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]

1995 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 15–18, 1995
LocationShinnecock Hills, New York
Course(s)Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,944 yards (6,350 m)[1]
Field156 players, 73 after cut
Cut146 (+6)
Prize fund$2.0 million
Winner's share$350,000
Champion
United States Corey Pavin
280 (E)
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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

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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:

Television

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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

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First round

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Thursday, June 15, 1995

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

Source:[14]

Second round

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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
  Bob Tway 69-69=138
T5   Bill Glasson 69-70=139 −1
  Nick Price 66-73=139
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

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Saturday, June 17, 1995

Place Player Score To par
T1   Tom Lehman 70-72-67=209 −1
  Greg Norman 68-67-74=209
T3   Phil Mickelson 68-70-72=210 E
  Bob Tway 69-69-72=210
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
  Vijay Singh 70-71-72=213

Source:[9]

Final round

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "1995 U.S. Open: course map". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 15, 1995. p. 2D.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Green, Bob (June 19, 1995). "Pavin Sheds Major Frustration". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  4. ^ a b Bonk, Thomas (June 19, 1995). "Pavin pockets Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.
  5. ^ a b "Major breakthrough". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 19, 1995. p. D1.
  6. ^ Hackenberg, Dave (June 19, 1995). "Shot, trot, end Open plot". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 17.
  7. ^ a b Sirak, Ron (June 17, 1995). "Norman zooms into lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
  8. ^ a b Dorman, Larry (June 17, 1995). "Shark circles in Open waters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (New York Times). p. 1D.
  9. ^ a b Bonk, Thomas (June 18, 1995). "It's a wide-open Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1F.
  10. ^ "Woods bows out with a wrist injury". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 17, 1995. p. 4D.
  11. ^ Bingham, Walter (June 26, 1995). "Enough Already". Sports Illustrated. p. G22.
  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.
  13. ^ Rosaforte, Tim (June 27, 1994). "See Ya Later". Sports Illustrated. p. 49.
  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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