1992 Players Championship

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The 1992 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 26–29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Tournament summary

It was the 19th Players Championship and was won by Davis Love III, four strokes ahead of runners-up Ian Baker-Finch, Phil Blackmar, Nick Faldo, and Tom Watson.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Playing in his seventh consecutive event on tour,^[5] top-ranked Fred Couples carded a course record 63 (−9) in the third round.^[6] He broke his own course record which he originally set in 1984.^[7]^[8] However, he followed it up with a two-over-par 74 and finished eight strokes back.^[2]

Defending champion Steve Elkington missed the 36-hole cut by two strokes.

Venue

This was the eleventh Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Eligibility requirements

1. The top 125 PGA Tour members from Final 1991 Official Money List.^[9]

Corey Pavin, Craig Stadler, Fred Couples, Tom Purtzer, Andrew Magee, Steve Pate, Nick Price, Davis Love III, Paul Azinger, Russ Cochran, Mark Brooks, Lanny Wadkins, Ian Baker-Finch, Billy Andrade, Rocco Mediate, Chip Beck, John Daly, Jim Gallagher Jr., Bruce Lietzke, Mark O'Meara, Jay Don Blake, D. A. Weibring, Jeff Sluman, Mike Hulbert, Steve Elkington, John Cook, Nolan Henke, Ted Schulz, Ian Woosnam, Payne Stewart, Kenny Knox, Hale Irwin, Brad Faxon, David Peoples, Blaine McCallister, Gene Sauers, David Edwards, Tom Kite, John Huston, Bob Lohr, Fuzzy Zoeller, José María Olazábal, Kenny Perry, Tom Watson, Billy Ray Brown, Hal Sutton, Curtis Strange, Jim Hallet, Mark Calcavecchia, Scott Simpson, Bob Tway, Greg Norman, Rick Fehr, Bill Britton, Loren Roberts, Robert Gamez, Larry Mize, Tom Sieckmann, Gary Hallberg, Dillard Pruitt, Peter Jacobsen, Ken Green, Bob Gilder, Brian Claar, Jeff Maggert, Keith Clearwater, Gil Morgan, Fulton Allem, Lee Janzen, Fred Funk, Howard Twitty, Ben Crenshaw, Phil Blackmar, Dan Forsman, Dave Rummells, Scott Gump, Bobby Wadkins, Ed Dougherty, Buddy Gardner, Jay Haas, Tim Simpson, Duffy Waldorf, Wayne Levi, Andy Bean, Billy Mayfair, Neal Lancaster, Mike Springer, Mark McCumber, David Frost, Joey Sindelar, Dan Pohl, Larry Nelson, Dan Halldorson, Mike Reid, Brad Bryant, Jay Delsing, Mike Smith, Jodie Mudd, Brad Fabel, Mark Lye, Bob Estes, Lance Ten Broeck, Bob Wolcott, Dave Barr, Robert Wrenn, Bill Sander, Doug Tewell, Kirk Triplett, Ronnie Black, Peter Persons, Stan Utley, Bobby Clampett, Nick Faldo, Wayne Grady, David Canipe, Dudley Hart, Ed Humenik, Ed Fiori, Bart Bryant, John Adams

2. Designated players.

Leonard Thompson, Phil Mickelson

3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member.

Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle

4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and World Series of Golf.

Jerry Pate, Calvin Peete, Andy North, Roger Maltbie, Hubert Green, John Mahaffey

5. British Open winners since 1990.

6. Six players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections."

Rodger Davis, Mike Harwood, Mark McNulty, Colin Montgomerie, Craig Parry, Chris Perry

7. To complete a field of 144 players those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1992 Official Money List, as of the completion of the Nestle Invitational.

Tom Lehman, David Toms, Mark Wiebe, Jim Woodward, Chris Tucker, Larry Rinker

Source:^[10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 26, 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Billy Ray Brown	64	−8
T2	Phil Blackmar	67	−5
	Jay Don Blake
	Mark Brooks
	Ed Humenik
	Davis Love III
	Craig Parry
T8	John Daly	68	−4
	Nick Faldo
	Bernhard Langer
	Tom Purtzer
	Scott Simpson
	Tom Watson

Source:^[5]

Second round

Friday, March 27, 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	José María Olazábal	69-65=134	−10
T1	Billy Ray Brown	64-70=134	−10
T3	Davis Love III	67-68=135	−9
T3	Craig Parry	67-68=135	−9
T5	Phil Blackmar	67-69=136	−8
T5	Nick Faldo	68-68=136	−8
T7	Ian Baker-Finch	70-67=137	−7
	Mark Brooks	67-70=137
	Ed Humenik	67-70=137
	Bob Lohr	69-68=137
	Scott Simpson	68-69=137

Source:^[11]

Third round

Saturday, March 28, 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Faldo	68-68-67=203	−13
2	Phil Blackmar	67-69-68=204	−12
3	Ian Baker-Finch	70-67-68=205	−11
4	Davis Love III	67-68-71=206	−10
T5	Mark Brooks	67-70-70=207	−9
	Fred Couples	73-71-63=207
	Nick Price	71-67-69=207
	Mike Smith	69-72-66=207
T9	Craig Parry	67-68-73=208	−8
	Doug Tewell	69-69-70=208
	Tom Watson	68-70-70=208

Source:^[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 29, 1992

Champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Davis Love III	67-68-71-67=273	−15	324,000
T2	Ian Baker-Finch	70-67-68-72=277	−11	118,800
	Phil Blackmar	67-69-68-73=277
	Nick Faldo	68-68-67-74=277
	Tom Watson	68-70-70-69=277
T6	Craig Parry	67-68-73-70=278	−10	62,550
T6	Tom Sieckmann	71-72-67-68=278	−10	62,550
8	Nick Price	71-67-69-72=279	−9	55,800
T9	Mark Brooks	67-70-70-73=280	−8	46,800
	John Mahaffey (c)	71-71-69-69=280
	José María Olazábal	69-65-75-71=280
	Mark O'Meara	69-69-74-68=280

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	Fred Couples (c)	73-71-63-74=281	−7	33,750
	Tom Lehman	70-72-71-68=281
	Mark McNulty	74-68-69-70=281
	Payne Stewart	69-70-72-70=281
T17	Wayne Levi	70-69-73-71=283	−5	26,100
	Andrew Magee	70-69-71-73=283
	Scott Simpson	68-69-74-72=283
	Mike Smith	69-72-66-76=283
T21	Billy Ray Brown	64-70-78-72=284	−4	16,897
	Rick Fehr	70-72-69-73=284
	Ed Humenik	67-70-77-70=284
	Bob Lohr	69-68-74-73=284
	Larry Rinker	72-69-69-74=284
	Loren Roberts	69-71-73-71=284
	Tim Simpson	69-71-73-71=284
	Doug Tewell	69-69-70-76=284
T29	Paul Azinger	69-72-73-71=285	−3	11,445
	Ronnie Black	71-72-73-69=285
	Ben Crenshaw	70-72-73-70=285
	Wayne Grady	71-73-69-72=285
	Bernhard Langer	68-74-70-73=285
	Lanny Wadkins (c)	70-71-75-69=285
T35	David Edwards	69-72-71-74=286	−2	8,874
	Tom Kite (c)	72-68-74-72=286
	Greg Norman	72-72-70-72=286
	Dan Pohl	70-74-70-72=286
	Duffy Waldorf	72-72-70-72=286
T40	Jay Don Blake	67-71-76-73=287	−1	6,840
	John Huston	69-69-78-71=287
	Neal Lancaster	69-75-72-71=287
	Mark McCumber (c)	71-69-74-73=287
	Steve Pate	74-70-71-72=287
	Jeff Sluman	73-67-73-74=287
T46	Bruce Lietzke	72-72-71-73=288	E	5,244
	Corey Pavin	71-73-71-73=288
	Joey Sindelar	69-72-72-75=288
T49	Chip Beck	71-67-81-70=289	+1	4,442
	Brian Claar	74-70-72-73=289
	Russ Cochran	71-73-72-73=289
	Dave Rummells	69-75-75-70=289
	Robert Wrenn	70-73-71-75=289
T54	Ed Dougherty	73-71-75-71=290	+2	4,086
	Brad Fabel	76-68-72-74=290
	Jeff Maggert	69-71-77-73=290
	Blaine McCallister	69-73-75-73=290
	Larry Mize	73-70-75-72=290
	Leonard Thompson	71-73-73-73=290
T60	Dave Barr	71-70-78-72=291	+3	3,924
	Fred Funk	72-72-74-73=291
	Jim Gallagher Jr.	71-71-75-74=291
63	Dan Forsman	73-71-77-71=292	+4	3,852
T64	Dan Halldorson	74-69-76-74=293	+5	3,798
T64	Fuzzy Zoeller	70-71-76-76=293	+5	3,798
66	Scott Gump	69-74-74-77=294	+6	3,744
T67	Brad Faxon	71-73-73-78=295	+7	3,690
T67	Billy Mayfair	73-70-76-76=295	+7	3,690
69	Stan Utley	70-73-77-76=296	+8	3,636
T70	Bob Estes	73-71-76-78=298	+10	3,582
T70	Bob Tway	69-74-83-72=298	+10	3,582
72	John Daly	68-75-78-80=301	+13	3,528
73	Mark Calcavecchia	71-73-78-81=303	+15	3,492
CUT	Keith Clearwater	72-73=145	+1
	John Cook	76-69=145
	Jay Delsing	75-70=145
	Buddy Gardner	74-71=145
	Mike Hulbert	71-74=145
	Kenny Knox	75-70=145
	Gil Morgan	72-73=145
	Jodie Mudd (c)	71-74=145
	Tom Purtzer	68-77=145
	Bill Sander	69-76=145
	Ted Schulz	71-74=145
	Fulton Allem	74-72=146	+2
	Seve Ballesteros	75-71=146
	Steve Elkington (c)	71-75=146
	Bruce Fleisher	74-72=146
	Phil Mickelson	75-71=146
	David Peoples	74-72=146
	Kirk Triplett	75-71=146
	Bobby Wadkins	75-71=146
	Ian Woosnam	75-71=146
	Bart Bryant	72-75=147	+3
	Ed Fiori	74-73=147
	Dudley Hart	72-75=147
	Mike Harwood	69-78=147
	Hale Irwin	75-72=147
	Rocco Mediate	75-72=147
	Jerry Pate (c)	76-71=147
	Chris Perry	72-75=147
	Mike Reid	71-76=147
	Mike Springer	73-74=147
	Craig Stadler	70-77=147
	Howard Twitty	71-76=147
	Bill Britton	73-75=148	+4
	Rodger Davis	73-75=148
	Robert Gamez	74-74=148
	Jim Hallet	71-77=148
	Nolan Henke	74-74=148
	Sandy Lyle (c)	71-77=148
	Roger Maltbie	77-71=148
	D. A. Weibring	75-73=148
	John Adams	78-71=149	+5
	Billy Andrade	74-75=149
	Bobby Clampett	76-73=149
	Jay Haas	72-77=149
	Lee Janzen	73-76=149
	Andy North	72-77=149
	Dillard Pruitt	71-78=149
	Mark Wiebe	75-74=149
	Peter Persons	75-75=150	+6
	Lance Ten Broeck	78-72=150
	David Toms	76-74=150
	Jim Woodward	79-71=150
	David Frost	74-77=151	+7
	Bob Gilder	76-75=151
	Gene Sauers	75-76=151
	Hal Sutton (c)	79-72=151
	Brad Bryant	74-78=152	+8
	Chris Tucker	74-78=152	+8
	Andy Bean	82-71=153	+9
	Gary Hallberg	74-79=153
	Larry Nelson	74-79=153
	Hubert Green	78-76=154	+10
	Bob Wolcott	78-76=154	+10
	Colin Montgomerie	79-76=155	+11
Peter Jacobsen	81-75=156	+12
WD	Kenny Perry	74-80=154	+10
	Mark Lye	73-84=157	+13
	David Canipe	85-78=163	+19
	Calvin Peete (c)	80-85=165	+21
	Curtis Strange	77	+5
DQ	Ken Green	70	−2

Source:^[12]

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