1995 British Open: Daly Affirmation

The 1995 British Open was the 124th time the tournament was played, and it was won by John Daly in a playoff.

Winner: John Daly, 282

Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland

Tournament dates: July 20-23, 1995

Leader after first round: John Daly, Mark McNulty, Ben Crenshaw and Tom Watson, 67

Leader after second round: John Daly, Brad Faxon and Kasuyoshi Tomori, 138

Leader after third round: Michael Campbell, 207

Notable Notes: John Daly shared the lead the first two rounds, but a third-round 72 dropped him four strokes off the lead of Michael Campbell, and two behind second-place Constantino Rocca. In the final round, Campbell shot 76 and fell into a tie for second, while Daly and Rocca wound up tied at 282.

Daly appeared to have won it on the final hole when Rocca, who needed a birdie to tie, badly flubbed a chip shot to the green. But then Rocca improbably rolled in a 65-foot putt through the Valley of Sin, forcing the playoff. In the 4-hole, aggregate-score playoff, Daly was two ahead through two holes when Rocca triple-bogied the third hole.

Something else of note that happened here: Tiger Woods made his first cut in a major championship. Playing as an amateur, he tied for 68th.

Final Scores

p-John Daly 67-71-73-71—282
Costantino Rocca 69-70-70-73—282
Steven Bottomley 70-72-72-69—283
Mark Brooks 70-69-73-71—283
Michael Campbell 71-71-65-76—283
Vijay Singh 68-72-73-71—284
Steve Elkington 72-69-69-74—284
Corey Pavin 69-70-72-74—285
Mark James 72-75-68-70—285
Bob Estes 72-70-71-72—285
Ernie Els 71-68-72-75—286
Brett Ogle 73-69-71-73—286
Sam Torrance 71-70-71-74—286
Payne Stewart 72-68-75-71—286
Ben Crenshaw 67-72-76-72—287
Brad Faxon 71-67-75-74—287
Greg Norman 71-74-72-70—287
Robert Allenby 71-74-71-71—287
Per-Ulrik Johansson 69-78-68-72—287
Peter Mitchell 73-74-71-70—288
David Duval 71-75-70-72—288
Andrew Coltart 70-74-71-73—288
Barry Lane 72-73-68-75—288
Katsuyoshi Tomori 70-68-73-78—289
Bill Glasson 68-74-72-75—289
Jesper Parnevik 75-71-70-73—289
Bernhard Langer 72-71-73-73—289
a-Steve Webster 70-72-74-73—289
Mark Calcavecchia 71-72-72-74—289
Lee Janzen 73-73-71-72—289
Hisayuki Sasaki 74-71-72-73—290
Darren Clark 69-77-70-74—290
John Huston 71-74-72-73—290
David Feherty 68-75-71-76—290
David Frost 72-72-74-72—290
Ross Drummond 74-68-77-71—290
Jose Maria Olazabal 72-72-74-72—290
Peter Jacobsen 71-76-70-73—290
Tom Watson 67-76-70-77—290
a-Warren Bennett 72-74-73-72—291
Gordon Sherry 70-71-74-76—291
Mark McNulty 67-76-74-74—291
Nick Price 70-74-70-77—291
Nick Faldo 74-67-75-75—291
Seve Ballesteros 75-69-76-71—291
Phil Mickelson 70-71-77-73—291
Brian Watts 72-71-73-75—291
John Cook 69-70-75-77—291
Ken Green 71-72-73-76—292
Tommy Nakajima 73-72-72-75—292
Brian Claar 71-75-71-75—292
Anders Forsbrand 70-74-75-73—292
Mark O'Meara 72-72-75-73—292
Ian Woosnam 71-74-76-71—292
Russell Claydon 70-74-71-78—293
Peter O'Malley 71-73-74-75—293
Jim Gallagher Jr. 69-76-75-73—293
Paul Lawrie 73-71-74-76—294
Martin Gates 73-73-72-76—294
Eduardo Herrera 74-72-73-75—294
Raymond Floyd 72-74-72-76—294
Paul Broadhurst 73-72-76-73—294
Justin Leonard 73-67-77-77—294
David Gilford 69-72-75-78—294
Derrick Cooper 71-76-74-73—294
Tom Kite 72-76-71-75—294
Peter Senior 71-75-78-70—294
Jose Rivero 70-72-75-78—295
Gary Player 71-73-77-74—295
Gary Hallberg 72-74-72-77—295
a-Tiger Woods 74-71-72-78—295
Mats Hallberg 68-76-75-76—295
Peter Baker 70-74-81-70—295
Frank Nobilo 70-71-80-74—295
Scott Hoch 74-72-73-76—295
Jonathan Lomas 74-73-75-73—295
Olle Karlsson 71-76-73-75—295
Jeff Maggert 75-70-78-72—295
Dean Robertson 71-73-74-78—296
Ricky Kawagishi 72-76-80-68—296
Jarmo Sandelin 75-71-77-73—296
Steve Lowery 69-74-76-77—296
Bob Lohr 76-68-79-73—296
Jay Haas 76-72-70-78—296
Patrick Burke 75-72-78-71—296
Jack Nicklaus 78-70-77-71—296
Sandy Lyle 71-71-79-75—296
Eduardo Romero 74-74-72-77—297
Wayne Riley 70-72-75-80—297
Mark Davis 74-71-76-76—297
Jay Delsing 72-75-73-77—297
Miguel Angel Jimenez 75-73-76-73—297
Gene Sauers 69-73-75-80—297
John Hawksworth 73-74-75-76—298
Bill Longmuir 72-76-72-78—298
Jose Coceres 71-76-78-74—299
Lee Westwood 71-72-82-74—299
Davis Love III 70-78-74-78—300
Simon Burnell 72-76-75-77—300
a-Gary Clarke 71-76-80-74—301
Don Pooley 76-71-80-75—302
Mark Nichols 75-68-78-81—302
Pedro Linhart 72-75-77-79—303

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