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.

Playing in his seventh consecutive event on tour, top-ranked Fred Couples carded a course record 63 (−9) in the third round. He broke his own course record which he originally set in 1984. 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

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.

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

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Round summaries First round Thursday, March 26, 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Billy Ray Brown 64 −8 T2 Phil Blackmar 67 −5 Jay Don Blake Mark Brooks Ed Humenik Davis Love III Craig Parry T8 John Daly 68 −4 Nick Faldo Bernhard Langer Tom Purtzer Scott Simpson Tom Watson Source:

Second round Friday, March 27, 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 José María Olazábal 69-65=134 −10 Billy Ray Brown 64-70=134 T3 Davis Love III 67-68=135 −9 Craig Parry 67-68=135T5 Phil Blackmar 67-69=136 −8 Nick Faldo 68-68=136 T7 Ian Baker-Finch 70-67=137 −7 Mark Brooks 67-70=137 Ed Humenik 67-70=137 Bob Lohr 69-68=137 Scott Simpson 68-69=137 Source:

Third round Saturday, March 28, 1992 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nick Faldo 68-68-67=203 −13 2 Phil Blackmar 67-69-68=204 −12 3 Ian Baker-Finch 70-67-68=205 −11 4 Davis Love III 67-68-71=206 −10 T5 Mark Brooks 67-70-70=207 −9 Fred Couples 73-71-63=207 Nick Price 71-67-69=207 Mike Smith 69-72-66=207 T9 Craig Parry 67-68-73=208 −8 Doug Tewell 69-69-70=208 Tom Watson 68-70-70=208 Source:

Final round Sunday, March 29, 1992 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Davis Love III 67-68-71-67=273 −15 324,000T2 Ian Baker-Finch 70-67-68-72=277 −11 118,800 Phil Blackmar 67-69-68-73=277 Nick Faldo 68-68-67-74=277 Tom Watson 68-70-70-69=277T6 Craig Parry 67-68-73-70=278 −10 62,550 Tom Sieckmann 71-72-67-68=2788 Nick Price 71-67-69-72=279 −9 55,800T9 Mark Brooks 67-70-70-73=280 −8 46,800 John Mahaffey (c) 71-71-69-69=280 José María Olazábal 69-65-75-71=280 Mark O'Meara 69-69-74-68=280 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Fred Couples (c) 73-71-63-74=281 −7 33,750 Tom Lehman 70-72-71-68=281 Mark McNulty 74-68-69-70=281 Payne Stewart 69-70-72-70=281T17 Wayne Levi 70-69-73-71=283 −5 26,100 Andrew Magee 70-69-71-73=283 Scott Simpson 68-69-74-72=283 Mike Smith 69-72-66-76=283T21 Billy Ray Brown 64-70-78-72=284 −4 16,897 Rick Fehr 70-72-69-73=284 Ed Humenik 67-70-77-70=284 Bob Lohr 69-68-74-73=284 Larry Rinker 72-69-69-74=284 Loren Roberts 69-71-73-71=284 Tim Simpson 69-71-73-71=284 Doug Tewell 69-69-70-76=284T29 Paul Azinger 69-72-73-71=285 −3 11,445 Ronnie Black 71-72-73-69=285 Ben Crenshaw 70-72-73-70=285 Wayne Grady 71-73-69-72=285 Bernhard Langer 68-74-70-73=285 Lanny Wadkins (c) 70-71-75-69=285T35 David Edwards 69-72-71-74=286 −2 8,874 Tom Kite (c) 72-68-74-72=286 Greg Norman 72-72-70-72=286 Dan Pohl 70-74-70-72=286 Duffy Waldorf 72-72-70-72=286T40 Jay Don Blake 67-71-76-73=287 −1 6,840 John Huston 69-69-78-71=287 Neal Lancaster 69-75-72-71=287 Mark McCumber (c) 71-69-74-73=287 Steve Pate 74-70-71-72=287 Jeff Sluman 73-67-73-74=287T46 Bruce Lietzke 72-72-71-73=288 E 5,244 Corey Pavin 71-73-71-73=288 Joey Sindelar 69-72-72-75=288T49 Chip Beck 71-67-81-70=289 +1 4,442 Brian Claar 74-70-72-73=289 Russ Cochran 71-73-72-73=289 Dave Rummells 69-75-75-70=289 Robert Wrenn 70-73-71-75=289T54 Ed Dougherty 73-71-75-71=290 +2 4,086 Brad Fabel 76-68-72-74=290 Jeff Maggert 69-71-77-73=290 Blaine McCallister 69-73-75-73=290 Larry Mize 73-70-75-72=290 Leonard Thompson 71-73-73-73=290T60 Dave Barr 71-70-78-72=291 +3 3,924 Fred Funk 72-72-74-73=291 Jim Gallagher Jr. 71-71-75-74=29163 Dan Forsman 73-71-77-71=292 +4 3,852T64 Dan Halldorson 74-69-76-74=293 +5 3,798 Fuzzy Zoeller 70-71-76-76=29366 Scott Gump 69-74-74-77=294 +6 3,744T67 Brad Faxon 71-73-73-78=295 +7 3,690 Billy Mayfair 73-70-76-76=29569 Stan Utley 70-73-77-76=296 +8 3,636T70 Bob Estes 73-71-76-78=298 +10 3,582 Bob Tway 69-74-83-72=29872 John Daly 68-75-78-80=301 +13 3,52873 Mark Calcavecchia 71-73-78-81=303 +15 3,492CUT Keith Clearwater 72-73=145 +1 John Cook 76-69=145 Jay Delsing 75-70=145 Buddy Gardner 74-71=145 Mike Hulbert 71-74=145 Kenny Knox 75-70=145 Gil Morgan 72-73=145 Jodie Mudd (c) 71-74=145 Tom Purtzer 68-77=145 Bill Sander 69-76=145 Ted Schulz 71-74=145 Fulton Allem 74-72=146 +2 Seve Ballesteros 75-71=146 Steve Elkington (c) 71-75=146 Bruce Fleisher 74-72=146 Phil Mickelson 75-71=146 David Peoples 74-72=146 Kirk Triplett 75-71=146 Bobby Wadkins 75-71=146 Ian Woosnam 75-71=146 Bart Bryant 72-75=147 +3 Ed Fiori 74-73=147 Dudley Hart 72-75=147 Mike Harwood 69-78=147 Hale Irwin 75-72=147 Rocco Mediate 75-72=147 Jerry Pate (c) 76-71=147 Chris Perry 72-75=147 Mike Reid 71-76=147 Mike Springer 73-74=147 Craig Stadler 70-77=147 Howard Twitty 71-76=147 Bill Britton 73-75=148 +4 Rodger Davis 73-75=148 Robert Gamez 74-74=148 Jim Hallet 71-77=148 Nolan Henke 74-74=148 Sandy Lyle (c) 71-77=148 Roger Maltbie 77-71=148 D. A. Weibring 75-73=148 John Adams 78-71=149 +5 Billy Andrade 74-75=149 Bobby Clampett 76-73=149 Jay Haas 72-77=149 Lee Janzen 73-76=149 Andy North 72-77=149 Dillard Pruitt 71-78=149 Mark Wiebe 75-74=149 Peter Persons 75-75=150 +6 Lance Ten Broeck 78-72=150 David Toms 76-74=150 Jim Woodward 79-71=150 David Frost 74-77=151 +7 Bob Gilder 76-75=151 Gene Sauers 75-76=151 Hal Sutton (c) 79-72=151 Brad Bryant 74-78=152 +8 Chris Tucker 74-78=152 Andy Bean 82-71=153 +9 Gary Hallberg 74-79=153 Larry Nelson 74-79=153 Hubert Green 78-76=154 +10 Bob Wolcott 78-76=154 Colin Montgomerie 79-76=155 +11 Peter Jacobsen 81-75=156 +12WD Kenny Perry 74-80=154 +10 Mark Lye 73-84=157 +13 David Canipe 85-78=163 +19 Calvin Peete (c) 80-85=165 +21 Curtis Strange 77 +5DQ Ken Green 70 −2

References

External links The Players Championship website