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The 1995 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 29. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Lee Janzen and Greg Norman won the most tournaments, three, and there were seven first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1995 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score 1st prize ($)
Jan 8 Mercedes Championships California Australia Steve Elkington (5) 278 (–10) 180,000
Jan 15 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii United States John Morse (1) 269 (–19) 216,000
Jan 22 Northern Telecom Open Arizona United States Phil Mickelson (5) 269 (–19) 225,000
Jan 29 Phoenix Open Arizona Fiji Vijay Singh (2) 269 (–15) 234,000
Feb 5 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California United States Peter Jacobsen (5) 271 (–17) 252,000
Feb 12 Buick Invitational of California California United States Peter Jacobsen (6) 269 (–19) 216,000
Feb 19 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California United States Kenny Perry (3) 335 (–25) 216,000
Feb 26 Nissan Open California United States Corey Pavin (12) 268 (–16) 216,000
Mar 5 Doral-Ryder Open Florida England Nick Faldo (7) 273 (–15) 270,000
Mar 12 Honda Classic Florida United States Mark O'Meara (9) 275 (–9) 216,000
Mar 19 Nestle Invitational Florida United States Loren Roberts (2) 272 (–16) 216,000
Mar 26 The Players Championship Florida United States Lee Janzen (5) 283 (–5) 540,000
Apr 2 Freeport-McMoRan Classic Louisiana United States Davis Love III (9) 274 (–14) 216,000
Apr 9 Masters Tournament Georgia United States Ben Crenshaw (19) 274 (–14) 396,000
Apr 16 MCI Classic South Carolina United States Bob Tway (7) 275 (–9) 234,000
Apr 23 KMart Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina United States Jim Gallagher, Jr. (4) 274 (–14) 270,000
Apr 30 Shell Houston Open Texas United States Payne Stewart (9) 276 (–12) 252,000
May 7 BellSouth Classic Georgia United States Mark Calcavecchia (8) 271 (–17) 234,000
May 14 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas South Africa Ernie Els (2) 263 (–17) 234,000
May 21 Buick Classic New York Fiji Vijay Singh (3) 278 (–6) 216,000
May 28 Colonial National Invitation Texas United States Tom Lehman (2) 271 (–9) 252,000
Jun 4 Memorial Tournament Ohio Australia Greg Norman (15) 269 (–19) 306,000
Jun 11 Kemper Open Maryland United States Lee Janzen (6) 272 (–12) 252,000
Jun 18 U.S. Open New York United States Corey Pavin (13) 280 (E) 350,000
Jun 25 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut Australia Greg Norman (16) 267 (–13) 216,000
Jul 2 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee United States Jim Gallagher, Jr. (5) 267 (–17) 225,000
Jul 9 Motorola Western Open Illinois United States Billy Mayfair (2) 279 (–9) 360,000
Jul 16 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic Virginia United States Ted Tryba (1) 272 (–12) 198,000
Jul 23 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Mississippi United States Ed Dougherty (1) 272 (–16) 126,000
Jul 23 British Open Scotland United States John Daly (4) 282 (–6) 199,375
Jul 30 Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley Massachusetts United States Fred Funk (2) 268 (–16) 180,000
Aug 6 Buick Open Michigan United States Woody Austin (1) 270 (–18) 216,000
Aug 13 PGA Championship California Australia Steve Elkington (6) 267 (–17) 360,000
Aug 20 Sprint International Colorado United States Lee Janzen (7) 34 (Stableford) 270,000
Aug 27 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio Australia Greg Norman (17) 278 (–2) 360,000
Sep 3 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin United States Scott Hoch (6) 269 (–15) 180,000
Sep 10 Bell Canadian Open Canada United States Mark O'Meara (10) 274 (–14) 234,000
Sep 17 B.C. Open New York United States Hal Sutton (8) 269 (–15) 180,000
Sep 24 Quad City Classic Illinois United States D. A. Weibring (4) 197 (–13) 180,000
Oct 1 Buick Challenge Georgia United States Fred Funk (3) 272 (–16) 180,000
Oct 8 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic Florida United States Brad Bryant (1) 198 (–18) 216,000
Oct 15 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada United States Jim Furyk (1) 331 (–28) 270,000
Oct 22 LaCantera Texas Open Texas United States Duffy Waldorf (1) 268 (–20) 198,000
Oct 29 The Tour Championship Oklahoma United States Billy Mayfair (3) 280 (E) 540,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank Player Country Average
1 Greg Norman  Australia 69.06
2 Steve Elkington  Australia 69.59
3 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 69.81
4 Ernie Els  South Africa 69.81
5 Tom Lehman  United States 69.85

Full 1995 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Events Wins
1 Greg Norman  Australia 1,654,959 16 3
2 Billy Mayfair  United States 1,543,192 28 2
3 Lee Janzen  United States 1,378,966 28 3
4 Corey Pavin  United States 1,340,079 22 2
5 Steve Elkington  Australia 1,254,352 21 2

Full 1995 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Wins
1 Greg Norman  Australia 9,592,829 17
2 Tom Kite  United States 9,337,998 19
3 Payne Stewart  United States 7,389,479 9
4 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 7,338,119 15
5 Fred Couples  United States 7,188,408 11

Full 1995 Career Official Money List

Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) Greg Norman  Australia
PGA Player of the Year Greg Norman  Australia
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Greg Norman  Australia
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy) Steve Elkington  Australia
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award) Greg Norman  Australia
Rookie of the Year Woody Austin  United States
Comeback Player of the Year Bob Tway  United States