# 1994 Players Championship

The 1994 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–27 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 21st Players Championship.

## Tournament summary

Greg Norman set the scoring record of 264 (−24) at the Stadium Course and finished four strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller. Norman opened with 63 and followed with three rounds at 67 to set the 36-hole (130) and 54-hole (197) scoring records as well.
Nick Price had set the mark the previous year at 270 (−18), three better than Mark McCumber's 273 in 1988 (equaled by Davis Love III in 1992).
Defending champion Nick Price missed the 36-hole cut by five strokes.

## 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).

## Eligibility requirements

The top 125 PGA Tour members from Final 1993 Official Money List.
Nick Price, Greg Norman, Jim Gallagher Jr., David Frost, Payne Stewart, Lee Janzen, Tom Kite, Fulton Allem, Jeff Maggert, Davis Love III, Larry Mize, Scott Simpson, John Huston, Steve Elkington, Corey Pavin, David Edwards, Mark Calcavecchia, Chip Beck, Jay Haas, Jim McGovern, Rick Fehr, Craig Stadler, Billy Mayfair, Nolan Henke, Bob Estes, Tom Lehman, Howard Twitty, Grant Waite, Dan Forsman, Scott Hoch, Joey Sindelar, Fuzzy Zoeller, Billy Andrade, Mark McCumber, Mark O'Meara, Keith Clearwater, John Cook, Tom Watson, Donnie Hammond, Brett Ogle, Mike Standly, Craig Parry, Ben Crenshaw, Dudley Hart, Loren Roberts, Bob Lohr, Brad Faxon, Fred Funk, Bill Glasson, D. A. Weibring, Russ Cochran, Greg Kraft, Blaine McCallister, Andrew Magee, Curtis Strange, Steve Pate, Hale Irwin, Mark Brooks, Dave Rummells, Lanny Wadkins, John Inman, Robert Gamez, Jay Delsing, Greg Twiggs, Michael Allen, Brad Bryant, Ken Green, John Daly, Peter Jacobsen, John Adams, Mike Springer, Richard Zokol, Bruce Fleisher, Dick Mast, Phil Blackmar, Duffy Waldorf, Brian Claar, Jay Don Blake, Tom Sieckmann, Kenny Perry, Mike Hulbert, Kirk Triplett, Steve Lowery, Jeff Sluman, Brian Kamm, Wayne Levi, Dave Barr, Billy Ray Brown, Dillard Pruitt, Ed Dougherty, Ted Schulz, Bruce Lietzke, John Flannery, Roger Maltbie, David Ogrin, Ed Humenik, Joel Edwards, Neal Lancaster, Bob Gilder, Bob Tway, Kelly Gibson, Gary Hallberg, Willie Wood, Lennie Clements, Ian Baker-Finch, Joe Ozaki, Ted Tryba, Doug Tewell, Larry Rinker, Brandel Chamblee, Michael Bradley, David Toms, Marco Dawson, Ronnie Black, Trevor Dodds, Ed Fiori, Gene Sauers
All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months concluding with the Nestle Invitational.
Vijay Singh
Designated players.
Wayne Grady, Tom Purtzer, Jodie Mudd, Tim Simpson
Any foreign player meeting the requirements of designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member.
Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, Seve Ballesteros
Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and NEC World Series of Golf.
Hubert Green, Denis Watson, Calvin Peete, Sandy Lyle, Larry Nelson, Dan Pohl, Mike Reid, John Mahaffey
British Open winners since 1990.
Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections."
Ernie Els, Mark McNulty, Masashi Ozaki, José María Olazábal, Colin Montgomerie, Peter Senior
To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1994 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Nestle Invitational.
Paul Goydos, Hal Sutton, Steve Stricker, Jim Thorpe
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## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 24, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Greg Norman | 63 | −9 |
| T2 | Lee Janzen | 65 | −7 |
| T2 | Tom Kite | 65 | −7 |
| T2 | Jeff Maggert | 65 | −7 |
| T2 | Colin Montgomerie | 65 | −7 |
| 6 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 66 | −6 |
| T7 | Jay Delsing | 67 | −5 |
| T7 | Nick Faldo | 67 | −5 |
| T7 | Dan Forsman | 67 | −5 |
| T7 | Wayne Grady | 67 | −5 |
| T7 | Hale Irwin | 67 | −5 |
| T7 | Hal Sutton | 67 | −5 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 25, 1994 Saturday, March 26, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Greg Norman | 63-67=130 | −14 |
| 2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 66-67=133 | −11 |
| T3 | Davis Love III | 68-66=134 | −10 |
| T3 | Jeff Maggert | 65-69=134 | −10 |
| T5 | Craig Parry | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| T5 | Hal Sutton | 67-68=135 | −9 |
| T7 | Nick Faldo | 67-69=136 | −8 |
| T7 | Brad Faxon | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| T7 | Tom Kite | 65-71=136 | −8 |
| T7 | Mike Springer | 68-68=136 | −8 |
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### Third round

Saturday, March 26, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Greg Norman | 63-67-67=197 | −19 |
| 2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 66-67-68=201 | −15 |
| 3 | Jeff Maggert | 65-69-69=203 | −13 |
| T4 | Nick Faldo | 67-69-68=204 | −12 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | 68-66-70=204 | −12 |
| T6 | Brad Faxon | 68-68-70=206 | −10 |
| T6 | Gary Hallberg | 68-69-69=206 | −10 |
| T6 | Tom Kite | 65-71-70=206 | −10 |
| 9 | Hale Irwin | 67-70-70=207 | −9 |
| T10 | Craig Parry | 69-66-73=208 | −8 |
| T10 | Mike Springer | 68-68-72=208 | −8 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 27, 1994
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Greg Norman | 63-67-67-67=264 | −24 | 450,000 |
| 2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 66-67-68-67=268 | −20 | 270,000 |
| 3 | Jeff Maggert | 65-69-69-68=271 | −17 | 170,000 |
| 4 | Hale Irwin | 67-70-70-69=276 | −12 | 120,000 |
| 5 | Nick Faldo | 67-69-68-73=277 | −11 | 100,000 |
| T6 | Brad Faxon | 68-68-70-72=278 | −10 | 83,750 |
| T6 | Davis Love III (c) | 68-66-70-74=278 | −10 | 83,750 |
| T6 | Steve Lowery | 68-74-69-67=278 | −10 | 83,750 |
| T9 | Gary Hallberg | 68-69-69-73=279 | −9 | 65,000 |
| T9 | Nolan Henke | 73-69-69-68=279 | −9 | 65,000 |
| T9 | Tom Kite (c) | 65-71-70-73=279 | −9 | 65,000 |
| T9 | Colin Montgomerie | 65-73-71-70=279 | −9 | 65,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 13 | Mike Springer | 68-68-72-72=280 | −8 | 52,500 |
| T14 | Dave Barr | 68-69-72-72=281 | −7 | 42,500 |
| T14 | José María Olazábal | 69-69-73-70=281 | −7 | 42,500 |
| T14 | Craig Parry | 69-66-73-73=281 | −7 | 42,500 |
| T14 | Loren Roberts | 68-71-71-71=281 | −7 | 42,500 |
| T14 | Tom Watson | 71-72-71-67=281 | −7 | 42,500 |
| T19 | Ben Crenshaw | 72-72-68-70=282 | −6 | 31,375 |
| T19 | Dillard Pruitt | 70-71-68-73=282 | −6 | 31,375 |
| T19 | Mike Standly | 72-71-68-71=282 | −6 | 31,375 |
| T19 | Hal Sutton (c) | 67-68-74-73=282 | −6 | 31,375 |
| T23 | Mark Calcavecchia | 70-72-69-72=283 | −5 | 23,000 |
| T23 | John Cook | 70-71-72-70=283 | −5 | 23,000 |
| T23 | Tim Simpson | 69-71-70-73=283 | −5 | 23,000 |
| T23 | Steve Stricker | 72-70-70-71=283 | −5 | 23,000 |
| T27 | Chip Beck | 73-71-67-73=284 | −4 | 16,640 |
| T27 | Lennie Clements | 68-71-74-71=284 | −4 | 16,640 |
| T27 | Jay Delsing | 67-73-71-73=284 | −4 | 16,640 |
| T27 | Ed Fiori | 70-68-74-72=284 | −4 | 16,640 |
| T27 | Jim Gallagher Jr. | 76-68-70-70=284 | −4 | 16,640 |
| T27 | Bernhard Langer | 74-68-70-72=284 | −4 | 16,640 |
| T27 | Wayne Levi | 72-68-72-72=284 | −4 | 16,640 |
| T27 | John Mahaffey (c) | 71-73-65-75=284 | −4 | 16,640 |
| T35 | Jay Don Blake | 70-73-69-73=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T35 | Bob Estes | 70-71-70-74=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T35 | Bob Gilder | 71-71-70-73=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T35 | Mike Hulbert | 71-71-70-73=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T35 | John Huston | 68-73-72-72=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T35 | Lee Janzen | 65-75-70-75=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T35 | Neal Lancaster | 71-68-72-74=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T35 | Roger Maltbie | 71-69-73-72=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T35 | Joey Sindelar | 70-74-70-71=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T35 | Ted Tryba | 68-73-69-75=285 | −3 | 11,037 |
| T45 | Ernie Els | 69-73-72-72=286 | −2 | 7,150 |
| T45 | Rick Fehr | 70-73-68-75=286 | −2 | 7,150 |
| T45 | Wayne Grady | 67-73-71-75=286 | −2 | 7,150 |
| T45 | Andrew Magee | 72-71-70-73=286 | −2 | 7,150 |
| T45 | Naomichi Ozaki | 71-72-70-73=286 | −2 | 7,150 |
| T45 | Kirk Triplett | 71-72-70-73=286 | −2 | 7,150 |
| T51 | David Edwards | 69-70-72-76=287 | −1 | 5,962 |
| T51 | Steve Elkington (c) | 71-72-75-69=287 | −1 | 5,962 |
| T51 | Gene Sauers | 73-69-75-70=287 | −1 | 5,962 |
| T51 | Grant Waite | 74-68-71-74=287 | −1 | 5,962 |
| T55 | Fulton Allem | 70-71-72-75=288 | E | 5,600 |
| T55 | Brian Claar | 68-76-72-72=288 | E | 5,600 |
| T55 | Keith Clearwater | 70-72-70-76=288 | E | 5,600 |
| T55 | Jay Haas | 75-69-71-73=288 | E | 5,600 |
| T55 | Jim McGovern | 72-72-71-73=288 | E | 5,600 |
| T55 | Larry Nelson | 70-67-76-75=288 | E | 5,600 |
| T55 | Vijay Singh | 71-69-69-79=288 | E | 5,600 |
| T62 | Michael Allen | 74-69-73-73=289 | +1 | 5,250 |
| T62 | Joel Edwards | 68-75-73-73=289 | +1 | 5,250 |
| T62 | Paul Goydos | 72-72-71-74=289 | +1 | 5,250 |
| T62 | Mark McCumber (c) | 73-71-75-70=289 | +1 | 5,250 |
| T62 | Kenny Perry | 69-75-73-72=289 | +1 | 5,250 |
| T62 | Jim Thorpe | 73-69-73-74=289 | +1 | 5,250 |
| T62 | Howard Twitty | 69-75-72-73=289 | +1 | 5,250 |
| T69 | Ian Baker-Finch | 73-69-74-74=290 | +2 | 4,950 |
| T69 | Brandel Chamblee | 70-72-72-76=290 | +2 | 4,950 |
| T69 | Russ Cochran | 70-73-78-69=290 | +2 | 4,950 |
| T69 | Donnie Hammond | 68-73-75-74=290 | +2 | 4,950 |
| T69 | D. A. Weibring | 75-69-70-76=290 | +2 | 4,950 |
| T74 | Brad Bryant | 75-69-75-72=291 | +3 | 4,725 |
| T74 | Sandy Lyle (c) | 71-72-71-77=291 | +3 | 4,725 |
| T74 | Dick Mast | 73-70-74-74=291 | +3 | 4,725 |
| T74 | Tom Sieckmann | 73-68-69-81=291 | +3 | 4,725 |
| T78 | John Adams | 72-70-76-74=292 | +4 | 4,525 |
| T78 | Fred Funk | 73-71-73-75=292 | +4 | 4,525 |
| T78 | Greg Kraft | 72-71-72-77=292 | +4 | 4,525 |
| T78 | Corey Pavin | 69-73-73-77=292 | +4 | 4,525 |
| 82 | Masashi Ozaki | 68-76-75-74=293 | +5 | 4,400 |
| 83 | Dan Forsman | 67-77-73-77=294 | +6 | 4,350 |
| 84 | Robert Gamez | 70-72-81-72=295 | +7 | 4,300 |
| 85 | Denis Watson | 74-69-80-74=297 | +9 | 4,250 |
| CUT | Seve Ballesteros | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Michael Bradley | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ed Dougherty | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Bruce Fleisher | 70-75=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Bill Glasson | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Dudley Hart | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ed Humenik | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Tom Lehman | 68-77=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Blaine McCallister | 70-75=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Larry Mize | 74-71=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ted Schulz | 71-74=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Payne Stewart | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Mark Brooks | 69-77=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Billy Ray Brown | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Scott Hoch | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | John Inman | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Dan Pohl | 76-70=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Dave Rummells | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Peter Senior | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Scott Simpson | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Bob Tway | 69-77=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Duffy Waldorf | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Willie Wood | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Ronnie Black | 75-72=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Trevor Dodds | 78-69=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | John Flannery | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | David Frost | 70-77=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Mark McNulty | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jodie Mudd (c) | 69-78=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Mike Reid | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jeff Sluman | 71-76=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Ian Woosnam | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Billy Andrade | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Kelly Gibson | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Bruce Lietzke | 78-70=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | David Ogrin | 70-78=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Brett Ogle | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Steve Pate | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Nick Price (c) | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Phil Blackmar | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Bob Lohr | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Billy Mayfair | 78-72=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | David Toms | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Marco Dawson | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Ken Green | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Larry Rinker | 71-80=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Doug Tewell | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Lanny Wadkins (c) | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Mark O'Meara | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Curtis Strange | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Peter Jacobsen | 73-80=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Richard Zokol | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | John Daly | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Brian Kamm | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Greg Twiggs | 80-77=157 | +13 | |
| WD | Hubert Green | 76 | +4 | |
| WD | Calvin Peete (c) | 85 | +13 | |
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