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 putt for par on the final hole for the win.

Defending champion Greg Norman finished eleven strokes back, in a tie for 37th place.

Venue

This was the fourteenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, and it remained at .

Eligibility requirements The top 125 PGA Tour members from Final 1994 Official Money List.

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.

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Round summaries First round Thursday, March 23, 1995 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Corey Pavin 66 −6 2 Gene Sauers 67 −5 T3 Lee Janzen 69 −3 Bernhard Langer Larry Mize Payne Stewart Steve Stricker T8 Andrew Magee 70 −2 Greg NormanT10 Lennie Clements 71 −1 John Cook Tom Kite Tom Lehman Jeff Maggert Billy Mayfair Mark McCumber Rocco Mediate Scott Simpson Kirk Triplett D. A. Weibring Source:

Second round Friday, March 24, 1995 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Corey Pavin 66-73=139 −5 Gene Sauers 67-72=139T3 Bernhard Langer 69-71=140 −4 Davis Love III 73-67=140 Steve Stricker 79-71=140T6 Hale Irwin 73-68=141 −3 D. A. Weibring 71-70=141T8 Lennie Clements 71-61=142 −2 Payne Stewart 69-73=142 T10 Billy Andrade 74-69=143 −1 Seve Ballesteros 75-68=143 Brad Bryant 72-71=143 Robert Gamez 74-69=143 Peter Jacobsen 74-69=143 Lee Janzen 69-74=143 Tom Lehman 71-72=143 Jeff Maggert 71-72=143 Scott Simpson 71-72=143 Tom Watson 72-71=143 Ian Woosnam 74-69=143 Source:

Third round Saturday, March 25, 1995 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Bernhard Langer 69-71-71=211 −5 Corey Pavin 66-73-72=2113 Lee Janzen 69-74-69=212 −4 4 Payne Stewart 69-73-71=213 −3T5 Peter Jacobsen 74-69-71=214 −2 Davis Love III 73-67-74=214 Steve Stricker 79-71-74=214 D. A. Weibring 71-70-73=214T9 Brad Bryant 72-71-72=215 −1 Brian Claar 74-70-71=215 Tom Lehman 71-72-72=215 Jeff Maggert 71-72-72=215 Source:

Final round Sunday, March 26, 1995 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Lee Janzen 69-74-69-71=283 −5 540,0002 Bernhard Langer 69-71-71-73=284 −4 324,000T3 Corey Pavin 66-73-72-74=285 −3 156,000 Gene Sauers 67-72-78-68=285 Payne Stewart 69-73-71-72=285T6 Brad Bryant 72-71-72-71=286 −2 104,250 Davis Love III (c) 73-67-74-72=286T8 Billy Andrade 74-69-73-71=287 −1 87,000 Larry Mize 69-77-72-69=287 Naomichi Ozaki 74-70-72-71=287 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Brian Claar 74-70-71-73=288 E 69,000 Scott Simpson 71-72-73-72=288 Steve Stricker 69-71-74-74=288T14 Tom Lehman 71-72-72-74=289 +1 52,500 Phil Mickelson 78-66-75-70=289 Colin Montgomerie 79-70-71-69=289 Craig Stadler 73-73-75-68=289T18 Curt Byrum 73-71-76-70=290 +2 39,120 Mark Calcavecchia 74-75-71-70=290 Lennie Clements 71-71-76-72=290 Jeff Maggert 71-72-72-75=290 Billy Mayfair 71-77-70-72=290T23 Jim Gallagher Jr. 74-72-73-72=291 +3 25,950 Mark McCumber (c) 71-73-72-75=291 Mark McNulty 76-72-71-72=291 José María Olazábal 78-70-74-69=291 Curtis Strange 76-71-72-72=291 Ian Woosnam 74-69-73-75=291T29 Michael Bradley 75-70-74-73=292 +4 19,500 Fred Couples (c) 73-72-73-74=292 Peter Jacobsen 74-69-71-78=292 Masashi Ozaki 72-72-75-73=292 Tom Watson 72-71-75-74=292T34 Bob Estes 76-73-75-69=293 +5 16,200 Justin Leonard 73-74-72-74=293 Loren Roberts 73-72-72-76=293T37 Seve Ballesteros 75-68-73-78=294 +6 13,200 David Frost 72-74-75-73=294 Mike Heinen 74-75-67-78=294 Andrew Magee 70-75-72-77=294 Greg Norman (c) 70-74-73-77=294 Nick Price (c) 73-71-75-75=294T43 Bob Gilder 73-76-75-71=295 +7 9,620 Tom Kite (c) 71-74-76-74=295 Wayne Levi 73-74-74-74=295 Bruce Lietzke 78-70-75-72=295 Vijay Singh 74-72-73-76=295 D. A. Weibring 71-70-73-81=295T49 Brad Faxon 73-74-76-73=296 +8 7,330 Robert Gamez 74-69-78-75=296 Paul Goydos 75-74-75-72=296 Jesper Parnevik 74-74-72-76=296 Dicky Pride 74-73-74-75=296 Jeff Sluman 74-74-78-70=296T55 Hale Irwin 73-68-78-78=297 +9 6,750 Bob Lohr 74-75-73-75=297 John Mahaffey (c) 76-73-72-76=297 Rocco Mediate 71-74-80-72=297 Kenny Perry 76-73-73-75=297 Fuzzy Zoeller 72-73-77-75=297T61 Chip Beck 72-75-76-75=298 +10 6,390 Clark Dennis 78-71-77-72=298 Fred Funk 73-73-74-78=298 Ken Green 77-71-74-76=298 Nolan Henke 74-75-72-77=298 Bobby Wadkins 75-74-77-72=29867 Kirk Triplett 71-75-78-75=299 +11 6,180T68 Ernie Els 72-72-78-78=300 +12 6,030 Gil Morgan 74-74-75-77=300 Dan Pohl 72-74-76-78=300 Bob Tway 78-71-74-77=30072 Donnie Hammond 73-76-81-72=302 +14 5,88073 Robert Allenby 77-72-78-79=306 +18 5,820CUT Guy Boros 77-73=150 +6 Rick Fehr 75-75=150 Bill Glasson 77-73=150 John Morse 76-74=150 Larry Nelson 75-75=150 Frank Nobilo 75-75=150 David Ogrin 78-72=150 Mike Reid 75-75=150 Steve Rintoul 76-74=150 Mike Standly 75-75=150 Doug Tewell 79-71=150 Duffy Waldorf 76-74=150 Jay Don Blake 76-75=151 +7 Mark Brooks 76-75=151 Ben Crenshaw 75-76=151 Yoshi Mizumaki 80-71=151 Brett Ogle 80-71=151 Steve Pate 77-74=151 Hal Sutton (c) 72-79=151 Dave Barr 73-79=152 +8 Russ Cochran 75-77=152 Dan Forsman 75-77=152 Wayne Grady 79-73=152 Mike Hulbert 79-73=152 Greg Kraft 74-78=152 Roger Maltbie 75-77=152 Blaine McCallister 79-73=152 Jim McGovern 73-79=152 Ted Tryba 76-76=152 Fulton Allem 74-79=153 +9 Glen Day 80-73=153 Joel Edwards 80-73=153 Nick Faldo 80-73=153 Robin Freeman 81-72=153 Jay Haas 76-77=153 Dennis Paulson 79-74=153 Mike Sullivan 72-81=153 Jay Delsing 82-72=154 +10 David Edwards 74-80=154 Jim Furyk 76-78=154 John Huston 74-80=154 Scott Verplank 80-74=154 Mark Carnevale 80-75=155 +11 David Feherty 73-82=155 Sandy Lyle (c) 79-76=155 Jack Nicklaus (c) 76-79=155 Mark O'Meara 80-75=155 Craig Parry 80-75=155 Dave Stockton Jr. 80-75=155 David Duval 78-78=156 +12 Dillard Pruitt 72-84=156 Tom Purtzer 80-76=156 Paul Stankowski 79-77=156 John Wilson 82-74=156 Ed Humenik 75-82=157 +13 Brian Kamm 78-79=157 Neal Lancaster 74-83=157 Andy North 77-80=157 Jim Thorpe 79-78=157 Bob Burns 83-75=158 +14 Chris DiMarco 79-79=158 Mike Springer 79-79=158 Paul Azinger 82-77=159 +15 Brandel Chamblee 81-78=159 Hubert Green 81-78=159 Gary Hallberg 77-82=159 Lanny Wadkins (c) 81-78=159 Keith Clearwater 81-80=161 +17 Brian Henninger 79-82=161 Jodie Mudd (c) 80-81=161WD John Cook 71-73-78=222 +6 Steve Elkington (c) 76 +4 Scott Hoch 82 +10 Ian Baker-Finch 85 +13 Calvin Peete (c) 85DQ Steve Lowery 81 +9

References

External links The Players Championship website