1992 PGA Championship

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1992 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 13–16, 1992
LocationTown and Country, Missouri
Course(s)Bellerive Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,148 yards (6,536 m)[1]
Field156 players, 85 after cut
Cut148 (+6)
Prize fund$1.6 million
Winner's share$280,000
Champion
Zimbabwe Nick Price
278 (−6)
← 1991
1993 →
Bellerive CC is located in the United States
Bellerive CC
Bellerive CC
Location in the United States
Bellerive CC  is located in Missouri
Bellerive CC 
Bellerive CC 
Location in Missouri

The 1992 PGA Championship was the 74th PGA Championship, held August 13–16 at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. Nick Price won the first of his three major championships, three strokes ahead of runners-up John Cook, Nick Faldo, Jim Gallagher Jr., and Gene Sauers.[2][3]

This was the second major championship at Bellerive, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1965.[4] The PGA Championship returned to the venue in 2018.

Course layout[]

Main article: Bellerive Country Club
Hole Yards Par    Hole Yards Par
1 434 4 10 485 4
2 437 4 11 373 4
3 165 3 12 404 4
4 556 5 13 179 3
5 453 4 14 411 4
6 195 3 15 456 4
7 381 4 16 222 3
8 581 5 17 536 5
9 426 4 18 454 4
Out 3,628 36 In 3,520 35
Source:[1] Total 7,148 71

Length of the course for its previous major championship:

  • 7,191 yards (6,575 m), par 70 - 1965 U.S. Open

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 13, 1992

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Gene Sauers  United States 67 −4
Craig Stadler  United States
T3 Jay Don Blake  United States 68 −3
Brian Claar  United States
Nick Faldo  England
T6 Russ Cochran  United States 69 −2
Fred Couples  United States
Bob Estes  United States
Raymond Floyd  United States
Robert Gamez  United States
Frank Nobilo  New Zealand

Second round[]

Friday, August 14, 1992

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Gene Sauers  United States 67-69=136 −6
T2 Russ Cochran  United States 69-69=138 −4
Jim Gallagher Jr.  United States 72-66=138
Nick Faldo  England 68-70=138
T5 Steven Richardson  England 73-66=139 −3
Craig Stadler  United States 67-72=139
T7 Rocco Mediate  United States 72-68=140 −2
Gil Morgan  United States 71-69=140
Larry Nelson  United States 72-68=140
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 70-70=140

Third round[]

Saturday, August 15, 1992

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Gene Sauers  United States 67-69-70=206 −7
T2 Jeff Maggert  United States 71-72-65=208 −5
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 70-70-68=208
T4 Jim Gallagher Jr.  United States 72-66-72=210 −3
John Cook  United States 72-71-67=210
6 Mark Brooks  United States 71-72-68=211 −2
T7 Billy Andrade  United States 72-71-70=213 E
Paul Azinger  United States 72-73-68=213
Raymond Floyd  United States 69-75-69=213
Dan Forsman  United States 70-73-70=213
Gil Morgan  United States 71-69-73=213

Final round[]

Sunday, August 16, 1992

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 70-70-68-70=278 −6 280,000
T2 John Cook  United States 71-72-67-71=281 −3 101,250
Nick Faldo  England 68-70-76-67=281
Jim Gallagher Jr.  United States 72-66-72-71=281
Gene Sauers  United States 67-69-70-75=281
6 Jeff Maggert  United States 71-72-65-74=282 −2 60,000
T7 Russ Cochran  United States 69-69-76-69=283 −1 52,500
Dan Forsman  United States 70-73-70-70=283
T9 Brian Claar  United States 68-73-73-70=284 E 40,000
Anders Forsbrand  Sweden 73-71-70-70=284
Duffy Waldorf  United States 74-73-68-69=284

References[]

  1. ^ a b "1992 PGA Championship: map and card". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. August 12, 1992. p. 3B.
  2. ^ "Introducing another Nick". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. August 17, 1992. p. 17.
  3. ^ Garrity, John (August 25, 1992). "The Price Is Right". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  4. ^ Bunch, Ken (August 12, 1992). "At 7,148 yards, Bellerive will test PGA field". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1B.

External links[]

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Coordinates: 38°39′36″N 90°28′59″W / 38.66°N 90.483°W / 38.66; -90.483

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