1992 Players Championship

1992 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 26–29, 1992
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s) TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,896 yards (6,306 m)[1]
Field 144 players, 73 after cut
Cut 144 (E)
Prize fund $1.8 million
Winner's share $324,000
Champion
United States Davis Love III
273 (−15)
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

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. 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 63 (−9) in the third round,[6] but followed it up with a 74 and finished eight strokes back.[2] He won the Masters two weeks later.

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

Venue

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

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
John Mahaffey United States198671716969280−8T9
Fred Couples United States198473716374281−7T13
Lanny Wadkins United States197970717569285−3T29
Tom Kite United States198972687472286−2T35
Mark McCumber United States198871697473287−1T40

Source:[2]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Jodie Mudd United States19907174145+1
Steve Elkington Australia19917175146+2
Jerry Pate United States19827671147+3
Sandy Lyle Scotland19877177148+4
Hal Sutton United States19837972151+7
Calvin Peete United States19858085WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 26, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Billy Ray Brown United States64−8
T2Phil Blackmar United States67−5
Jay Don Blake United States
Mark Brooks United States
Ed Humenik United States
Davis Love III United States
Craig Parry Australia
T8John Daly United States68−4
Nick Faldo England
Bernhard Langer Germany
Tom Purtzer United States
Scott Simpson United States
Tom Watson United States

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, March 27, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1José María Olazábal Spain69-65=134−10
Billy Ray Brown United States64-70=134
T3Davis Love III United States67-68=135−9
Craig Parry Australia67-68=135
T5Phil Blackmar United States67-69=136−8
Nick Faldo England68-68=136
T7Ian Baker-Finch Australia70-67=137−7
Mark Brooks United States67-70=137
Ed Humenik United States67-70=137
Bob Lohr United States69-68=137
Scott Simpson United States68-69=137

Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, March 28, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Faldo England68-68-67=203−13
2Phil Blackmar United States67-69-68=204−12
3Ian Baker-Finch Australia70-67-68=205−11
4Davis Love III United States67-68-71=206−10
T5Mark Brooks United States67-70-70=207−9
Fred Couples United States73-71-63=207
Nick Price Zimbabwe71-67-69=207
Mike Smith United States69-72-66=207
T9Craig Parry Australia67-68-73=208−8
Doug Tewell United States69-69-70=208
Tom Watson United States68-70-70=208

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 29, 1992

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Davis Love III United States67-68-71-67=273−15324,000
T2Ian Baker-Finch Australia70-67-68-72=277−11118,800
Phil Blackmar United States67-69-68-73=277
Nick Faldo England68-68-67-74=277
Tom Watson United States68-70-70-69=277
T6Craig Parry Australia67-68-73-70=278−1062,550
Tom Sieckmann United States71-72-67-68=278
8Nick Price Zimbabwe71-67-69-72=279−955,800
T9Mark Brooks United States67-70-70-73=280−846,800
John Mahaffey United States71-71-69-69=280
Mark O'Meara United States69-69-74-68=280
José María Olazábal Spain69-65-75-71=280

Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. March 30, 1992. p. 8B.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "Brown buoyed by birdie run". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1992. p. 2B.
  6. 1 2 "Couples rallies, Faldo leads". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1992. p. 3E.
  7. ↑ "Olazabal 'drops' into a tie". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1992. p. 7C.

Coordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394

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