1984 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1984 U.S. Open was the 84th U.S. Open, held June 14–18 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. Fuzzy Zoeller defeated Greg Norman in an 18-hole playoff to win his first U.S. Open title and second major championship.[3]

1984 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 14–18, 1984
Location	Mamaroneck, New York
Course(s)	Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,930 yards (6,337 m)[1]
Field	155 players, 63 after cut
Cut	147 (+7)
Prize fund	$596,925[2]
Winner's share	$94,000
Champion
Fuzzy Zoeller
276 (−4), playoff

Mamaroneck 

Location in the United States

Mamaroneck 

Location in New York

Arnold Palmer failed to qualify for this U.S. Open, snapping a streak of 31 consecutive Opens played, which began in 1953. The 1960 champion played in one more, at Oakmont in 1994. Palmer was a runner-up four times at the U.S. Open, three of which were playoffs.

This was the fourth U.S. Open at Winged Foot's West Course; it previously hosted in 1929, 1959, and 1974. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 1997 and another U.S. Open in 2006.

Course layout

Main article: Winged Foot Golf Club

West Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Genesis	446	4		10	Pulpit	190	3
2	Elm	411	4		11	Billows	383	4
3	Pinnacle	216	3		12	Cape	535	5
4	Sound View	460	4		13	White Mule	212	3
5	Long Lane	515	5		14	Shamrock	418	4
6	El	324	4		15	Pyramid	417	4
7	Babe-in-the-Woods	161	3		16	Hells Bells	452	4
8	Arena	442	4		17	Well-Well	444	4
9	Meadow	456	4		18	Revelations	448	4
Out		3,431	35		In		3,499	35
Source:[4]					Total		6,930	70

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

1974 U.S. Open: 6,961 yards (6,365 m), par 70 1959 U.S. Open: 6,873 yards (6,285 m), par 70 1929 U.S. Open: 6,786 yards (6,205 m), par 72

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Johnny Miller	United States	1973	74	68	70	70	282	+2	T4
Hale Irwin	United States	1974, 1979	68	68	69	79	284	+4	6
Lee Trevino	United States	1968, 1971	71	72	69	74	286	+6	T9
Tom Watson	United States	1982	73	72	74	68	287	+7	T11
David Graham	Australia	1981	72	72	74	69	287	+7	T11
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962, 1967, 1972, 1980	71	71	70	77	289	+9	T21
Hubert Green	United States	1977	68	75	72	76	291	+11	T30
Gary Player	South Africa	1965	74	72	72	76	294	+14	T43

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Andy North	United States	1978	74	78	152	+12
Lou Graham	United States	1975	76	77	153	+13
Larry Nelson	United States	1983	82	76	158	+18

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 14, 1984

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Mike Donald	United States	68	−2
	Hubert Green	United States
	Hale Irwin	United States
	Jim Thorpe	United States
T5	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69	−1
	David Canipe	United States
	Lennie Clements	United States
	Fred Couples	United States
	Jay Sigel (a)	United States
	Mick Soli	United States
	Curtis Strange	United States

Second round

Friday, June 15, 1984

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hale Irwin	United States	68-68=136	−4
2	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	71-66=137	−3
T3	David Canipe	United States	69-69=138	−2
	Greg Norman	Australia	70-68=138
T5	Curtis Strange	United States	69-70=139	−1
	Jim Thorpe	United States	68-71=139
7	Fred Couples	United States	69-71=140	E
T8	Andy Bean	United States	70-71=141	+1
	Jay Sigel (a)	United States	69-72=141
T10	Isao Aoki	Japan	72-70=142	+2
	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69-73=142
	Johnny Miller	United States	74-68=142
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-71=142
	Mike Reid	United States	70-72=142

Amateurs: Sigel (+1), Fehr (+7), Tentis (+8), Kirby (+9), Case (+10), Mediate (+11), Gallagher (+16), Hadden (+17), Burroughs (+19), Friend (+20), Ludwig (+20).

Third round

Saturday, June 16, 1984

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hale Irwin	United States	68-68-69=205	−5
2	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	71-66-69=206	−4
3	Greg Norman	Australia	70-68-69=207	−3
4	Jim Thorpe	United States	68-71-70=209	−1
5	Tim Simpson	United States	72-71-68=211	+1
T6	Morris Hatalsky	United States	70-73-69=212	+2
	Johnny Miller	United States	74-68-70=212
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-71-70=212
	Lee Trevino	United States	71-72-69=212
T10	David Graham	Australia	71-72-70=213	+3
	Curtis Strange	United States	69-70-74=213
	Mike Sullivan	United States	70-73-70=213

Final round

Sunday, June 17, 1984

Hale Irwin, the 1974 champion at Winged Foot, was the 54-hole leader,[5] but faded in the final round with a 79 to finish in sixth place.[6] With Irwin's collapse, the tournament became a duel between Zoeller and Norman. Zoeller led Norman by three shots heading to the back-nine, but Norman managed to draw level by the time he reached 18. His approach shot on the last sailed into the grandstand, but he managed to save par by holing a 45-foot (14 m) putt. Zoeller, standing in the 18th fairway, waved a white towel as a playful sign of surrender, then proceeded to par the hole himself to force a playoff. The two finished at 276 (–4), five shots clear of the rest of the field.[7][8]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	71-66-69-70=276	−4	Playoff
	Greg Norman	Australia	70-68-69-69=276
3	Curtis Strange	United States	69-70-74-68=281	+1	36,000
T4	Johnny Miller	United States	74-68-70-70=282	+2	22,335
	Jim Thorpe	United States	68-71-70-73=282
6	Hale Irwin	United States	68-68-69-79=284	+4	16,238
T7	Peter Jacobsen	United States	72-73-73-67=285	+5	14,237
	Mark O'Meara	United States	71-74-71-69=285
T9	Fred Couples	United States	69-71-74-72=286	+6	12,122
	Lee Trevino	United States	71-72-69-74=286

Amateurs: Fehr (+14), Sigel (+14).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4
Zoeller	−4	−3	−4	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4
Norman	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
Strange	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
Miller	+2	+3	+4	+5	+5	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2
Thorpe	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−2	E	E	E	E	+1	+2
Irwin	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−3	−3	−2	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+4	+4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:[9]

Playoff

Monday, June 18, 1984

The playoff proved to be no contest. Both birdied the first and Zoeller the 2nd, but Norman double-bogeyed it and fell three strokes behind, and Zoeller carried a five-shot lead at the turn. Network coverage on ABC joined the round in progress, on the back nine at 4 pm EDT.[8] Zoeller finished with a 67, eight shots better than Norman; this time on 18, it was Norman who waved a white towel in mock surrender.[10][11] Zoeller's 67 was the lowest round ever recorded in a U.S. Open playoff.[3]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	34-33=67	−3	94,000
2	Greg Norman	Australia	39-36=75	+5	47,000

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4
Zoeller	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3
Norman	−1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+4	+5	+6	+5	+5
Zoeller's lead	0	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	9	8	8

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:[12]

References

1. "U.S. Open skirmishes begin today". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. June 15, 1984. p. C1.
2. "U.S. Open history: 1984". USGA. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
3. Jenkins, Dan (June 25, 1984). "Fuzzy wasn't fazed by the Shark attack". Sports Illustrated. p. 30.
4. "Winged Foot". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 14, 1984. p. 28.
5. Loomis, Tom (June 17, 1984). "Irwin leads Open by one". Toledo Blade. p. E1.
6. Parascenzo, Marino (June 18, 1984). "Sweet Revenge: Winged Foot didn't forget '74, makes Irwin pay". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 10.
7. Parascenzo, Marino (June 18, 1984). "Norman saves day, forces Open playoff". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 9.
8. Boswell, Thomas (June 18, 1984). "Norman lands spot in history, playoff with 40-foot putt". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
9. "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
10. Parascenzo, Marino (June 19, 1984). "Joking Zoeller wins Open: Norman folds early in playoff". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 17.
11. "Zoeller leaves no doubt". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 19, 1984. p. 1C.
12. "U.S. Open cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 19, 1984. p. 20.

External links

• 1984 U.S. Open
• USGA Championship Database

Preceded by 1984 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1984 Open Championship