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1992 Players Championship
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1992 Players Championship March 26–29, 1992 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 6896 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T-FOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2749%2C5514929 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Associated Press Players Championship March 30, 1992 8B 144 players, 73 after cut 144 (E) $1.8 million $324,000 USA Davis Love III 273 (−15) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 1991 1993
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
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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7U9XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1891%2C7457836 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Knight-Ridder Rich TPC locates champion in Love March 30, 1992 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T-FOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1755%2C5518087 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Associated Press Green Bob Love fights off Blackmar and Faldo for win March 30, 1992 9Bhttps://www.si.com/vault/1992/04/06/126292/love-story-with-his-family-hanging-on-every-shot-davis-love-iii-conquered-all-in-the-tpc# Sports Illustrated Reilly Rick Rick Reilly Love Story April 6, 1992 22
Playing in his seventh consecutive event on tour,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7kJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4405%2C5840416 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Brown buoyed by birdie run March 27, 1992 2B top-ranked Fred Couples carded a course record 63 (−9) in the third round.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8EJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3070%2C6589292 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Couples rallies, Faldo leads March 29, 1992 3E He broke his own course record which he originally set in 1984.March 31, 1984 Couples grabs TPC lead 20 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nf9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8u4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3744%2C7597439March 31, 1984 Couples takes advantage of a dying wind with a 64 7C Eugene Register-Guard Associated Press Oregon https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_PdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6654%2C7364180 However, he followed it up with a two-over-par 74 and finished eight strokes back.
Defending champion Steve Elkington missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes.
Venue
TPC at Sawgrass
This was the eleventh Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Eligibility requirements
1. The top 125 PGA Tour members from Final 1991 Official Money List.Golf Stat and Records PGA TOUR https://www.pgatour.com/stats/detail/109 2023-04-21 www.pgatour.com
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:1992 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1992_pgatour.pdf live PGA Tour 353 https://web.archive.org/web/20200927064941/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1992_pgatour.pdf 2020-09-27
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 26, 1992
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Billy Ray Brown 64 −8 T2 USA Phil Blackmar 67 −5 USA Jay Don Blake USA Mark Brooks USA Ed Humenik USA Davis Love III AUS Craig Parry T8 USA John Daly 68 −4 ENG Nick Faldo DEU Bernhard Langer USA Tom Purtzer USA Scott Simpson USA Tom Watson
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Second round
Friday, March 27, 1992
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 ESP José María Olazábal 69-65=134 −10 USA Billy Ray Brown 64-70=134 T3 USA Davis Love III 67-68=135 −9 AUS Craig Parry 67-68=135T5 USA Phil Blackmar 67-69=136 −8 ENG Nick Faldo 68-68=136 T7 AUS Ian Baker-Finch 70-67=137 −7 USA Mark Brooks 67-70=137 USA Ed Humenik 67-70=137 USA Bob Lohr 69-68=137 USA Scott Simpson 68-69=137
Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=70JWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6925%2C6128043 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Olazabal 'drops' into a tie March 28, 1992 7C
Third round
Saturday, March 28, 1992
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Nick Faldo 68-68-67=203 −13 2 USA Phil Blackmar 67-69-68=204 −12 3 AUS Ian Baker-Finch 70-67-68=205 −11 4 USA Davis Love III 67-68-71=206 −10 T5 USA Mark Brooks 67-70-70=207 −9 USA Fred Couples 73-71-63=207 ZWE Nick Price 71-67-69=207 USA Mike Smith 69-72-66=207 T9 AUS Craig Parry 67-68-73=208 −8 USA Doug Tewell 69-69-70=208 USA Tom Watson 68-70-70=208
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Final round
Sunday, March 29, 1992
Champion(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Davis Love III 67-68-71-67=273 −15 324,000T2 AUS Ian Baker-Finch 70-67-68-72=277 −11 118,800 USA Phil Blackmar 67-69-68-73=277 ENG Nick Faldo 68-68-67-74=277 USA Tom Watson 68-70-70-69=277T6 AUS Craig Parry 67-68-73-70=278 −10 62,550 USA Tom Sieckmann 71-72-67-68=2788 ZWE Nick Price 71-67-69-72=279 −9 55,800T9 USA Mark Brooks 67-70-70-73=280 −8 46,800 USA John Mahaffey (c) 71-71-69-69=280 ESP José María Olazábal 69-65-75-71=280 USA Mark O'Meara 69-69-74-68=280
Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 USA Fred Couples (c) 73-71-63-74=281 −7 33,750 USA Tom Lehman 70-72-71-68=281 ZWE Mark McNulty 74-68-69-70=281 USA Payne Stewart 69-70-72-70=281T17 USA Wayne Levi 70-69-73-71=283 −5 26,100 USA Andrew Magee 70-69-71-73=283 USA Scott Simpson 68-69-74-72=283 USA Mike Smith 69-72-66-76=283T21 USA Billy Ray Brown 64-70-78-72=284 −4 16,897 USA Rick Fehr 70-72-69-73=284 USA Ed Humenik 67-70-77-70=284 USA Bob Lohr 69-68-74-73=284 USA Larry Rinker 72-69-69-74=284 USA Loren Roberts 69-71-73-71=284 USA Tim Simpson 69-71-73-71=284 USA Doug Tewell 69-69-70-76=284T29 USA Paul Azinger 69-72-73-71=285 −3 11,445 USA Ronnie Black 71-72-73-69=285 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-72-73-70=285 AUS Wayne Grady 71-73-69-72=285 DEU Bernhard Langer 68-74-70-73=285 USA Lanny Wadkins (c) 70-71-75-69=285T35 USA David Edwards 69-72-71-74=286 −2 8,874 USA Tom Kite (c) 72-68-74-72=286 AUS Greg Norman 72-72-70-72=286 USA Dan Pohl 70-74-70-72=286 USA Duffy Waldorf 72-72-70-72=286T40 USA Jay Don Blake 67-71-76-73=287 −1 6,840 USA John Huston 69-69-78-71=287 USA Neal Lancaster 69-75-72-71=287 USA Mark McCumber (c) 71-69-74-73=287 USA Steve Pate 74-70-71-72=287 USA Jeff Sluman 73-67-73-74=287T46 USA Bruce Lietzke 72-72-71-73=288 E 5,244 USA Corey Pavin 71-73-71-73=288 USA Joey Sindelar 69-72-72-75=288T49 USA Chip Beck 71-67-81-70=289 +1 4,442 USA Brian Claar 74-70-72-73=289 USA Russ Cochran 71-73-72-73=289 USA Dave Rummells 69-75-75-70=289 USA Robert Wrenn 70-73-71-75=289T54 USA Ed Dougherty 73-71-75-71=290 +2 4,086 USA Brad Fabel 76-68-72-74=290 USA Jeff Maggert 69-71-77-73=290 USA Blaine McCallister 69-73-75-73=290 USA Larry Mize 73-70-75-72=290 USA Leonard Thompson 71-73-73-73=290T60 CAN Dave Barr 71-70-78-72=291 +3 3,924 USA Fred Funk 72-72-74-73=291 USA Jim Gallagher Jr. 71-71-75-74=29163 USA Dan Forsman 73-71-77-71=292 +4 3,852T64 CAN Dan Halldorson 74-69-76-74=293 +5 3,798 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 70-71-76-76=29366 USA Scott Gump 69-74-74-77=294 +6 3,744T67 USA Brad Faxon 71-73-73-78=295 +7 3,690 USA Billy Mayfair 73-70-76-76=29569 USA Stan Utley 70-73-77-76=296 +8 3,636T70 USA Bob Estes 73-71-76-78=298 +10 3,582 USA Bob Tway 69-74-83-72=29872 USA John Daly 68-75-78-80=301 +13 3,52873 USA Mark Calcavecchia 71-73-78-81=303 +15 3,492CUT USA Keith Clearwater 72-73=145 +1 USA John Cook 76-69=145 USA Jay Delsing 75-70=145 USA Buddy Gardner 74-71=145 USA Mike Hulbert 71-74=145 USA Kenny Knox 75-70=145 USA Gil Morgan 72-73=145 USA Jodie Mudd (c) 71-74=145 USA Tom Purtzer 68-77=145 USA Bill Sander 69-76=145 USA Ted Schulz 71-74=145 ZAF 1928 Fulton Allem 74-72=146 +2 ESP Seve Ballesteros 75-71=146 AUS Steve Elkington (c) 71-75=146 USA Bruce Fleisher 74-72=146 USA Phil Mickelson 75-71=146 USA David Peoples 74-72=146 USA Kirk Triplett 75-71=146 USA Bobby Wadkins 75-71=146 WAL Ian Woosnam 75-71=146 USA Bart Bryant 72-75=147 +3 USA Ed Fiori 74-73=147 USA Dudley Hart 72-75=147 AUS Mike Harwood 69-78=147 USA Hale Irwin 75-72=147 USA Rocco Mediate 75-72=147 USA Jerry Pate (c) 76-71=147 USA Chris Perry 72-75=147 USA Mike Reid 71-76=147 USA Mike Springer 73-74=147 USA Craig Stadler 70-77=147 USA Howard Twitty 71-76=147 USA Bill Britton 73-75=148 +4 AUS Rodger Davis 73-75=148 USA Robert Gamez 74-74=148 USA Jim Hallet 71-77=148 USA Nolan Henke 74-74=148 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 71-77=148 USA Roger Maltbie 77-71=148 USA D. A. Weibring 75-73=148 USA John Adams 78-71=149 +5 USA Billy Andrade 74-75=149 USA Bobby Clampett 76-73=149 USA Jay Haas 72-77=149 USA Lee Janzen 73-76=149 USA Andy North 72-77=149 USA Dillard Pruitt 71-78=149 USA Mark Wiebe 75-74=149 USA Peter Persons 75-75=150 +6 USA Lance Ten Broeck 78-72=150 USA David Toms 76-74=150 USA Jim Woodward 79-71=150 ZAF 1928 David Frost 74-77=151 +7 USA Bob Gilder 76-75=151 USA Gene Sauers 75-76=151 USA Hal Sutton (c) 79-72=151 USA Brad Bryant 74-78=152 +8 USA Chris Tucker 74-78=152 USA Andy Bean 82-71=153 +9 USA Gary Hallberg 74-79=153 USA Larry Nelson 74-79=153 USA Hubert Green 78-76=154 +10 USA Bob Wolcott 78-76=154 SCO Colin Montgomerie 79-76=155 +11 USA Peter Jacobsen 81-75=156 +12WD USA Kenny Perry 74-80=154 +10 USA Mark Lye 73-84=157 +13 USA David Canipe 85-78=163 +19 USA Calvin Peete (c) 80-85=165 +21 USA Curtis Strange 77 +5DQ USA Ken Green 70 −2
Source:https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html PGA Tour Past Results 1974 – present March 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html dead
References
External links
The Players Championship website
1992
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