# 1993 Players Championship

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. Price bettered the previous record by three strokes, set by Mark McCumber in 1988 and equaled by Davis Love III in 1992. 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).

## Eligibility requirements

The top 125 PGA Tour members from the final 1992 Official Money List.
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.
Brett Ogle, Greg Twiggs, Dave Rummells, Scott Hoch, Joel Edwards
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## 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 |
| T5 | Joel Edwards | 66 | −6 |
| T5 | Donnie Hammond | 66 | −6 |
| T5 | Greg Norman | 66 | −6 |
| T9 | Russ Cochran | 67 | −5 |
| T9 | Steve Elkington | 67 | −5 |
| T9 | Brad Faxon | 67 | −5 |
| T9 | Rick Fehr | 67 | −5 |
| T9 | Mark O'Meara | 67 | −5 |
| T9 | Doug Tewell | 67 | −5 |
| T9 | Robert Wrenn | 67 | −5 |
| T9 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 67 | −5 |
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### 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 |
| T2 | Dave Rummells | 69-65=134 | −10 |
| T2 | Doug Tewell | 67-67=134 | −10 |
| 5 | Joel Edwards | 66-69=135 | −9 |
| T8 | Ronnie Black | 66-70=136 | −8 |
| T8 | Brad Fabel | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| T8 | Greg Norman | 66-70=136 | −8 |
| T8 | Joey Sindelar | 65-71=136 | −8 |
| T8 | Jeff Sluman | 71-65=136 | −8 |
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### 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 |
| T2 | Greg Norman | 66-70-68=204 | −12 |
| T2 | Mark O'Meara | 67-71-66=204 | −12 |
| 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 |
| T8 | Joel Edwards | 66-69-72=207 | −9 |
| T8 | Jim Gallagher | 69-69-69=207 | −9 |
| T8 | Jay Haas | 69-70-68=207 | −9 |
| T8 | Rocco Mediate | 68-71-68=207 | −9 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 28, 1993
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Nick Price | 64-68-71-67=270 | −18 | 450,000 |
| 2 | Bernhard Langer | 65-69-70-71=275 | −13 | 270,000 |
| T3 | Gil Morgan | 68-71-72-65=276 | −12 | 145,000 |
| T3 | Greg Norman | 66-70-68-72=276 | −12 | 145,000 |
| 5 | Mark O'Meara | 67-71-66-73=277 | −11 | 100,000 |
| T6 | Paul Azinger | 68-69-68-73=278 | −10 | 80,937 |
| T6 | Ken Green | 70-67-69-72=278 | −10 | 80,937 |
| T6 | Rocco Mediate | 68-71-68-71=278 | −10 | 80,937 |
| T6 | Naomichi Ozaki | 72-68-68-70=278 | −10 | 80,937 |
| 10 | Tom Watson | 70-72-69-68=279 | −9 | 67,500 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Joel Edwards | 66-69-72-73=280 | −8 | 53,000 |
| T11 | Dan Forsman | 71-67-73-69=280 | −8 | 53,000 |
| T11 | Mike Hulbert | 71-67-72-70=280 | −8 | 53,000 |
| T11 | Tom Lehman | 69-73-69-69=280 | −8 | 53,000 |
| T11 | Payne Stewart | 70-70-66-74=280 | −8 | 53,000 |
| T16 | Steve Elkington (c) | 67-70-71-73=281 | −7 | 38,750 |
| T16 | Corey Pavin | 69-72-67-73=281 | −7 | 38,750 |
| T16 | Dave Rummells | 69-65-74-73=281 | −7 | 38,750 |
| T16 | Joey Sindelar | 65-71-73-72=281 | −7 | 38,750 |
| T20 | Fulton Allem | 70-72-73-67=282 | −6 | 26,071 |
| T20 | Billy Andrade | 71-70-73-68=282 | −6 | 26,071 |
| T20 | Bob Estes | 70-68-72-72=282 | −6 | 26,071 |
| T20 | Jay Haas | 69-70-68-75=282 | −6 | 26,071 |
| T20 | Andrew Magee | 70-71-71-70=282 | −6 | 26,071 |
| T20 | Mark McCumber (c) | 68-70-70-74=282 | −6 | 26,071 |
| T20 | Doug Tewell | 67-67-74-74=282 | −6 | 26,071 |
| 27 | Russ Cochran | 67-72-71-73=283 | −5 | 19,250 |
| T28 | Ronnie Black | 66-70-71-77=284 | −4 | 16,625 |
| T28 | Brian Claar | 72-69-74-69=284 | −4 | 16,625 |
| T28 | Bruce Lietzke | 69-69-72-74=284 | −4 | 16,625 |
| T28 | Bob Lohr | 71-71-70-72=284 | −4 | 16,625 |
| T28 | Vijay Singh | 69-71-72-72=284 | −4 | 16,625 |
| T28 | Howard Twitty | 71-70-71-72=284 | −4 | 16,625 |
| T34 | Donnie Hammond | 66-73-73-73=285 | −3 | 12,900 |
| T34 | Lee Janzen | 70-71-71-73=285 | −3 | 12,900 |
| T34 | Ted Schulz | 71-70-73-71=285 | −3 | 12,900 |
| T34 | Robert Wrenn | 67-73-73-72=285 | −3 | 12,900 |
| T34 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 67-75-74-69=285 | −3 | 12,900 |
| T39 | Ian Baker-Finch | 71-71-71-73=286 | −2 | 9,750 |
| T39 | Fred Couples (c) | 68-69-75-74=286 | −2 | 9,750 |
| T39 | Fred Funk | 68-73-73-72=286 | −2 | 9,750 |
| T39 | Jim Gallagher Jr. | 69-69-69-79=286 | −2 | 9,750 |
| T39 | Mike Smith | 70-69-74-73=286 | −2 | 9,750 |
| T39 | Kirk Triplett | 64-78-75-69=286 | −2 | 9,750 |
| T39 | Ian Woosnam | 71-70-69-76=286 | −2 | 9,750 |
| T46 | Marco Dawson | 68-73-75-71=287 | −1 | 6,800 |
| T46 | David Edwards | 69-70-71-77=287 | −1 | 6,800 |
| T46 | Bruce Fleisher | 74-67-72-74=287 | −1 | 6,800 |
| T46 | Gary Hallberg | 71-71-74-71=287 | −1 | 6,800 |
| T46 | Larry Rinker | 70-72-72-73=287 | −1 | 6,800 |
| T46 | Jeff Sluman | 71-65-80-71=287 | −1 | 6,800 |
| T52 | Brad Bryant | 69-70-72-77=288 | E | 5,771 |
| T52 | Rick Fehr | 67-71-74-76=288 | E | 5,771 |
| T52 | Tony Johnstone | 70-71-70-77=288 | E | 5,771 |
| T52 | Billy Mayfair | 73-68-72-75=288 | E | 5,771 |
| T52 | Peter Persons | 73-68-73-74=288 | E | 5,771 |
| T52 | Duffy Waldorf | 72-66-75-75=288 | E | 5,771 |
| T52 | Denis Watson | 72-66-74-76=288 | E | 5,771 |
| 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 |
| T61 | Brett Ogle | 70-72-68-80=290 | +2 | 5,375 |
| T61 | D. A. Weibring | 69-73-72-76=290 | +2 | 5,375 |
| T61 | Mark Wiebe | 71-70-74-75=290 | +2 | 5,375 |
| 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 | |
| CUT | Bill Britton | 73-70=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Keith Clearwater | 73-70=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Jay Delsing | 69-74=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Mike Donald | 71-72=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Ernie Els | 69-74=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Wayne Grady | 71-72=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Scott Gump | 69-74=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Scott Hoch | 72-71=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Hale Irwin | 70-73=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Roger Maltbie | 72-71=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Blaine McCallister | 73-70=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Jim McGovern | 72-71=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Larry Mize | 71-72=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Steve Pate | 71-72=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Scott Simpson | 70-73=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Curtis Strange | 69-74=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | David Toms | 69-74=143 | −1 | |
| CUT | Chip Beck | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Mark Calcavecchia | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | David Frost | 74-70=144 | E | |
| CUT | Buddy Gardner | 75-69=144 | E | |
| CUT | Kelly Gibson | 74-70=144 | E | |
| CUT | Bob Gilder | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | Bill Glasson | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | John Inman | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | Tom Kite (c) | 72-72=144 | E | |
| CUT | Jeff Maggert | 70-74=144 | E | |
| CUT | Jodie Mudd (c) | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Craig Parry | 75-69=144 | E | |
| CUT | Calvin Peete (c) | 73-71=144 | E | |
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Gene Sauers | 71-73=144 | E | |
| CUT | Mike Sullivan | 69-75=144 | E | |
| CUT | Greg Twiggs | 70-74=144 | E | |
| CUT | Dave Barr | 75-70=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Phil Blackmar | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | John Daly | 79-66=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | John Huston | 69-76=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Steve Lamontagne | 72-73=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Don Pooley | 70-75=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler | 73-72=145 | +1 | |
| CUT | Ben Crenshaw | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Anders Forsbrand | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Ed Humenik | 74-72=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Wayne Levi | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | John Mahaffey (c) | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Phil Mickelson | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Larry Nelson | 70-76=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Loren Roberts | 73-73=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Mike Standly | 71-75=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Lance Ten Broeck | 72-74=146 | +2 | |
| CUT | Mark Brooks | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Dan Halldorson | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Jim Hallet | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Neal Lancaster | 76-71=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Mike Springer | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Hal Sutton (c) | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Lanny Wadkins (c) | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Mark Carnevale | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | David Peoples | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Tom Sieckmann | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | John Cook | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | José María Olazábal | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Bob Tway | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Robert Gamez | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | P. H. Horgan III | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jim Woodward | 75-81=156 | +12 | |
| WD | Dan Pohl | 69-70-84=223 | +7 | |
| WD | Ed Fiori | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| WD | Jay Don Blake | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| WD | Richard Zokol | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| WD | Dudley Hart | 76-83=159 | +15 | |
| WD | Masashi Ozaki | 75 | +3 | |
| WD | Hubert Green | 78 | +6 | |
| DQ | Brad Faxon | 67-75-78=220 | +4 | |
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