1992 Players Championship

Golf tournament

1992 Players ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| March 26–29, 1992
Location| Ponte 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
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
Davis Love III
273 (−15)
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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.

## Tournament summary

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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

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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

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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

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### First round

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Thursday, March 26, 1992

Place | Player | Score | To par

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|
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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

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Friday, March 27, 1992

Place | Player | Score | To par

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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

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Saturday, March 28, 1992

Place | Player | Score | To par

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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

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Sunday, March 29, 1992

Champion

(c) = past champion
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)

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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
Leaderboard below the top 10

Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)
T13 |  Fred Couples (c) | 73-71-63-74=281 | −7 | 33,750
Tom Lehman | 70-72-71-68=281
Mark McNulty | 74-68-69-70=281
Payne Stewart | 69-70-72-70=281
T17 |  Wayne Levi | 70-69-73-71=283 | −5 | 26,100
Andrew Magee | 70-69-71-73=283
Scott Simpson | 68-69-74-72=283
Mike Smith | 69-72-66-76=283
T21 |  Billy Ray Brown | 64-70-78-72=284 | −4 | 16,897
Rick Fehr | 70-72-69-73=284
Ed Humenik | 67-70-77-70=284
Bob Lohr | 69-68-74-73=284
Larry Rinker | 72-69-69-74=284
Loren Roberts | 69-71-73-71=284
Tim Simpson | 69-71-73-71=284
Doug Tewell | 69-69-70-76=284
T29 |  Paul Azinger | 69-72-73-71=285 | −3 | 11,445
Ronnie Black | 71-72-73-69=285
Ben Crenshaw | 70-72-73-70=285
Wayne Grady | 71-73-69-72=285
Bernhard Langer | 68-74-70-73=285
Lanny Wadkins (c) | 70-71-75-69=285
T35 |  David Edwards | 69-72-71-74=286 | −2 | 8,874
Tom Kite (c) | 72-68-74-72=286
Greg Norman | 72-72-70-72=286
Dan Pohl | 70-74-70-72=286
Duffy Waldorf | 72-72-70-72=286
T40 |  Jay Don Blake | 67-71-76-73=287 | −1 | 6,840
John Huston | 69-69-78-71=287
Neal Lancaster | 69-75-72-71=287
Mark McCumber (c) | 71-69-74-73=287
Steve Pate | 74-70-71-72=287
Jeff Sluman | 73-67-73-74=287
T46 |  Bruce Lietzke | 72-72-71-73=288 | E | 5,244
Corey Pavin | 71-73-71-73=288
Joey Sindelar | 69-72-72-75=288
T49 |  Chip Beck | 71-67-81-70=289 | +1 | 4,442
Brian Claar | 74-70-72-73=289
Russ Cochran | 71-73-72-73=289
Dave Rummells | 69-75-75-70=289
Robert Wrenn | 70-73-71-75=289
T54 |  Ed Dougherty | 73-71-75-71=290 | +2 | 4,086
Brad Fabel | 76-68-72-74=290
Jeff Maggert | 69-71-77-73=290
Blaine McCallister | 69-73-75-73=290
Larry Mize | 73-70-75-72=290
Leonard Thompson | 71-73-73-73=290
T60 |  Dave Barr | 71-70-78-72=291 | +3 | 3,924
Fred Funk | 72-72-74-73=291
Jim Gallagher Jr. | 71-71-75-74=291
63 |  Dan Forsman | 73-71-77-71=292 | +4 | 3,852
T64 |  Dan Halldorson | 74-69-76-74=293 | +5 | 3,798
Fuzzy Zoeller | 70-71-76-76=293
66 |  Scott Gump | 69-74-74-77=294 | +6 | 3,744
T67 |  Brad Faxon | 71-73-73-78=295 | +7 | 3,690
Billy Mayfair | 73-70-76-76=295
69 |  Stan Utley | 70-73-77-76=296 | +8 | 3,636
T70 |  Bob Estes | 73-71-76-78=298 | +10 | 3,582
Bob Tway | 69-74-83-72=298
72 |  John Daly | 68-75-78-80=301 | +13 | 3,528
73 |  Mark Calcavecchia | 71-73-78-81=303 | +15 | 3,492
CUT |  Keith Clearwater | 72-73=145 | +1 |
John Cook | 76-69=145
Jay Delsing | 75-70=145
Buddy Gardner | 74-71=145
Mike Hulbert | 71-74=145
Kenny Knox | 75-70=145
Gil Morgan | 72-73=145
Jodie Mudd (c) | 71-74=145
Tom Purtzer | 68-77=145
Bill Sander | 69-76=145
Ted Schulz | 71-74=145
Fulton Allem | 74-72=146 | +2
Seve Ballesteros | 75-71=146
Steve Elkington (c) | 71-75=146
Bruce Fleisher | 74-72=146
Phil Mickelson | 75-71=146
David Peoples | 74-72=146
Kirk Triplett | 75-71=146
Bobby Wadkins | 75-71=146
Ian Woosnam | 75-71=146
Bart Bryant | 72-75=147 | +3
Ed Fiori | 74-73=147
Dudley Hart | 72-75=147
Mike Harwood | 69-78=147
Hale Irwin | 75-72=147
Rocco Mediate | 75-72=147
Jerry Pate (c) | 76-71=147
Chris Perry | 72-75=147
Mike Reid | 71-76=147
Mike Springer | 73-74=147
Craig Stadler | 70-77=147
Howard Twitty | 71-76=147
Bill Britton | 73-75=148 | +4
Rodger Davis | 73-75=148
Robert Gamez | 74-74=148
Jim Hallet | 71-77=148
Nolan Henke | 74-74=148
Sandy Lyle (c) | 71-77=148
Roger Maltbie | 77-71=148
D. A. Weibring | 75-73=148
John Adams | 78-71=149 | +5
Billy Andrade | 74-75=149
Bobby Clampett | 76-73=149
Jay Haas | 72-77=149
Lee Janzen | 73-76=149
Andy North | 72-77=149
Dillard Pruitt | 71-78=149
Mark Wiebe | 75-74=149
Peter Persons | 75-75=150 | +6
Lance Ten Broeck | 78-72=150
David Toms | 76-74=150
Jim Woodward | 79-71=150
David Frost | 74-77=151 | +7
Bob Gilder | 76-75=151
Gene Sauers | 75-76=151
Hal Sutton (c) | 79-72=151
Brad Bryant | 74-78=152 | +8
Chris Tucker | 74-78=152
Andy Bean | 82-71=153 | +9
Gary Hallberg | 74-79=153
Larry Nelson | 74-79=153
Hubert Green | 78-76=154 | +10
Bob Wolcott | 78-76=154
Colin Montgomerie | 79-76=155 | +11
Peter Jacobsen | 81-75=156 | +12
WD |  Kenny Perry | 74-80=154 | +10
Mark Lye | 73-84=157 | +13
David Canipe | 85-78=163 | +19
Calvin Peete (c) | 80-85=165 | +21
Curtis Strange | 77 | +5
DQ |  Ken Green | 70 | −2

Source:[12]

## References

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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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