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
United States Davis Love III
273 (−15)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
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

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

Eligibility requirements

  1. The top 125 PGA Tour members from Final 1991 Official Money List
  2. Designated players
  3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member
  4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and World Series of Golf
  5. British Open winners since 1990
  6. Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections"
  7. To complete a field of 144 players. those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1992 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Nestle Invitational

Source:[9]

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Billy Ray Brown64−8
T2United States Phil Blackmar67−5
United States Jay Don Blake
United States Mark Brooks
United States Ed Humenik
United States Davis Love III
Australia Craig Parry
T8United States John Daly68−4
England Nick Faldo
Germany Bernhard Langer
United States Tom Purtzer
United States Scott Simpson
United States Tom Watson

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, March 27, 1992

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Spain José María Olazábal69-65=134−10
United States Billy Ray Brown64-70=134
T3United States Davis Love III67-68=135−9
Australia Craig Parry67-68=135
T5United States Phil Blackmar67-69=136−8
England Nick Faldo68-68=136
T7Australia Ian Baker-Finch70-67=137−7
United States Mark Brooks67-70=137
United States Ed Humenik67-70=137
United States Bob Lohr69-68=137
United States Scott Simpson68-69=137

Source:[10]

Third round

Saturday, March 28, 1992

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1England Nick Faldo68-68-67=203−13
2United States Phil Blackmar67-69-68=204−12
3Australia Ian Baker-Finch70-67-68=205−11
4United States Davis Love III67-68-71=206−10
T5United States Mark Brooks67-70-70=207−9
United States Fred Couples73-71-63=207
Zimbabwe Nick Price71-67-69=207
United States Mike Smith69-72-66=207
T9Australia Craig Parry67-68-73=208−8
United States Doug Tewell69-69-70=208
United States Tom Watson68-70-70=208

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 29, 1992

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Davis Love III67-68-71-67=273−15324,000
T2Australia Ian Baker-Finch70-67-68-72=277−11118,800
United States Phil Blackmar67-69-68-73=277
England Nick Faldo68-68-67-74=277
United States Tom Watson68-70-70-69=277
T6Australia Craig Parry67-68-73-70=278−1062,550
United States Tom Sieckmann71-72-67-68=278
8Zimbabwe Nick Price71-67-69-72=279−955,800
T9United States Mark Brooks67-70-70-73=280−846,800
United States John Mahaffey (c)71-71-69-69=280
Spain José María Olazábal69-65-75-71=280
United States Mark O'Meara69-69-74-68=280

Source:[11]

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. "1992 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 353. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-27.
  10. "Olazabal 'drops' into a tie". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1992. p. 7C.
  11. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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