1992 Open Championship


The 1992 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 121st Open Championship, held from 16–19 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

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Lengths of the course for previous Opens :

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1992
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Raymond Floyd64−7
T1Steve Pate64−7
T3Gordon Brand Jnr65−6
T3Ian Woosnam65−6
T5John Cook66−5
T5Ernie Els66−5
T5Nick Faldo66−5
T5Lee Janzen66−5
T9Per-Ulrik Johansson67−4
T9Andrew Magee67−4
T9Rocco Mediate67−4
T9Craig Parry67−4
T9Costantino Rocca67−4
T9Orrin Vincent III67−4

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1992
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Faldo66-64=130−12
T2Gordon Brand Jnr65-68=133−9
T2John Cook66-67=133−9
4Steve Pate64-70=134−8
T5Ernie Els66-69=135−7
T5Raymond Floyd64-71=135−7
T5Donnie Hammond70-65=135−7
T8José María Olazábal70-67=137−5
T8Tom Purtzer68-69=137−5
T8Larry Rinker69-68=137−5

Amateurs: Lee , Pullan, Voges, Welch, Wolstenholme.

Third round

Saturday, 18 July 1992
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Faldo66-64-69=199−14
T2Steve Pate64-70-69=203−10
T2John Cook66-67-70=203−10
T4Donnie Hammond70-65-70=205−8
T4Ernie Els66-69-70=205−8
T4Gordon Brand Jnr65-68-72=205−8
T7Chip Beck71-68-67=206−7
T7José María Olazábal70-67-69=206−7
9Larry Rinker69-68-70=207−6
T10Malcolm MacKenzie71-67-70=208−5
T10Robert Karlsson70-68-70=208−5
T10Sandy Lyle68-70-70=208−5
T10Ian Woosnam65-73-70=208−5
T10Raymond Floyd64-71-73=208−5

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1992
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Nick Faldo66-64-69-73=272−1295,000
2John Cook66-67-70-70=273−1175,000
3José María Olazábal70-67-69-68=274−1064,000
4Steve Pate64-70-69-73=276−853,000
T5Andrew Magee67-72-70-70=279−530,071
T5Robert Karlsson70-68-70-71=279−530,071
T5Malcolm MacKenzie71-67-70-71=279−530,071
T5Ian Woosnam65-73-70-71=279−530,071
T5Ernie Els66-69-70-74=279−530,071
T5Donnie Hammond70-65-70-74=279−530,071
T5Gordon Brand Jnr65-68-72-74=279−530,071

Source:
Amateurs: Lee

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444354345444344354
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−10−9−10−9−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−10−9−8−8−9−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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