1992 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
The 1992 Masters was the 56th time the tournament took place, and it was the site of Fred Couples' first, and only, win in a major. Couples benefited from what he called his luckiest break ever, and what some wags called "the miracle at Rae's Creek."
Winner: Fred Couples, 275
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 9-12, 1992
Leader after first round: Lanny Wadkins and Jeff Sluman, 65
Leader after second round: Craig Parry and Ian Woosnam, 135
Leader after third round: Craig Parry, 204
What Happened at the 1992 Masters Tournament
The 1992 Masters is best-remembered for one particular moment: The moment that Fred Couples' golf ball came to rest on an embankment fronting the 12th green during the final round.Couples' tee ball to the picturesque par-3 came up short, and the ball seemed certain to roll back down into the water of Rae's Creek. And it started to do just that. But then it ... stopped. And settled in a tiny flat spot on the embankment. Couples was able to save par and went on to win by two strokes over Raymond Floyd.
Many longtime observers said they could not recall any other ball ever stopping, after a shot like Couples', on that embankment. But Couples' ball did stop, something he called at the time "the best break ... of my life." Some journalists called it "The Miracle at Rae's Creek."
Floyd, winner of the 1976 Masters, was 49-years-old at this Masters, and had he won he would have become the oldest major championship winner ever. As it was, he had to settle for being the oldest runner-up (to this point) in The Masters.
This was Couples' only win in a major and the ninth of his 15 career PGA Tour victories. He opened with a first-round 69, good for seventh place and four off the lead. In the second round, Couples' 67 moved him into third, one off the lead. He was also one behind following the third round after another 69, with Craig Parry in the lead. But Parry shot 78 in the final round to fall out of the Top 10.
Couples, however, shot 70, one stroke better than Floyd, who began the final round in third place.
The first score of 29 for one of Augusta National's nines was recorded in the 1992 Masters. Mark Calcavecchia shot that score on the back nine in the final round.
And this was the final time the 1969 Masters champion George Archer played the tournament; he went out in style, making the cut.
1992 Masters Final Scores
| Fred Couples | 69-67-69-70—275 |
| Raymond Floyd | 69-68-69-71—277 |
| Corey Pavin | 72-71-68-67—278 |
| Mark O'Meara | 74-67-69-70—280 |
| Jeff Sluman | 65-74-70-71—280 |
| Steve Pate | 73-71-70-67—281 |
| Larry Mize | 73-69-71-68—281 |
| Greg Norman | 70-70-73-68—281 |
| Ian Baker-Finch | 70-69-68-74—281 |
| Ted Schulz | 68-69-72-72—281 |
| Nick Price | 70-71-67-73—281 |
| Nolan Henke | 70-71-70-70—281 |
| Craig Parry | 69-66-69-78—282 |
| Nick Faldo | 71-72-68-71—282 |
| Wayne Grady | 68-75-71-68—282 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 69-72-68-73—282 |
| Scott Simpson | 70-71-71-70—282 |
| Dillard Pruitt | 75-68-70-69—282 |
| Andrew Magee | 73-70-70-70—283 |
| Mike Hulbert | 68-74-71-70—283 |
| John Daly | 71-71-73-68—283 |
| Billy Ray Brown | 70-74-70-69—283 |
| Ian Woosnam | 69-66-73-75—283 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 71-70-73-69—283 |
| Craig Stadler | 70-71-70-73—284 |
| John Huston | 69-73-73-69—284 |
| Bruce Fleisher | 73-70-72-69—284 |
| Davis Love III | 68-72-72-72—284 |
| Jim Gallagher Jr. | 74-68-71-71—284 |
| Brad Faxon | 71-70-69-74—284 |
| D.A. Weibring | 71-68-72-73—284 |
| Bernhard Langer | 69-73-69-74—285 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 73-72-75-65—285 |
| Curtis Strange | 73-72-71-69—285 |
| Paul Azinger | 70-73-70-72—285 |
| Stephen Richardson | 69-75-70-71—285 |
| Steve Elkington | 69-71-74-71—285 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 72-71-73-70—286 |
| Mark McCumber | 72-70-76-68—286 |
| Bob Gilder | 72-71-73-70—286 |
| Sandy Lyle | 72-69-70-75—286 |
| Rocco Mediate | 70-74-70-73—287 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 69-75-69-74—287 |
| Billy Mayfair | 71-71-72-73—287 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 76-69-72-70—287 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 72-71-71-74—288 |
| Hale Irwin | 72-70-72-75—289 |
| Tom Watson | 73-70-76-71—290 |
| Blaine McCallister | 71-71-76-72—290 |
| John Cook | 72-73-71-76—292 |
| George Archer | 74-69-77-72—292 |
| Fulton Allem | 69-71-78-74—292 |
| David Feherty | 73-72-77-70—292 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 65-75-78-74—292 |
| Lee Janzen | 74-71-74-74—293 |
| Tommy Aaron | 76-69-77-71—293 |
| David Peoples | 73-71-72-77—293 |
| a-Manny Zerman | 70-71-76-77—294 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 75-68-70-81—294 |
| Billy Andrade | 74-71-73-76—294 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 72-70-77-76—295 |
| Tom Purtzer | 76-69-75-75—295 |
| Rodger Davis | 77-68-77-79—301 |
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