1992 Masters Tournament

1992 Masters Tournament
	Front cover of the 1992 Masters Journal
Tournament information
Dates	April 9–12, 1992
Location	Augusta, Georgia; 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,905 yards (6,314 m)
Field	83 players, 63 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	US$1.5 million
Winner's share	$270,000
Champion
	Fred Couples
	275 (−13)
Location map
	Augusta National Location in the United States Augusta National Location in Georgia
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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

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)

Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Bob Goalby, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr. did not play.

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)

Scott Hoch (13) did not play.

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	Jeff Sluman	65	−7
T1	Lanny Wadkins	65	−7
T3	Wayne Grady	68	−4
	Mike Hulbert
	Davis Love III
	Ted Schulz
T7	Fulton Allem	69	−3
	Fred Couples
	Steve Elkington
	Raymond Floyd
	John Huston
	Bernhard Langer
	Bruce Lietzke
	Jodie Mudd
	Jack Nicklaus
	Craig Parry
	Steven Richardson
	Ian Woosnam

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Craig Parry	69-66=135	−9
T1	Ian Woosnam	69-66=135	−9
3	Fred Couples	69-67=136	−8
T4	Raymond Floyd	69-68=137	−7
T4	Ted Schulz	68-69=137	−7
T6	Ian Baker-Finch	70-69=139	−5
	Jeff Sluman	65-74=139
	D. A. Weibring	71-68=139
T9	Fulton Allem	69-71=140	−4
	Steve Elkington	69-71=140
	Davis Love III	68-72=140
	Greg Norman	70-70=140
	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	Craig Parry	69-66-69=204	−12
2	Fred Couples	69-67-69=205	−11
3	Raymond Floyd	69-68-69=206	−10
4	Ian Baker-Finch	70-69-68=207	−9
T5	Nick Price	70-71-67=208	−8
T5	Ian Woosnam	69-66-73=208	−8
T7	Bruce Lietzke	69-72-68=209	−7
	Ted Schulz	68-69-72=209
	Jeff Sluman	65-74-70=209
10	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	Fred Couples	69-67-69-70=275	−13	270,000
2	Raymond Floyd (c)	69-68-69-71=277	−11	162,000
3	Corey Pavin	72-71-68-67=278	−10	102,000
T4	Mark O'Meara	74-67-69-70=280	−8	66,000
T4	Jeff Sluman	65-74-70-71=280	−8	66,000
T6	Ian Baker-Finch	70-69-68-74=281	−7	43,829
	Nolan Henke	70-71-70-70=281
	Larry Mize (c)	73-69-71-68=281
	Greg Norman	70-70-73-68=281
	Steve Pate	73-71-70-67=281
	Nick Price	70-71-67-73=281
	Ted Schulz	68-69-72-72=281

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	Nick Faldo (c)	71-72-68-71=282	−6	26,500
	Wayne Grady	68-75-71-68=282
	Bruce Lietzke	69-72-68-73=282
	Craig Parry	69-66-69-78=282
	Dillard Pruitt	75-68-70-69=282
	Scott Simpson	70-71-71-70=282
T19	Billy Ray Brown	70-74-70-69=283	−5	17,550
	John Daly	71-71-73-68=283
	Mike Hulbert	68-74-71-70=283
	Andrew Magee	73-70-70-70=283
	Ian Woosnam (c)	69-66-73-75=283
	Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	71-70-73-69=283
T25	Bruce Fleisher	73-70-72-69=284	−4	11,467
	Jim Gallagher Jr.	74-68-71-71=284
	John Huston	69-73-73-69=284
	Davis Love III	68-72-72-72=284
	Craig Stadler (c)	70-71-70-73=284
	D. A. Weibring	71-68-72-73=284
T31	Paul Azinger	70-73-70-72=285	−3	8,717
	Mark Calcavecchia	73-72-75-65=285
	Brad Faxon	71-71-69-74=285
	Bernhard Langer (c)	69-73-69-74=285
	Steven Richardson	69-75-70-71=285
	Curtis Strange	73-72-71-69=285
T37	Steve Elkington	69-71-74-72=286	−2	6,800
	Sandy Lyle (c)	72-69-70-75=286
	Mark McCumber	72-70-76-68=286
	Rocco Mediate	70-73-70-73=286
	Colin Montgomerie	72-71-73-70=286
T42	Bob Gilder	72-71-73-71=287	−1	5,450
	Billy Mayfair	71-71-72-73=287
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	69-75-69-74=287
	José María Olazábal	76-69-72-70=287
46	Ben Crenshaw (c)	72-71-71-74=288	E	4,700
47	Hale Irwin	72-70-72-75=289	+1	4,400
T48	Blaine McCallister	71-71-76-72=290	+2	3,933
	Lanny Wadkins	65-75-76-74=290
	Tom Watson (c)	73-70-76-71=290
51	George Archer (c)	74-69-76-72=291	+3	3,700
T52	Fulton Allem	69-71-78-74=292	+4	3,550
T52	David Feherty	73-72-77-70=292	+4	3,550
T54	Tommy Aaron (c)	76-69-77-71=293	+5	3,440
	Billy Andrade	73-71-73-76=293
	John Cook	72-73-71-77=293
	Lee Janzen	74-71-74-74=293
	David Peoples	73-71-72-77=293
T59	Seve Ballesteros (c)	75-68-70-81=294	+6	3,300
T59	Manny Zerman (a)	70-71-76-77=294	+6	0
T61	Peter Jacobsen	72-70-77-76=295	+7	3,300
T61	Tom Purtzer	76-69-75-75=295	+7	3,300
63	Rodger Davis	77-68-77-79=301	+13	3,200
CUT	Mark Brooks	73-73=146	+2
	Kenny Knox	73-73=146
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	72-74=146
	David Berganio Jr. (a)	76-71=147	+3
	Jodie Mudd	69-78=147	+3
	Chip Beck	76-72=148	+4
	Jay Don Blake	73-75=148
	Russ Cochran	73-75=148
	Naomichi Ozaki	77-71=148
	Arnold Palmer (c)	75-73=148
	Kenny Perry	72-76=148
	Gary Player (c)	75-73=148
	Mitch Voges (a)	73-75=148
	Payne Stewart	74-75=149	+5
	Hal Sutton	76-75=151	+7
	Gary Wolstenholme (a)	72-79=151	+7
	Gay Brewer (c)	81-77=158	+14
	Jim Stuart (a)	79-79=158	+14
	Doug Ford (c)	82-82=164	+20
DQ	Larry Nelson	73	+1

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
Couples	−11	−10	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13
Floyd	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11
Pavin	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10
O'Meara	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8
Sluman	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Baker-Finch	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
Parry	−12	−13	−12	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6
Faldo	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6
Woosnam	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−3	−5	−6	−7	−6	−6	−5
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

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

External links

Masters.com – Past winners and results
Augusta.com – 1992 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

[cgsm-1] Rappaport, Ron (April 13, 1992). "Couples golf's singular Master". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (from L.A. Daily News). p. C1.

[banksh-2] Reilly, Rick (April 20, 1992). "Bank Shot". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.

[masmys-3] Grisamore, Ed (April 9, 1992). "Masters mystery". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. C1.

[exttame-4] Florence, Mal (April 9, 1992). "Couples is the one man expected to tame Augusta". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1D.

[cistlms-5] "Couples in spot to lead Masters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire services. April 11, 1992. p. 2C.

[aszld-6] Green, Bob (April 12, 1992). "Aussies seize lead as storms batter course". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1E.

[affafs-7] "Ageless Floyd feisty after finishing second". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire reports. April 13, 1992. p. C2.

[lcp3v-8] "Love claims Par-3 victory". Rome News-Tribune. (Georgia). Associated Press. April 9, 1992. p. 6-B.

[htpl-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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