1992 U.S. Open (golf)

1992 U.S. Open

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)
«1991 1993»

Pebble Beach Golf Links

Location in the United States

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, 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]

Course layout

Source:^[4][1]

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 to date to be played at a par-72 course. Since then, it has most often been played to a par of 70, and occasionally 71. When Pebble Beach hosted the tournament in 2000 and 2010, par was 71.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Curtis Strange	United States	1988, 1989	67	78	76	74	295	+7	T23
Raymond Floyd	United States	1986	71	69	76	81	297	+9	T44
Hale Irwin	United States	1974, 1979, 1990	73	70	78	77	298	+10	T51
Payne Stewart	United States	1991	73	70	72	83	298	+10	T51
Scott Simpson	United States	1987	76	71	68	88	303	+15	T64

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Tom Watson	United States	1982	75	73	148	+4
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962, 1967, 1972, 1980	77	74	151	+7
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1984	73	79	152	+8
Andy North	United States	1978, 1985	77	76	153	+9
Larry Nelson	United States	1983	77	76	153	+9

Source:^[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 18, 1992

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

Second round

Friday, June 19, 1992

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

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

Third round

Saturday, June 20, 1992

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

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 21, 1992

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tom Kite	United States	71-72-70-72=285	–3	275,000
2	Jeff Sluman	United States	73-74-69-71=287	–1	137,500
3	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	70-71-77-70=288	E	84,245
T4	Nick Faldo	England	70-76-68-77=291	+3	54,924
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	71-72-77-71=291
T6	Billy Andrade	United States	72-74-72-74=292	+4	32,316
	Jay Don Blake	United States	70-74-75-73=292
	Bob Gilder	United States	73-70-75-74=292
	Mike Hulbert	United States	74-73-70-75=292
	Tom Lehman	United States	69-74-72-77=292
	Joey Sindelar	United States	74-72-68-78=292
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	72-72-69-79=292

References

External links

• 1992 U.S. Open
• USGA Championship Database

Coordinates: 36°34′05″N 121°57′00″W / 36.568°N 121.950°W / 36.568; -121.950