1995 Open Championship

January 2024 August 2013 1995 Open Championship 1995 Open Championship Program.png 250px Front cover of the 1995 Open Program 20–23 July 1995 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews European TourPGA Tour 72 6933 yd m 159 players, 103 after cut 148 (+4) £1,250,000 €1,876,980$2,000,000 £125,000 €175,000 $199,375 USA John Daly 282 (−6), playoff 1994 1996 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews 56.343 -2.803 Location in Scotland 5 230 The 1995 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 124th Open Championship held from 20 to 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.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006874/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100325070929/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006874/index.htm dead 25 March 2010 Sports Illustrated Reilly Rick An epic finish 31 July 1995 This was the final Open appearance for two-time champion Arnold Palmer and the first appearance for three-time champion Tiger Woods. Course The Old Course at St Andrewshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YFogAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZtgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3170%2C2566540 Southeast Missourian 124th Open Championship: course 20 July 1995 B1 HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3704 10Bobby Jones34242Dyke411411High (In)17233Cartgate (Out)371412Heathery (In)31644Ginger Beer463413Hole O'Cross (In)42545Hole O'Cross (Out)564514Long56756Heathery (Out)416415Cartgate (In)41347High (Out)372416Corner of the Dyke38248Short178317Road46149End356418Tom Morris3544Out3,50136In3,43236 Total6,93372 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 35, 203 2 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 6933 yd – 1990, 1984, 1978 6957 yd – 1970: 6926 yd – 1964 6936 yd – 1960, 1955 Round summaries First round Thursday, 20 July 1995 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Ben Crenshaw67−5 USA John Daly ZWE Mark McNulty USA Tom WatsonT5 NIR David Feherty68−4 USA Bill Glasson SWE Mats Hallberg FJI Vijay SinghT9 NIR Darren Clarke69−3 USA John Cook USA Jim Gallagher Jr. ENG David Gilford SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson USA Steve Lowery USA Corey Pavin ITA Costantino Rocca USA Gene Sauers Second round Friday, 21 July 1995 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA John Daly67-71=138−6 USA Brad Faxon71-67=138 JPN 1947 Katsuyoshi Tomori70-68=138T4 USA Mark Brooks70-69=139−5 USA John Cook69-70=139 USA Ben Crenshaw67-72=139 ZAF Ernie Els71-68=139 USA Corey Pavin69-70=139 ITA Costantino Rocca69-70=139T10 USA Justin Leonard73-67=140−4 FJI Vijay Singh68-72=140 USA Payne Stewart72-68=140 Amateurs: Sherry (−3), Webster (−2), Woods (+1), Clark (+3), Gallacher (+7). Third round Saturday, 22 July 1995 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 NZL Michael Campbell71-71-65=207−92 ITA Costantino Rocca69-70-70=209−73 AUS Steve Elkington72-69-69=210−6T4 USA John Daly67-71-73=211−5 ZAF Ernie Els71-68-72=211 USA Corey Pavin69-70-72=211 JPN 1947 Katsuyoshi Tomori70-68-73=211T8 USA Mark Brooks70-69-73=212−4 SCO Sam Torrance71-70-71=212T10 USA Bob Estes72-70-71=213 −3 USA Brad Faxon71-67-75=213 ENG Barry Lane72-73-68=213 AUS Brett Ogle73-69-71=213 FJI Vijay Singh68-72-73=213 USA Tom Watson67-76-70=213 Final round Sunday, 23 July 1995 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T1 USA John Daly 67-71-73-71=282 −6 Playoff ITA Costantino Rocca 69-70-70-73=282T3 ENG Steven Bottomley 70-72-72-69=283 −565,667 USA Mark Brooks 70-69-73-71=283 NZL Michael Campbell 71-71-65-76=283T6 AUS Steve Elkington 72-69-69-74=284 −4 40,500 FJI Vijay Singh 68-72-73-71=284T8 USA Bob Estes 72-70-71-72=285 −3 33,333 ENG Mark James 72-75-68-70=285 USA Corey Pavin 69-70-72-74=285 Amateurs: Webster (+1), Sherry (+3), Woods (+7), Clark (+13). Source:https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/124th-open-St-Andrews-1995#leaderboard R&A 1995 Open Championship Leaderboard 9 July 2022 Early in the final round, John Daly moved clear with birdies at the 4th, 7th, and 8th holes, while Michael Campbell bogeyed the 5th and 6th. Mark Brooks was Daly's closest challenger for much of the day, but a double bogey on the 16th hole saw him fall back; a closing birdie on the 18th hole meant he tied Steven Bottomley's clubhouse score at 5 under par (283). Daly's lead had grown to three strokes on the 16th tee, but he made bogeys on both the 16th and 17th holes, where he hit his approach against the face of the Road Hole bunker. He finished his round at 6 under par (282). When Steve Elkington failed to birdie the 16th and bogeyed the 17th, Michael Campbell and Costantino Rocca with the only players remaining with a chance to match Daly's score. Rocca was one behind Daly playing the 17th hole; he hit his approach onto the road behind the green, but hit his recovery shot to 4 feet and made the putt for par to remain one stroke behind going to the final hole. Campbell made par on the 17th to leave him 2 behind. The 72nd hole As the final group, consisting of Rocca and 54-hole leader Michael Campbell, approached the last hole, Daly had completed his round and was in at 6 under par, a stroke clear of Rocca and two ahead of Campbell. Both golfers had a chance to tie Daly and force a playoff, with Rocca needing birdie and Campbell eagle to do so. Rocca hit a shorter shot than Campbell, who nearly reached the green on his first shot, and played his second first. However, he misplayed the chip shot and only hit the ball a few yards, leaving him with an extremely long putt from an area of the hole referred to as the "Valley of Sin". Campbell failed to hole out on his second shot, thus leaving Rocca as the only one who could prevent the outright win for Daly.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=59hRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=im4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5793%2C5817869 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Daly takes crown 24 July 1995 C1 As Daly and his wife Paulette watched on a monitor, believing that Rocca's mistake clinched the victory for him, Rocca lined up to attempt his putt for a tournament-tying birdie. Needing to make a sixty-five foot uphill putt with a sharp break to stay alive, Rocca managed to redeem himself for his error on the second shot as the putt rolled in to tie Daly at −6. Playoff For this 1995 edition, the four holes pre-selected for the aggregate score playoff were 1, 2, 17 (St. Andrew's infamous "Road Hole"), and 18. All were par four holes. Daly emerged with the early lead after parring the first playoff hole while Rocca carded a bogey. He added a shot to his lead with a birdie on 2, leaving him at −1 to Rocca's +1 as the two men headed to the Road Hole for the third playoff hole. Rocca hit his first shot onto the fairway while Daly ended up in the left-side rough. On the next shot, Rocca hit his ball into the Road Bunker, one of the deepest such hazards on the course. To further complicate matters, Rocca's shot was nestled deep in the sand near the front of the bunker and it took him three tries to finally extricate himself from the trap. Rocca two-putted from there to a triple-bogey 7, which all but ensured Daly would win the championship as he headed to the last hole with a five-shot lead after parring the Road Hole. Daly finished with another par at 18, giving him a four-hole total of 15, one-under-par. Rocca salvaged some pride with a birdie three for 19, three-over-par and four back. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA John Daly 4-3-4-4=15 −1 125,0002 ITA Costantino Rocca 5-4-7-3=19 +3 100,000 Scorecard Hole  1    2   17  18 Par4444 USA Daly E−1−1−1 ITA Rocca +1+1+4+3 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey + Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_kZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6079%2C6098664 Eugene Register-Guard (Los Angeles Times) Bonk Thomas Big bad John rules St. Andrews 24 July 1995 1B References External links St Andrews 1995 (Official site) 124th Open Championship – St Andrews (European Tour) 1995 56.343 -2.803 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:20th century in Fife Category:Sport in Fife Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship