1992 PGA Tour

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The 1992 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to November 1. The season consisted of 44 official money events. John Cook, Fred Couples, and Davis Love III won the most tournaments, three, and there were four first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1992 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($)
Jan 12 Infiniti Tournament of Champions California Australia Steve Elkington (3) 279 (–9) 800,000 144,000
Jan 19 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California United States John Cook (4) 336 (–24) 1,100,000 198,000
Jan 26 Phoenix Open Arizona United States Mark Calcavecchia (7) 264 (–20) 1,000,000 180,000
Feb 2 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California United States Mark O'Meara (8) 275 (–13) 1,100,000 198,000
Feb 9 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii United States John Cook (5) 265 (–23) 1,200,000 216,000
Feb 16 Northern Telecom Open Arizona United States Lee Janzen (1) 270 (–18) 1,100,000 198,000
Feb 23 Buick Invitational of California California United States Steve Pate (5) 200 (–16) 1,000,000 180,000
Mar 1 Nissan Los Angeles Open California United States Fred Couples (7) 269 (–15) 1,000,000 180,000
Mar 8 Doral-Ryder Open Florida United States Raymond Floyd (22) 271 (–17) 1,400,000 252,000
Mar 15 Honda Classic Florida United States Corey Pavin (10) 273 (–15) 1,100,000 198,000
Mar 22 Nestle Invitational Florida United States Fred Couples (8) 269 (–19) 1,000,000 180,000
Mar 29 The Players Championship Florida United States Davis Love III (4) 273 (–15) 1,800,000 324,000
Apr 5 Freeport-McMoRan Golf Classic Louisiana United States Chip Beck (4) 276 (–12) 1,000,000 180,000
Apr 12 Masters Tournament Georgia United States Fred Couples (9) 275 (–13) 1,500,000 270,000
Apr 19 MCI Heritage Golf Classic South Carolina United States Davis Love III (5) 269 (–15) 1,000,000 180,000
Apr 26 KMart Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina United States Davis Love III (6) 272 (–16) 1,250,000 225,000
May 3 Shell Houston Open Texas United States Fred Funk (1) 272 (–16) 1,200,000 216,000
May 10 BellSouth Classic Georgia United States Tom Kite (16) 272 (–16) 1,000,000 180,000
May 17 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas United States Billy Ray Brown (2) 199 (–11) 1,100,000 198,000
May 24 Southwestern Bell Colonial Texas United States Bruce Lietzke (12) 267 (–13) 1,300,000 234,000
May 31 Kemper Open Maryland United States Bill Glasson (5) 276 (–8) 1,100,000 198,000
Jun 7 Memorial Tournament Ohio United States David Edwards (3) 273 (–15) 1,300,000 234,000
Jun 14 Federal Express St. Jude Classic Tennessee United States Jay Haas (8) 263 (–21) 1,100,000 198,000
Jun 21 U.S. Open California United States Tom Kite (17) 285 (–3) 1,500,000 275,000
Jun 28 Buick Classic New York South Africa David Frost (5) 268 (–16) 1,000,000 180,000
Jul 5 Centel Western Open Illinois United States Ben Crenshaw (16) 276 (–12) 1,100,000 198,000
Jul 12 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic Virginia United States David Peoples (2) 271 (–13) 1,100,000 198,000
Jul 19 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee United States Mark Carnevale (1) 269 (–19) 800,000 144,000
Jul 19 British Open Scotland England Nick Faldo (6) 272 (–12) 1,900,000 190,000
Jul 26 New England Classic Massachusetts United States Brad Faxon (2) 268 (–16) 1,000,000 180,000
Aug 2 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut United States Lanny Wadkins (21) 274 (–6) 1,000,000 180,000
Aug 9 Buick Open Michigan United States Dan Forsman (4) 276 (–12) 1,000,000 180,000
Aug 16 PGA Championship Missouri Zimbabwe Nick Price (4) 278 (–6) 1,600,000 280,000
Aug 23 The International Colorado United States Brad Faxon (3) 14 (Stableford) 1,200,000 216,000
Aug 30 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio United States Craig Stadler (10) 273 (–7) 1,400,000 252,000
Sep 6 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Canada Richard Zokol (1) 269 (–19) 1,000,000 180,000
Sep 13 Canadian Open Canada Australia Greg Norman (11) 280 (–8) 1,000,000 180,000
Sep 20 Hardee's Golf Classic Illinois South Africa David Frost (6) 266 (–14) 1,000,000 180,000
Sep 27 B.C. Open New York United States John Daly (2) 266 (–18) 800,000 144,000
Oct 4 Buick Southern Open Georgia United States Gary Hallberg (3) 206 (–10) 700,000 126,000
Oct 11 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada United States John Cook (6) 334 (–26) 1,300,000 234,000
Oct 18 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic Florida United States John Huston (2) 262 (–26) 1,000,000 180,000
Oct 25 H.E.B. Texas Open Texas Zimbabwe Nick Price (5) 263 (–21) 900,000 162,000
Nov 1 The Tour Championship North Carolina United States Paul Azinger (8) 276 (–8) 2,000,000 360,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank Player Country Average
1 Fred Couples  United States 69.38
2 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 69.61
3 Tom Kite  United States 69.69
4 Raymond Floyd  United States 69.69
5 Davis Love III  United States 69.85

Full 1992 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Events Wins
1 Fred Couples  United States 1,344,188 22 3
2 Davis Love III  United States 1,191,630 25 3
3 John Cook  United States 1,165,606 21 3
4 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 1,135,773 26 2
5 Corey Pavin  United States 980,934 25 1

Full 1992 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Wins
1 Tom Kite  United States 7,612,918 17
2 Tom Watson  United States 6,028,927 37
3 Curtis Strange  United States 5,779,864 17
4 Lanny Wadkins  United States 5,632,713 21
5 Fred Couples  United States 5,466,915 9

Full 1992 Career Official Money List

Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) Fred Couples  United States
PGA Player of the Year Fred Couples  United States
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Fred Couples  United States
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy) Fred Couples  United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award) Fred Couples  United States
Rookie of the Year Mark Carnevale  United States
Comeback Player of the Year John Cook  United States

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