1992 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winner, Scores
The 1992 U.S. Open was the 92nd time the tournament was played. Gil Morgan was the story of the first three days of this championship, but Tom Kite was the story on the last day.
Winner: Tom Kite, 285
Where it was played: Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California
Tournament dates: June 18-21, 1992
Leader after first round: Gil Morgan, 66
Leader after second round: Gil Morgan, 135
Leader after third round: Gil Morgan, 212
What Happened in the 1992 U.S. Open
The 1992 U.S. Open was played at Pebble Beach Golf Links, the third time the USGA national championship visited Pebble Beach. The previous two visits resulted in victories for Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson. Would the third time also produce a golfer of major stature? Or would a dark-horse emerge as the winner?For the first two days and a half, it looked like the latter. Gil Morgan — a longtime, solid PGA Tour player, but not a star — was on fire in the early going, taking the first-round lead with a 66, and maintaining it with a second-round 69.
When Morgan birdied the third hole of the third round, he reached 10-under par, the first person in U.S. Open history to get to 10-under. Morgan made it to 12-under, and had a 7-stroke lead at that point, before crashing back to earth. From that point until the end of the tournament, Morgan was 17-over par. He finished the third round still leading, but at 4-under. Then he shot 81 in the final round, finishing tied for 13th.
Meanwhile, Tom Kite — one of the PGA Tour's best players, but still without a major championship victory — kept plugging along. He was 3-under after three rounds.
The final round was played in dry, windy conditions on baked, lightning-fast greens. Morgan wasn't the only golfer who struggled. Ian Woosnam, who began the day tied with Kite, shot 79. Nick Faldo, a stroke behind Kite at the beginning of the fourth round, carded a 77.
Kite just kept hitting fairways and greens, making recoveries when he needed to, and posted a 72. That was good enough to win Kite his first, and what turned out to be his only, major championship. The win was the 17th of Kite's PGA Tour career, and he won only twice more after this.
1992 U.S. Open Final Scores
| Tom Kite | 71-72-70-72—285 |
| Jeff Sluman | 73-74-69-71—287 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 70-71-77-70—288 |
| Nick Faldo | 70-76-68-77—291 |
| Nick Price | 71-72-77-71—291 |
| Billy Andrade | 72-74-72-74—292 |
| Jay Don Blake | 70-74-75-73—292 |
| Bob Gilder | 73-70-75-74—292 |
| Mike Hulbert | 74-73-70-75—292 |
| Tom Lehman | 69-74-72-77—292 |
| Joey Sindelar | 74-72-68-78—292 |
| Ian Woosnam | 72-72-69-79—292 |
| Ian Baker-Finch | 74-71-72-76—293 |
| John Cook | 72-72-74-75—293 |
| Mark McCumber | 70-76-73-74—293 |
| Gil Morgan | 66-69-77-81—293 |
| Fred Couples | 72-70-78-74—294 |
| Andy Dillard | 68-70-79-77—294 |
| Wayne Grady | 74-66-81-73—294 |
| Andrew Magee | 77-69-72-76—294 |
| Tray Tyner | 74-72-78-70—294 |
| Willie Wood | 70-75-75-74—294 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 71-76-69-79—295 |
| Brad Bryant | 71-76-75-73—295 |
| Jay Haas | 70-77-74-74—295 |
| Donnie Hammond | 73-73-73-76—295 |
| Dudley Hart | 76-71-71-77—295 |
| Jim Kane | 73-71-76-75—295 |
| Bernhard Langer | 73-72-75-75—295 |
| Billy Mayfair | 74-73-75-73—295 |
| Jumbo Ozaki | 77-70-72-76—295 |
| Curtis Strange | 67-78-76-74—295 |
| Paul Azinger | 70-75-71-80—296 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 70-73-73-80—296 |
| Russ Cochran | 73-74-72-77—296 |
| Jay Delsing | 73-73-75-75—296 |
| Anders Forsbrand | 71-70-77-78—296 |
| Fred Funk | 72-75-76-73—296 |
| Mark McNulty | 74-72-69-81—296 |
| Craig Parry | 73-73-73-77—296 |
| Tom Purtzer | 70-72-76-78—296 |
| Craig Stadler | 71-72-72-81—296 |
| Richard Zokol | 72-72-72-80—296 |
| Mark Brooks | 70-74-69-84—297 |
| Bob Estes | 72-71-74-80—297 |
| Raymond Floyd | 71-69-76-81—297 |
| Gary Hallberg | 71-70-73-83—297 |
| Rocco Mediate | 71-75-70-81—297 |
| Don Pooley | 76-71-76-74—297 |
| Dillard Pruitt | 73-73-74-77—297 |
| Scott Gump | 75-72-75-76—298 |
| Hale Irwin | 73-70-78-77—298 |
| Sandy Lyle | 73-74-75-76—298 |
| Ted Schulz | 71-75-73-79—298 |
| Payne Stewart | 73-70-72-83—298 |
| Bob Wolcott | 76-70-74-78—298 |
| Darryl Donovan | 73-74-76-76—299 |
| Jim Gallagher Jr. | 71-76-69-83—299 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 72-70-74-83—299 |
| Dan Forsman | 72-70-74-84—300 |
| Davis Love III | 72-71-74-83—300 |
| Mike Smith | 74-71-74-82—301 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 74-71-77-80—302 |
| Scott Simpson | 76-71-68-88—303 |
| Greg Twiggs | 72-71-80-80—303 |
| Kirk Triplett | 73-73-80-79—305 |
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