1986 U.S. Open: One for the Old(ish) Guys
The 1986 U.S. Open was the 86th time the tournament was played and the winner established a new age record.
Winner: Raymond Floyd, 279
Where it was played: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York
Tournament dates: June 12-15, 1986
Leader after first round: Bob Tway, 70
Leader after second round: Greg Norman, 139
Leader after third round: Greg Norman, 210
Notable Notes: Raymond Floyd trailed by three strokes entering the final round, then shot a 66 to overtake the lead and win the championship. It was Floyd's first U.S. Open win and the last of his four wins in majors. Third-round leader Greg Norman finished with a 75 to fall out of the Top 10. Floyd, age 43, was the tournament's oldest winner in its history to this point.
Final Scores
| Raymond Floyd | 75-68-70-66—279 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 74-70-72-65—281 |
| Chip Beck | 75-73-68-65—281 |
| Lee Trevino | 74-68-69-71—282 |
| Hal Sutton | 75-70-66-71—282 |
| Payne Stewart | 76-68-69-70—283 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 76-69-69-69—283 |
| Bob Tway | 70-73-69-72—284 |
| Mark McCumber | 74-71-68-71—284 |
| Bernhard Langer | 74-70-70-70—284 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 77-72-67-68—284 |
| Denis Watson | 72-70-71-72—285 |
| Greg Norman | 71-68-71-75—285 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 75-75-72-65—287 |
| Gary Koch | 73-73-71-71—288 |
| Craig Stadler | 74-71-74-69—288 |
| Jodie Mudd | 73-75-69-71—288 |
| Scott Verplank | 75-72-67-74—288 |
| Bobby Wadkins | 75-69-72-72—288 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 75-74-71-68—288 |
| David Graham | 76-71-69-72—288 |
| David Frost | 72-72-77-67—288 |
| Joey Sindelar | 81-66-70-71—288 |
| Tom Watson | 72-71-71-75—289 |
| Lennie Clements | 75-72-67-75—289 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 75-73-68-73—289 |
| Larry Mize | 75-71-73-70—289 |
| Don Pooley | 75-71-74-69—289 |
| Mike Reid | 74-73-66-76—289 |
| Andy Bean | 76-72-73-68—289 |
| Larry Rinker | 77-71-70-71—289 |
| Calvin Peete | 77-73-70-69—289 |
| Dave Eichelberger | 80-70-72-67—289 |
| Paul Azinger | 78-72-70-70—290 |
| Tom Kite | 74-74-73-70—291 |
| Tom Cook | 75-73-70-73—291 |
| Larry Nelson | 75-73-70-73—291 |
| Phil Blackmar | 75-75-70-71—291 |
| Mark McNulty | 75-72-68-76—291 |
| a-Sam Randolph | 79-71-68-73—291 |
| Doug Tewell | 74-73-71-74—292 |
| Roger Maltbie | 76-70-73-73—292 |
| Bruce Fleisher | 76-73-71-72—292 |
| Mark O'Meara | 76-73-71-72—292 |
| Dave Barr | 75-73-73-72—293 |
| Kenny Knox | 72-76-74-71—293 |
| Johnny Miller | 76-72-71-74—293 |
| Sandy Lyle | 78-71-72-72—293 |
| Mark Lye | 80-70-70-73—293 |
| Barry Jaeckel | 75-74-71-74—294 |
| David Hobby | 76-74-71-73—294 |
| Mac O'Grady | 75-69-73-77—294 |
| Bill Glasson | 76-74-69-76—295 |
| Tommy Nakajima | 72-72-78-73—295 |
| Hubert Green | 75-75-75-71—296 |
| Wayne Levi | 77-70-74-75—296 |
| David Israelson | 79-71-72-74—296 |
| Greg Powers | 80-70-72-74—296 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 76-72-73-76—297 |
| T.C. Chen | 76-72-75-74—297 |
| Frank Conner | 75-73-77-72—297 |
| Jeff Sluman | 75-74-75-74—298 |
| David Ogrin | 76-73-74-75—298 |
| Rick Fehr | 72-77-75-74—298 |
| Dick Mast | 76-74-76-74—300 |
| Howard Twitty | 79-71-75-76—301 |
| Andy North | 79-71-77-75—302 |
| Mike Malaska | 74-74-80-75—303 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 78-70-78-78—304 |
| Brad Greer | 78-72-79-76—305 |
