The 1992 PGA Tour was the 77th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 24th season since separating from the PGA of America.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes Jan 12 Infiniti Tournament of Champions California 800,000 Steve Elkington (3) 44 Winners-only event Jan 19 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 1,100,000 John Cook (4) 46 Pro-Am Jan 26 Phoenix Open Arizona 1,000,000 Mark Calcavecchia (7) 46 Feb 2 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 1,100,000 Mark O'Meara (8) 52 Pro-Am Feb 9 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii 1,200,000 John Cook (5) 42 Feb 16 Northern Telecom Open Arizona 1,100,000 Lee Janzen (1) 40 Feb 23 Buick Invitational of California California 1,000,000 Steve Pate (5) 34 Mar 1 Nissan Los Angeles Open California 1,000,000 Fred Couples (7) 48 Mar 8 Doral-Ryder Open Florida 1,400,000 Raymond Floyd (22) 52 Mar 15 Honda Classic Florida 1,100,000 Corey Pavin (10) 48 Mar 22 Nestle Invitational Florida 1,000,000 Fred Couples (8) 70 Invitational Mar 29 The Players Championship Florida 1,800,000 Davis Love III (4) 80 Flagship event Apr 5 Freeport-McMoRan Golf Classic Louisiana 1,000,000 Chip Beck (4) 54 Apr 12 Masters Tournament Georgia 1,500,000 Fred Couples (9) 100 Major championship Apr 12 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Mississippi 300,000 Richard Zokol (n/a) n/a Alternate event Apr 19 MCI Heritage Golf Classic South Carolina 1,000,000 Davis Love III (5) 52 Invitational Apr 26 KMart Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina 1,250,000 Davis Love III (6) 52 May 3 Shell Houston Open Texas 1,200,000 Fred Funk (1) 44 May 10 BellSouth Classic Georgia 1,000,000 Tom Kite (16) 38 May 17 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas 1,100,000 Billy Ray Brown (2) 40 May 24 Southwestern Bell Colonial Texas 1,300,000 Bruce Lietzke (12) 54 Invitational May 31 Kemper Open Maryland 1,100,000 Bill Glasson (5) 40 Jun 7 Memorial Tournament Ohio 1,300,000 David Edwards (3) 60 Invitational Jun 14 Federal Express St. Jude Classic Tennessee 1,100,000 Jay Haas (8) 54 Jun 21 U.S. Open California 1,500,000 Tom Kite (17) 100 Major championship Jun 28 Buick Classic New York 1,000,000 David Frost (5) 50 Jul 5 Centel Western Open Illinois 1,100,000 Ben Crenshaw (16) 50 Jul 12 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic Virginia 1,100,000 David Peoples (2) 28 Jul 19 The Open Championship Scotland £1,000,000 Nick Faldo (6) 100 Major championship Jul 19 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee 800,000 Mark Carnevale (1) 20 Alternate event Jul 26 New England Classic Massachusetts 1,000,000 Brad Faxon (2) 36 Aug 2 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 1,000,000 Lanny Wadkins (21) 42 Aug 9 Buick Open Michigan 1,000,000 Dan Forsman (4) 42 Aug 16 PGA Championship Missouri 1,600,000 Nick Price (4) 100 Major championship Aug 23 The International Colorado 1,200,000 Brad Faxon (3) 48 Aug 30 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio 1,400,000 Craig Stadler (10) 50 Limited-field event Sep 6 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 1,000,000 Richard Zokol (1) 40 Sep 13 Canadian Open Canada 1,000,000 Greg Norman (11) 48 Sep 20 Hardee's Golf Classic Illinois 1,000,000 David Frost (6) 34 Sep 27 B.C. Open New York 800,000 John Daly (2) 32 Oct 4 Buick Southern Open Georgia 700,000 Gary Hallberg (3) 26 Oct 11 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada 1,300,000 John Cook (6) 46 Oct 18 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic Florida 1,000,000 John Huston (2) 44 Oct 25 H.E.B. Texas Open Texas 900,000 Nick Price (5) 42 Nov 1 The Tour Championship North Carolina 2,000,000 Paul Azinger (8) 54 Tour Championship

Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)OWGRpointsNotesNov 8World CupSpain1,100,000 Fred Couples and Davis Love IIIn/aTeam eventWorld Cup Individual Trophy Brett Oglen/aNov 8Amoco-Centel ChampionshipSouth Carolina760,000 Don Pooleyn/aNov 11PGA Grand Slam of GolfCalifornia1,000,000 Nick Pricen/aLimited-field eventNov 15Franklin Funds Shark ShootoutCalifornia1,000,000 Tom Kite and Davis Love IIIn/aTeam eventNov 22Kapalua InternationalHawaii800,000 Davis Love III38Nov 29Skins GameCalifornia540,000 Payne Stewartn/aLimited-field eventDec 6JCPenney ClassicFlorida1,100,000 Dan Forsman and Dottie Mochrien/aTeam event

Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position Player Prize money ($)1 Fred Couples 1,344,1882 Davis Love III 1,191,6303 John Cook 1,165,6064 Nick Price 1,135,7735 Corey Pavin 980,9346 Tom Kite 957,4457 Paul Azinger 929,8638 Brad Faxon 812,0939 Lee Janzen 795,27910 Dan Forsman 763,190

Awards AwardWinner PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Fred Couples PGA Player of the Year Fred Couples Rookie of the Year Mark Carnevale Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Fred Couples Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Fred Couples Comeback Player of the Year John Cook

See also 1992 Ben Hogan Tour 1992 Senior PGA Tour

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