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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.

1992 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 26–29, 1992
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 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
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Tournament summary edit

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]

Playing in his seventh consecutive event on tour,[5] top-ranked Fred Couples carded a course record 63 (−9) in the third round.[6] He broke his own course record which he originally set in 1984.[7][8] However, he followed it up with a two-over-par 74 and finished eight strokes back.[2]

Defending champion Steve Elkington missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes.

Venue edit

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

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

Eligibility requirements edit

1. The top 125 PGA Tour members from Final 1991 Official Money List.[9]

Corey Pavin, Craig Stadler, Fred Couples, Tom Purtzer, Andrew Magee, Steve Pate, Nick Price, Davis Love III, Paul Azinger, Russ Cochran, Mark Brooks, Lanny Wadkins, Ian Baker-Finch, Billy Andrade, Rocco Mediate, Chip Beck, John Daly, Jim Gallagher Jr., Bruce Lietzke, Mark O'Meara, Jay Don Blake, D. A. Weibring, Jeff Sluman, Mike Hulbert, Steve Elkington, John Cook, Nolan Henke, Ted Schulz, Ian Woosnam, Payne Stewart, Kenny Knox, Hale Irwin, Brad Faxon, David Peoples, Blaine McCallister, Gene Sauers, David Edwards, Tom Kite, John Huston, Bob Lohr, Fuzzy Zoeller, José María Olazábal, Kenny Perry, Tom Watson, Billy Ray Brown, Hal Sutton, Curtis Strange, Jim Hallet, Mark Calcavecchia, Scott Simpson, Bob Tway, Greg Norman, Rick Fehr, Bill Britton, Loren Roberts, Robert Gamez, Larry Mize, Tom Sieckmann, Gary Hallberg, Dillard Pruitt, Peter Jacobsen, Ken Green, Bob Gilder, Brian Claar, Jeff Maggert, Keith Clearwater, Gil Morgan, Fulton Allem, Lee Janzen, Fred Funk, Howard Twitty, Ben Crenshaw, Phil Blackmar, Dan Forsman, Dave Rummells, Scott Gump, Bobby Wadkins, Ed Dougherty, Buddy Gardner, Jay Haas, Tim Simpson, Duffy Waldorf, Wayne Levi, Andy Bean, Billy Mayfair, Neal Lancaster, Mike Springer, Mark McCumber, David Frost, Joey Sindelar, Dan Pohl, Larry Nelson, Dan Halldorson, Mike Reid, Brad Bryant, Jay Delsing, Mike Smith, Jodie Mudd, Brad Fabel, Mark Lye, Bob Estes, Lance Ten Broeck, Bob Wolcott, Dave Barr, Robert Wrenn, Bill Sander, Doug Tewell, Kirk Triplett, Ronnie Black, Peter Persons, Stan Utley, Bobby Clampett, Nick Faldo, Wayne Grady, David Canipe, Dudley Hart, Ed Humenik, Ed Fiori, Bart Bryant, John Adams

2. Designated players.

Leonard Thompson, Phil Mickelson

3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member.

Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle

4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and World Series of Golf.

Jerry Pate, Calvin Peete, Andy North, Roger Maltbie, Hubert Green, John Mahaffey

5. British Open winners since 1990.

6. Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections."

Rodger Davis, Mike Harwood, Mark McNulty, Colin Montgomerie, Craig Parry, Chris Perry

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.

Tom Lehman, David Toms, Mark Wiebe, Jim Woodward, Chris Tucker, Larry Rinker

Source:[10]

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, March 26, 1992

Place Player Score To par
1   Billy Ray Brown 64 −8
T2   Phil Blackmar 67 −5
  Jay Don Blake
  Mark Brooks
  Ed Humenik
  Davis Love III
  Craig Parry
T8   John Daly 68 −4
  Nick Faldo
  Bernhard Langer
  Tom Purtzer
  Scott Simpson
  Tom Watson

Source:[5]

Second round edit

Friday, March 27, 1992

Place Player Score To par
T1   José María Olazábal 69-65=134 −10
  Billy Ray Brown 64-70=134
T3   Davis Love III 67-68=135 −9
  Craig Parry 67-68=135
T5   Phil Blackmar 67-69=136 −8
  Nick Faldo 68-68=136
T7   Ian Baker-Finch 70-67=137 −7
  Mark Brooks 67-70=137
  Ed Humenik 67-70=137
  Bob Lohr 69-68=137
  Scott Simpson 68-69=137

Source:[11]

Third round edit

Saturday, March 28, 1992

Place Player Score To par
1   Nick Faldo 68-68-67=203 −13
2   Phil Blackmar 67-69-68=204 −12
3   Ian Baker-Finch 70-67-68=205 −11
4   Davis Love III 67-68-71=206 −10
T5   Mark Brooks 67-70-70=207 −9
  Fred Couples 73-71-63=207
  Nick Price 71-67-69=207
  Mike Smith 69-72-66=207
T9   Craig Parry 67-68-73=208 −8
  Doug Tewell 69-69-70=208
  Tom Watson 68-70-70=208

Source:[6]

Final round edit

Sunday, March 29, 1992

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Davis Love III 67-68-71-67=273 −15 324,000
T2   Ian Baker-Finch 70-67-68-72=277 −11 118,800
  Phil Blackmar 67-69-68-73=277
  Nick Faldo 68-68-67-74=277
  Tom Watson 68-70-70-69=277
T6   Craig Parry 67-68-73-70=278 −10 62,550
  Tom Sieckmann 71-72-67-68=278
8   Nick Price 71-67-69-72=279 −9 55,800
T9   Mark Brooks 67-70-70-73=280 −8 46,800
  John Mahaffey (c) 71-71-69-69=280
  José María Olazábal 69-65-75-71=280
  Mark O'Meara 69-69-74-68=280

Source:[12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 30, 1992. p. 8B.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Brown buoyed by birdie run". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1992. p. 2B.
  6. ^ a b "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. ^ "Golf Stat and Records | PGA TOUR". www.pgatour.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  10. ^ "1992 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 353. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "Olazabal 'drops' into a tie". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1992. p. 7C.
  12. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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