1996 Players Championship


The 1996 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 23rd Players Championship.
Fred Couples shot a final round 64 to win his second Players, four strokes ahead of runners-up Colin Montgomerie and Tommy Tolles, the 54-hole leader. Couples' previous win was twelve years earlier in 1984.
Defending champion Lee Janzen finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for 46th place.

Venue

This was the fifteenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, and it remained at.

Field

, John Adams, Fulton Allem, Robert Allenby, Billy Andrade, Woody Austin, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Chip Beck, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Guy Boros, Michael Bradley, Mike Brisky, Mark Brooks, Brad Bryant, Patrick Burke, Curt Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Brandel Chamblee, Brian Claar, Lennie Clements, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Marco Dawson, Glen Day, Jay Delsing, Ed Dougherty, David Duval, David Edwards, Joel Edwards, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Rick Fehr, Keith Fergus, Dan Forsman, Robin Freeman, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Jim Gallagher Jr., Robert Gamez, Kelly Gibson, Bill Glasson, Paul Goydos, Wayne Grady, Ken Green, Scott Gump, Jay Haas, Mike Heinen, Nolan Henke, Brian Henninger, Tim Herron, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Brian Kamm, Jerry Kelly, Tom Kite, Neal Lancaster, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, John Mahaffey, Doug Martin, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Scott McCarron, Mark McCumber, Jim McGovern, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Gil Morgan, John Morse, Larry Nelson, Frank Nobilo, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Brett Ogle, David Ogrin, Masashi Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Corey Pavin, Kenny Perry, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Dillard Pruitt, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Lee Rinker, Loren Roberts, Costantino Rocca, Charlie Rymer, Gene Sauers, Tom Scherrer, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Craig Stadler, Mike Standly, Payne Stewart, Dave Stockton Jr., Curtis Strange, Steve Stricker, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Tommy Tolles, David Toms, Sam Torrance, Kirk Triplett, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway, Omar Uresti, Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Watson, Mark Wiebe, John Wilson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 28, 1996
Friday, March 29, 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Justin Leonard65−7
T1Kenny Perry65−7
T3Craig Parry66−6
T3Fuzzy Zoeller66−6
T5Mark Calcavecchia67−5
T5David Frost67−5
T5Hale Irwin67−5
T5Corey Pavin67−5
T5Kirk Triplett67−5
T10Chip Beck68−4
T10John Daly68−4
T10Steve Elkington68−4
T10Robert Gamez68−4
T10Jay Haas68−4
T10Brian Kamm68−4
T10John Morse68−4
T10Frank Nobilo68−4
T10Jeff Sluman68−4
T10Grant Waite68−4
T10Duffy Waldorf68−4

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Second round

Friday, March 29, 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tommy Tolles69-64=133−11
T2Mark Calcavecchia67-68=135−9
T2Justin Leonard65-70=135−9
T4David Duval70-66=136−8
T4Jay Haas68-68=136−8
T4Kenny Perry65-71=136−8
T4Fuzzy Zoeller66-70=136−8
T8Chip Beck68-69=137−7
T8David Frost67-70=137−7
T8Larry Mize70-67=137−7

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Third round

Saturday, March 30, 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tommy Tolles69-64-69=202−14
2David Duval70-66-68=204−12
T3Jay Haas68-68-69=205−11
T3Michael Bradley72-67-66=205−11
T5Fred Couples66-72-68=206−10
T5Ernie Els71-70-65=206−10
T5Fred Funk70-69-67=206−10
T5Scott Gump70-68-68=206−10
T5Colin Montgomerie71-69-66=206−10
T5Kenny Perry65-71-70=206−10
T5Vijay Singh70-68-68=206−10

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Final round

Sunday, March 31, 1996