John Daly vyhral svoj druhý hlavný šampionát v r The Old Course v St. Andrews, čo dokazuje, že mal vo svojej krátkej hre jemný dotyk na vyjednávanie obrovských greenov a rozbehov historickej odkazy.
Toto British Open bol tiež jedným z významných úspechov: British Open v roku 1995 ako prvý hral Tiger Woods. posledný hraný Arnold Palmer. Woods, ktorý je stále amatérom, sa dostal do cutu, ale skončil dobre dozadu a zastrelil 74-71-72-78--295. Palmerovi chýbal cut s kolami 83 a 75, ale aspoň muž, ktorý oživil tento šampionát na začiatku 60. rokov, dostal rozlúčku v St. Andrews.
Dvaja veteráni, Ben Crenshaw a Tom Watson, otvoril silne pred vyblednutím a delil sa o vedenie v prvom kole s Dalym a Markom McNultym na 67. Daly sa podelil o vedenie v druhom kole s Bradom Faxonom a Katsuyoshi Tomorim, pričom Constantino Rocca zaostával o mŕtvicu. Daly mal v treťom kole 73 a prepadol o štyri údery z tempa, ktoré stanovil Michael Campbell, pričom Rocca bol druhý za Campbellom.
Campbell sa však prebojoval do posledného kola 76 a nechal Dalyho a Rocca bojovať o posledné kolo. Vyzeralo to tak, že Daly má turnaj za sebou, keď Rocca, ktorý potreboval birdie na vyrovnanie, flubboval a nadhoz na poslednej jamke a loptička zostala v obávanom Valley of Sin na ihrisku The Old Course č. 18. Ale Rocca potom pokračoval v tom najnepravdepodobnejšom birdie pate, hore a znova a dole po vlne a cez údolie, asi 65 stôp v hodnote zvlneného puttu.
Rocca a Daly išli do štvorjamkového play-off, kde Daly rýchlo prevzal kontrolu. Roccaove šance boli úplne zničené, keď trafil do siete Cestná diera bunkri na č. 17 a trvalo tri pokusy dostať sa von. A John Daly bol víťazom British Open z roku 1995.
1995 British Open výsledky
Výsledky a peňažné odmeny z British Open 1995, ktoré sa hrali na The Old Course v St. Andrews v St. Andrews, Škótsko (amatér; p-vyhral play-off):
| p-John Daly | 67-71-73-71--282 | $199,375 |
| Costantino Rocca | 69-70-70-73--282 | $159,500 |
| Steven Bottomley | 70-72-72-69--283 | $104,738 |
| Mark Brooks | 70-69-73-71--283 | $104,738 |
| Michael Campbell | 71-71-65-76--283 | $104,738 |
| Vijay Singh | 68-72-73-71--284 | $64,597 |
| Steve Elkington | 72-69-69-74--284 | $64,597 |
| Corey Pavin | 69-70-72-74--285 | $53,166 |
| Mark James | 72-75-68-70--285 | $53,166 |
| Bob Estes | 72-70-71-72--285 | $53,166 |
| Ernie Els | 71-68-72-75--286 | $41,470 |
| Brett Ogle | 73-69-71-73--286 | $41,470 |
| Sam Torrance | 71-70-71-74--286 | $41,470 |
| Payne Stewart | 72-68-75-71--286 | $41,470 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 67-72-76-72--287 | $29,029 |
| Brad Faxon | 71-67-75-74--287 | $29,029 |
| Greg Norman | 71-74-72-70--287 | $29,029 |
| Robert Allenby | 71-74-71-71--287 | $29,029 |
| Per-Ulrik Johansson | 69-78-68-72--287 | $29,029 |
| Peter Mitchell | 73-74-71-70--288 | $21,532 |
| David Duval | 71-75-70-72--288 | $21,532 |
| Andrew Coltart | 70-74-71-73--288 | $21,532 |
| Barry Lane | 72-73-68-75--288 | $21,532 |
| Katsuyoshi Tomori | 70-68-73-78--289 | $16,455 |
| Bill Glasson | 68-74-72-75--289 | $16,455 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 75-71-70-73--289 | $16,455 |
| Bernhard Langer | 72-71-73-73--289 | $16,455 |
| a-Steve Webster | 70-72-74-73--289 | |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 71-72-72-74--289 | $16,455 |
| Lee Janzen | 73-73-71-72--289 | $16,455 |
| Hisayuki Sasaki | 74-71-72-73--290 | $12,954 |
| Darren Clark | 69-77-70-74--290 | $12,954 |
| John Huston | 71-74-72-73--290 | $12,954 |
| David Feherty | 68-75-71-76--290 | $12,954 |
| David Frost | 72-72-74-72--290 | $12,954 |
| Ross Drummond | 74-68-77-71--290 | $12,954 |
| José Maria Olazabal | 72-72-74-72--290 | $12,954 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 71-76-70-73--290 | $12,954 |
| Tom Watson | 67-76-70-77--290 | $12,954 |
| a-Warren Bennett | 72-74-73-72--291 | |
| Gordon Sherry | 70-71-74-76--291 | $11,244 |
| Mark McNulty | 67-76-74-74--291 | $11,244 |
| Nick Price | 70-74-70-77--291 | $11,244 |
| Nick Faldo | 74-67-75-75--291 | $11,244 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 75-69-76-71--291 | $11,244 |
| Phil Mickelson | 70-71-77-73--291 | $11,244 |
| Brian Watts | 72-71-73-75--291 | $11,244 |
| John Cook | 69-70-75-77--291 | $11,244 |
| Ken Green | 71-72-73-76--292 | $10,128 |
| Tommy Nakajima | 73-72-72-75--292 | $10,128 |
| Brian Clarar | 71-75-71-75--292 | $10,128 |
| Anders Forsbrand | 70-74-75-73--292 | $10,128 |
| Mark O'Meara | 72-72-75-73--292 | $10,128 |
| Ian Woosnam | 71-74-76-71--292 | $10,128 |
| Russell Claydon | 70-74-71-78--293 | $9,410 |
| Peter O'Malley | 71-73-74-75--293 | $9,410 |
| Jim Gallagher Jr. | 69-76-75-73--293 | $9,410 |
| Paul Lawrie | 73-71-74-76--294 | $8,732 |
| Martin Gates | 73-73-72-76--294 | $8,732 |
| Eduardo Herrera | 74-72-73-75--294 | $8,732 |
| Raymond Floyd | 72-74-72-76--294 | $8,732 |
| Paul Broadhurst | 73-72-76-73--294 | $8,732 |
| Justin Leonard | 73-67-77-77--294 | $8,732 |
| David Gilford | 69-72-75-78--294 | $8,732 |
| Derrick Cooper | 71-76-74-73--294 | $8,732 |
| Tom Kite | 72-76-71-75--294 | $8,732 |
| Peter senior | 71-75-78-70--294 | $8,732 |
| José Rivero | 70-72-75-78--295 | $7,935 |
| Gary Player | 71-73-77-74--295 | $7,935 |
| Gary Hallberg | 72-74-72-77--295 | $7,935 |
| a-Tiger Woods | 74-71-72-78--295 | |
| Mats Hallberg | 68-76-75-76--295 | $7,935 |
| Peter Baker | 70-74-81-70--295 | $7,935 |
| Frank Nobilo | 70-71-80-74--295 | $7,935 |
| Scott Hoch | 74-72-73-76--295 | $7,935 |
| Jonathan Lomas | 74-73-75-73--295 | $7,935 |
| Olle Karlsson | 71-76-73-75--295 | $7,935 |
| Jeff Maggert | 75-70-78-72--295 | $7,935 |
| Dean Robertson | 71-73-74-78--296 | $7,177 |
| Ricky Kawagishi | 72-76-80-68--296 | $7,177 |
| Jarmo Sandelin | 75-71-77-73--296 | $7,177 |
| Steve Lowery | 69-74-76-77--296 | $7,177 |
| Bob Lohr | 76-68-79-73--296 | $7,177 |
| Jay Haas | 76-72-70-78--296 | $7,177 |
| Patrik Burke | 75-72-78-71--296 | $7,177 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 78-70-77-71--296 | $7,177 |
| Sandy Lyle | 71-71-79-75--296 | $7,177 |
| Eduardo Romero | 74-74-72-77--297 | $6,579 |
| Wayne Riley | 70-72-75-80--297 | $6,579 |
| Mark Davis | 74-71-76-76--297 | $6,579 |
| Jay Delsing | 72-75-73-77--297 | $6,579 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 75-73-76-73--297 | $6,579 |
| Gene Sauers | 69-73-75-80--297 | $6,579 |
| John Hawksworth | 73-74-75-76--298 | $6,380 |
| Bill Longmuir | 72-76-72-78--298 | $6,380 |
| José Coceres | 71-76-78-74--299 | $6,380 |
| Lee Westwood | 71-72-82-74--299 | $6,380 |
| Davis Love III | 70-78-74-78--300 | $6,380 |
| Simon Burnell | 72-76-75-77--300 | $6,380 |
| a-Gary Clarke | 71-76-80-74--301 | |
| Don Pooley | 76-71-80-75--302 | $6,380 |
| Mark Nichols | 75-68-78-81--302 | $6,380 |
| Pedro Linhart | 72-75-77-79--303 | $6,380 |
Návrat do Víťazi British Open index pre ďalšie rekapitulácie turnajov.
