1996 Players Championship

1996 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 28–31, 1996
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; 30.198°N 81.394°W
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass,; Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,896 yards (6,306 m)[1]
Field	146 players, 77 after cut
Cut	143 (−1)
Prize fund	$3.5 million
Winner's share	$630,000
Champion
	Fred Couples
	270 (−18)
Location Map
	TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida

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.

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.[2][3][4] Couples' previous win was twelve years earlier in 1984.[5][6]

Defending champion Lee Janzen finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for 46th place.

Venue

This was the fifteenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, and it remained at 6,896 yards (6,306 m).[1]

Eligibility requirements

The top 125 PGA Tour members from the final 1995 Official Money List
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
Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and NEC World Series of Golf
British Open winners since 1990
Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections"
Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top-10 money-winners from the 1996 Official Money List through the Freeport-McDermott Classic
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

Source:[7]

Field

Joe Acosta Jr., John Adams, Fulton Allem, Robert Allenby, Billy Andrade, Woody Austin, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Chip Beck, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Guy Boros, Michael Bradley, Mike Brisky, Mark Brooks, Brad Bryant, Patrick Burke, Curt Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Brandel Chamblee, Brian Claar, Lennie Clements, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Marco Dawson, Glen Day, Jay Delsing, Ed Dougherty, David Duval, David Edwards, Joel Edwards, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Rick Fehr, Keith Fergus, Dan Forsman, Robin Freeman, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Jim Gallagher Jr., Robert Gamez, Kelly Gibson, Bill Glasson, Paul Goydos, Wayne Grady, Ken Green, Scott Gump, Jay Haas, Mike Heinen, Nolan Henke, Brian Henninger, Tim Herron, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Brian Kamm, Jerry Kelly, Tom Kite, Neal Lancaster, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, John Mahaffey, Doug Martin, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Scott McCarron, Mark McCumber, Jim McGovern, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Gil Morgan, John Morse, Larry Nelson, Frank Nobilo, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Brett Ogle, David Ogrin, Masashi Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Corey Pavin, Kenny Perry, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Dillard Pruitt, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Lee Rinker, Loren Roberts, Costantino Rocca, Charlie Rymer, Gene Sauers, Tom Scherrer, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Craig Stadler, Mike Standly, Payne Stewart, Dave Stockton Jr., Curtis Strange, Steve Stricker, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Tommy Tolles, David Toms, Sam Torrance, Kirk Triplett, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway, Omar Uresti, Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Watson, Mark Wiebe, John Wilson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 28, 1996
Friday, March 29, 1996

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Justin Leonard	65	−7
T1	Kenny Perry	65	−7
T3	Craig Parry	66	−6
T3	Fuzzy Zoeller	66	−6
T5	Mark Calcavecchia	67	−5
	David Frost
	Hale Irwin
	Corey Pavin
	Kirk Triplett
T10	Chip Beck	68	−4
	John Daly
	Steve Elkington
	Robert Gamez
	Jay Haas
	Brian Kamm
	John Morse
	Frank Nobilo
	Jeff Sluman
	Grant Waite
	Duffy Waldorf

Source:[8][9]

Second round

Friday, March 29, 1996

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tommy Tolles	69-64=133	−11
T2	Mark Calcavecchia	67-68=135	−9
T2	Justin Leonard	65-70=135	−9
T4	David Duval	70-66=136	−8
	Jay Haas	68-68=136
	Kenny Perry	65-71=136
	Fuzzy Zoeller	66-70=136
T8	Chip Beck	68-69=137	−7
	David Frost	67-70=137
	Larry Mize	70-67=137

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 30, 1996

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tommy Tolles	69-64-69=202	−14
2	David Duval	70-66-68=204	−12
T3	Jay Haas	68-68-69=205	−11
T3	Michael Bradley	72-67-66=205	−11
T5	Fred Couples	66-72-68=206	−10
	Ernie Els	71-70-65=206
	Fred Funk	70-69-67=206
	Scott Gump	70-68-68=206
	Colin Montgomerie	71-69-66=206
	Kenny Perry	65-71-70=206
	Vijay Singh	70-68-68=206

Source:[10]

Final round

Sunday, March 31, 1996

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Fred Couples (c)	66-72-68-64=270	−18	630,000
T2	Colin Montgomerie	71-69-66-68=274	−14	308,000
T2	Tommy Tolles	69-64-69-72=274	−14	308,000
T4	David Duval	70-66-68-71=275	−13	137,812
	Rocco Mediate	74-69-66-66=275
	Kenny Perry	65-71-70-69=275
	Fuzzy Zoeller	66-70-72-67=275
T8	Ernie Els	71-70-65-70=276	−12	94,500
	Jay Haas	68-68-69-71=276
	Tom Lehman	70-72-67-67=276
	Vijay Singh	70-68-68-70=276
	Grant Waite	68-72-68-68=276

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	Fred Funk	70-69-67-71=277	−11	65,625
	Jim Furyk	70-70-67-70=277
	Larry Mize	70-67-71-69=277
	Gil Morgan	70-69-69-69=277
T17	Patrick Burke	72-71-69-66=278	−10	54,250
T17	David Frost	67-70-72-69=278	−10	54,250
T19	Michael Bradley	72-67-66-74=279	−9	35,735
	John Daly	68-70-69-72=279
	Joel Edwards	71-67-71-70=279
	Steve Elkington (c)	68-73-68-70=279
	Wayne Grady	72-69-68-70=279
	Scott Gump	70-68-68-73=279
	Nolan Henke	71-68-68-72=279
	Tim Herron	69-73-68-69=279
	Scott Hoch	71-70-70-68=279
	Kirk Triplett	67-72-73-67=279
T29	Mark Calcavecchia	67-68-75-70=280	−8	23,275
	Robert Gamez	68-73-70-69=280
	Mark O'Meara	73-69-69-69=280
	Masashi Ozaki	71-69-69-71=280
T33	John Adams	71-69-71-70=281	−7	17,718
	Jay Don Blake	74-68-68-71=281
	Jim Carter	70-72-66-73=281
	Marco Dawson	72-71-69-69=281
	Steve Jones	70-69-69-73=281
	Phil Mickelson	71-72-64-74=281
	Loren Roberts	73-70-70-68=281
	Tom Watson	72-68-69-72=281
T41	Blaine McCallister	72-70-66-74=282	−6	12,950
	Jeff Sluman	68-72-72-70=282
	Craig Stadler	73-70-71-68=282
	Payne Stewart	73-70-68-71=282
	Bobby Wadkins	71-70-68-73=282
T46	Hale Irwin	67-73-69-74=283	−5	9,360
	Lee Janzen (c)	70-71-70-72=283
	Davis Love III (c)	69-70-72-72=283
	Steve Lowery	73-70-68-72=283
	Corey Pavin	67-71-76-69=283
	Nick Price (c)	70-69-73-71=283
	Dillard Pruitt	71-71-71-70=283
T53	Guy Boros	69-72-70-73=284	−4	7,990
	Neal Lancaster	73-70-69-72=284
	Jeff Maggert	70-70-77-67=284
	Jesper Parnevik	69-70-72-73=284
	Craig Parry	66-74-72-72=284
	Gene Sauers	69-72-72-71=284
	Hal Sutton (c)	72-69-73-70=284
T60	Chip Beck	68-69-76-72=285	−3	7,665
T60	Frank Nobilo	68-72-72-73=285	−3	7,665
T62	Larry Nelson	71-69-73-73=286	−2	7,490
	Dan Pohl	72-70-73-71=286
	Tom Purtzer	74-69-72-71=286
T65	Justin Leonard	65-70-80-72=287	−1	7,315
T65	Mike Reid	70-73-72-72=287	−1	7,315
T67	Woody Austin	72-71-72-73=288	E	7,105
	Brian Kamm	68-74-71-75=288
	Doug Martin	69-71-76-72=288
	Don Pooley	69-73-74-72=288
T71	Michael Campbell	70-73-69-77=289	+1	6,895
T71	Mike Hulbert	73-70-73-73=289	+1	6,895
T73	Ben Crenshaw	70-73-71-76=290	+2	6,685
	Jim Gallagher Jr.	71-70-76-73=290
	Ken Green	71-71-74-74=290
	John Morse	68-74-74-74=290
77	Mark McCumber (c)	69-74-71-79=293	+5	6,510
CUT	Fulton Allem	73-71=144	E
	Paul Azinger	73-71=144
	Mark Brooks	69-75=144
	Curt Byrum	72-72=144
	Brian Claar	72-72=144
	Lennie Clements	75-69=144
	John Cook	73-71=144
	Dan Forsman	72-72=144
	Bill Glasson	72-72=144
	Peter Jacobsen	73-71=144
	Tom Kite (c)	71-73=144
	David Ogrin	74-70=144
	Costantino Rocca	73-71=144
	Tom Scherrer	70-74=144
	Duffy Waldorf	68-76=144
	John Wilson	73-71=144
	Ian Woosnam	72-72=144
	David Edwards	70-75=145	+1
	Bob Estes	71-74=145
	Nick Faldo	70-75=145
	Mike Heinen	74-71=145
	Bruce Lietzke	71-74=145
	Andrew Magee	76-69=145
	Dave Stockton Jr.	69-76=145
	David Toms	73-72=145
	Robert Allenby	75-71=146	+2
	Billy Andrade	74-72=146
	Glen Day	74-72=146
	Jay Delsing	71-75=146
	John Huston	72-74=146
	Sandy Lyle (c)	76-70=146
	John Mahaffey (c)	71-75=146
	Greg Norman (c)	73-73=146
	Naomichi Ozaki	72-74=146
	Scott Simpson	70-76=146
	Joey Sindelar	76-70=146
	Bob Tway	72-74=146
	Lanny Wadkins (c)	71-75=146
	Joe Acosta Jr.	73-74=147	+3
	Brad Bryant	76-71=147
	Robin Freeman	79-68=147
	Bob Lohr	76-71=147
	Charlie Rymer	75-72=147
	Steve Stricker	75-72=147
	Brandel Chamblee	73-75=148	+4
	Keith Fergus	73-75=148
	Jerry Kelly	74-74=148
	Omar Uresti	70-78=148
	Mike Standly	72-77=149	+5
	Curtis Strange	75-74=149
	Mike Sullivan	73-76=149
	Ian Baker-Finch	73-77=150	+6
	Brad Fabel	75-75=150
	Kelly Gibson	80-70=150
	Paul Goydos	75-75=150
	Brett Ogle	76-74=150
	Lee Rinker	74-76=150
	Sam Torrance	74-76=150
	Mike Brisky	72-79=151	+7
	Scott McCarron	75-76=151	+7
	Billy Mayfair	76-76=152	+8
	Mark Wiebe	76-76=152	+8
	Phil Blackmar	73-80=153	+9
	Rick Fehr	73-80=153
Brian Henninger	79-74=153
Jim McGovern	76-77=153
Ted Tryba	80-73=153
WD	Scott Verplank	78	+6
WD	Ed Dougherty	81	+9

Source:[11]

References

"Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). April 1, 1996. p. 4C.
Reilly, Rick (April 8, 1996). "As easy as T-P-C". Sports Illustrated. p. 50.
"Wet green helps Couples win 'long green' in TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 1C.
"Couples takes charge for TPC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 3B.
"Two birdies aid Couples' biggest win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 3C.
Jenkins, Dan (April 9, 1984). "Gone, even with the wind". Sports Illustrated. p. 53.
"1996 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 311. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.
"Golf: The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 30, 1996. p. 4C.
"Golf: The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 1996. p. 2C.
"Tolles just wants a PGA triumph". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1996. p. 3H.
"Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

External links

The Players Championship website

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[wmstrfnl-1] "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). April 1, 1996. p. 4C.

[eztpcsi-2] Reilly, Rick (April 8, 1996). "As easy as T-P-C". Sports Illustrated. p. 50.

[wghcwlg-3] "Wet green helps Couples win 'long green' in TPC". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 1C.

[ergctch-4] "Couples takes charge for TPC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1996. p. 3B.

[tbacbw-5] "Two birdies aid Couples' biggest win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1984. p. 3C.

[gewtwn-6] Jenkins, Dan (April 9, 1984). "Gone, even with the wind". Sports Illustrated. p. 53.

[7] "1996 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 311. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.

[srcut-8] "Golf: The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 30, 1996. p. 4C.

[lmtfrd-9] "Golf: The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 1996. p. 2C.

[tjwatr-10] "Tolles just wants a PGA triumph". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1996. p. 3H.

[tpcpr-11] "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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