The 1992 U.S. Open was the 92nd U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Tom Kite, long considered one of the best players to never win a major, finally broke through with a U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jeff Sluman.

Gil Morgan was the story of the opening two rounds. He took the first-round lead with a 66, then recorded a second-round 69 for the 36-hole lead. After a birdie at the 3rd hole of the third round, Morgan was at 10-under, becoming the first in U.S. Open history to reach double-digits under-par. He got as low as 12-under after a birdie at the 7th, but then collapsed. He made three double-bogeys the rest of the round, but still held the lead by one over Kite, Ian Woosnam, and Mark Brooks. Morgan finally fell out of the lead after a double-bogey at the 6th in the final round. He eventually finished in 13th place, playing his final 29 holes in 17-over par. As Morgan was falling, Kite played steady golf, recording two birdies at 12 and 14 to offset bogeys at 16 and 17. He finished with an even-par 72 and a 3-under total of 285 for a two-stroke win over Jeff Sluman.

Windy conditions combined with lightning-fast greens made scoring conditions in the final round extremely difficult. Morgan shot an 81, Woosnam, one back at the start of the round, shot 79, Brooks, also one back, shot 84, and Nick Faldo, two back at the start, carded a 77. Colin Montgomerie shot 70 for the joint lowest score of the round and jumped over 25 players to finish in 3rd place. The final-round scoring average was 77.3, the third-highest in post-World War II U.S. Open history.

Greg Norman, who was ranked #7 in the world, did not qualify.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3735023983271665161074314643,2844263842023925653974022095483,5256,809 Par454435344364434544353672 Source:

Previous course lengths for major championships - par 72, 1982 U.S. Open - par 72, 1977 PGA Championship - par 72, 1972 U.S. Open

This was the last U.S. Open for a quarter-century to be played at a par-72 course. Since then, it has most often been played to a par of 70, and occasionally 71. Pebble Beach played to par 71 at all three of its subsequent U.S. Opens (2000, 2010, and 2019). The next par-72 course to host the U.S. Open, and the only one to date, was Erin Hills in 2017.

Round summaries First round Thursday, June 18, 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Gil Morgan66-62 Curtis Strange67-5T3 Andy Dillard68-4 Phil Mickelson Steve Pate6 Tom Lehman69-3T7 Paul Azinger70-2 Jay Don Blake Mark Brooks Mark Calcavecchia Nick Faldo Jay Haas Mark McCumber Colin Montgomerie Tom Purtzer Willie Wood

Scorecard First round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454435344 443454435

Second round Friday, June 19, 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Gil Morgan66-69=135-92 Andy Dillard68-70=138-6T3 Raymond Floyd71-69=140-4 Wayne Grady74-66=140T5 Anders Forsbrand71-70=141-3 Gary Hallberg71-70=141 Colin Montgomerie70-71=141T8 Fred Couples72-70=142-2 Dan Forsman72-70=142 Tom Purtzer70-72=142 Duffy Waldorf72-70=142

Amateurs: Duval (+8), Schutte (+9), Voges (+11), Gogel (+17), Pride (+27).

Scorecard Second round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454435344 443454435

Third round Saturday, June 20, 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Gil Morgan66-69-77=212-4T2 Mark Brooks70-74-69=213-3 Tom Kite71-72-70=213 Ian Woosnam72-72-69=213T5 Nick Faldo70-76-68=214-2 Gary Hallberg71-70-73=214 Joey Sindelar74-72-68=214T8 Tom Lehman69-74-72=215-1 Mark McNulty74-72-69=215 Scott Simpson76-71-68=215 Craig Stadler71-72-72=215 Payne Stewart73-70-72=215

Scorecard Third round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454435344 443454435

Final leaderboard Sunday, June 21, 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tom Kite 71-72-70-72=285 −3 275,0002 Jeff Sluman 73-74-69-71=287 −1 137,5003 Colin Montgomerie 70-71-77-70=288 E 84,245T4 Nick Faldo 70-76-68-77=291 +3 54,924 Nick Price 71-72-77-71=291T6 Billy Andrade 72-74-72-74=292 +4 32,316 Jay Don Blake 70-74-75-73=292 Bob Gilder 73-70-75-74=292 Mike Hulbert 74-73-70-75=292 Tom Lehman 69-74-72-77=292 Joey Sindelar 74-72-68-78=292 Ian Woosnam 72-72-69-79=292

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454435344 443454435 Kite −4 −4 −4 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 Sluman E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E E E E E E −1 Montgomerie +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 E E Faldo −2 −2 −1 E E E +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 Price +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 Andrade +2 +2 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +4 +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 Blake +2 +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 E E +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +2 +4 Gilder +3 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 Hulbert E −1 −1 E E E E E +1 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +4 Lehman −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E +1 +2 +3 +4 +4 +3 +3 +4 +4 Sindelar −1 −2 −2 −1 E E E E +2 +3 +4 +5 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 Woosnam −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 E +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 Morgan −4 −4 −4 −2 −3 −1 E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5 Brooks −3 −4 −2 −2 −1 E +1 +1 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +6 +7 +7 +8 +9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

References

External links USGA Championship Database