Golf tournament
The 1994 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour , held March 24–27 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 .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 3]
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 6,896 yards (6,306 m).[ 1]
Eligibility requirements
The top 125 PGA Tour members from Final 1993 Official Money List. [ 5]
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
Source:[ 6]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 24, 1994
Source: [ 7]
Second round
Friday, March 25, 1994 Saturday, March 26, 1994
Source: [ 8] [ 9]
Third round
Saturday, March 26, 1994
Source: [ 8]
Final round
Sunday, March 27, 1994
Champion
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
13
Mike Springer 68-68-72-72=280
−8
52,500
T14
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=281
T19
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=282
T23
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=283
T27
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=284
T35
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=285
T45
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=286
T51
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=287
T55
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=288
T62
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=289
T69
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=290
T74
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=291
T78
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=292
82
Masashi Ozaki 68-76-75-74=293
+5
4,400
83
Dan Forsman 67-77-73-77=294
+6
4,350
84
Robert Gamez 70-72-81-72=295
+7
4,300
85
Denis Watson 74-69-80-74=297
+9
4,250
CUT
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
+13
WD
Hubert Green 76
+4
Calvin Peete (c)85
+13
Source: [ 10]
References
^ a b "Players Championship" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). March 28, 1994. p. 2C.^ "Norman storms to record in Players Championship" . The Free Lance–Star ^ a b "Norman runs away for 4-stroke win" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1994. p. 2B.^ Reilly, Rick (April 4, 1994). "Sharp as a shark" . Sports Illustrated . p. 46.^ "Golf Stat and Records | PGA TOUR" . www.pgatour.com . Retrieved April 30, 2023 .^ "1994 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF) . PGA Tour. p. 337. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2020.^ "Golf: The Players Championship" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). March 25, 1994. p. 2C.^ a b "Norman blowing away all competitors at TPC" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1994. p. 7G.^ "Golf: The Players Championship" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). March 26, 1994. p. 2C.^ "Past Results 1974 – present" . PGA Tour . Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
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