1995 Open Championship
| Dates | 20–23 July 1995 |
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| Location | St Andrews, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Old Course at St Andrews |
| Tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,933 yards (6,340 m) |
| Field | 159 players, 103 after cut |
| Cut | 148 (+4) |
| Prize fund |
£1,250,000 €1,876,980 $2,000,000 |
| Winner's share | £125,000 €175,000 $199,375 |
 John Daly
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| 282 (−6), playoff | |
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The 1995 Open Championship was the 124th Open Championship held 20–23 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. John Daly won his first Open Championship and second major title in a four-hole playoff over Costantino Rocca.
The Old Course at St Andrews
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):
Thursday, 20 July 1995
Friday, 21 July 1995
Amateurs: Sherry (−3), Webster (−2), Woods (+1), Clark (+3), Gallacher (+7).
Saturday, 22 July 1995
Sunday, 23 July 1995
Amateurs: Webster (+1), Sherry (+3), Woods (+7), Clark (+13).
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As the final group, consisting of Rocca and 54-hole leader Michael Campbell, approached the last hole, Daly had completed his round and was in at −6, a shot clear of Rocca and two ahead of Campbell. Both golfers had a chance to tie Daly and force a playoff, with Rocca needing birdie and Campbell eagle to do so.
Rocca hit a shorter shot than Campbell, who nearly reached the green on his first shot, and played his second first. However, he misplayed the chip shot and only hit the ball a few yards, leaving him with an extremely long putt from an area of the hole referred to as the "Valley of Sin". Campbell failed to hole out on his second shot, thus leaving Rocca as the only one who could prevent the outright win for Daly.
As Daly and his wife Paulette watched on a monitor, believing that Rocca's mistake clinched the victory for him, Rocca lined up to attempt his putt for a tournament-tying birdie. Needing to make a sixty-five foot uphill putt with a sharp break to stay alive, Rocca managed to redeem himself for his error on the second shot as the putt rolled in to tie Daly at −6.
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