1992 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1992 British Open was the 121st time the tournament was played. Nick Faldo entered the final round with a three-stroke lead, lost that lead, then got it back in the end.
Winner: Nick Faldo, 272
Where it was played: Muirfield in Gullane, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 16-19, 1992
Leader after first round: Steve Pate and Raymond Floyd, 64
Leader after second round: Nick Faldo, 130
Leader after third round: Nick Faldo, 199
What Happened at the 1992 Open Championship
At the 1987 Open Championship at Muirfield, Nick Faldo won his first major championship. At the 1992 British Open at Muirfield, he won his third Open title and fifth overall major.Faldo began the final round with a three-stroke lead over Steve Pate, with John Cook among those chasing the leaders and four back of Faldo. Early on, it looked as if Faldo might cruise to victory. He made the turn leading Cook by four. (Pate carded a 73 on the day and never was a factor.)
But Faldo went on a back-nine bogey streak, giving up shots to par on Nos. 11, 13 and 14. Meanwhile Cook, playing ahead of Faldo, birdied the 15th and 16th holes, moving two strokes in front.
Faldo birdied the 15th to right his ship, but the tournament turned on the par-5 17th. There, Cook barely missed an eagle putt, and then also missed the comebacker of less than three feet for birdie, settling for par. When Faldo reached the hole, he also missed an eagle putt but sank his birdie putt.
Cook followed his mistake on 17 with a bogey on the 18th. Faldo needed to par No. 18 to win, and that's what he did.
A month later, Cook finished tied for second (with Faldo) at the 1992 PGA Championship. Those were Cook's best chances in majors. He won 11 PGA Tour titles, but no majors.
Jose Maria Olazabal finished third, one of just two times Olazabal posted Top 10 finishes in the Open. And Ernie Els not only made his first-ever cut in a major, he finished tied for fifth.
Two-time British Open winner and six-time major champion Lee Trevino finished 39th. This was the last time Trevino made the cut in any of the four majors.
1992 British Open Final Scores
| Nick Faldo | 66-64-69-73—272 |
| John Cook | 66-67-70-70—273 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 70-67-69-68—274 |
| Steve Pate | 64-70-69-73—276 |
| Robert Karlsson | 70-68-70-71—279 |
| Malcolm Mackenzie | 71-67-70-71—279 |
| Andrew Magee | 67-72-70-70—279 |
| Ian Woosnam | 65-73-70-71—279 |
| Gordon Brand Jr. | 65-68-72-74—279 |
| Ernie Els | 66-69-70-74—279 |
| Donnie Hammond | 70-65-70-74—279 |
| Jamie Spence | 71-68-70-71—280 |
| Sandy Lyle | 68-70-70-72—280 |
| Mark O'Meara | 71-68-72-69—280 |
| Raymond Floyd | 64-71-73-72—280 |
| Larry Rinker | 69-68-70-73—280 |
| Chip Beck | 71-68-67-74—280 |
| Greg Norman | 71-72-70-68—281 |
| Tom Kite | 70-69-71-72—282 |
| Ian Baker-Finch | 71-71-72-68—282 |
| Hale Irwin | 70-73-67-72—282 |
| Peter Mitchell | 69-71-72-71—283 |
| Paul Lawrie | 70-72-68-73—283 |
| Tom Purtzer | 68-69-75-71—283 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 69-70-73-72—284 |
| Billy Andrade | 69-71-70-74—284 |
| Peter Senior | 70-69-70-75—284 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 69-71-73-72—285 |
| Russ Cochran | 71-68-72-74—285 |
| Mark McNulty | 71-70-70-74—285 |
| Jodie Mudd | 71-69-74-71—285 |
| Mats Lanner | 72-68-71-74—285 |
| Craig Parry | 67-71-76-71—285 |
| Payne Stewart | 70-73-71-72—286 |
| Corey Pavin | 69-74-73-70—286 |
| Anders Forsbrand | 70-72-70-74—286 |
| Tony Johnstone | 72-71-74-69—286 |
| Steve Elkington | 68-70-75-73—286 |
| Lee Trevino | 69-71-73-74—287 |
| De Wet Basson | 71-71-71-74—287 |
| Wayne Grady | 73-69-71-74—287 |
| Steven Richardson | 74-68-73-72—287 |
| Lee Janzen | 66-73-73-75—287 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 69-71-75-72—287 |
| Brian Marchbank | 71-72-71-74—288 |
| Craig Mann | 74-69-72-73—288 |
| Jose Coceres | 74-69-73-72—288 |
| Rocco Mediate | 67-75-73-73—288 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 69-69-75-75—288 |
| Mike Harwood | 72-68-76-72—288 |
| Roger Mackay | 73-70-73-73—289 |
| Nick Price | 69-73-73-74—289 |
| Barry Lane | 73-69-73-74—289 |
| Vijay Singh | 69-72-76-72—289 |
| Costantino Rocca | 67-75-73-75—290 |
| Mark Brooks | 71-71-73-75—290 |
| Orrin Vincent III | 67-75-77-71—290 |
| David Feherty | 71-70-72-77—290 |
| Wayne Riley | 71-72-75-73—291 |
| Mike Clayton | 72-70-75-74—291 |
| Bernhard Langer | 70-72-76-73—291 |
| Paul Azinger | 70-69-75-77—291 |
| William Guy | 72-71-70-78—291 |
| Hendrik Buhrmann | 70-72-75-75—292 |
| Craig Stadler | 72-70-75-75—292 |
| Roger Chapman | 72-71-71-78—292 |
| Danny Mijovic | 70-71-80-71—292 |
| Peter O'Malley | 72-70-76-75—293 |
| Per-Ulrik Johansson | 67-74-77-75—293 |
| a-Daren Lee | 68-72-77-76—293 |
| Andrew Sherborne | 72-69-75-77—293 |
| Jon Robson | 70-71-78-74—293 |
| Fred Funk | 71-71-76-76—294 |
| Paul Moyo | 70-72-79-74—295 |
| John Daly | 74-69-80-74—297 |
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