1992 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 9–12, 1992
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field83 players, 63 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fundUS$1.5 million
Winner's share$270,000
Champion
United States Fred Couples
275 (−13)
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The 1992 Masters Tournament was the 56th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Fred Couples won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of 49-year-old runner-up Raymond Floyd, the 1976 champion.[1][2] He was the first American winner in five years at Augusta, the longest run at the Masters without a winner from the U.S.; the previous four were won by players from Europe, all from the United Kingdom. Though he had yet to win a major, Couples entered this Masters at age 32 as the world's top-ranked player and the odds-on favorite.[3][4][5]

The 36-hole cut at 145 (+1) eliminated only twenty competitors and 63 played on the weekend, the most since 1966. The Masters did not have a cut until its 21st edition in 1957. George Archer, the 1969 champion, made the cut in his final Masters at age 52 and finished in 51st place.

Less than an hour after the leaders teed off on Saturday afternoon, thunderstorms caused a delay of nearly three hours. Six players did not finish the third round due to darkness,[6] but the pairing just ahead, Ian Baker-Finch and Jeff Sluman, ran between their shots on the final two holes and completed the round.[1] The three pairings returned early on Sunday morning to complete the round; Couples and Floyd were in the penultimate pairing and had four holes remaining.[6] Early in the final round, Mark Calcavecchia shot a record 29 (−7) on the back nine with birdies at 10 and the final six holes; he finished ten strokes back.[7]

Davis Love III won the 33rd Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 22.[8]

Course

Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Tea Olive 400 4 10 Camellia 485 4
2 Pink Dogwood 555 5 11 White Dogwood 455 4
3 Flowering Peach 360 4 12 Golden Bell 155 3
4 Flowering Crab Apple 205 3 13 Azalea 465 5
5 Magnolia 435 4 14 Chinese Fir 405 4
6 Juniper 180 3 15 Firethorn 500 5
7 Pampas 360 4 16 Redbud 170 3
8 Yellow Jasmine 535 5 17 Nandina 400 4
9 Carolina Cherry 435 4 18 Holly 405 4
Out 3,465 36 In 3,440 36
Source:[9] Total 6,905 72

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,9), Gay Brewer, Ben Crenshaw (9), Nick Faldo (3,9,10), Raymond Floyd (9,10,11,12), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle (10), Larry Mize (9), Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (9,11,12,13), Tom Watson (9,10), Ian Woosnam (13), Fuzzy Zoeller (9,10)

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Hale Irwin (9,10), Scott Simpson (9,10), Payne Stewart (4), Curtis Strange

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Mark Calcavecchia (9,12), Ian Baker-Finch (9,13)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

John Daly (13), Wayne Grady, Larry Nelson (10), Jeff Sluman (13)

5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Mitch Voges (a), Manny Zerman (a)

6. The Amateur champion

Gary Wolstenholme (a)

7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

David Berganio Jr. (a)

8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Jim Stuart (a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1991 Masters

Steve Elkington (12,13), Jim Gallagher Jr. (10,11,13), Peter Jacobsen, Andrew Magee (12,13), Billy Mayfair, Mark McCumber, Rocco Mediate (13), Jodie Mudd, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, José María Olazábal (10,12), Steve Pate (11,12,13), Corey Pavin (10,12,13), Lanny Wadkins (13)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1991 U.S. Open

Fred Couples (12,13), Nolan Henke (13), Davis Love III (12,13), Craig Parry, D. A. Weibring (12,13)

11. Top eight players and ties from 1991 PGA Championship

David Feherty, Bob Gilder, John Huston, Kenny Knox, Bruce Lietzke (13), Steven Richardson, Hal Sutton

12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Fulton Allem, Billy Andrade (13), Chip Beck (13), Mark Brooks (13), Billy Ray Brown, Russ Cochran (13), John Cook (13), Brad Faxon, Bruce Fleisher, Mike Hulbert (13), Lee Janzen, Blaine McCallister, Mark O'Meara (13), David Peoples, Kenny Perry, Nick Price (13), Dillard Pruitt, Tom Purtzer (13)

13. Top 30 players from the 1991 PGA Tour money list

Paul Azinger, Jay Don Blake, Ted Schulz

14. Special foreign invitation

Rodger Davis, Colin Montgomerie, Greg Norman, Naomichi Ozaki

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1992

Larry Nelson, who scored 73, was disqualified after the first round for playing with non-conforming clubs. Nelson had played with irons which had a decorative design on the clubface. He reported himself, after being informed that they might be illegal.[10]

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Jeff Sluman 65 −7
United States Lanny Wadkins
T3 Australia Wayne Grady 68 −4
United States Mike Hulbert
United States Davis Love III
United States Ted Schulz
T7 South Africa Fulton Allem 69 −3
United States Fred Couples
Australia Steve Elkington
United States Raymond Floyd
United States John Huston
Germany Bernhard Langer
United States Bruce Lietzke
United States Jodie Mudd
United States Jack Nicklaus
Australia Craig Parry
England Steven Richardson
Wales Ian Woosnam

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1992

Place Player Score To par
T1 Australia Craig Parry 69-66=135 −9
Wales Ian Woosnam 69-66=135
3 United States Fred Couples 69-67=136 −8
T4 United States Raymond Floyd 69-68=137 −7
United States Ted Schulz 68-69=137
T6 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 70-69=139 −5
United States Jeff Sluman 65-74=139
United States D. A. Weibring 71-68=139
T9 South Africa Fulton Allem 69-71=140 −4
Australia Steve Elkington 69-71=140
United States Davis Love III 68-72=140
Australia Greg Norman 70-70=140
United States Lanny Wadkins 65-75=140

Amateurs: Zerman (−3), Berganio Jr. (+3), Voges (+4), Wolstenholme (+7), Stuart (+14)

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1992
Sunday, April 12, 1992

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Craig Parry 69-66-69=204 −12
2 United States Fred Couples 69-67-69=205 −11
3 United States Raymond Floyd 69-68-69=206 −10
4 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 70-69-68=207 −9
T5 Zimbabwe Nick Price 70-71-67=208 −8
Wales Ian Woosnam 69-66-73=208
T7 United States Bruce Lietzke 69-72-68=209 −7
United States Ted Schulz 68-69-72=209
United States Jeff Sluman 65-74-70=209
10 United States Mark O'Meara 74-67-69=210 −6

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1992

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Fred Couples 69-67-69-70=275 −13 270,000
2 United States Raymond Floyd (c) 69-68-69-71=277 −11 162,000
3 United States Corey Pavin 72-71-68-67=278 −10 102,000
T4 United States Mark O'Meara 74-67-69-70=280 −8 66,000
United States Jeff Sluman 65-74-70-71=280
T6 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 70-69-68-74=281 −7 43,829
United States Nolan Henke 70-71-70-70=281
United States Larry Mize (c) 73-69-71-68=281
Australia Greg Norman 70-70-73-68=281
United States Steve Pate 73-71-70-67=281
Zimbabwe Nick Price 70-71-67-73=281
United States Ted Schulz 68-69-72-72=281

Sources:[11][12]

Scorecard

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
United States Couples −11 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13
United States Floyd −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11
United States Pavin −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10
United States O'Meara −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8
United States Sluman −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
Australia Baker-Finch −10 −10 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7
Australia Parry −12 −13 −12 −11 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6
England Faldo −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6
Wales Woosnam −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −3 −5 −6 −7 −6 −6 −5
United States Calcavecchia +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 E −1 −2 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References

  1. ^ a b c Rappaport, Ron (April 13, 1992). "Couples golf's singular Master". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (from L.A. Daily News). p. C1.
  2. ^ Reilly, Rick (April 20, 1992). "Bank Shot". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  3. ^ Grisamore, Ed (April 9, 1992). "Masters mystery". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. C1.
  4. ^ Florence, Mal (April 9, 1992). "Couples is the one man expected to tame Augusta". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1D.
  5. ^ "Couples in spot to lead Masters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire services. April 11, 1992. p. 2C.
  6. ^ a b Green, Bob (April 12, 1992). "Aussies seize lead as storms batter course". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1E.
  7. ^ "Ageless Floyd feisty after finishing second". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire reports. April 13, 1992. p. C2.
  8. ^ "Love claims Par-3 victory". Rome News-Tribune. (Georgia). Associated Press. April 9, 1992. p. 6-B.
  9. ^ "How they played". Post and Courier. (Charleston, South Carolina). April 11, 1992. p. 4C.
  10. ^ "As he nears 50, Floyd's game really nifty". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Wire reports. April 10, 1992. p. C2.
  11. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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