1995 Open Championship
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Location map". 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.[1]
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 Andrews[2]
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burn | 370 | 4 | 10 | Bobby Jones | 342 | 4 | |
| 2 | Dyke | 411 | 4 | 11 | High (In) | 172 | 3 | |
| 3 | Cartgate (Out) | 371 | 4 | 12 | Heathery (In) | 316 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ginger Beer | 463 | 4 | 13 | Hole O'Cross (In) | 425 | 4 | |
| 5 | Hole O'Cross (Out) | 564 | 5 | 14 | Long | 567 | 5 | |
| 6 | Heathery (Out) | 416 | 4 | 15 | Cartgate (In) | 413 | 4 | |
| 7 | High (Out) | 372 | 4 | 16 | Corner of the Dyke | 382 | 4 | |
| 8 | Short | 178 | 3 | 17 | Road | 461 | 4 | |
| 9 | End | 356 | 4 | 18 | Tom Morris | 354 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,501 | 36 | In | 3,432 | 36 | |||
| Total | 6,933 | 72 | ||||||
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[3]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 20 July 1995
Second round
Friday, 21 July 1995
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Template:Flagicon John Daly | 67-71=138 | −6 |
| Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon | 71-67=138 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Katsuyoshi Tomori | 70-68=138 | ||
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Mark Brooks | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| Template:Flagicon John Cook | 69-70=139 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw | 67-72=139 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Ernie Els | 71-68=139 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin | 69-70=139 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca | 69-70=139 | ||
| T10 | Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard | 73-67=140 | −4 |
| Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh | 68-72=140 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Payne Stewart | 72-68=140 |
Amateurs: Sherry (−3), Webster (−2), Woods (+1), Clark (+3), Gallacher (+7).
Third round
Saturday, 22 July 1995
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Michael Campbell | 71-71-65=207 | −9 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca | 69-70-70=209 | −7 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Steve Elkington | 72-69-69=210 | −6 |
| T4 | Template:Flagicon John Daly | 67-71-73=211 | −5 |
| Template:Flagicon Ernie Els | 71-68-72=211 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin | 69-70-72=211 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Katsuyoshi Tomori | 70-68-73=211 | ||
| T8 | Template:Flagicon Mark Brooks | 70-69-73=212 | −4 |
| Template:Flagicon Sam Torrance | 71-70-71=212 | ||
| T10 | Template:Flagicon Bob Estes | 72-70-71=213 | −3 |
| Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon | 71-67-75=213 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Barry Lane | 72-73-68=213 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Brett Ogle | 73-69-71=213 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh | 68-72-73=213 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Tom Watson | 67-76-70=213 |
Final round
Sunday, 23 July 1995
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Template:Flagicon John Daly | 67-71-73-71=282 | −6 | Playoff |
| Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca | 69-70-70-73=282 | |||
| T3 | Template:Flagicon Steven Bottomley | 70-72-72-69=283 | −5 | 65,667 |
| Template:Flagicon Mark Brooks | 70-69-73-71=283 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Michael Campbell | 71-71-65-76=283 | |||
| T6 | Template:Flagicon Steve Elkington | 72-69-69-74=284 | −4 | 40,500 |
| Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh | 68-72-73-71=284 | |||
| T8 | Template:Flagicon Bob Estes | 72-70-71-72=285 | −3 | 33,333 |
| Template:Flagicon Mark James | 72-75-68-70=285 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin | 69-70-72-74=285 |
Amateurs: Webster (+1), Sherry (+3), Woods (+7), Clark (+13).
Source:[4]
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.[5]
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.[5] 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.[5]
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.[5]
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon John Daly | 4-3-4-4=15 | −1 | 125,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca | 5-4-7-3=19 | +3 | 100,000 |
Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Template:Flagicon Daly | E | −1 | −1 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Rocca | +1 | +1 | +4 | +3 |
Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey + |
Source[6]
References
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