1992 PGA Championship

The 1992 PGA Championship was the 74th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. Nick Price won the first of his three major championships, three strokes ahead of runners-up John Cook, Nick Faldo, Jim Gallagher Jr., and Gene Sauers.[2][3]

1992 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 13–16, 1992
LocationTown and Country, Missouri
Course(s)Bellerive Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,148 yards (6,536 m)[1]
Field156 players, 85 after cut
Cut148 (+6)
Prize fund$1.6 million
Winner's share$280,000
Champion
Nick Price
278 (−6)
Bellerive CC
Location in the United States
Bellerive CC 
Location in Missouri

This was the second major championship at Bellerive, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1965.[4] The PGA Championship returned to the venue in 2018.

Course layout
Main article: Bellerive Country Club
HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
14344104854
24374113734
31653124044
45565131793
54534144114
61953154564
73814162223
85815175365
94264184544
Out3,62836In3,52035
Source:[1]Total7,14871

Length of the course for its previous major championship:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 13, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Gene Sauers United States67−4
Craig Stadler United States
T3Jay Don Blake United States68−3
Brian Claar United States
Nick Faldo England
T6Russ Cochran United States69−2
Fred Couples United States
Bob Estes United States
Raymond Floyd United States
Robert Gamez United States
Frank Nobilo New Zealand

Second round

Friday, August 14, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gene Sauers United States67-69=136−6
T2Russ Cochran United States69-69=138−4
Jim Gallagher Jr. United States72-66=138
Nick Faldo England68-70=138
T5Steven Richardson England73-66=139−3
Craig Stadler United States67-72=139
T7Rocco Mediate United States72-68=140−2
Gil Morgan United States71-69=140
Larry Nelson United States72-68=140
Nick Price Zimbabwe70-70=140

Third round

Saturday, August 15, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gene Sauers United States67-69-70=206−7
T2Jeff Maggert United States71-72-65=208−5
Nick Price Zimbabwe70-70-68=208
T4Jim Gallagher Jr. United States72-66-72=210−3
John Cook United States72-71-67=210
6Mark Brooks United States71-72-68=211−2
T7Billy Andrade United States72-71-70=213E
Paul Azinger United States72-73-68=213
Raymond Floyd United States69-75-69=213
Dan Forsman United States70-73-70=213
Gil Morgan United States71-69-73=213

Final round

Sunday, August 16, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Nick Price Zimbabwe70-70-68-70=278−6280,000
T2John Cook United States71-72-67-71=281−3101,250
Nick Faldo England68-70-76-67=281
Jim Gallagher Jr. United States72-66-72-71=281
Gene Sauers United States67-69-70-75=281
6Jeff Maggert United States71-72-65-74=282−260,000
T7Russ Cochran United States69-69-76-69=283−152,500
Dan Forsman United States70-73-70-70=283
T9Brian Claar United States68-73-73-70=284E40,000
Anders Forsbrand Sweden73-71-70-70=284
Duffy Waldorf United States74-73-68-69=284

References
  1. "1992 PGA Championship: map and card". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. August 12, 1992. p. 3B.
  2. "Introducing another Nick". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. August 17, 1992. p. 17.
  3. Garrity, John (August 25, 1992). "The Price Is Right". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  4. Bunch, Ken (August 12, 1992). "At 7,148 yards, Bellerive will test PGA field". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1B.
Preceded by
1992 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1993 Masters

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