The 1994 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 21st Players Championship.

Tournament summary Greg Norman set the scoring record of 264 (−24) at the Stadium Course and finished four strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller. 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.

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 .

Eligibility requirements The top 125 PGA Tour members from Final 1993 Official Money List.

Nick Price, Greg Norman, Jim Gallagher Jr., David Frost, Payne Stewart, Lee Janzen, Tom Kite, Fulton Allem, Jeff Maggert, Davis Love III, Larry Mize, Scott Simpson, John Huston, Steve Elkington, Corey Pavin, David Edwards, Mark Calcavecchia, Chip Beck, Jay Haas, Jim McGovern, Rick Fehr, Craig Stadler, Billy Mayfair, Nolan Henke, Bob Estes, Tom Lehman, Howard Twitty, Grant Waite, Dan Forsman, Scott Hoch, Joey Sindelar, Fuzzy Zoeller, Billy Andrade, Mark McCumber, Mark O'Meara, Keith Clearwater, John Cook, Tom Watson, Donnie Hammond, Brett Ogle, Mike Standly, Craig Parry, Ben Crenshaw, Dudley Hart, Loren Roberts, Bob Lohr, Brad Faxon, Fred Funk, Bill Glasson, D. A. Weibring, Russ Cochran, Greg Kraft, Blaine McCallister, Andrew Magee, Curtis Strange, Steve Pate, Hale Irwin, Mark Brooks, Dave Rummells, Lanny Wadkins, John Inman, Robert Gamez, Jay Delsing, Greg Twiggs, Michael Allen, Brad Bryant, Ken Green, John Daly, Peter Jacobsen, John Adams, Mike Springer, Richard Zokol, Bruce Fleisher, Dick Mast, Phil Blackmar, Duffy Waldorf, Brian Claar, Jay Don Blake, Tom Sieckmann, Kenny Perry, Mike Hulbert, Kirk Triplett, Steve Lowery, Jeff Sluman, Brian Kamm, Wayne Levi, Dave Barr, Billy Ray Brown, Dillard Pruitt, Ed Dougherty, Ted Schulz, Bruce Lietzke, John Flannery, Roger Maltbie, David Ogrin, Ed Humenik, Joel Edwards, Neal Lancaster, Bob Gilder, Bob Tway, Kelly Gibson, Gary Hallberg, Willie Wood, Lennie Clements, Ian Baker-Finch, Joe Ozaki, Ted Tryba, Doug Tewell, Larry Rinker, Brandel Chamblee, Michael Bradley, David Toms, Marco Dawson, Ronnie Black, Trevor Dodds, Ed Fiori, Gene Sauers

All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months concluding with the Nestle Invitational.

Vijay Singh

Designated players.

Wayne Grady, Tom Purtzer, Jodie Mudd, Tim Simpson

Any foreign player meeting the requirements of designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member.

Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, Seve Ballesteros

Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and NEC World Series of Golf.

Hubert Green, Denis Watson, Calvin Peete, Sandy Lyle, Larry Nelson, Dan Pohl, Mike Reid, John Mahaffey

British Open winners since 1990.

Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections."

Ernie Els, Mark McNulty, Masashi Ozaki, José María Olazábal, Colin Montgomerie, Peter Senior

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.

Paul Goydos, Hal Sutton, Steve Stricker, Jim Thorpe

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Round summaries First round Thursday, March 24, 1994 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Greg Norman 63 −9T2 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:

Second round Friday, March 25, 1994 Saturday, March 26, 1994 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Greg Norman 63-67=130 −142 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=135T7 Nick Faldo 67-69=136 −8 Brad Faxon 68-68=136 Tom Kite 65-71=136 Mike Springer 68-68=136 Source:

Third round Saturday, March 26, 1994 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Greg Norman 63-67-67=197 −192 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=204T6 Brad Faxon 68-68-70=206 −10 Gary Hallberg 68-69-69=206 Tom Kite 65-71-70=2069 Hale Irwin 67-70-70=207 −9T10 Craig Parry 69-66-73=208 −8 Mike Springer 68-68-72=208 Source:

Final round Sunday, March 27, 1994 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Greg Norman 63-67-67-67=264 −24 450,0002 Fuzzy Zoeller 66-67-68-67=268 −20 270,0003 Jeff Maggert 65-69-69-68=271 −17 170,0004 Hale Irwin 67-70-70-69=276 −12 120,0005 Nick Faldo 67-69-68-73=277 −11 100,000T6 Brad Faxon 68-68-70-72=278 −10 83,750 Davis Love III (c) 68-66-70-74=278 Steve Lowery 68-74-69-67=278T9 Gary Hallberg 68-69-69-73=279 −9 65,000 Nolan Henke 73-69-69-68=279 Tom Kite (c) 65-71-70-73=279 Colin Montgomerie 65-73-71-70=279 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)13 Mike Springer 68-68-72-72=280 −8 52,500T14 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=281T19 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=282T23 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=283T27 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=284T35 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=285T45 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=286T51 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=287T55 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=288T62 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=289T69 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=290T74 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=291T78 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=29282 Masashi Ozaki 68-76-75-74=293 +5 4,40083 Dan Forsman 67-77-73-77=294 +6 4,35084 Robert Gamez 70-72-81-72=295 +7 4,30085 Denis Watson 74-69-80-74=297 +9 4,250CUT 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 +13WD Hubert Green 76 +4 Calvin Peete (c) 85 +13

References

External links The Players Championship website