1984 U.S. Open (golf)


The 1984 U.S. Open was the 84th U.S. Open, held June 14–18 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. Fuzzy Zoeller defeated Greg Norman in an 18-hole playoff to win his first U.S. Open title and second major championship.
Arnold Palmer failed to qualify for this U.S. Open, snapping a streak of 31 consecutive Opens played, which began in 1953. The 1960 champion played in one more, at Oakmont in 1994. Palmer was a runner-up four times at the U.S. Open, three of which were playoffs.
This was the fourth U.S. Open at Winged Foot's West Course; it previously hosted in 1929, 1959, and 1974. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 1997 and another U.S. Open in 2006.

Course layout

West Course
Lengths of the course for previous majors:

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 14, 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Mike Donald68−2
T1Hubert Green68−2
T1Hale Irwin68−2
T1Jim Thorpe68−2
T5Seve Ballesteros69−1
T5David Canipe69−1
T5Lennie Clements69−1
T5Fred Couples69−1
T5Jay Sigel 69−1
T5Mick Soli69−1
T5Curtis Strange69−1

Second round

Friday, June 15, 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hale Irwin68-68=136−4
2Fuzzy Zoeller71-66=137−3
T3David Canipe69-69=138−2
T3Greg Norman70-68=138−2
T5Curtis Strange69-70=139−1
T5Jim Thorpe68-71=139−1
7Fred Couples69-71=140E
T8Andy Bean70-71=141+1
T8Jay Sigel 69-72=141+1
T10Isao Aoki72-70=142+2
T10Seve Ballesteros69-73=142+2
T10Johnny Miller74-68=142+2
T10Jack Nicklaus71-71=142+2
T10Mike Reid70-72=142+2

Amateurs: Sigel, Fehr , Tentis, Kirby, Case, Mediate, Gallagher, Hadden, Burroughs, Friend, Ludwig.

Third round

Saturday, June 16, 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hale Irwin68-68-69=205−5
2Fuzzy Zoeller71-66-69=206−4
3Greg Norman70-68-69=207−3
4Jim Thorpe68-71-70=209−1
5Tim Simpson72-71-68=211+1
T6Morris Hatalsky70-73-69=212+2
T6Johnny Miller74-68-70=212+2
T6Jack Nicklaus71-71-70=212+2
T6Lee Trevino71-72-69=212+2
T10David Graham71-72-70=213+3
T10Curtis Strange69-70-74=213+3
T10Mike Sullivan70-73-70=213+3

Final round

Sunday, June 17, 1984
Hale Irwin, the 1974 champion at Winged Foot, was the 54-hole leader, but faded in the final round with a 79 to finish in sixth place. With Irwin's collapse, the tournament became a duel between Zoeller and Norman. Zoeller led Norman by three shots heading to the back-nine, but Norman managed to draw level by the time he reached 18. His approach shot on the last sailed into the grandstand, but he managed to save par by holing a putt. Zoeller, standing in the 18th fairway, waved a white towel as a playful sign of surrender, then proceeded to par the hole himself to force a playoff. The two finished at 276, five shots clear of the rest of the field.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Fuzzy Zoeller71-66-69-70=276−4Playoff
T1Greg Norman70-68-69-69=276−4Playoff
3Curtis Strange69-70-74-68=281+136,000
T4Johnny Miller74-68-70-70=282+222,335
T4Jim Thorpe68-71-70-73=282+222,335
6Hale Irwin68-68-69-79=284+416,238
T7Peter Jacobsen72-73-73-67=285+514,237
T7Mark O'Meara71-74-71-69=285+514,237
T9Fred Couples69-71-74-72=286+612,122
T9Lee Trevino71-72-69-74=286+612,122

Amateurs: Fehr, Sigel.

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443454344345344444
Zoeller−4−3−4−5−6−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−4
Norman−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−4
Strange+3+2+2+2+2+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1
Miller+2+3+4+5+5+4+3+3+3+3+2+1+2+2+2+3+3+2
ThorpeEEEE−1−1−1−1−1E−1−2EEEE+1+2
Irwin−4−4−3−3−2−3−3−2EEE+1+1+2+2+3+4+4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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Playoff

Monday, June 18, 1984
The playoff proved to be no contest. Both birdied the first and Zoeller the 2nd, but Norman double-bogeyed it and fell three strokes behind, and Zoeller carried a five-shot lead at the turn. Network coverage on ABC joined the round in progress, on the back nine at 4 pm EDT. Zoeller finished with a 67, eight shots better than Norman; this time on 18, it was Norman who waved a white towel in mock surrender. Zoeller's 67 was the lowest round ever recorded in a U.S. Open playoff.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Fuzzy Zoeller34-33=67−394,000
2Greg Norman39-36=75+547,000

Scorecard

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