1996 Players Championship

August 2023 1996 Players Championship March 28–31, 1996 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 6896 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=haksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NRUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6938%2C77563 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Players Championship April 1, 1996 4C 146 players, 77 after cut 143 (−1) $3.5 million $630,000 USA Fred Couples 270 (−18) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 1995 1997 The 1996 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 28–31 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 23rd Players Championship. Tournament summary Fred Couples shot a final round 64 to win his second Players, four strokes ahead of runners-up Colin Montgomerie and Tommy Tolles, the 54-hole leader.https://www.si.com/vault/1996/04/08/8102103/as-easy-as-tpc-carefree-fred-couples-won-the-players-championship-by-cruising-to-a-finalround-64 Sports Illustrated Reilly Rick Rick Reilly As easy as T-P-C April 8, 1996 50https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=haksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NRUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3140%2C65337 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Associated Press Wet green helps Couples win 'long green' in TPC April 1, 1996 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZEdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6-oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2868%2C54641 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Couples takes charge for TPC title April 1, 1996 3B Couples' previous win was twelve years earlier in 1984.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B-ZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6727%2C432278 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Two birdies aid Couples' biggest win April 2, 1984 3Chttps://www.si.com/vault/1984/04/09/626183/gone-even-with-the-wind Sports Illustrated Gone, even with the wind Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins April 9, 1984 53 Defending champion Lee Janzen finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for 46th place. Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the fifteenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, and it remained at 6896 yd. Eligibility requirements The top 125 PGA Tour members from the final 1995 Official Money List.Golf Stat and Records PGA TOUR https://www.pgatour.com/stats/detail/109 2023-05-06 www.pgatour.com Greg Norman, Billy Mayfair, Lee Janzen, Corey Pavin, Steve Elkington, Davis Love III, Peter Jacobsen, Jim Gallagher Jr., Vijay Singh, Mark O'Meara, David Duval, Payne Stewart, Mark Calcavecchia, Ernie Els, Tom Lehman, Jay Haas, Scott Simpson, Scott Hoch, Nick Faldo, Bob Tway, Kenny Perry, Justin Leonard, Ben Crenshaw, Woody Austin, Brad Bryant, Fred Funk, Loren Roberts, Phil Mickelson, Kirk Triplett, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Hal Sutton, Jim Furyk, Jeff Maggert, Duffy Waldorf, Steve Lowery, Ted Tryba, Steve Stricker, Bob Estes, John Morse, Bill Glasson, Jim McGovern, Mark McCumber, Mark Brooks, Curtis Strange, David Frost, Lennie Clements, Mike Heinen, Colin Montgomerie, Jay Don Blake, Scott Verplank, Brett Ogle, John Daly, Tom Watson, Bob Lohr, Gene Sauers, Mike Hulbert, Guy Boros, Fred Couples, John Huston, Craig Parry, Joe Ozaki, Larry Mize, Robin Freeman, Billy Andrade, Bruce Lietzke, Andrew Magee, Gil Morgan, John Adams, Brian Claar, Grant Waite, Blaine McCallister, Nolan Henke, Steve Jones, Jay Delsing, Doug Martin, Don Pooley, David Edwards, Jesper Parnevik, Michael Bradley, Brandel Chamblee, Dillard Pruitt, Robert Gamez, Joey Sindelar, Dan Forsman, Jonathan Kaye, Hale Irwin, Lee Rinker, John Cook, Scott Gump, Paul Azinger, Neal Lancaster, Jim Carter, Charlie Rymer, Tom Kite, Curt Byrum, Ken Green, Kelly Gibson, Fuzzy Zoeller, Chip Beck, Mark Wiebe, Mike Sullivan, Brian Henninger, Bobby Wadkins, Tommy Tolles, Dan Pohl, Brian Kamm, Patrick Burke, John Mahaffey, Phil Blackmar, Ed Dougherty, David Ogrin, Dave Stockton Jr., John Wilson, Rick Fehr, Joe Acosta Jr., Scott McCarron, Paul Goydos, Keith Fergus All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months, concluding with the Freeport-McDermott Classic and dating from the 1995 Players Championship. Craig Stadler Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and NEC World Series of Golf. Sandy Lyle, Jeff Sluman, Ian Woosnam, Larry Nelson, Mike Reid, Tom Purtzer, Fulton Allem British Open winners since 1990. Ian Baker-Finch Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections." Costantino Rocca, Masashi Ozaki, Sam Torrance, Robert Allenby, Michael Campbell, Frank Nobilo Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top-10 money-winners from the 1996 Official Money List through the Freeport-McDermott Classic. Tim Herron To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1996 Official Money List through the Freeport-McDermott Classic. Omar Uresti, Tom Scherrer, Jerry Kelly, Marco Dawson, Joel Edwards, Rocco Mediate, Brad Fabel, Glen Day, David Toms, Mike Brisky, Lanny Wadkins Source:1996 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1996_pgatour.pdf live PGA Tour 311 https://web.archive.org/web/20200924154100/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1996_pgatour.pdf 2020-09-24 Round summaries First round Thursday, March 28, 1996 Friday, March 29, 1996 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Justin Leonard 65 −7 USA Kenny Perry T3 USA Fred Couples 66 −6 AUS Craig Parry USA Fuzzy Zoeller T6 USA Mark Calcavecchia 67 −5 ZAF David Frost USA Hale Irwin USA Corey Pavin USA Kirk Triplett Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wopOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JBUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3330%2C5698958 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Golf: The Players Championship March 30, 1996 4C https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wYpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JBUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4037%2C5215216 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Golf: The Players Championship March 29, 1996 2C Second round Friday, March 29, 1996 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tommy Tolles 69-64=133 −11 T2 USA Mark Calcavecchia 67-68=135 −9 USA Justin Leonard 65-70=135T4 USA David Duval 70-66=136 −8 USA Jay Haas 68-68=136 USA Kenny Perry 65-71=136 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 66-70=136T8 USA Chip Beck 68-69=137 −7 ZAF David Frost 67-70=137 USA Larry Mize 70-67=137 Source: Third round Saturday, March 30, 1996 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tommy Tolles 69-64-69=202 −14 2 USA David Duval 70-66-68=204 −12 T3 USA Jay Haas 68-68-69=205 −11 USA Michael Bradley 72-67-66=205T5 USA Fred Couples 66-72-68=206 −10 ZAF Ernie Els 71-70-65=206 USA Fred Funk 70-69-67=206 USA Scott Gump 70-68-68=206 SCO Colin Montgomerie 71-69-66=206 USA Kenny Perry 65-71-70=206 FJI Vijay Singh 70-68-68=206 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3kdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4248%2C8337962 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Tolles just wants a PGA triumph March 31, 1996 3H Final round Sunday, March 31, 1996 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Fred Couples (c) 66-72-68-64=270 −18 630,000T2 SCO Colin Montgomerie 71-69-66-68=274 −14 308,000 USA Tommy Tolles 69-64-69-72=274T4 USA David Duval 70-66-68-71=275 −13 137,812 USA Rocco Mediate 74-69-66-66=275 USA Kenny Perry 65-71-70-69=275 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 66-70-72-67=275T8 ZAF Ernie Els 71-70-65-70=276 −12 94,500 USA Jay Haas 68-68-69-71=276 USA Tom Lehman 70-72-67-67=276 FJI Vijay Singh 70-68-68-70=276 NZL Grant Waite 68-72-68-68=276 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 USA Fred Funk 70-69-67-71=277 −11 65,625 USA Jim Furyk 70-70-67-70=277 USA Larry Mize 70-67-71-69=277 USA Gil Morgan 70-69-69-69=277T17 USA Patrick Burke 72-71-69-66=278 −10 54,250 ZAF David Frost 67-70-72-69=278T19 USA Michael Bradley 72-67-66-74=279 −9 35,735 USA John Daly 68-70-69-72=279 USA Joel Edwards 71-67-71-70=279 AUS Steve Elkington (c) 68-73-68-70=279 AUS Wayne Grady 72-69-68-70=279 USA Scott Gump 70-68-68-73=279 USA Nolan Henke 71-68-68-72=279 USA Tim Herron 69-73-68-69=279 USA Scott Hoch 71-70-70-68=279 USA Kirk Triplett 67-72-73-67=279T29 USA Mark Calcavecchia 67-68-75-70=280 −8 23,275 USA Robert Gamez 68-73-70-69=280 USA Mark O'Meara 73-69-69-69=280 JPN Masashi Ozaki 71-69-69-71=280T33 USA John Adams 71-69-71-70=281 −7 17,718 USA Jay Don Blake 74-68-68-71=281 USA Jim Carter 70-72-66-73=281 USA Marco Dawson 72-71-69-69=281 USA Steve Jones 70-69-69-73=281 USA Phil Mickelson 71-72-64-74=281 USA Loren Roberts 73-70-70-68=281 USA Tom Watson 72-68-69-72=281T41 USA Blaine McCallister 72-70-66-74=282 −6 12,950 USA Jeff Sluman 68-72-72-70=282 USA Craig Stadler 73-70-71-68=282 USA Payne Stewart 73-70-68-71=282 USA Bobby Wadkins 71-70-68-73=282T46 USA Hale Irwin 67-73-69-74=283 −5 9,360 USA Lee Janzen (c) 70-71-70-72=283 USA Davis Love III (c) 69-70-72-72=283 USA Steve Lowery 73-70-68-72=283 USA Corey Pavin 67-71-76-69=283 ZWE Nick Price (c) 70-69-73-71=283 USA Dillard Pruitt 71-71-71-70=283T53 USA Guy Boros 69-72-70-73=284 −4 7,990 USA Neal Lancaster 73-70-69-72=284 USA Jeff Maggert 70-70-77-67=284 SWE Jesper Parnevik 69-70-72-73=284 AUS Craig Parry 66-74-72-72=284 USA Gene Sauers 69-72-72-71=284 USA Hal Sutton (c) 72-69-73-70=284T60 USA Chip Beck 68-69-76-72=285 −3 7,665 NZL Frank Nobilo 68-72-72-73=285T62 USA Larry Nelson 71-69-73-73=286 −2 7,490 USA Dan Pohl 72-70-73-71=286 USA Tom Purtzer 74-69-72-71=286T65 USA Justin Leonard 65-70-80-72=287 −1 7,315 USA Mike Reid 70-73-72-72=287T67 USA Woody Austin 72-71-72-73=288 E 7,105 USA Brian Kamm 68-74-71-75=288 USA Doug Martin 69-71-76-72=288 USA Don Pooley 69-73-74-72=288T71 NZL Michael Campbell 70-73-69-77=289 +1 6,895 USA Mike Hulbert 73-70-73-73=289T73 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-73-71-76=290 +2 6,685 USA Jim Gallagher Jr. 71-70-76-73=290 USA Ken Green 71-71-74-74=290 USA John Morse 68-74-74-74=29077 USA Mark McCumber (c) 69-74-71-79=293 +5 6,510CUT ZAF Fulton Allem 73-71=144 E USA Paul Azinger 73-71=144 USA Mark Brooks 69-75=144 USA Curt Byrum 72-72=144 USA Brian Claar 72-72=144 USA Lennie Clements 75-69=144 USA John Cook 73-71=144 USA Dan Forsman 72-72=144 USA Bill Glasson 72-72=144 USA Peter Jacobsen 73-71=144 USA Tom Kite (c) 71-73=144 USA David Ogrin 74-70=144 ITA Costantino Rocca 73-71=144 USA Tom Scherrer 70-74=144 USA Duffy Waldorf 68-76=144 USA John Wilson 73-71=144 WAL Ian Woosnam 72-72=144 USA David Edwards 70-75=145 +1 USA Bob Estes 71-74=145 ENG Nick Faldo 70-75=145 USA Mike Heinen 74-71=145 USA Bruce Lietzke 71-74=145 USA Andrew Magee 76-69=145 USA Dave Stockton Jr. 69-76=145 USA David Toms 73-72=145 AUS Robert Allenby 75-71=146 +2 USA Billy Andrade 74-72=146 USA Glen Day 74-72=146 USA Jay Delsing 71-75=146 USA John Huston 72-74=146 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 76-70=146 USA John Mahaffey (c) 71-75=146 AUS Greg Norman (c) 73-73=146 JPN Naomichi Ozaki 72-74=146 USA Scott Simpson 70-76=146 USA Joey Sindelar 76-70=146 USA Bob Tway 72-74=146 USA Lanny Wadkins (c) 71-75=146 USA Joe Acosta Jr. 73-74=147 +3 USA Brad Bryant 76-71=147 USA Robin Freeman 79-68=147 USA Bob Lohr 76-71=147 USA Charlie Rymer 75-72=147 USA Steve Stricker 75-72=147 USA Brandel Chamblee 73-75=148 +4 USA Keith Fergus 73-75=148 USA Jerry Kelly 74-74=148 USA Omar Uresti 70-78=148 USA Mike Standly 72-77=149 +5 USA Curtis Strange 75-74=149 USA Mike Sullivan 73-76=149 AUS Ian Baker-Finch 73-77=150 +6 USA Brad Fabel 75-75=150 USA Kelly Gibson 80-70=150 USA Paul Goydos 75-75=150 AUS Brett Ogle 76-74=150 USA Lee Rinker 74-76=150 SCO Sam Torrance 74-76=150 USA Mike Brisky 72-79=151 +7 USA Scott McCarron 75-76=151 USA Billy Mayfair 76-76=152 +8 USA Mark Wiebe 76-76=152 USA Phil Blackmar 73-80=153 +9 USA Rick Fehr 73-80=153 USA Brian Henninger 79-74=153 USA Jim McGovern 76-77=153 USA Ted Tryba 80-73=153WD USA Scott Verplank 78 +6 USA Ed Dougherty 81 +9 Source:https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html PGA Tour Past Results 1974 – present March 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html dead References External links The Players Championship website 1996 Category:1996 in golf Category:1996 in sports in Florida Category:March 1996 sports events in the United States