1995 Masters Tournament

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]

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
United States Ben Crenshaw
274 (−14)
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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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

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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

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First round

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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

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Second round

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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

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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

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Sunday, April 9, 1995

Final leaderboard

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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

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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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  1. ^ Reilly, Rick (April 17, 1995). "For you, Harvey". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  2. ^ Bonk, Thomas (April 10, 1995). "Master's touch carries Crenshaw". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.
  3. ^ Dorman, Larry (April 10, 1995). "In memory of golf's master". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (New York Times). p. C1.
  4. ^ Thiel, Art (April 7, 1995). "Masters just another tale for Tiger". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). p. 5C.
  5. ^ Newberry, Mark (April 10, 1995). "Tiger Woods loses but gains maturity". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  6. ^ "Class dismissed: He'll be back". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 10, 1995. p. C5.
  7. ^ "Crenshaw wins 1995 Masters". Golf.com. April 17, 1995.
  8. ^ "1995 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  9. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Historic Leaderboards: 1995 Masters". AUGUSTA CHRONICLE. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
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