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.
Playing in his seventh consecutive event on tour, top-ranked Fred Couples carded a course record 63 (−9) in the third round. He broke his own course record which he originally set in 1984. However, he followed it up with a two-over-par 74 and finished eight strokes back.
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.
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
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Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 26, 1992
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Second round
Friday, March 27, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Spain José María Olazábal | 69-65=134 | −10 |
| United States Billy Ray Brown | 64-70=134 | ||
| T3 | United States Davis Love III | 67-68=135 | −9 |
| Australia Craig Parry | 67-68=135 | ||
| T5 | United States Phil Blackmar | 67-69=136 | −8 |
| England Nick Faldo | 68-68=136 | ||
| T7 | Australia Ian Baker-Finch | 70-67=137 | −7 |
| United States Mark Brooks | 67-70=137 | ||
| United States Ed Humenik | 67-70=137 | ||
| United States Bob Lohr | 69-68=137 | ||
| United States Scott Simpson | 68-69=137 |
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Third round
Saturday, March 28, 1992
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England Nick Faldo | 68-68-67=203 | −13 |
| 2 | United States Phil Blackmar | 67-69-68=204 | −12 |
| 3 | Australia Ian Baker-Finch | 70-67-68=205 | −11 |
| 4 | United States Davis Love III | 67-68-71=206 | −10 |
| T5 | United States Mark Brooks | 67-70-70=207 | −9 |
| United States Fred Couples | 73-71-63=207 | ||
| Zimbabwe Nick Price | 71-67-69=207 | ||
| United States Mike Smith | 69-72-66=207 | ||
| T9 | Australia Craig Parry | 67-68-73=208 | −8 |
| United States Doug Tewell | 69-69-70=208 | ||
| United States Tom Watson | 68-70-70=208 |
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Final round
Sunday, March 29, 1992
| Champion |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Davis Love III | 67-68-71-67=273 | −15 | 324,000 |
| T2 | Australia Ian Baker-Finch | 70-67-68-72=277 | −11 | 118,800 |
| United States Phil Blackmar | 67-69-68-73=277 | |||
| England Nick Faldo | 68-68-67-74=277 | |||
| United States Tom Watson | 68-70-70-69=277 | |||
| T6 | Australia Craig Parry | 67-68-73-70=278 | −10 | 62,550 |
| United States Tom Sieckmann | 71-72-67-68=278 | |||
| 8 | Zimbabwe Nick Price | 71-67-69-72=279 | −9 | 55,800 |
| T9 | United States Mark Brooks | 67-70-70-73=280 | −8 | 46,800 |
| United States John Mahaffey (c) | 71-71-69-69=280 | |||
| Spain José María Olazábal | 69-65-75-71=280 | |||
| United States Mark O'Meara | 69-69-74-68=280 |
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