1992 Open Championship Explained

The 1992 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 121st Open Championship, held from 16 to 19 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Nick Faldo won his third Open Championship and fifth major title by one stroke over runner-up John Cook.^[1] It was Faldo's second win at Muirfield, where he won his first Claret Jug in 1987.^[2] Daren Lee of England was the only amateur to make the cut; he earned the silver medal as low amateur and finished in a tie for 68th place.

Course

See main article: Muirfield.

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	447	351	379	180	559	469	185	444	504	3,518	475	385	381	159	449	417	188	550	448	3,452	6,970
Par	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	36	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	35	71

Source:^[3]

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):^[4]

• 1987:, par 71
• 1980:, par 71
• 1972:, par 71

• 1966:, par 71
• 1959:, par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Raymond Floyd	64	−7
	Steve Pate
T3	Gordon Brand Jnr	65	−6
	Ian Woosnam
T5	John Cook	66	−5
	Ernie Els
	Nick Faldo
	Lee Janzen
T9	Per-Ulrik Johansson	67	−4
	Andrew Magee
	Rocco Mediate
	Craig Parry
	Costantino Rocca
	Orrin Vincent III

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Faldo	align=center	66-64=130	−12
T2	Gordon Brand Jnr	align=center	65-68=133	−9
	John Cook	66-67=133
4	Steve Pate	align-center	64-70=134	−8
T5	Ernie Els	align=center	66-69=135	−7
	Raymond Floyd	align=center	64-71=135
	Donnie Hammond	align=center	70-65=135
T8	José María Olazábal	align=center	70-67=137	−5
	Tom Purtzer	align=center	68-69=137
	Larry Rinker	align=center	69-68=137

Amateurs: Lee (-2), Pullan (+3), Voges (+8), Welch (+8), Wolstenholme (+11).

Third round

Saturday, 18 July 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Faldo	align=center	66-64-69=199	−14
T2	Steve Pate	64-70-69=203	−10
	John Cook	align=center		66-67-70=203
T4	Donnie Hammond	70-65-70=205	−8
	Ernie Els	66-69-70=205
	Gordon Brand Jnr	align=center		65-68-72=205
T7	Chip Beck	align=center	71-68-67=206	−7
	José María Olazábal	align=center	70-67-69=206
9	Larry Rinker	align=center	69-68-70=207	−6
T10	Malcolm MacKenzie	71-67-70=208	−5
	Robert Karlsson	70-68-70=208
	Sandy Lyle	68-70-70=208
	Ian Woosnam	65-73-70=208
	Raymond Floyd	64-71-73=208

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Nick Faldo	66-64-69-73=272	-12	95,000
2		66-67-70-70=273	-11	75,000
3		70-67-69-68=274	-10	64,000
4		64-70-69-73=276	-8	53,000
T5		67-72-70-70=279	-5	30,071
	70-68-70-71=279
	71-67-70-71=279
	65-73-70-71=279
	66-69-70-74=279
	70-65-70-74=279
	65-68-72-74=279

Source:^[5]

Amateurs: Lee (+9)

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	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4
Faldo	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−11	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12
Cook	−9	−9	−10	−10	−12	−12	−11	−11	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−11
Olazábal	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10
Pate	−10	−9	−10	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[6]

External links

• Muirfield 1992 (Official site)
• 121st Open Championship – Muirfield (European Tour)

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Notes and References

1. News: Faldo reigns at British. Spokane Chronicle. Washington. Shapiro. Leonard. (Washington Post). 20 July 1992 . C1.
2. Nick of time . Sports Illustrated . Garrity . John . 27 July 1992. 18.
3. News: Muirfield Golf Links: map and scorecard. Toledo Blade. Ohio . Associated Press . 16 July 1992. 35.
4. Web site: Media guide . The Open Championship . 2011 . 40, 203 . 1 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx . 18 April 2012 .
5. Web site: 1992 Open Championship results. databasegolf.com. 3 July 2012.
6. News: British Open leader cards . Milwaukee Sentinel . Associated Press . 20 July 1992 . 4B.