The 1993 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 twentieth Players Championship.

Tournament summary Nick Price set a scoring record of 270 (−18) at the Stadium Course and finished five strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer. Price bettered the previous record by three strokes, set by Mark McCumber in 1988 and equaled by Davis Love III in 1992. Price's record was short-lived, as Greg Norman broke it by six strokes with 264 (−24) the following year.

Defending champion Davis Love III finished 23 strokes back, in a tie for 67th place.

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 the final 1992 Official Money List.

Fred Couples, Davis Love III, John Cook, Nick Price, Corey Pavin, Tom Kite, Paul Azinger, Brad Faxon, Lee Janzen, Dan Forsman, Mark O'Meara, Steve Elkington, Jeff Sluman, David Frost, Bruce Lietzke, Chip Beck, Greg Norman, Jim Gallagher Jr., Jay Haas, Mark Brooks, Keith Clearwater, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Lehman, David Peoples, John Huston, David Edwards, Craig Stadler, Billy Ray Brown, Steve Pate, Ben Crenshaw, Gene Sauers, Rick Fehr, Fred Funk, Joey Sindelar, Bill Britton, John Daly, Jeff Maggert, Mark Calcavecchia, Lanny Wadkins, Ken Green, Loren Roberts, Payne Stewart, Nolan Henke, Russ Cochran, Larry Mize, Richard Zokol, Rocco Mediate, Tom Watson, Jay Don Blake, Jay Delsing, Andrew Magee, Bill Glasson, Mike Hulbert, Gil Morgan, Howard Twitty, Ian Baker-Finch, Blaine McCallister, Ted Schulz, Dudley Hart, D. A. Weibring, Phil Blackmar, Craig Parry, Wayne Levi, Ed Dougherty, Gary Hallberg, Bruce Fleisher, Brad Bryant, Mark Carnevale, Brad Fabel, Robert Gamez, Mike Standly, Fulton Allem, Peter Persons, Billy Andrade, Donnie Hammond, Brian Claar, Billy Mayfair, Bob Estes, Kenny Perry, Dillard Pruitt, Wayne Grady, Mike Smith, Kirk Triplett, Mark Wiebe, John Inman, Tom Sieckmann, John Adams, Phil Mickelson, Bob Gilder, Jim McGovern, Tom Purtzer, Larry Rinker, Jim Woodward, Doug Tewell, Scott Simpson, Dick Mast, Curtis Strange, Ed Humenik, David Toms, Scott Gump, Neal Lancaster, Mike Springer, Kelly Gibson, Mark McCumber, Don Pooley, Jim Hallet, Steve Lamontagne, Dan Pohl, Ronnie Black, Bob Lohr, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Ed Fiori, P. H. Horgan III, Mike Reid, Dan Halldorson, Dave Barr, Mike Donald, Mike Sullivan, Lance Ten Broeck, Marco Dawson, Buddy Gardner, Roger Maltbie

Designated players.

John Mahaffey, Jodie Mudd, Larry Nelson, Hale Irwin

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

Ian Woosnam, José María Olazábal

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

Hal Sutton, Calvin Peete, Bernhard Langer, Hubert Green, Bob Tway, Denis Watson

British Open winners since 1990.

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

Ernie Els, Anders Forsbrand, Tony Johnstone, Jumbo Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Vijay Singh

To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1993 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Nestle Invitational.

Brett Ogle, Greg Twiggs, Dave Rummells, Scott Hoch, Joel Edwards

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Round summaries First round Thursday, March 25, 1993 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Nick Price 64 −8 Kirk Triplett T3 Bernhard Langer 65 −7 Joey Sindelar T5 Ronnie Black 66 −6 Joel Edwards Donnie Hammond Greg Norman T9 Russ Cochran 67 −5 Steve Elkington Brad Faxon Rick Fehr Mark O'Meara Doug Tewell Robert Wrenn Fuzzy Zoeller Source:

Second round Friday, March 26, 1993 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nick Price 64-68=132 −12 T2 Bernhard Langer 65-69=134 −10 Dave Rummells 69-65=134 Doug Tewell 67-67=134 5 Joel Edwards 66-69=135 −9 T8 Ronnie Black 66-70=136 −8 Brad Fabel 68-68=136 Greg Norman 66-70=136 Joey Sindelar 65-71=136 Jeff Sluman 71-65=136 Source:

Third round Saturday, March 27, 1993 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nick Price 64-68-71=203 −13 T2 Bernhard Langer 65-69-70=204 −12 Greg Norman 66-70-68=204 Mark O'Meara 67-71-66=204 5 Paul Azinger 68-69-68=205 −11 T6 Ken Green 70-67-69=206 −10 Payne Stewart 70-70-66=206T8 Ronnie Black 66-70-71=207 −9 Joel Edwards 66-69-72=207 Jim Gallagher 69-69-69=207 Jay Haas 69-70-68=207 Rocco Mediate 68-71-68=207 Source:

Final round Sunday, March 28, 1993 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Nick Price 64-68-71-67=270 −18 450,0002 Bernhard Langer 65-69-70-71=275 −13 270,000T3 Gil Morgan 68-71-72-65=276 −12 145,000 Greg Norman 66-70-68-72=2765 Mark O'Meara 67-71-66-73=277 −11 100,000T6 Paul Azinger 68-69-68-73=278 −10 80,937 Ken Green 70-67-69-72=278 Rocco Mediate 68-71-68-71=278 Naomichi Ozaki 72-68-68-70=27810 Tom Watson 70-72-69-68=279 −9 67,500 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Joel Edwards 66-69-72-73=280 −8 53,000 Dan Forsman 71-67-73-69=280 Mike Hulbert 71-67-72-70=280 Tom Lehman 69-73-69-69=280 Payne Stewart 70-70-66-74=280T16 Steve Elkington (c) 67-70-71-73=281 −7 38,750 Corey Pavin 69-72-67-73=281 Dave Rummells 69-65-74-73=281 Joey Sindelar 65-71-73-72=281T20 Fulton Allem 70-72-73-67=282 −6 26,071 Billy Andrade 71-70-73-68=282 Bob Estes 70-68-72-72=282 Jay Haas 69-70-68-75=282 Andrew Magee 70-71-71-70=282 Mark McCumber (c) 68-70-70-74=282 Doug Tewell 67-67-74-74=28227 Russ Cochran 67-72-71-73=283 −5 19,250T28 Ronnie Black 66-70-71-77=284 −4 16,625 Brian Claar 72-69-74-69=284 Bruce Lietzke 69-69-72-74=284 Bob Lohr 71-71-70-72=284 Vijay Singh 69-71-72-72=284 Howard Twitty 71-70-71-72=284T34 Donnie Hammond 66-73-73-73=285 −3 12,900 Lee Janzen 70-71-71-73=285 Ted Schulz 71-70-73-71=285 Robert Wrenn 67-73-73-72=285 Fuzzy Zoeller 67-75-74-69=285T39 Ian Baker-Finch 71-71-71-73=286 −2 9,750 Fred Couples (c) 68-69-75-74=286 Fred Funk 68-73-73-72=286 Jim Gallagher Jr. 69-69-69-79=286 Mike Smith 70-69-74-73=286 Kirk Triplett 64-78-75-69=286 Ian Woosnam 71-70-69-76=286T46 Marco Dawson 68-73-75-71=287 −1 6,800 David Edwards 69-70-71-77=287 Bruce Fleisher 74-67-72-74=287 Gary Hallberg 71-71-74-71=287 Larry Rinker 70-72-72-73=287 Jeff Sluman 71-65-80-71=287T52 Brad Bryant 69-70-72-77=288 E 5,771 Rick Fehr 67-71-74-76=288 Tony Johnstone 70-71-70-77=288 Billy Mayfair 73-68-72-75=288 Peter Persons 73-68-73-74=288 Duffy Waldorf 72-66-75-75=288 Denis Watson 72-66-74-76=288T59 Brad Fabel 68-68-77-76=289 +1 5,525 Dick Mast 70-70-77-72=289T61 Ed Dougherty 69-71-76-74=290 +2 5,375 Brett Ogle 70-72-68-80=290 D. A. Weibring 69-73-72-76=290 Mark Wiebe 71-70-74-75=290T65 Nolan Henke 70-72-73-76=291 +3 5,225 Kenny Perry 70-69-76-76=291T67 Davis Love III (c) 70-69-82-72=293 +5 5,125 Mike Reid 68-73-72-80=29369 Dillard Pruitt 70-72-72-80=294 +6 5,05070 Billy Ray Brown 68-74-78-78=298 +10 5,000CUT John Adams 74-69=143 −1 Bill Britton 73-70=143 Keith Clearwater 73-70=143 Jay Delsing 69-74=143 Mike Donald 71-72=143 Ernie Els 69-74=143 Wayne Grady 71-72=143 Scott Gump 69-74=143 Scott Hoch 72-71=143 Hale Irwin 70-73=143 Roger Maltbie 72-71=143 Blaine McCallister 73-70=143 Jim McGovern 72-71=143 Larry Mize 71-72=143 Steve Pate 71-72=143 Scott Simpson 70-73=143 Curtis Strange 69-74=143 David Toms 69-74=143 Chip Beck 71-73=144 E Mark Calcavecchia 71-73=144 David Frost 74-70=144 Buddy Gardner 75-69=144 Kelly Gibson 74-70=144 Bob Gilder 72-72=144 Bill Glasson 72-72=144 John Inman 72-72=144 Tom Kite (c) 72-72=144 Jeff Maggert 70-74=144 Jodie Mudd (c) 71-73=144 Craig Parry 75-69=144 Calvin Peete (c) 73-71=144 Tom Purtzer 71-73=144 Gene Sauers 71-73=144 Mike Sullivan 69-75=144 Greg Twiggs 70-74=144 Dave Barr 75-70=145 +1 Phil Blackmar 72-73=145 John Daly 79-66=145 John Huston 69-76=145 Steve Lamontagne 72-73=145 Don Pooley 70-75=145 Craig Stadler 73-72=145 Ben Crenshaw 70-76=146 +2 Anders Forsbrand 70-76=146 Ed Humenik 74-72=146 Wayne Levi 71-75=146 John Mahaffey (c) 71-75=146 Phil Mickelson 71-75=146 Larry Nelson 70-76=146 Loren Roberts 73-73=146 Mike Standly 71-75=146 Lance Ten Broeck 72-74=146 Mark Brooks 73-74=147 +3 Dan Halldorson 72-75=147 Jim Hallet 74-73=147 Neal Lancaster 76-71=147 Mike Springer 72-75=147 Hal Sutton (c) 74-73=147 Lanny Wadkins (c) 74-74=148 +4 Mark Carnevale 72-77=149 +5 David Peoples 75-75=150 +6 Tom Sieckmann 77-73=150 John Cook 77-74=151 +7 José María Olazábal 78-73=151 Bob Tway 77-74=151 Robert Gamez 74-78=152 +8 P. H. Horgan III 74-80=154 +10 Jim Woodward 75-81=156 +12WD Dan Pohl 69-70-84=223 +7 Ed Fiori 75-73=148 +4 Jay Don Blake 74-75=149 +5 Richard Zokol 73-79=152 +8 Dudley Hart 76-83=159 +15 Masashi Ozaki 75 +3 Hubert Green 78 +6DQ Brad Faxon 67-75-78=220 +4

References

External links The Players Championship website