1992 Open Championship

The 1992 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 121st Open Championship, held from 16 to 19 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Nick Faldo won his third Open Championship and fifth major title by one stroke over runner-up John Cook. It was Faldo's second win at Muirfield, where he won his first Claret Jug in 1987. Daren Lee of England was the only amateur to make the cut; he earned the silver medal as low amateur and finished in a tie for 68th place.

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4473513791805594691854445043,5184753853811594494171885504483,4526,970 Par444354345364443443543571 Source:

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):

1987: , par 71 1980: , par 71 1972: , par 71

1966: , par 71 1959: , par 72

Round summaries First round Thursday, 16 July 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Raymond Floyd64−7 Steve PateT3 Gordon Brand Jnr65−6 Ian WoosnamT5 John Cook66−5 Ernie Els Nick Faldo Lee JanzenT9 Per-Ulrik Johansson67−4 Andrew Magee Rocco Mediate Craig Parry Costantino Rocca Orrin Vincent III

Second round Friday, 17 July 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nick Faldo66-64=130−12T2 Gordon Brand Jnr65-68=133−9 John Cook 66-67=1334 Steve Pate 64-70=134−8T5 Ernie Els66-69=135−7 Raymond Floyd64-71=135 Donnie Hammond70-65=135T8 José María Olazábal70-67=137−5 Tom Purtzer68-69=137 Larry Rinker69-68=137

Amateurs: Lee (-2), Pullan (+3), Voges (+8), Welch (+8), Wolstenholme (+11).

Third round Saturday, 18 July 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nick Faldo66-64-69=199−14T2 Steve Pate64-70-69=203−10 John Cook66-67-70=203T4 Donnie Hammond70-65-70=205−8 Ernie Els66-69-70=205 Gordon Brand Jnr65-68-72=205T7 Chip Beck71-68-67=206−7 José María Olazábal70-67-69=2069 Larry Rinker69-68-70=207−6T10 Malcolm MacKenzie71-67-70=208 −5 Robert Karlsson70-68-70=208 Sandy Lyle68-70-70=208 Ian Woosnam65-73-70=208 Raymond Floyd64-71-73=208

Final round Sunday, 19 July 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Nick Faldo 66-64-69-73=272 −12 95,0002 John Cook 66-67-70-70=273 −11 75,0003 José María Olazábal 70-67-69-68=274 −10 64,0004 Steve Pate 64-70-69-73=276 −8 53,000T5 Andrew Magee 67-72-70-70=279 −5 30,071 Robert Karlsson 70-68-70-71=279 Malcolm MacKenzie 71-67-70-71=279 Ian Woosnam 65-73-70-71=279 Ernie Els 66-69-70-74=279 Donnie Hammond 70-65-70-74=279 Gordon Brand Jnr 65-68-72-74=279 Source:

Amateurs: Lee (+9)

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par444354345 444344354 Faldo −13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−12−12−11−10−11−11−12−12 Cook −9−9−10−10−12−12−11−11−9−9−9−10−10−10−11−12−12−11 Olazábal −6−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−10 Pate −10−9−10−9−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−10−9−7-7-8-8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

References

External links Muirfield 1992 (Official site) 121st Open Championship – Muirfield (European Tour)