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 ChampionshipsCalifornia Steve Elkington (5)278 (−10)1,000,000180,000
Jan 15United Airlines Hawaiian OpenHawaii John Morse (1)269 (−19)1,200,000216,000
Jan 22Northern Telecom OpenArizona Phil Mickelson (5)269 (−19)1,250,000225,000
Jan 29Phoenix OpenArizona Vijay Singh (2)269 (−15)1,300,000234,000
Feb 5AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Peter Jacobsen (5)271 (−17)1,400,000252,000
Feb 12Buick Invitational of CaliforniaCalifornia Peter Jacobsen (6)269 (−19)1,200,000216,000
Feb 19Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Kenny Perry (3)335 (−25)1,200,000216,000
Feb 26Nissan OpenCalifornia Corey Pavin (12)268 (−16)1,200,000216,000
Mar 5Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Nick Faldo (7)273 (−15)1,500,000270,000
Mar 12Honda ClassicFlorida Mark O'Meara (9)275 (−9)1,200,000216,000
Mar 19Nestle InvitationalFlorida Loren Roberts (2)272 (−16)1,200,000216,000
Mar 26The Players ChampionshipFlorida Lee Janzen (5)283 (−5)3,000,000540,000
Apr 2Freeport-McMoRan ClassicLouisiana Davis Love III (9)274 (−14)1,200,000216,000
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgia Ben Crenshaw (19)274 (−14)2,200,000396,000
Apr 16MCI ClassicSouth Carolina Bob Tway (7)275 (−9)1,300,000234,000
Apr 23KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Jim Gallagher Jr. (4)274 (−14)1,500,000270,000
Apr 30Shell Houston OpenTexas Payne Stewart (9)276 (−12)1,400,000252,000
May 7BellSouth ClassicGeorgia Mark Calcavecchia (8)271 (−17)1,300,000234,000
May 14GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Ernie Els (2)263 (−17)1,300,000234,000
May 21Buick ClassicNew York Vijay Singh (3)278 (−6)1,200,000216,000
May 28Colonial National InvitationTexas Tom Lehman (2)271 (−9)1,400,000252,000
Jun 4Memorial TournamentOhio Greg Norman (15)269 (−19)1,700,000306,000
Jun 11Kemper OpenMaryland Lee Janzen (6)272 (−12)1,400,000252,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenNew York Corey Pavin (13)280 (E)2,000,000350,000
Jun 25Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Greg Norman (16)267 (−13)1,200,000216,000
Jul 2FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennessee Jim Gallagher Jr. (5)267 (−17)1,250,000225,000
Jul 9Motorola Western OpenIllinois Billy Mayfair (2)279 (−9)2,000,000360,000
Jul 16Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Ted Tryba (1)272 (−12)1,100,000198,000
Jul 23Deposit Guaranty Golf ClassicMississippi Ed Dougherty (1)272 (−16)700,000126,000
Jul 23British OpenScotland John Daly (4)282 (−6)2,000,000199,375
Jul 30Ideon Classic at Pleasant ValleyMassachusetts Fred Funk (2)268 (−16)1,000,000180,000
Aug 6Buick OpenMichigan Woody Austin (1)270 (−18)1,200,000216,000
Aug 13PGA ChampionshipCalifornia Steve Elkington (6)267 (−17)2,000,000360,000
Aug 20Sprint InternationalColorado Lee Janzen (7)34 (Stableford)1,500,000270,000
Aug 27NEC World Series of GolfOhio Greg Norman (17)278 (−2)2,000,000360,000
Sep 3Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Scott Hoch (6)269 (−15)1,000,000180,000
Sep 10Bell Canadian OpenCanada Mark O'Meara (10)274 (−14)1,300,000234,000
Sep 17B.C. OpenNew York Hal Sutton (8)269 (−15)1,000,000180,000
Sep 24Quad City ClassicIllinois D. A. Weibring (4)197 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Oct 1Buick ChallengeGeorgia Fred Funk (3)272 (−16)1,000,000180,000
Oct 8Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Brad Bryant (1)198 (−18)1,200,000216,000
Oct 15Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Jim Furyk (1)331 (−28)1,500,000270,000
Oct 22LaCantera Texas OpenTexas Duffy Waldorf (1)268 (−20)1,100,000198,000
Oct 29The Tour ChampionshipOklahoma 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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