1992 U.S. Open (golf)

1992 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 18–21, 1992
LocationPebble Beach, California
Course(s)Pebble Beach Golf Links
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,809 yards (6,226 m)[1]
Field156 players, 66 after cut
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fund$1,500,000
Winner's share$275,000
Champion
United States Tom Kite
285 (−3)
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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.

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

See also: Pebble Beach Golf Links
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

Source:[6][1]

Previous course lengths for major championships

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 United States Gil Morgan 66 -6
2 United States Curtis Strange 67 -5
T3 United States Andy Dillard 68 -4
United States Phil Mickelson
United States Steve Pate
6 United States Tom Lehman 69 -3
T7 United States Paul Azinger 70 -2
United States Jay Don Blake
United States Mark Brooks
United States Mark Calcavecchia
England Nick Faldo
United States Jay Haas
United States Mark McCumber
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
United States Tom Purtzer
United States Willie Wood

Scorecard

First 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

Second round

Friday, June 19, 1992

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Gil Morgan 66-69=135 -9
2 United States Andy Dillard 68-70=138 -6
T3 United States Raymond Floyd 71-69=140 -4
Australia Wayne Grady 74-66=140
T5 Sweden Anders Forsbrand 71-70=141 -3
United States Gary Hallberg 71-70=141
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 70-71=141
T8 United States Fred Couples 72-70=142 -2
United States Dan Forsman 72-70=142
United States Tom Purtzer 70-72=142
United States Duffy Waldorf 72-70=142

Amateurs: Duval (+8), Schutte (+9), Voges (+11), Gogel (+17), Pride (+27).

Scorecard

Second 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

Third round

Saturday, June 20, 1992

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Gil Morgan 66-69-77=212 -4
T2 United States Mark Brooks 70-74-69=213 -3
United States Tom Kite 71-72-70=213
Wales Ian Woosnam 72-72-69=213
T5 England Nick Faldo 70-76-68=214 -2
United States Gary Hallberg 71-70-73=214
United States Joey Sindelar 74-72-68=214
T8 United States Tom Lehman 69-74-72=215 -1
Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 74-72-69=215
United States Scott Simpson 76-71-68=215
United States Craig Stadler 71-72-72=215
United States Payne Stewart 73-70-72=215

Scorecard

Third 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

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 21, 1992

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Tom Kite 71-72-70-72=285 −3 275,000
2 United States Jeff Sluman 73-74-69-71=287 −1 137,500
3 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 70-71-77-70=288 E 84,245
T4 England Nick Faldo 70-76-68-77=291 +3 54,924
Zimbabwe Nick Price 71-72-77-71=291
T6 United States Billy Andrade 72-74-72-74=292 +4 32,316
United States Jay Don Blake 70-74-75-73=292
United States Bob Gilder 73-70-75-74=292
United States Mike Hulbert 74-73-70-75=292
United States Tom Lehman 69-74-72-77=292
United States Joey Sindelar 74-72-68-78=292
Wales 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
United States Kite −4 −4 −4 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3
United States Sluman E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E E E E E E −1
Scotland Montgomerie +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 E E
England Faldo −2 −2 −1 E E E +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3
Zimbabwe Price +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3
United States Andrade +2 +2 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +4 +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4
United States Blake +2 +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 E E +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +2 +4
United States Gilder +3 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4
United States Hulbert E −1 −1 E E E E E +1 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +4
United States Lehman −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E +1 +2 +3 +4 +4 +3 +3 +4 +4
United States Sindelar −1 −2 −2 −1 E E E E +2 +3 +4 +5 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4
Wales Woosnam −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 E +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4
United States Morgan −4 −4 −4 −2 −3 −1 E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5
United States 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

  1. ^ a b "Inside the course: Pebble Beach Golf Links". PGA Tour. June 17, 2010. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "U.S. Open history: 1992". USGA. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  3. ^ Bunch, Ken (June 22, 1992). "Kite beats winds, wins U.S. Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1B.
  4. ^ "Greg Norman OWGR 1992". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Pebble Beach Golf Links - 1992 U.S. Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 18, 1992. p. 1B.
  7. ^ Harig, Bob (May 25, 2017). "Quick 9: With new putter, Spieth hopes to rebound at Colonial". ESPN. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  8. ^ "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

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