Niclas Fasth	Sweden
	Joakim Haeggman	Sweden
	Jarmo Sandelin	Sweden
	Wayne Westner	South Africa

Second round[]

Friday, 25 May 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Nick Faldo	England	67-69=136	−8
	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	68-68=136
	Costantino Rocca	Italy	69-67=136
4	Robert Allenby	Australia	69-68=137	−7
T5	Roger Chapman	England	71-67=138	−6
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	72-66=138
	Paul Lawrie	Scotland	73-65=138
	Gary Orr	Scotland	71-67=138
T9	José María Cañizares	Spain	70-69=139	−5
	Paul Curry	England	68-71=139
	Eamonn Darcy	Ireland	70-69=139
	Paul Eales	England	70-69=139
	Niclas Fasth	Sweden	70-69=139
	Jarmo Sandelin	Sweden	70-69=139
		France	72-67=139

Third round[]

Saturday, 26 May 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	68-68-69=205	−11
	Costantino Rocca	Italy	69-67-69=205
3	Paul Lawrie	Scotland	73-65-68=206	−10
T4	Paul Curry	England	68-71-69=208	−8
	Nick Faldo	England	67-69-72=208
	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	71-69-68=208
T7	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	72-66-71=209	−7
		France	72-67-70=209
T9	Eamonn Darcy	Ireland	70-69-71=210	−6
		Wales	74-68-68=210
	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	73-68-69=210
	Gary Orr	Scotland	71-67-72=210

Final round[]

Sunday, 27 May 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Costantino Rocca	Italy	69-67-69-69=274	−14	233,324
T2	Nick Faldo	England	67-69-72-68=276	−12	121,590
	Paul Lawrie	Scotland	73-65-68-70=276
T4	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	68-68-69-73=278	−10	59,453
	Jarmo Sandelin	Sweden	70-69-72-67=278
	Andrew Sherborne	England	74-69-70-65=278
T7	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	73-68-69-69=279	−9	36,073
	Gary Orr	Scotland	71-67-72-69=279
	Patrik Sjöland	Sweden	74-67-72-66=279
10	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	71-69-68-72=280	−8	28,000

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