1984 U.S. Open (golf) explained

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]

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

See 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:

1974 U.S. Open:, par 70 1959 U.S. Open:, par 70 1929 U.S. Open:, par 72

Round summaries

First round

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

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	align=center	69-69=138	−2
	Greg Norman	align=center	70-68=138
T5	Curtis Strange	align=center	69-70=139	−1
	Jim Thorpe	align=center	68-71=139
7	Fred Couples	69-71=140	E
T8	Andy Bean	align=center	70-71=141	+1
	Jay Sigel (a)	align=center	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

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

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 45feet 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 ($)
align=center rowspan=2	T1		71-66-69-70=276	−4	align=center rowspan=2	Playoff
	70-68-69-69=276
3		69-70-74-68=281	+1	36,000
T4		74-68-70-70=282	+2	22,335
	68-71-70-73=282
6		68-68-69-79=284	+4	16,238
T7		72-73-73-67=285	+5	14,237
	71-74-71-69=285
T9		69-71-74-72=286	+6	12,122
	71-72-69-74=286

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

Scorecard

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

Double Eagle

Eagle -->

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[9]

Playoff

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		39-36=75	+5	47,000

Scorecard

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

Eagle-->

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[12]

External links

• 1984 U.S. Open
• USGA Championship Database

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Notes and References

1. News: U.S. Open skirmishes begin today. Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. June 15, 1984. C1.
2. Web site: U.S. Open history: 1984. USGA. June 22, 2012. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120511070403/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/champ_experience/pastchamps/1984.html. May 11, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
3. Fuzzy wasn't fazed by the Shark attack . Sports Illustrated . Jenkins . Dan . Dan Jenkins . June 25, 1984 . 30.
4. News: Winged Foot . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . June 14, 1984 . 28 .
5. News: Irwin leads Open by one. Toledo Blade. Loomis. Tom. June 17, 1984. E1.
6. News: Sweet Revenge: Winged Foot didn't forget '74, makes Irwin pay. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Parascenzo. Marino. June 18, 1984. 10.
7. News: Norman saves day, forces Open playoff. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Parascenzo. Marino. June 18, 1984. 9.
8. News: Norman lands spot in history, playoff with 40-foot putt . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Boswell . Thomas . (Washington Post) . June 18, 1984 . 1C.
9. News: U.S. Open History . USGA . April 19, 2019.
10. News: Joking Zoeller wins Open: Norman folds early in playoff. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Parascenzo. Marino. June 19, 1984. 17.
11. News: Zoeller leaves no doubt . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . June 19, 1984 . 1C.
12. News: U.S. Open cards. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 19, 1984. 20.