1995 Masters Tournament

1995 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1995 Masters Journal
Tournament information
DatesApril 6–9, 1995
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,925 yards (6,332 m)
Field86 players, 47 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fundUS$2.2 million
Winner's share$396,000
Champion
Ben Crenshaw
274 (−14)
Location map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

The 1995 Masters Tournament was the 59th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Crenshaw won his second Masters championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Davis Love III. It was an emotional victory for Crenshaw as it came just days after the death of his mentor, Harvey Penick. Crenshaw and Tom Kite attended the funeral in Texas on Wednesday and did not return to Augusta until that night, on the eve of the first round.[1][2][3]

The 1995 Masters marked the first major championship for Tiger Woods, who qualified as the 1994 U.S. Amateur champion.[4] A 19-year-old college freshman at Stanford, he tied for 41st place and was the leading amateur, the only one to make the cut.[5][6] Woods' average driving distance was the longest in the tournament.[7]

Field

1. Masters champions

Seve Ballesteros (9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (10,12,13), Ben Crenshaw (9,13), Nick Faldo (3,11,12), Raymond Floyd (9), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize (9), Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (11,12,13), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (9,10), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller (13)

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Ernie Els (9,13), Hale Irwin (9,12,13), Lee Janzen (12), Tom Kite (9,13), Payne Stewart

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Ian Baker-Finch (9), Greg Norman (9,10,11,13), Nick Price (4,12,13)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Paul Azinger, John Daly (12), Wayne Grady

5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Trip Kuehne (a), Tiger Woods (a)

6. The Amateur champion

Lee S. James (a)

7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Guy Yamamoto (a)

8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Tim Jackson (a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1994 Masters

Chip Beck, Brad Faxon (13), David Edwards (10), Dan Forsman, Bill Glasson (13), Jay Haas (13), John Huston (13), Tom Lehman (12,13), Jim McGovern (10), Mark O'Meara (12), Corey Pavin (11,12,13), Loren Roberts (10,12,13), Lanny Wadkins

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1994 U.S. Open

John Cook (11), Clark Dennis, Scott Hoch (13), Steve Lowery (12,13), Jeff Maggert (13), Colin Montgomerie, Frank Nobilo, Jeff Sluman, Curtis Strange, Duffy Waldorf

11. Top eight players and ties from 1994 PGA Championship

Steve Elkington (12), Phil Mickelson (12,13)

12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Mark Brooks, Bob Estes (13), Rick Fehr (13), David Frost (13), Mike Heinen, Brian Henninger, Peter Jacobsen, Neal Lancaster, Bruce Lietzke (13), Davis Love III, Mark McCumber (13), John Morse, Kenny Perry (13), Dicky Pride, Vijay Singh, Mike Springer (13), Mike Sullivan

13. Top 30 players from the 1994 PGA Tour money list

Brad Bryant, Mark Calcavecchia, Hal Sutton

14. Special foreign invitation

David Gilford, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Mark McNulty, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Masashi Ozaki

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1995

Place Player Score To par
T1 David Frost 66 −6
Phil Mickelson
José María Olazábal
T4 David Gilford 67 −5
Jack Nicklaus
Corey Pavin
T7 Chip Beck 68 −4
Mark O'Meara
T9 David Edwards 69 −3
Wayne Grady
Scott Hoch
Hale Irwin
Lee Janzen
Davis Love III
Ian Woosnam

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1995

Place Player Score To par
1 Jay Haas 71-64=135 −9
T2 Scott Hoch 69-67=136 −8
John Huston 70-66=136
T4 Ben Crenshaw 70-67=137 −7
David Frost 66-71=137
Phil Mickelson 66-71=137
T7 Brian Henninger 70-68=138 −6
Lee Janzen 69-69=138
Davis Love III 69-69=138
Corey Pavin 67-71=138

Amateurs: Woods (E), Jackson (+11), Kuehne (+11), James (+13), Yamamoto (+17)

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1995

Place Player Score To par
T1 Ben Crenshaw 70-67-69=206 −10
Brian Henninger 70-68-68=206
T3 Fred Couples 71-69-67=207 −9
Steve Elkington 73-67-67=207
Jay Haas 71-64-72=207
Scott Hoch 69-67-71=207
Phil Mickelson 66-71-70=207
T8 David Frost 66-71-71=208 −8
John Huston 70-66-72=208
Curtis Strange 72-71-65=208

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1995

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Ben Crenshaw (c) 70-67-69-68=274 −14 396,000
2 Davis Love III 69-69-71-66=275 −13 237,600
T3 Jay Haas 71-64-72-70=277 −11 127,600
Greg Norman 73-68-68-68=277
T5 Steve Elkington 73-67-67-72=279 −9 83,600
David Frost 66-71-71-71=279
T7 Scott Hoch 69-67-71-73=280 −8 70,950
Phil Mickelson 66-71-70-73=280
9 Curtis Strange 72-71-65-73=281 −7 63,800
T10 Fred Couples (c) 71-69-67-75=282 −6 57,200
Brian Henninger 70-68-68-76=282

Sources:[9][10]

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Crenshaw −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −14
Love III −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −12 −13 −13
Haas −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11
Norman −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11
Elkington −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9
Frost −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9
Hoch −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −8
Mickelson −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −8 −7 −8 −8 −7 −6 −6 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
Couples −9 −9 −9 −9 −7 −8 −8 −10 −10 −10 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6
Henninger −10 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[11]

References

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  2. ^ Bonk, Thomas (April 10, 1995). "Master's touch carries Crenshaw". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.
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  5. ^ Newberry, Mark (April 10, 1995). "Tiger Woods loses but gains maturity". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
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