1992 Open Championship

The 1992 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 121st Open Championship, held from 16–19 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Nick Faldo won his third Open Championship and fifth major title by one stroke over runner-up John Cook.[2] It was Faldo's second win at Muirfield, where he won his first Claret Jug in 1987.[3] Daren Lee of England was the only amateur to make the cut; he earned the silver medal as low amateur and finished in a tie for 68th place.

1992 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates16–19 July 1992
LocationGullane, Scotland
Course(s)Muirfield
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,970 yards (6,373 m)[1]
Field156 players, 75 after cut[1]
Cut143 (+1)[1]
Prize fund£1,000,000
€1,336,650
$1,900,000
Winner's share£95,000
€133,000
$154,000
Champion
Nick Faldo
272 (−12)
Muirfield
Location in Scotland
Muirfield
Location in East Lothian, Scotland

Course
Main article: Muirfield
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4473513791805594691854445043,5184753853811594494171885504483,4526,970
Par444354345364443443543571

Source:[4]

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[1]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Nick Faldo England1987, 199066646973272−121
Sandy Lyle Scotland198568707072280−4T12
Greg Norman Australia198671727068281−318
Ian Baker-Finch Australia199171717268282−2T19
Mark Calcavecchia United States198969717372285+1T28
Lee Trevino United States1971, 197269717374287+3T39

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Seve Ballesteros Spain1979, 1984, 19887075145+3
Tom Weiskopf United States19737471145+3
Gary Player South Africa1959, 1968, 19747175146+4
Jack Nicklaus United States1966, 1970, 19787573148+6
Tom Watson United States1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983		7375148+6

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Raymond Floyd United States64−7
Steve Pate United States
T3Gordon Brand Jnr Scotland65−6
Ian Woosnam Wales
T5John Cook United States66−5
Ernie Els South Africa
Nick Faldo England
Lee Janzen United States
T9Per-Ulrik Johansson Sweden67−4
Andrew Magee United States
Rocco Mediate United States
Craig Parry Australia
Costantino Rocca Italy
Orrin Vincent III United States

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Faldo England66-64=130−12
T2Gordon Brand Jnr Scotland65-68=133−9
John Cook United States66-67=133
4Steve Pate United States64-70=134−8
T5Ernie Els South Africa66-69=135−7
Raymond Floyd United States64-71=135
Donnie Hammond United States70-65=135
T8José María Olazábal Spain70-67=137−5
Tom Purtzer United States68-69=137
Larry Rinker United States69-68=137

Amateurs: Lee (-2), Pullan (+3), Voges (+8), Welch (+8), Wolstenholme (+11).

Third round

Saturday, 18 July 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Faldo England66-64-69=199−14
T2Steve Pate United States64-70-69=203−10
John Cook United States66-67-70=203
T4Donnie Hammond United States70-65-70=205−8
Ernie Els South Africa66-69-70=205
Gordon Brand Jnr Scotland65-68-72=205
T7Chip Beck United States71-68-67=206−7
José María Olazábal Spain70-67-69=206
9Larry Rinker United States69-68-70=207−6
T10Malcolm MacKenzie England71-67-70=208−5
Robert Karlsson Sweden70-68-70=208
Sandy Lyle Scotland68-70-70=208
Ian Woosnam Wales65-73-70=208
Raymond Floyd United States64-71-73=208

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Nick Faldo England66-64-69-73=272−1295,000
2John Cook United States66-67-70-70=273−1175,000
3José María Olazábal Spain70-67-69-68=274−1064,000
4Steve Pate United States64-70-69-73=276−853,000
T5Andrew Magee United States67-72-70-70=279−530,071
Robert Karlsson Sweden70-68-70-71=279
Malcolm MacKenzie England71-67-70-71=279
Ian Woosnam Wales65-73-70-71=279
Ernie Els South Africa66-69-70-74=279
Donnie Hammond United States70-65-70-74=279
Gordon Brand Jnr Scotland65-68-72-74=279

Source:[5]

Amateurs: Lee (+9)

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444354345444344354
Faldo−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−12−12−11−10−11−11−12−12
Cook−9−9−10−10−12−12−11−11−9−9−9−10−10−10−11−12−12−11
Olazábal−6−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−10
Pate−10−9−10−9−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−10−9−8−8−9−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]

References
  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 40, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. Shapiro, Leonard (20 July 1992). "Faldo reigns at British". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. (Washington Post). p. C1.
  3. Garrity, John (27 July 1992). "Nick of time". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  4. "Muirfield Golf Links: map and scorecard". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. 16 July 1992. p. 35.
  5. "1992 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  6. "British Open leader cards". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. 20 July 1992. p. 4B.
Preceded by
1992 U.S. Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1992 PGA Championship

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