1995 U.S. Open (golf)

1995 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 15–18, 1995
Location	Shinnecock Hills, New York
Course(s)	Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,944 yards (6,350 m)
Field	156 players, 73 after cut
Cut	146 (+6)
Prize fund	$2.0 million
Winner's share	$350,000
Champion
	Corey Pavin
	280 (E)
	← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 U.S. Open was the 95th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York. It marked the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Open. Corey Pavin won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Shinnecock Hills

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Location in the United States

Shinnecock Hills

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Location in New York

Norman opened with rounds of 68-67,^[7]^[8] then fell back with 74 in the third round; Tom Lehman's 67 on Saturday tied Norman for the 54-hole lead. Phil Mickelson and Bob Tway were a stroke back at even par, while Pavin was at 212 (+2), tied for fifth with four others.^[9]

In the final round, Norman and Lehman were still tied at the turn, but Lehman bogeyed 11 and Norman bogeyed 12. Pavin had birdied 12, which brought him into a tie with Norman, Lehman, and Tway. Norman and Tway each then suffered bogeys, while Pavin took sole possession of the lead with a birdie at 15. Even with a Norman birdie at the 15th, his first since the opening hole of the third round, nobody could catch Pavin. He sealed the victory with a 4-wood approach to the 18th, running down the fairway as the ball was in the air and raising his hands in triumph after it ran onto the green. He carded a 68 for an even-par 280, two ahead of Norman, who shot 73.

In the final round, Neal Lancaster set a new U.S. Open record with a 29 on the back nine. Nineteen-year-old Tiger Woods, the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, played in his first U.S. Open but withdrew during the second round with a wrist injury.^[2]^[10]

This was the third U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills; it previously hosted in 1896 and 1986. It returned in 2004 and 2018.

Course layout

Hole	Yards	Par	Hole	Yards	Par
1	394	4	10	409	4
2	226	3	11	158	3
3	453	4	12	472	4
4	408	4	13	377	4
5	535	5	14	444	4
6	471	4	15	415	4
7	188	3	16	544	5
8	367	4	17	186	3
9	447	4	18	450	4
Out	3,489	35	In	3,455	35
Source:^[1]		Total		6,944	70

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

6,912 yards (6,320 m), par 70 - 1986 U.S. Open
4,423 yards (4,044 m), par - 1896 U.S. Open

Television

After an absence of thirty years, NBC Sports returned as the broadcaster of the U.S. Open in the United States.^[11]^[12] The event was previously carried by ABC Sports for 29 years, from 1966 to 1994.^[13] NBC carried the championship from 1954 through 1965, then from 1995 through 2014.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 15, 1995

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Price	66	−4
2	Scott Simpson	67	−3
T3	Phil Mickelson	68	−2
T3	Greg Norman	68	−2
T5	Bill Glasson	69	−1
	Steve Lowery
	Jeff Maggert
	Masashi Ozaki
	Bob Tway
	Fuzzy Zoeller

Source:^[14]

Second round

Friday, June 16, 1995

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Greg Norman	68-67=135	−5
2	Masashi Ozaki	69-68=137	−3
T3	Phil Mickelson	68-70=138	−2
T3	Bob Tway	69-69=138	−2
T5	Bill Glasson	69-70=139	−1
T5	Nick Price	66-73=139	−1
T7	Curt Byrum	70-70=140	E
	Nick Faldo	72-68=140
	Davis Love III	72-68=140
	Mark Roe	71-69=140

Amateurs: Courville (+9), Tidland (+9), Woods (WD).

Source:^[7]^[8]

Third round

Saturday, June 17, 1995

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Tom Lehman	70-72-67=209	−1
T1	Greg Norman	68-67-74=209	−1
T3	Phil Mickelson	68-70-72=210	E
T3	Bob Tway	69-69-72=210	E
T5	Corey Pavin	72-69-71=212	+2
	Nick Price	66-73-73=212
	Steve Stricker	71-70-71=212
	Scott Verplank	72-69-71=212
	Ian Woosnam	72-71-69=212
T10	Davis Love III	72-68-73=213	+3
T10	Vijay Singh	70-71-72=213	+3

Source:^[9]

Final round

Sunday, June 18, 1995

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Corey Pavin	72-69-71-68=280	E	350,000
2	Greg Norman	68-67-74-73=282	+2	207,000
3	Tom Lehman	70-72-67-74=283	+3	131,974
T4	Bill Glasson	69-70-76-69=284	+4	66,633
	Jay Haas	70-73-72-69=284
	Neal Lancaster	70-72-77-65=284
	Davis Love III	72-68-73-71=284
	Jeff Maggert	69-72-77-66=284
	Phil Mickelson	68-70-72-74=284
T10	Frank Nobilo	72-72-70-71=285	+5	44,184
	Vijay Singh	70-71-72-72=285
	Bob Tway	69-69-72-75=285

Source:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	4
Pavin	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E
Norman	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2
Lehman	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+3	+3	+3
Glasson	+5	+6	+5	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+5	+4	+4
Haas	+5	+5	+4	+5	+4	+4	+4	+3	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4
Lancaster	+9	+9	+9	+9	+8	+8	+8	+9	+10	+10	+9	+8	+7	+6	+6	+5	+4	+4
Love	+2	+2	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+4
Maggert	+7	+8	+8	+8	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4
Mickelson	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+4	+3	+4
Tway	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+4	+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:^[3]^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b "1995 U.S. Open: course map". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 15, 1995. p. 2D.
^ ^a ^b Reilly, Rick (June 26, 1995). "A Late Surge by Corey Pavin Won Him the U.S. Open and Admission to the Fraternity of Major Tournament Winners". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
^ ^a ^b ^c Green, Bob (June 19, 1995). "Pavin Sheds Major Frustration". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. p. 1B.
^ ^a ^b Bonk, Thomas (June 19, 1995). "Pavin pockets Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.
^ ^a ^b "Major breakthrough". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 19, 1995. p. D1.
^ Hackenberg, Dave (June 19, 1995). "Shot, trot, end Open plot". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 17.
^ ^a ^b Sirak, Ron (June 17, 1995). "Norman zooms into lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
^ ^a ^b Dorman, Larry (June 17, 1995). "Shark circles in Open waters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (New York Times). p. 1D.
^ ^a ^b Bonk, Thomas (June 18, 1995). "It's a wide-open Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1F.
^ "Woods bows out with a wrist injury". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 17, 1995. p. 4D.
^ Bingham, Walter (June 26, 1995). "Enough Already". Sports Illustrated. p. G22.
^ Stewart, Larry (June 17, 1995). "Golf gives NBC a chance to top its NBA Finals". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Los Angeles Times). p. C2.
^ Rosaforte, Tim (June 27, 1994). "See Ya Later". Sports Illustrated. p. 49.
^ Bonk, Thomas (June 16, 1995). "Price makes Shinnecock pay now". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
^ "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

External links

USOpen.com – 1995

40°53′38″N 72°26′24″W / 40.894°N 72.440°W / 40.894; -72.440

[er95uso04rd0-1] "1995 U.S. Open: course map". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 15, 1995. p. 2D.

[inthcl-2] Reilly, Rick (June 26, 1995). "A Late Surge by Corey Pavin Won Him the U.S. Open and Admission to the Fraternity of Major Tournament Winners". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.

[psmjfrus-3] Green, Bob (June 19, 1995). "Pavin Sheds Major Frustration". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. p. 1B.

[pvpoti-4] Bonk, Thomas (June 19, 1995). "Pavin pockets Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.

[srmjrbt-5] "Major breakthrough". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 19, 1995. p. D1.

[steopl-6] Hackenberg, Dave (June 19, 1995). "Shot, trot, end Open plot". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 17.

[sirksat-7] Sirak, Ron (June 17, 1995). "Norman zooms into lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.

[nytshrk-8] Dorman, Larry (June 17, 1995). "Shark circles in Open waters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (New York Times). p. 1D.

[ergwopn-9] Bonk, Thomas (June 18, 1995). "It's a wide-open Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1F.

[wbowwi-10] "Woods bows out with a wrist injury". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 17, 1995. p. 4D.

[enuff-11] Bingham, Walter (June 26, 1995). "Enough Already". Sports Illustrated. p. G22.

[ggvnbc-12] Stewart, Larry (June 17, 1995). "Golf gives NBC a chance to top its NBA Finals". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Los Angeles Times). p. C2.

[sylat-13] Rosaforte, Tim (June 27, 1994). "See Ya Later". Sports Illustrated. p. 49.

[pmspnw-14] Bonk, Thomas (June 16, 1995). "Price makes Shinnecock pay now". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.

[15] "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

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