1992 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1992 U.S. Open was the 92nd U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Tom Kite, long considered one of the best players to never win a major, finally broke through with a U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jeff Sluman.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 18–21, 1992 |
| Location | Pebble Beach, California |
| Course(s) | Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,809 yards (6,226 m)[1] |
| Field | 156 players, 66 after cut |
| Cut | 147 (+3) |
| Prize fund | $1,500,000 |
| Winner's share | $275,000 |
| Champion | |
 Tom Kite | |
| 285 (−3) | |
Gil Morgan was the story of the opening two rounds. He took the first-round lead with a 66, then recorded a second-round 69 for the 36-hole lead. After a birdie at the 3rd hole of the third round, Morgan was at 10-under, becoming the first in U.S. Open history to reach double-digits under-par. He got as low as 12-under after a birdie at the 7th, but then collapsed. He made three double-bogeys the rest of the round, but still held the lead by one over Kite, Ian Woosnam, and Mark Brooks. Morgan finally fell out of the lead after a double-bogey at the 6th in the final round. He eventually finished in 13th place, playing his final 29 holes in 17-over par. As Morgan was falling, Kite played steady golf, recording two birdies at 12 and 14 to offset bogeys at 16 and 17. He finished with an even-par 72 and a 3-under total of 285 for a two-stroke win over Jeff Sluman.[2]
Windy conditions combined with lightning-fast greens made scoring conditions in the final round extremely difficult. Morgan shot an 81, Woosnam, one back at the start of the round, shot 79, Brooks, also one back, shot 84, and Nick Faldo, two back at the start, carded a 77. Colin Montgomerie shot 70 for the joint lowest score of the round and jumped over 25 players to finish in 3rd place. The final-round scoring average was 77.3, the third-highest in post-World War II U.S. Open history.[3]
Greg Norman, who was ranked #7 in the world,[4] did not qualify.[5]
Course layout
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 373 | 502 | 398 | 327 | 166 | 516 | 107 | 431 | 464 | 3,284 | 426 | 384 | 202 | 392 | 565 | 397 | 402 | 209 | 548 | 3,525 | 6,809 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Previous course lengths for major championships
- 6,825 yards (6,241 m) - par 72, 1982 U.S. Open
- 6,806 yards (6,223 m) - par 72, 1977 PGA Championship
- 6,812 yards (6,229 m) - par 72, 1972 U.S. Open
This was the last U.S. Open for a quarter-century to be played at a par-72 course. Since then, it has most often been played to a par of 70, and occasionally 71. Pebble Beach played to par 71 at all three of its subsequent U.S. Opens (2000, 2010, and 2019). The next par-72 course to host the U.S. Open, and the only one to date, was Erin Hills in 2017.[7]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 18, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gil Morgan | 66 | -6 |
| 2 | Curtis Strange | 67 | -5 |
| T3 | Andy Dillard | 68 | -4 |
| Phil Mickelson | |||
| Steve Pate | |||
| 6 | Tom Lehman | 69 | -3 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 70 | -2 |
| Jay Don Blake | |||
| Mark Brooks | |||
| Mark Calcavecchia | |||
 Nick Faldo | |||
| Jay Haas | |||
| Mark McCumber | |||
 Colin Montgomerie | |||
| Tom Purtzer | |||
| Willie Wood |
Second round
Friday, June 19, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gil Morgan | 66-69=135 | -9 |
| 2 | Andy Dillard | 68-70=138 | -6 |
| T3 | Raymond Floyd | 71-69=140 | -4 |
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| T5 |  Anders Forsbrand | 71-70=141 | -3 |
| Gary Hallberg | 71-70=141 | ||
| Colin Montgomerie | 70-71=141 | ||
| T8 | Fred Couples | 72-70=142 | -2 |
| Dan Forsman | 72-70=142 | ||
| Tom Purtzer | 70-72=142 | ||
| Duffy Waldorf | 72-70=142 |
Amateurs: Duval (+8), Schutte (+9), Voges (+11), Gogel (+17), Pride (+27).
Third round
Saturday, June 20, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gil Morgan | 66-69-77=212 | -4 |
| T2 | Mark Brooks | 70-74-69=213 | -3 |
| Tom Kite | 71-72-70=213 | ||
 Ian Woosnam | 72-72-69=213 | ||
| T5 | Nick Faldo | 70-76-68=214 | -2 |
| Gary Hallberg | 71-70-73=214 | ||
| Joey Sindelar | 74-72-68=214 | ||
| T8 | Tom Lehman | 69-74-72=215 | -1 |
 Mark McNulty | 74-72-69=215 | ||
| Scott Simpson | 76-71-68=215 | ||
| Craig Stadler | 71-72-72=215 | ||
| Payne Stewart | 73-70-72=215 |
Final leaderboard
Sunday, June 21, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Kite | 71-72-70-72=285 | −3 | 275,000 |
| 2 | Jeff Sluman | 73-74-69-71=287 | −1 | 137,500 |
| 3 | Colin Montgomerie | 70-71-77-70=288 | E | 84,245 |
| T4 | Nick Faldo | 70-76-68-77=291 | +3 | 54,924 |
| Nick Price | 71-72-77-71=291 | |||
| T6 | Billy Andrade | 72-74-72-74=292 | +4 | 32,316 |
| Jay Don Blake | 70-74-75-73=292 | |||
| Bob Gilder | 73-70-75-74=292 | |||
| Mike Hulbert | 74-73-70-75=292 | |||
| Tom Lehman | 69-74-72-77=292 | |||
| Joey Sindelar | 74-72-68-78=292 | |||
| Ian Woosnam | 72-72-69-79=292 |
Scorecard
Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Kite | −4 | −4 | −4 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −3 | −3 |
| Sluman | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | −1 |
| Montgomerie | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | −1 | E | E |
| Faldo | −2 | −2 | −1 | E | E | E | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 |
| Price | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 |
| Andrade | +2 | +2 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 |
| Blake | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | −1 | −1 | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | +1 | +2 | +4 |
| Gilder | +3 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 |
| Hulbert | E | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | E | E | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +4 |
| Lehman | −1 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 |
| Sindelar | −1 | −2 | −2 | −1 | E | E | E | E | +2 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 |
| Woosnam | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | E | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 |
| Morgan | −4 | −4 | −4 | −2 | −3 | −1 | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +5 |
| Brooks | −3 | −4 | −2 | −2 | −1 | E | +1 | +1 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +8 | +9 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[8]
References
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- "U.S. Open history: 1992". USGA. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- Bunch, Ken (June 22, 1992). "Kite beats winds, wins U.S. Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1B.
- "Greg Norman OWGR 1992". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- "Norman Settles for U.S. Open Alternate's Spot : Golf: Tiger Woods, Crenshaw and Miller also fail to make the field during qualifying". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. June 9, 1992. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- "Pebble Beach Golf Links - 1992 U.S. Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 18, 1992. p. 1B.
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