1992 Masters Tournament


The 1992 Masters Tournament was the 56th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Fred Couples won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of 49-year-old runner-up Raymond Floyd, the 1976 champion. He was the first American winner in five years at Augusta, the longest run at the Masters without a winner from the U.S.; the previous four were won by players from Europe, all from the United Kingdom. Though he had yet to win a major, Couples entered this Masters at age 32 as the world's top-ranked player and the odds-on favorite.
The 36-hole cut at 145 eliminated only twenty competitors and 63 played on the weekend, the most since 1966. The Masters did not have a cut until its 21st edition in 1957. George Archer, the 1969 champion, made the cut in his final Masters at age 52 and finished in 51st place.
Less than an hour after the leaders teed off on Saturday afternoon, thunderstorms caused a delay of nearly three hours. Six players did not finish the third round due to darkness, but the pairing just ahead, Ian Baker-Finch and Jeff Sluman, ran between their shots on the final two holes and completed the round. The three pairings returned early on Sunday morning to complete the round; Couples and Floyd were in the penultimate pairing and had four holes remaining. Early in the final round, Mark Calcavecchia shot a record 29 on the back nine with birdies at 10 and the final six holes; he finished ten strokes back.
Davis Love III won the 33rd Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 22.

Course

Field

;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller
;2. U.S. Open champions
Hale Irwin, Scott Simpson, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange
;3. The Open champions
Mark Calcavecchia, Ian Baker-Finch
;4. PGA champions
John Daly, Wayne Grady, Larry Nelson, Jeff Sluman
;5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
Mitch Voges, Manny Zerman
;6. The Amateur champion
Gary Wolstenholme
;7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
David Berganio, Jr.
;8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Jim Stuart
;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1991 Masters
Steve Elkington, Jim Gallagher, Jr., Peter Jacobsen, Andrew Magee, Billy Mayfair, Mark McCumber, Rocco Mediate, Jodie Mudd, Tommy Nakajima, José María Olazábal, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Lanny Wadkins
;10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1991 U.S. Open
Fred Couples, Nolan Henke, Davis Love III, Craig Parry, D. A. Weibring
;11. Top eight players and ties from 1991 PGA Championship
David Feherty, Bob Gilder, John Huston, Kenny Knox, Bruce Lietzke, Steven Richardson, Hal Sutton
;12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Fulton Allem, Billy Andrade, Chip Beck, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Brad Faxon, Bruce Fleisher, Mike Hulbert, Lee Janzen, Blaine McCallister, Mark O'Meara, David Peoples, Kenny Perry, Nick Price, Dillard Pruitt, Tom Purtzer
;13. Top 30 players from the 1991 PGA Tour money list
Paul Azinger, Jay Don Blake, Ted Schulz
;14. Special foreign invitation
Rodger Davis, Colin Montgomerie, Greg Norman, Naomichi Ozaki

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1992
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jeff Sluman65−7
T1Lanny Wadkins65−7
T3Wayne Grady68−4
T3Mike Hulbert68−4
T3Davis Love III68−4
T3Ted Schulz68−4
T7Fulton Allem69−3
T7Fred Couples69−3
T7Steve Elkington69−3
T7Raymond Floyd69−3
T7John Huston69−3
T7Bernhard Langer69−3
T7Bruce Lietzke69−3
T7Jodie Mudd69−3
T7Jack Nicklaus69−3
T7Craig Parry69−3
T7Steven Richardson69−3
T7Ian Woosnam69−3

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1992
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Craig Parry69-66=135−9
T1Ian Woosnam69-66=135−9
3Fred Couples69-67=136−8
T4Raymond Floyd69-68=137−7
T4Ted Schulz68-69=137−7
T6Ian Baker-Finch70-69=139−5
T6Jeff Sluman65-74=139−5
T6D. A. Weibring71-68=139−5
T9Fulton Allem69-71=140−4
T9Steve Elkington69-71=140−4
T9Davis Love III68-72=140−4
T9Greg Norman70-70=140−4
T9Lanny Wadkins65-75=140−4

Amateurs: Zerman , Berganio, Jr., Voges, Wolstenholme, Stuart

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1992
Sunday, April 12, 1992
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Craig Parry69-66-69=204−12
2Fred Couples69-67-69=205−11
3Raymond Floyd69-68-69=206−10
4Ian Baker-Finch70-69-68=207−9
T5Nick Price70-71-67=208−8
T5Ian Woosnam69-66-73=208−8
T7Bruce Lietzke69-72-68=209−7
T7Ted Schulz68-69-72=209−7
T7Jeff Sluman65-74-70=209−7
10Mark O'Meara74-67-69=210−6

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1992
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Fred Couples69-67-69-70=275−13270,000
2Raymond Floyd69-68-69-71=277−11162,000
3Corey Pavin72-71-68-67=278−10102,000
T4Mark O'Meara74-67-69-70=280−866,000
T4Jeff Sluman65-74-70-71=280−866,000
T6Ian Baker-Finch70-69-68-74=281−743,829
T6Nolan Henke70-71-70-70=281−743,829
T6Larry Mize73-69-71-68=281−743,829
T6Greg Norman70-70-73-68=281−743,829
T6Steve Pate73-71-70-67=281−743,829
T6Nick Price70-71-67-73=281−743,829
T6Ted Schulz68-69-72-72=281−743,829

Source:
Amateurs: Zerman

Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Couples−11−10−11−11−10−10−10−11−12−12−12−12−12−13−13−13−13−13
Floyd−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−10−10−9−9−10−11−11−11−11
O'Meara−6−7−7−7−6−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−6−6−7−8−8−8
Sluman−7−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−6−6−8−8−8−8−8−8
Baker-Finch−10−10−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−6−6−6−7−7−7−7
Parry−12−13−12−11−10−10−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−6
Faldo−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−5−5−5−6−6−6−6
Woosnam−8−8−7−7−6−6−5−6−6−5−5−3−5−6−7−6−6−5
Calcavecchia+4+4+4+4+5+5+5+4+4+3+3+3+2+1E−1−2−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par