1992 Players Championship

The 1992 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 26–29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. It was the 19th Players Championship and was won by Davis Love III, four strokes ahead of runners-up Ian Baker-Finch, Phil Blackmar, Nick Faldo, and Tom Watson.[2][3][4]

1992 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 26–29, 1992
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,896 yards (6,306 m)[1]
Field144 players, 73 after cut
Cut144 (E)
Prize fund$1.8 million
Winner's share$324,000
Champion
Davis Love III
273 (−15)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

Playing in his seventh consecutive event on tour,[5] top-ranked Fred Couples carded a course record 63 (−9) in the third round,[6] but followed it up with a 74 and finished eight strokes back.[2] He won the Masters two weeks later. Couples held the previous course record (64), set in the second round of his win in 1984.[7][8]

Defending champion Steve Elkington missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes.

Venue
Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the eleventh Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Field

John Adams, Fulton Allem, Billy Andrade, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Bill Britton, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Bart Bryant, Brad Bryant, Mark Calcavecchia, David Canipe, Brian Claar, Bobby Clampett, Keith Clearwater, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Rodger Davis, Jay Delsing, Ed Dougherty, David Edwards, Steve Elkington, Bob Estes, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Rick Fehr, Ed Fiori, Bruce Fleisher, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Gallagher Jr., Robert Gamez, Buddy Gardner, Bob Gilder, Wayne Grady, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Scott Gump, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Jim Hallet, Dudley Hart, Mike Harwood, Nolan Henke, Mike Hulbert, Ed Humenik, John Huston, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Tom Kite, Kenny Knox, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Mark Lye, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Mark McCumber, Mark McNulty, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Larry Nelson, Greg Norman, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, José María Olazábal, Craig Parry, Jerry Pate, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, David Peoples, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Peter Persons, Dan Pohl, Nick Price, Dillard Pruitt, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Dave Rummells, Bill Sander, Gene Sauers, Ted Schulz, Tom Sieckmann, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, Mike Smith, Mike Springer, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Hal Sutton, Lance Ten Broeck, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Chris Tucker, Bob Tway, Howard Twitty, Stan Utley, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, Bob Wolcott, Jim Woodward, Ian Woosnam, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 26, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Billy Ray Brown United States64−8
T2Phil Blackmar United States67−5
Jay Don Blake United States
Mark Brooks United States
Ed Humenik United States
Davis Love III United States
Craig Parry Australia
T8John Daly United States68−4
Nick Faldo England
Bernhard Langer Germany
Tom Purtzer United States
Scott Simpson United States
Tom Watson United States

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, March 27, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1José María Olazábal Spain69-65=134−10
Billy Ray Brown United States64-70=134
T3Davis Love III United States67-68=135−9
Craig Parry Australia67-68=135
T5Phil Blackmar United States67-69=136−8
Nick Faldo England68-68=136
T7Ian Baker-Finch Australia70-67=137−7
Mark Brooks United States67-70=137
Ed Humenik United States67-70=137
Bob Lohr United States69-68=137
Scott Simpson United States68-69=137

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, March 28, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Faldo England68-68-67=203−13
2Phil Blackmar United States67-69-68=204−12
3Ian Baker-Finch Australia70-67-68=205−11
4Davis Love III United States67-68-71=206−10
T5Mark Brooks United States67-70-70=207−9
Fred Couples United States73-71-63=207
Nick Price Zimbabwe71-67-69=207
Mike Smith United States69-72-66=207
T9Craig Parry Australia67-68-73=208−8
Doug Tewell United States69-69-70=208
Tom Watson United States68-70-70=208

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 29, 1992

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Davis Love III United States67-68-71-67=273−15324,000
T2Ian Baker-Finch Australia70-67-68-72=277−11118,800
Phil Blackmar United States67-69-68-73=277
Nick Faldo England68-68-67-74=277
Tom Watson United States68-70-70-69=277
T6Craig Parry Australia67-68-73-70=278−1062,550
Tom Sieckmann United States71-72-67-68=278
8Nick Price Zimbabwe71-67-69-72=279−955,800
T9Mark Brooks United States67-70-70-73=280−846,800
John Mahaffey (c) United States71-71-69-69=280
José María Olazábal Spain69-65-75-71=280
Mark O'Meara United States69-69-74-68=280

Source:[10]

References
  1. "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 30, 1992. p. 8B.
  2. "Rich TPC locates champion in Love". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. March 30, 1992. p. C1.
  3. Green, Bob (March 30, 1992). "Love fights off Blackmar and Faldo for win". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 9B.
  4. Reilly, Rick (April 6, 1992). "Love Story". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  5. "Brown buoyed by birdie run". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1992. p. 2B.
  6. "Couples rallies, Faldo leads". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1992. p. 3E.
  7. "Couples grabs TPC lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 31, 1984. p. 20.
  8. "Couples takes advantage of a dying wind with a 64". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1984. p. 7C.
  9. "Olazabal 'drops' into a tie". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1992. p. 7C.
  10. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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