1995 PGA Tour

The 1995 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 29. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Lee Janzen and Greg Norman won the most tournaments, three, and there were seven first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1995 season. The date column is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 8Mercedes ChampionshipsCaliforniaAustralia Steve Elkington (5)278 (−10)1,000,000180,000
Jan 15United Airlines Hawaiian OpenHawaiiUnited States John Morse (1)269 (−19)1,200,000216,000
Jan 22Northern Telecom OpenArizonaUnited States Phil Mickelson (5)269 (−19)1,250,000225,000
Jan 29Phoenix OpenArizonaFiji Vijay Singh (2)269 (−15)1,300,000234,000
Feb 5AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCaliforniaUnited States Peter Jacobsen (5)271 (−17)1,400,000252,000
Feb 12Buick Invitational of CaliforniaCaliforniaUnited States Peter Jacobsen (6)269 (−19)1,200,000216,000
Feb 19Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCaliforniaUnited States Kenny Perry (3)335 (−25)1,200,000216,000
Feb 26Nissan OpenCaliforniaUnited States Corey Pavin (12)268 (−16)1,200,000216,000
Mar 5Doral-Ryder OpenFloridaEngland Nick Faldo (7)273 (−15)1,500,000270,000
Mar 12Honda ClassicFloridaUnited States Mark O'Meara (9)275 (−9)1,200,000216,000
Mar 19Nestle InvitationalFloridaUnited States Loren Roberts (2)272 (−16)1,200,000216,000
Mar 26The Players ChampionshipFloridaUnited States Lee Janzen (5)283 (−5)3,000,000540,000
Apr 2Freeport-McMoRan ClassicLouisianaUnited States Davis Love III (9)274 (−14)1,200,000216,000
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgiaUnited States Ben Crenshaw (19)274 (−14)2,200,000396,000
Apr 16MCI ClassicSouth CarolinaUnited States Bob Tway (7)275 (−9)1,300,000234,000
Apr 23KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Jim Gallagher, Jr. (4)274 (−14)1,500,000270,000
Apr 30Shell Houston OpenTexasUnited States Payne Stewart (9)276 (−12)1,400,000252,000
May 7BellSouth ClassicGeorgiaUnited States Mark Calcavecchia (8)271 (−17)1,300,000234,000
May 14GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexasSouth Africa Ernie Els (2)263 (−17)1,300,000234,000
May 21Buick ClassicNew YorkFiji Vijay Singh (3)278 (−6)1,200,000216,000
May 28Colonial National InvitationTexasUnited States Tom Lehman (2)271 (−9)1,400,000252,000
Jun 4Memorial TournamentOhioAustralia Greg Norman (15)269 (−19)1,700,000306,000
Jun 11Kemper OpenMarylandUnited States Lee Janzen (6)272 (−12)1,400,000252,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenNew YorkUnited States Corey Pavin (13)280 (E)2,000,000350,000
Jun 25Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticutAustralia Greg Norman (16)267 (−13)1,200,000216,000
Jul 2FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennesseeUnited States Jim Gallagher, Jr. (5)267 (−17)1,250,000225,000
Jul 9Motorola Western OpenIllinoisUnited States Billy Mayfair (2)279 (−9)2,000,000360,000
Jul 16Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginiaUnited States Ted Tryba (1)272 (−12)1,100,000198,000
Jul 23Deposit Guaranty Golf ClassicMississippiUnited States Ed Dougherty (1)272 (−16)700,000126,000
Jul 23British OpenScotlandUnited States John Daly (4)282 (−6)2,000,000199,375
Jul 30Ideon Classic at Pleasant ValleyMassachusettsUnited States Fred Funk (2)268 (−16)1,000,000180,000
Aug 6Buick OpenMichiganUnited States Woody Austin (1)270 (−18)1,200,000216,000
Aug 13PGA ChampionshipCaliforniaAustralia Steve Elkington (6)267 (−17)2,000,000360,000
Aug 20Sprint InternationalColoradoUnited States Lee Janzen (7)34 (Stableford)1,500,000270,000
Aug 27NEC World Series of GolfOhioAustralia Greg Norman (17)278 (−2)2,000,000360,000
Sep 3Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsinUnited States Scott Hoch (6)269 (−15)1,000,000180,000
Sep 10Bell Canadian OpenCanadaUnited States Mark O'Meara (10)274 (−14)1,300,000234,000
Sep 17B.C. OpenNew YorkUnited States Hal Sutton (8)269 (−15)1,000,000180,000
Sep 24Quad City ClassicIllinoisUnited States D. A. Weibring (4)197 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Oct 1Buick ChallengeGeorgiaUnited States Fred Funk (3)272 (−16)1,000,000180,000
Oct 8Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFloridaUnited States Brad Bryant (1)198 (−18)1,200,000216,000
Oct 15Las Vegas InvitationalNevadaUnited States Jim Furyk (1)331 (−28)1,500,000270,000
Oct 22LaCantera Texas OpenTexasUnited States Duffy Waldorf (1)268 (−20)1,100,000198,000
Oct 29The Tour ChampionshipOklahomaUnited States Billy Mayfair (3)280 (E)3,000,000540,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Greg Norman Australia69.06
2Steve Elkington Australia69.59
3Nick Price Zimbabwe69.81
4Ernie Els South Africa69.81
5Tom Lehman United States69.85

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Greg Norman Australia1,654,959163
2Billy Mayfair United States1,543,192282
3Lee Janzen United States1,378,966283
4Corey Pavin United States1,340,079222
5Steve Elkington Australia1,254,352212

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Greg Norman Australia9,592,82917
2Tom Kite United States9,337,99819
3Payne Stewart United States7,389,4799
4Nick Price Zimbabwe7,338,11915
5Fred Couples United States7,188,40811

Source:[4]

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Greg Norman Australia
PGA Player of the YearGreg Norman Australia
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Greg Norman Australia
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Steve Elkington Australia
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Greg Norman Australia
Rookie of the YearWoody Austin United States
Comeback Player of the YearBob Tway United States

References

  1. "1995 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "Scoring Average – 1995". PGA Tour.
  3. "Money Leaders – 1995". PGA Tour.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 1995". PGA Tour.
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