1993 Players Championship

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The 1993 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 25–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the twentieth Players Championship.

Tournament summary

Nick Price set a scoring record of 270 (−18) at the Stadium Course and finished five strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer.^[2]^[3] Price bettered the previous record by three strokes, set by Mark McCumber in 1988 and equaled by Davis Love III in 1992.^[2] Price's record was short-lived, as Greg Norman broke it by six strokes with 264 (−24) the following year.

Defending champion Davis Love III finished 23 strokes back, in a tie for 67th place.

Venue

This was the thirteenth 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 1992 Official Money List.^[4]

Fred Couples, Davis Love III, John Cook, Nick Price, Corey Pavin, Tom Kite, Paul Azinger, Brad Faxon, Lee Janzen, Dan Forsman, Mark O'Meara, Steve Elkington, Jeff Sluman, David Frost, Bruce Lietzke, Chip Beck, Greg Norman, Jim Gallagher Jr., Jay Haas, Mark Brooks, Keith Clearwater, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Lehman, David Peoples, John Huston, David Edwards, Craig Stadler, Billy Ray Brown, Steve Pate, Ben Crenshaw, Gene Sauers, Rick Fehr, Fred Funk, Joey Sindelar, Bill Britton, John Daly, Jeff Maggert, Mark Calcavecchia, Lanny Wadkins, Ken Green, Loren Roberts, Payne Stewart, Nolan Henke, Russ Cochran, Larry Mize, Richard Zokol, Rocco Mediate, Tom Watson, Jay Don Blake, Jay Delsing, Andrew Magee, Bill Glasson, Mike Hulbert, Gil Morgan, Howard Twitty, Ian Baker-Finch, Blaine McCallister, Ted Schulz, Dudley Hart, D. A. Weibring, Phil Blackmar, Craig Parry, Wayne Levi, Ed Dougherty, Gary Hallberg, Bruce Fleisher, Brad Bryant, Mark Carnevale, Brad Fabel, Robert Gamez, Mike Standly, Fulton Allem, Peter Persons, Billy Andrade, Donnie Hammond, Brian Claar, Billy Mayfair, Bob Estes, Kenny Perry, Dillard Pruitt, Wayne Grady, Mike Smith, Kirk Triplett, Mark Wiebe, John Inman, Tom Sieckmann, John Adams, Phil Mickelson, Bob Gilder, Jim McGovern, Tom Purtzer, Larry Rinker, Jim Woodward, Doug Tewell, Scott Simpson, Dick Mast, Curtis Strange, Ed Humenik, David Toms, Scott Gump, Neal Lancaster, Mike Springer, Kelly Gibson, Mark McCumber, Don Pooley, Jim Hallet, Steve Lamontagne, Dan Pohl, Ronnie Black, Bob Lohr, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Ed Fiori, P. H. Horgan III, Mike Reid, Dan Halldorson, Dave Barr, Mike Donald, Mike Sullivan, Lance Ten Broeck, Marco Dawson, Buddy Gardner, Roger Maltbie

Designated players.

John Mahaffey, Jodie Mudd, Larry Nelson, Hale Irwin

Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member.

Ian Woosnam, José María Olazábal

Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and World Series of Golf.

Hal Sutton, Calvin Peete, Bernhard Langer, Hubert Green, Bob Tway, Denis Watson

British Open winners since 1990.

Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections."

Ernie Els, Anders Forsbrand, Tony Johnstone, Jumbo Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Vijay Singh

To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1993 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Nestle Invitational.^[4]

Brett Ogle, Greg Twiggs, Dave Rummells, Scott Hoch, Joel Edwards

Source:^[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 25, 1993

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Nick Price	64	−8
T1	Kirk Triplett	64	−8
T3	Bernhard Langer	65	−7
T3	Joey Sindelar	65	−7
T5	Ronnie Black	66	−6
	Joel Edwards
	Donnie Hammond
	Greg Norman
T9	Russ Cochran	67	−5
	Steve Elkington
	Brad Faxon
	Rick Fehr
	Mark O'Meara
	Doug Tewell
	Robert Wrenn
	Fuzzy Zoeller

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, March 26, 1993

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Price	64-68=132	−12
T2	Bernhard Langer	65-69=134	−10
	Dave Rummells	69-65=134
	Doug Tewell	67-67=134
5	Joel Edwards	66-69=135	−9
T8	Ronnie Black	66-70=136	−8
	Brad Fabel	68-68=136
	Greg Norman	66-70=136
	Joey Sindelar	65-71=136
	Jeff Sluman	71-65=136

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, March 27, 1993

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Price	64-68-71=203	−13
T2	Bernhard Langer	65-69-70=204	−12
	Greg Norman	66-70-68=204
	Mark O'Meara	67-71-66=204
5	Paul Azinger	68-69-68=205	−11
T6	Ken Green	70-67-69=206	−10
T6	Payne Stewart	70-70-66=206	−10
T8	Ronnie Black	66-70-71=207	−9
	Joel Edwards	66-69-72=207
	Jim Gallagher	69-69-69=207
	Jay Haas	69-70-68=207
	Rocco Mediate	68-71-68=207

Source:^[8]

Final round

Sunday, March 28, 1993

Champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Nick Price	64-68-71-67=270	−18	450,000
2	Bernhard Langer	65-69-70-71=275	−13	270,000
T3	Gil Morgan	68-71-72-65=276	−12	145,000
T3	Greg Norman	66-70-68-72=276	−12	145,000
5	Mark O'Meara	67-71-66-73=277	−11	100,000
T6	Paul Azinger	68-69-68-73=278	−10	80,937
	Ken Green	70-67-69-72=278
	Rocco Mediate	68-71-68-71=278
	Naomichi Ozaki	72-68-68-70=278
10	Tom Watson	70-72-69-68=279	−9	67,500

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Joel Edwards	66-69-72-73=280	−8	53,000
	Dan Forsman	71-67-73-69=280
	Mike Hulbert	71-67-72-70=280
	Tom Lehman	69-73-69-69=280
	Payne Stewart	70-70-66-74=280
T16	Steve Elkington (c)	67-70-71-73=281	−7	38,750
	Corey Pavin	69-72-67-73=281
	Dave Rummells	69-65-74-73=281
	Joey Sindelar	65-71-73-72=281
T20	Fulton Allem	70-72-73-67=282	−6	26,071
	Billy Andrade	71-70-73-68=282
	Bob Estes	70-68-72-72=282
	Jay Haas	69-70-68-75=282
	Andrew Magee	70-71-71-70=282
	Mark McCumber (c)	68-70-70-74=282
	Doug Tewell	67-67-74-74=282
27	Russ Cochran	67-72-71-73=283	−5	19,250
T28	Ronnie Black	66-70-71-77=284	−4	16,625
	Brian Claar	72-69-74-69=284
	Bruce Lietzke	69-69-72-74=284
	Bob Lohr	71-71-70-72=284
	Vijay Singh	69-71-72-72=284
	Howard Twitty	71-70-71-72=284
T34	Donnie Hammond	66-73-73-73=285	−3	12,900
	Lee Janzen	70-71-71-73=285
	Ted Schulz	71-70-73-71=285
	Robert Wrenn	67-73-73-72=285
	Fuzzy Zoeller	67-75-74-69=285
T39	Ian Baker-Finch	71-71-71-73=286	−2	9,750
	Fred Couples (c)	68-69-75-74=286
	Fred Funk	68-73-73-72=286
	Jim Gallagher Jr.	69-69-69-79=286
	Mike Smith	70-69-74-73=286
	Kirk Triplett	64-78-75-69=286
	Ian Woosnam	71-70-69-76=286
T46	Marco Dawson	68-73-75-71=287	−1	6,800
	David Edwards	69-70-71-77=287
	Bruce Fleisher	74-67-72-74=287
	Gary Hallberg	71-71-74-71=287
	Larry Rinker	70-72-72-73=287
	Jeff Sluman	71-65-80-71=287
T52	Brad Bryant	69-70-72-77=288	E	5,771
	Rick Fehr	67-71-74-76=288
	Tony Johnstone	70-71-70-77=288
	Billy Mayfair	73-68-72-75=288
	Peter Persons	73-68-73-74=288
	Duffy Waldorf	72-66-75-75=288
	Denis Watson	72-66-74-76=288
T59	Brad Fabel	68-68-77-76=289	+1	5,525
T59	Dick Mast	70-70-77-72=289	+1	5,525
T61	Ed Dougherty	69-71-76-74=290	+2	5,375
	Brett Ogle	70-72-68-80=290
	D. A. Weibring	69-73-72-76=290
	Mark Wiebe	71-70-74-75=290
T65	Nolan Henke	70-72-73-76=291	+3	5,225
T65	Kenny Perry	70-69-76-76=291	+3	5,225
T67	Davis Love III (c)	70-69-82-72=293	+5	5,125
T67	Mike Reid	68-73-72-80=293	+5	5,125
69	Dillard Pruitt	70-72-72-80=294	+6	5,050
70	Billy Ray Brown	68-74-78-78=298	+10	5,000
CUT	John Adams	74-69=143	−1
	Bill Britton	73-70=143
	Keith Clearwater	73-70=143
	Jay Delsing	69-74=143
	Mike Donald	71-72=143
	Ernie Els	69-74=143
	Wayne Grady	71-72=143
	Scott Gump	69-74=143
	Scott Hoch	72-71=143
	Hale Irwin	70-73=143
	Roger Maltbie	72-71=143
	Blaine McCallister	73-70=143
	Jim McGovern	72-71=143
	Larry Mize	71-72=143
	Steve Pate	71-72=143
	Scott Simpson	70-73=143
	Curtis Strange	69-74=143
	David Toms	69-74=143
	Chip Beck	71-73=144	E
	Mark Calcavecchia	71-73=144
	David Frost	74-70=144
	Buddy Gardner	75-69=144
	Kelly Gibson	74-70=144
	Bob Gilder	72-72=144
	Bill Glasson	72-72=144
	John Inman	72-72=144
	Tom Kite (c)	72-72=144
	Jeff Maggert	70-74=144
	Jodie Mudd (c)	71-73=144
	Craig Parry	75-69=144
	Calvin Peete (c)	73-71=144
	Tom Purtzer	71-73=144
	Gene Sauers	71-73=144
	Mike Sullivan	69-75=144
	Greg Twiggs	70-74=144
	Dave Barr	75-70=145	+1
	Phil Blackmar	72-73=145
	John Daly	79-66=145
	John Huston	69-76=145
	Steve Lamontagne	72-73=145
	Don Pooley	70-75=145
	Craig Stadler	73-72=145
	Ben Crenshaw	70-76=146	+2
	Anders Forsbrand	70-76=146
	Ed Humenik	74-72=146
	Wayne Levi	71-75=146
	John Mahaffey (c)	71-75=146
	Phil Mickelson	71-75=146
	Larry Nelson	70-76=146
	Loren Roberts	73-73=146
	Mike Standly	71-75=146
	Lance Ten Broeck	72-74=146
	Mark Brooks	73-74=147	+3
	Dan Halldorson	72-75=147
	Jim Hallet	74-73=147
	Neal Lancaster	76-71=147
	Mike Springer	72-75=147
	Hal Sutton (c)	74-73=147
	Lanny Wadkins (c)	74-74=148	+4
	Mark Carnevale	72-77=149	+5
	David Peoples	75-75=150	+6
	Tom Sieckmann	77-73=150	+6
	John Cook	77-74=151	+7
	José María Olazábal	78-73=151
Bob Tway	77-74=151
Robert Gamez	74-78=152	+8
P. H. Horgan III	74-80=154	+10
Jim Woodward	75-81=156	+12
WD	Dan Pohl	69-70-84=223	+7
	Ed Fiori	75-73=148	+4
	Jay Don Blake	74-75=149	+5
	Richard Zokol	73-79=152	+8
	Dudley Hart	76-83=159	+15
	Masashi Ozaki	75	+3
	Hubert Green	78	+6
DQ	Brad Faxon	67-75-78=220	+4

Source:^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 29, 1993. p. 2C.
^ ^a ^b "Price gets tagged 'immaculate'". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 29, 1993. p. 20.
^ Reilly, Rick (April 5, 1993). "Stymied no more". Sports Illustrated. p. 46.
^ ^a ^b "Golf Stat and Records | PGA TOUR". www.pgatour.com. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
^ "1993 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 336. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2020.
^ "The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 26, 1993. p. 2C.
^ "The Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 27, 1993. p. 2C.
^ "Price's putts lead to precarious lead". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. March 28, 1993. p. 6C.
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