1995 U.S. Open (golf)


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
Norman opened with rounds of 68-67, 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, tied for fifth with four others.
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
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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Television

After an absence of thirty years, NBC Sports returned as the broadcaster of the U.S. Open in the The event was previously carried by ABC Sports for 29 years, from 1966 NBC carried the championship from 1954 through 1965, then from 1995 through 2014.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 15, 1995
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price66−4
2Scott Simpson67−3
T3Phil Mickelson68−2
T3Greg Norman68−2
T5Bill Glasson69−1
T5Steve Lowery69−1
T5Jeff Maggert69−1
T5Masashi Ozaki69−1
T5Bob Tway69−1
T5Fuzzy Zoeller69−1

Second round

Friday, June 16, 1995
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman68-67=135−5
2Masashi Ozaki69-68=137−3
T3Phil Mickelson68-70=138−2
T3Bob Tway69-69=138−2
T5Bill Glasson69-70=139−1
T5Nick Price66-73=139−1
T7Curt Byrum70-70=140E
T7Nick Faldo72-68=140E
T7Davis Love III72-68=140E
T7Mark Roe71-69=140E

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Third round

Saturday, June 17, 1995
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Tom Lehman70-72-67=209−1
T1Greg Norman68-67-74=209−1
T3Phil Mickelson68-70-72=210E
T3Bob Tway69-69-72=210E
T5Corey Pavin72-69-71=212+2
T5Nick Price66-73-73=212+2
T5Steve Stricker71-70-71=212+2
T5Scott Verplank72-69-71=212+2
T5Ian Woosnam72-71-69=212+2
T10Davis Love III72-68-73=213+3
T10Vijay Singh70-71-72=213+3

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Final round

Sunday, June 18, 1995
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Corey Pavin72-69-71-68=280E350,000
2Greg Norman68-67-74-73=282+2207,000
3Tom Lehman70-72-67-74=283+3131,974
T4Bill Glasson69-70-76-69=284+466,633
T4Jay Haas70-73-72-69=284+466,633
T4Neal Lancaster70-72-77-65=284+466,633
T4Davis Love III72-68-73-71=284+466,633
T4Jeff Maggert69-72-77-66=284+466,633
T4Phil Mickelson68-70-72-74=284+466,633
T10Frank Nobilo72-72-70-71=285+544,184
T10Vijay Singh70-71-72-72=285+544,184
T10Bob Tway69-69-72-75=285+544,184

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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