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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
DatesJune 14–18, 1984
LocationMamaroneck, New York
Course(s)Winged Foot Golf Club,
West Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,930 yards (6,337 m)[1]
Field155 players, 63 after cut
Cut147 (+7)
Prize fund$596,925[2]
Winner's share$94,000
Champion
United States Fuzzy Zoeller
276 (−4), playoff
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Mamaroneck  is located in the United States
Mamaroneck 
Mamaroneck 
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Location in the United States
Mamaroneck  is located in New York
Mamaroneck 
Mamaroneck 
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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.

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 the U.S. Open in 2006 and 2020.

Course layout edit

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:

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, June 14, 1984

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

Second round edit

Friday, June 15, 1984

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

Saturday, June 16, 1984

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

Final round edit

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

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

Scorecard edit

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 edit

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

Scorecard edit

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 edit

  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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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 edit

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