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
Dates	16–19 July 1992
Location	Gullane, Scotland
Course(s)	Muirfield
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71[1]
Length	6,970 yards (6,373 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 75 after cut[1]
Cut	143 (+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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	447	351	379	180	559	469	185	444	504	3,518	475	385	381	159	449	417	188	550	448	3,452	6,970
Par	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	36	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	35	71

Source:[4]

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

1987: 6,963 yards (6,367 m), par 71 1980: 6,926 yards (6,333 m), par 71 1972: 6,892 yards (6,302 m), par 71

1966: 6,887 yards (6,297 m), par 71 1959: 6,806 yards (6,223 m), par 72

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Nick Faldo	England	1987, 1990	66	64	69	73	272	−12	1
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1985	68	70	70	72	280	−4	T12
Greg Norman	Australia	1986	71	72	70	68	281	−3	18
Ian Baker-Finch	Australia	1991	71	71	72	68	282	−2	T19
Mark Calcavecchia	United States	1989	69	71	73	72	285	+1	T28
Lee Trevino	United States	1971, 1972	69	71	73	74	287	+3	T39

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1979, 1984, 1988	70	75	145	+3
Tom Weiskopf	United States	1973	74	71	145	+3
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	71	75	146	+4
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970, 1978	75	73	148	+6
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983	73	75	148	+6

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1992

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Raymond Floyd	United States	64	−7
	Steve Pate	United States
T3	Gordon Brand Jnr	Scotland	65	−6
	Ian Woosnam	Wales
T5	John Cook	United States	66	−5
	Ernie Els	South Africa
	Nick Faldo	England
	Lee Janzen	United States
T9	Per-Ulrik Johansson	Sweden	67	−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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Nick Faldo	England	66-64=130	−12
T2	Gordon Brand Jnr	Scotland	65-68=133	−9
	John Cook	United States	66-67=133
4	Steve Pate	United States	64-70=134	−8
T5	Ernie Els	South Africa	66-69=135	−7
	Raymond Floyd	United States	64-71=135
	Donnie Hammond	United States	70-65=135
T8	José María Olazábal	Spain	70-67=137	−5
	Tom Purtzer	United States	68-69=137
	Larry Rinker	United States	69-68=137

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

Third round

Saturday, 18 July 1992

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Nick Faldo	England	66-64-69=199	−14
T2	Steve Pate	United States	64-70-69=203	−10
	John Cook	United States	66-67-70=203
T4	Donnie Hammond	United States	70-65-70=205	−8
	Ernie Els	South Africa	66-69-70=205
	Gordon Brand Jnr	Scotland	65-68-72=205
T7	Chip Beck	United States	71-68-67=206	−7
	José María Olazábal	Spain	70-67-69=206
9	Larry Rinker	United States	69-68-70=207	−6
T10	Malcolm MacKenzie	England	71-67-70=208	−5
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	70-68-70=208
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	68-70-70=208
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	65-73-70=208
	Raymond Floyd	United States	64-71-73=208

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1992

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Nick Faldo	England	66-64-69-73=272	−12	95,000
2	John Cook	United States	66-67-70-70=273	−11	75,000
3	José María Olazábal	Spain	70-67-69-68=274	−10	64,000
4	Steve Pate	United States	64-70-69-73=276	−8	53,000
T5	Andrew Magee	United States	67-72-70-70=279	−5	30,071
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	70-68-70-71=279
	Malcolm MacKenzie	England	71-67-70-71=279
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	65-73-70-71=279
	Ernie Els	South Africa	66-69-70-74=279
	Donnie Hammond	United States	70-65-70-74=279
	Gordon Brand Jnr	Scotland	65-68-72-74=279

Source:[5]

Amateurs: Lee (+9)

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	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4
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.

External links

• 121st Open - Muirfield 1992 (Official site)
• 121st Open Championship - Muirfield (European Tour)
• About.com – 1992 Open Championship

Preceded by 1992 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1992 PGA Championship