1993 Players Championship


The 1993 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the twentieth Players Championship.
Nick Price set a scoring record of 270 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 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.

Field

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 25, 1993
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Nick Price64−8
T1Kirk Triplett64−8
T3Bernhard Langer65−7
T3Joey Sindelar65−7
T5Ronnie Black66−6
T5Joel Edwards66−6
T5Donnie Hammond66−6
T5Greg Norman66−6
T9Russ Cochran67−5
T9Steve Elkington67−5
T9Brad Faxon67−5
T9Rick Fehr67−5
T9Mark O'Meara67−5
T9Doug Tewell67−5
T9Robert Wrenn67−5
T9Fuzzy Zoeller67−5

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Second round

Friday, March 26, 1993
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price64-68=132−12
T2Bernhard Langer65-69=134−10
T2Dave Rummells69-65=134−10
T2Doug Tewell67-67=134−10
5Joel Edwards66-69=135−9
T8Ronnie Black66-70=136−8
T8Brad Fabel68-68=136−8
T8Greg Norman66-70=136−8
T8Joey Sindelar65-71=136−8
T8Jeff Sluman71-65=136−8

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Third round

Saturday, March 27, 1993
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price64-68-71=203−13
T2Bernhard Langer65-69-70=204−12
T2Greg Norman66-70-68=204−12
T2Mark O'Meara67-71-66=204−12
5Paul Azinger68-69-68=205−11
T6Ken Green70-67-69=206−10
T6Payne Stewart70-70-66=206−10
T8Ronnie Black66-70-71=207−9
T8Joel Edwards66-69-72=207−9
T8Jim Gallagher69-69-69=207−9
T8Jay Haas69-70-68=207−9
T8Rocco Mediate68-71-68=207−9

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Final round

Sunday, March 28, 1993