1995 Open Championship

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
1995 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 20–23 July 1995
Location St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s) Old Course at St Andrews
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72[1]
Length 6,933 yards (6,340 m)[1]
Field 159 players, 103 after cut[1]
Cut 148 (+4)[1]
Prize fund £1,250,000
€1,876,980
$2,000,000
Winner's share £125,000
€175,000
$199,375
Champion
United States John Daly
282 (–6), playoff
St Andrews is located in Scotland
St Andrews
St Andrews
Location in Scotland

The 1995 Open Championship was the 124th Open Championship held 20–23 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. John Daly won his first Open Championship and second major title in a four-hole playoff over Costantino Rocca.[2]

The 1995 Open is often remembered for Rocca's unpredictable performance on the 72nd hole. As Rocca approached the final hole, he was one shot behind Daly. Rocca's long drive was only yards from the green, but his second shot resulted in a fluffed chip where he failed to follow through. The ball trickled a mere five yards into the "Valley of Sin." Well below the level of the green, Rocca holed his 65-foot (20 m) birdie putt to tie Daly and force a playoff. The jovial Italian instantly fell to the ground and joyfully pounded the turf with his fists.[3]

Course

The Old Course at St Andrews[4]

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Burn 370 4 10 Bobby Jones 342 4
2 Dyke 411 4 11 High (In) 172 3
3 Cartgate (Out) 371 4 12 Heathery (In) 316 4
4 Ginger Beer 463 4 13 Hole O'Cross (In) 425 4
5 Hole O'Cross (Out) 564 5 14 Long 567 5
6 Heathery (Out) 416 4 15 Cartgate (In) 413 4
7 High (Out) 372 4 16 Corner of the Dyke 382 4
8 Short 178 3 17 Road 461 4
9 End 356 4 18 Tom Morris 354 4
Out 3,501 36 In 3,432 36
Total 6,933 72

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

  • 6,933 yards (6,340 m) - 1990, 1984, 1978
  • 6,957 yards (6,361 m) - 1970:
  • 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964
  • 6,936 yards (6,342 m) - 1960, 1955

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Greg Norman  Australia 1986, 1993 71 74 72 70 287 –1 T15
Mark Calcavecchia  United States 1989 71 72 72 74 289 +1 T24
Tom Watson  United States 1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983		 67 76 70 77 290 +2 T31
Seve Ballesteros  Spain 1979, 1984, 1988 75 69 76 71 291 +3 T40
Nick Faldo  England 1987, 1990, 1992 74 67 75 75 291 +3 T40
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 1994 70 74 70 77 291 +3 T40
Gary Player  South Africa 1959, 1968, 1974 71 73 77 74 295 +7 T68
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1966, 1970, 1978 78 70 77 71 296 +8 T79
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1985 77 71 79 75 296 +8 T79

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1963 73 76 149 +5
Tom Weiskopf  United States 1973 76 75 151 +7
Lee Trevino  United States 1971, 1972 75 77 152 +8
Ian Baker-Finch  Australia 1991 77 76 153 +9
Arnold Palmer  United States 1961, 1962 83 75 158 +14

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 20 July 1995

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Ben Crenshaw  United States 67 –5
John Daly  United States
Mark McNulty  Zimbabwe
Tom Watson  United States
T5 David Feherty  Northern Ireland 68 –4
Bill Glasson  United States
Mats Hallberg  Sweden
Vijay Singh  Fiji
T9 Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 69 –3
John Cook  United States
Jim Gallagher, Jr.  United States
David Gilford  England
Per-Ulrik Johansson  Sweden
Steve Lowery  United States
Corey Pavin  United States
Costantino Rocca  Italy
Gene Sauers  United States

Second round

Friday, 21 July 1995

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 John Daly  United States 67-71=138 –6
Brad Faxon  United States 71-67=138
Katsuyoshi Tomori  Japan 70-68=138
T4 Mark Brooks  United States 70-69=139 –5
John Cook  United States 69-70=139
Ben Crenshaw  United States 67-72=139
Ernie Els  South Africa 71-68=139
Corey Pavin  United States 69-70=139
Costantino Rocca  Italy 69-70=139
T10 Justin Leonard  United States 73-67=140 –4
Vijay Singh  Fiji 68-72=140
Payne Stewart  United States 72-68=140

Amateurs: Sherry (–3), Webster (–2), Woods (+1), Clark (+3), Gallacher (+7).

Third round

Saturday, 22 July 1995

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Michael Campbell  New Zealand 71-71-65=207 –9
2 Costantino Rocca  Italy 69-70-70=209 –7
3 Steve Elkington  Australia 72-69-69=210 –6
T4 John Daly  United States 67-71-73=211 –5
Ernie Els  South Africa 71-68-72=211
Corey Pavin  United States 69-70-72=211
Katsuyoshi Tomori  Japan 70-68-73=211
T8 Mark Brooks  United States 70-69-73=212 –4
Sam Torrance  Scotland 71-70-71=212
T10 Bob Estes  United States 72-70-71=213 –3
Brad Faxon  United States 71-67-75=213
Barry Lane  England 72-73-68=213
Brett Ogle  Australia 73-69-71=213
Vijay Singh  Fiji 68-72-73=213
Tom Watson  United States 67-76-70=213

Final round

Sunday, 23 July 1995

Place Player Country Score To par Money (£)
T1 John Daly  United States 67-71-73-71=282 –6 Playoff
Costantino Rocca  Italy 69-70-70-73=282
T3 Steven Bottomley  England 70-72-72-69=283 –5 65,667
Mark Brooks  United States 70-69-73-71=283
Michael Campbell  New Zealand 71-71-65-76=283
T6 Steve Elkington  Australia 72-69-69-74=284 –4 40,500
Vijay Singh  Fiji 68-72-73-71=284
T8 Bob Estes  United States 72-70-71-72=285 –3 33,333
Mark James  England 72-75-68-70=285
Corey Pavin  United States 69-70-72-74=285

Amateurs: Webster (+1), Sherry (+3), Woods (+7), Clark (+13).

Source:[5]

Playoff

Place Player Country Score To par Money (£)
1 John Daly  United States 4-3-4-4=15 –1 125,000
2 Costantino Rocca  Italy 5-4-7-3=19 +3 100,000

The four-hole playoff was played over holes 1, 2, 17, and 18; all par fours.
Rocca bogeyed the first and Daly birdied the second to take a two shot lead to the Road Hole.
Rocca landed in the bunker and took three shots to get out and triple-bogeyed.
He birdied the last hole, but Daly won the playoff by four strokes.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Preceded by Major Championships Succeeded by
1995 PGA Championship

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=1995_Open_Championship&oldid=4694848"