1995 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winner and Scores
The 1995 U.S. Open was the 95th edition of the tournament. The champ earned his only major championship victory here, helped in part by a 4-wood approach shot that stopped feet from the cup on the final hole.
Winner: Corey Pavin, 280
Where it was played: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York
Tournament dates: June 15-18, 1995
Leader after first round: Nick Price, 66
Leader after second round: Greg Norman, 135
Leader after third round: Tom Lehman and Greg Norman, 209
What Happened at the 1995 U.S. Open
Corey Pavin won his only major championship trophy here, capping off his victory with a precise 4-wood approach onto the final green that is remembered as one of the great, clutch long approaches in majors. The shot would be even more famous had Pavin then made the birdie putt. He didn't, but he made par on the closing hole to put himself in position for the victory.Greg Norman was the halfway leader, and was six strokes in front of Pavin after 36 holes. But Norman shot 74 in the third round. He still led after 54 holes, tied with Tom Lehman, three strokes ahead of Pavin. But Pavin wound up beating runner-up Norman by two on the strength of a 68. Norman shot 73. Lehman closed with 74 and was third.
Norman and Lehman were still tied for the lead after nine holes of the final round, but Lehman bogeyed Nos. 10 and 11 and double-bogeyed the 16th; Norman bogeyed the 12th and 13th holes, birdied the 15th but bogeyed No. 17. Pavin, meanwhile, made birdies on Nos. 9, 12 and 15, with no bogeys on his back nine. The birdie at the 15th put Pavin in the lead.
Phil Mickelson, tied for third place at the start of the final round, shot 74 and dropped to fourth place. One of the golfers tied with Mickelson in fourth was Neal Lancaster. On the back nine of his final round, Lancaster shot a tournament-record 29, becoming the first golfer in U.S. Open history to break 30 over the front nine or back nine.
Tiger Woods, age 19 and the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, played in his first U.S. Open here. Woods shot 74 in the first round, but had to withdraw with a wrist injury during Round 2.
1995 U.S. Open Final Scores
| Corey Pavin | 72-69-71-68—280 |
| Greg Norman | 68-67-74-73—282 |
| Tom Lehman | 70-72-67-74—283 |
| Bill Glasson | 69-70-76-69—284 |
| 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 |
| Frank Nobilo | 72-72-70-71—285 |
| Vijay Singh | 70-71-72-72—285 |
| Bob Tway | 69-69-72-75—285 |
| Brad Bryant | 71-75-70-70—286 |
| Lee Janzen | 70-72-72-72—286 |
| Mark McCumber | 70-71-77-68—286 |
| Nick Price | 66-73-73-74—286 |
| Mark Roe | 71-69-74-72—286 |
| Jeff Sluman | 72-69-74-71—286 |
| Steve Stricker | 71-70-71-74—286 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 72-70-75-69—286 |
| Billy Andrade | 72-69-74-72—287 |
| Pete Jordan | 74-71-71-71—287 |
| Brett Ogle | 71-75-72-69—287 |
| Payne Stewart | 74-71-73-69—287 |
| Scott Verplank | 72-69-71-75—287 |
| Ian Woosnam | 72-71-69-75—287 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 69-74-76-68—287 |
| David Duval | 70-73-73-72—288 |
| Gary Hallberg | 70-76-69-73—288 |
| Mike Hulbert | 74-72-72-70—288 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 72-72-75-69—288 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 71-74-75-68—288 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 73-70-72-73—288 |
| Jumbo Ozaki | 69-68-80-71—288 |
| Scott Simpson | 67-75-74-72—288 |
| Guy Boros | 73-71-74-71—289 |
| Curt Byrum | 70-70-76-73—289 |
| Steve Elkington | 72-73-73-71—289 |
| Raymond Floyd | 74-72-76-67—289 |
| Bernhard Langer | 74-67-74-74—289 |
| Bill Porter | 73-70-79-67—289 |
| Curtis Strange | 70-72-76-71—289 |
| Hal Sutton | 71-74-76-68—289 |
| Barry Lane | 74-72-71-73—290 |
| John Daly | 71-75-74-71—291 |
| Nick Faldo | 72-68-79-72—291 |
| Bradley Hughes | 72-71-75-73—291 |
| Jim McGovern | 73-69-81-68—291 |
| Christian Pena | 74-71-76-70—291 |
| Omar Uresti | 71-74-75-71—291 |
| Bob Burns | 73-72-75-72—292 |
| Matt Gogel | 73-70-73-76—292 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 72-72-74-74—292 |
| Eduardo Romero | 73-71-75-73—292 |
| Ted Tryba | 71-75-73-73—292 |
| Greg Bruckner | 70-72-73-78—293 |
| Brad Faxon | 71-73-77-72—293 |
| Scott Hoch | 74-72-70-77—293 |
| Steve Lowery | 69-72-75-77—293 |
| Chris Perry | 70-74-75-74—293 |
| Tom Watson | 70-73-77-73—293 |
| John Cook | 70-75-76-73—294 |
| David Edwards | 72-74-72-76—294 |
| Jim Gallagher Jr. | 71-75-77-71—294 |
| Paul Goydos | 73-73-70-78—294 |
| Brandt Jobe | 71-72-76-75—294 |
| Tommy Armour III | 77-69-74-75—295 |
| Mike Brisky | 71-72-77-75—295 |
| Tom Kite | 70-72-82-71—295 |
| John Connelly | 75-71-74-76—296 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 72-71-79-75—297 |
| John Maginnes | 75-71-74-77—297 |
| Joey Gullion | 70-74-81-76—301 |
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