1995 British Open: Daly Affirmation
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 |