The 1993 U.S. Open was the 93rd U.S. Open, held June 17–20 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Lee Janzen shot all four rounds in the 60s and tied the U.S. Open scoring record to win the first of his two U.S. Open titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart.

Janzen's total of 272 tied the U.S. Open scoring record set by Jack Nicklaus in 1980, also at Baltusrol. It was the third consecutive time at Baltusrol that the scoring record was tied or broken. Nicklaus also won in 1967 with a 275, one stroke better than Ben Hogan's 276 at Riviera in 1948. Janzen joined Lee Trevino as the only champion to post all four rounds under 70; Trevino shot 275 in 1968, a quarter century earlier. (Rory McIlroy became the third in 2011 and set the scoring record.)

Course layout

Lower Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4703814661941624134704703742053,4433,4114544281934014154302161806305423,7093,6737,1527,084Par444344443344434443553670 Source:

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

, par 70 - 1980 U.S. Open , par 70 - 1967 U.S. Open , par 70 - 1954 U.S. Open

, par 72 - 1936 U.S. Open (Upper Course) , par 74 - 1915 U.S. Open (Old Course) , par      - 1903 U.S. Open (Old Course)The Old Course was plowed under in 1918

Round summaries

First round Thursday, June 17, 1993 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Scott Hoch66−4 Craig Parry Joey SindelarT4 Lee Janzen67−3 Craig StadlerT6 Fred Couples68−2 Raymond Floyd Blaine McCallister Rocco Mediate Corey Pavin Mike Smith Robert Wrenn

Second round Friday, June 18, 1993

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lee Janzen67-67=134−6T2 Payne Stewart70-66=136−4 Tom Watson70-66=136T4 Corey Pavin68-69=137−3 Nick Price71-66=1376 Scott Hoch66-72=138−2T7 Billy Andrade72-67=139−1 Paul Azinger71-68=139 Fred Couples68-71=139 Bob Gilder70-69=139 Jeff Maggert69-70=139 Mike Standly70-69=139

Amateurs: Leonard (E), Berganio (+10), Oh (+15).

Third round Saturday, June 19, 1993

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lee Janzen67-67-69=203−72 Payne Stewart70-66-68=204−63 Nick Price71-66-70=207−3T4 Paul Azinger71-68-69=208−2 David Edwards70-72-66=208T6 John Adams70-70-69=209−1 Fred Funk70-72-67=209 Wayne Levi71-69-69=209 Craig Parry66-74-69=209 Mike Standly70-69-70=209 Tom Watson70-66-73=209

Final round Sunday, June 20, 1993

Janzen began the final round with a one-shot lead over Stewart. He kept the lead at the turn, but at the 10th his drive settled in thick rough and behind trees. Somehow Janzen's approach went through the branches and found the green, where he made par. He eventually lost sole possession of the lead, however, after three-putting at the 12th. A birdie at 14 put Janzen back on top, and after finding trouble at 16, his chip found the hole for another birdie. After Stewart missed a lengthy putt for birdie, Janzen held a two-shot lead with just two to play. At the 17th hole, Janzen's drive hit a tree and deflected back into the fairway. Both players made par, and at the last Janzen hit a 4-iron approach to set up another birdie and seal the victory.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Lee Janzen 67-67-69-69=272 −8 290,0002 Payne Stewart 70-66-68-70=274 −6 145,000T3 Paul Azinger 71-68-69-69=277 −3 78,556 Craig Parry 66-74-69-68=277T5 Scott Hoch 66-72-72-68=278 −2 48,730 Tom Watson 70-66-73-69=278T7 Ernie Els 71-73-68-67=279 −1 35,481 Raymond Floyd 68-73-70-68=279 Fred Funk 70-72-67-70=279 Nolan Henke 72-71-67-69=279

Amateur: Justin Leonard (+8)

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par444344443 443444355 Janzen −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 Stewart −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 Azinger −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 Parry −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 Hoch +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E −1 −2 Watson E +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 Price −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −1 E E +1 +1 +1 E E E Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

References

External links USOpen.com – 1993