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1986 U.S. Open Golf

1986 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 12–15, 1986
Location Shinnecock Hills, New York
Course(s) Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 6,912 yards (6,320 m)
Field 155 players, 70 after cut
Cut 150 (+10)
Prize fund $700,000
Winner's share $115,000
Champion
Raymond Floyd
279 (−1)
← 1985 1987 →

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 394 226 453 408 535 471 188 367 447 3,489 409 158 472 377 444 397 544 172 450 3,423 6,912
Par 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 35 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 35 70

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Lee Trevino United States 1968, 1971 74 68 69 71 282 +2 T4
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962, 1967,
1972, 1980
77 72 67 68 284 +4 T8
Fuzzy Zoeller United States 1984 75 74 71 68 288 +8 T15
David Graham Australia 1981 76 71 69 72 288 +8 T15
Tom Watson United States 1982 72 71 71 75 289 +9 T24
Larry Nelson United States 1983 75 73 70 73 291 +11 T35
Johnny Miller United States 1973 76 72 71 74 293 +13 T45
Hubert Green United States 1977 75 75 75 71 296 +16 T55
Andy North United States 1978, 1985 79 71 77 75 302 +22 67

Missed the cut

Player Country Years won R1 R2 Total To par
Hale Irwin United States 1974, 1979 77 74 151 +11

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Bob Tway United States 70 E
2 Greg Norman Australia 71 +1
T3 Rick Fehr United States 72 +2
David Frost South Africa
Kenny Knox United States
Tsuneyuki Nakajima Japan
Denis Watson Zimbabwe
Tom Watson United States
T9 Gary Koch United States 73 +3
Bob Lohr United States
Jodie Mudd United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Greg Norman Australia 71-68=139 −1
T2 Lee Trevino United States 74-68=142 +2
Denis Watson Zimbabwe 72-70=142
T4 Raymond Floyd United States 75-68=143 +3
Bob Tway United States 70-73=143
Tom Watson United States 72-71=143
T7 David Frost South Africa 72-72=144 +4
Bernhard Langer West Germany 74-70=144
Tsuneyuki Nakajima Japan 72-72=144
Mac O'Grady United States 75-69=144
Payne Stewart United States 76-68=144
Bobby Wadkins United States 75-69=144
Lanny Wadkins United States 74-70=144

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Greg Norman Australia 71-68-71=210 E
T2 Hal Sutton United States 75-70-66=211 +1
Lee Trevino United States 74-68-69=211
4 Bob Tway United States 70-73-69=212 +2
T5 Raymond Floyd United States 75-68-70=213 +3
Mark McCumber United States 74-71-68=213
Mike Reid United States 74-73-66=213
Payne Stewart United States 76-68-69=213
Denis Watson Zimbabwe 72-70-71=213
T10 Lennie Clements United States 75-72-67=214 +4
Ben Crenshaw United States 76-69-69=214
Bernhard Langer West Germany 74-70-70=214
Scott Verplank United States 75-72-67=214
Tom Watson United States 72-71-71=214

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Raymond Floyd United States 75-68-70-66=279 −1 115,000
T2 Chip Beck United States 75-73-68-65=281 +1 47,646
Lanny Wadkins United States 74-70-72-65=281
T4 Hal Sutton United States 75-70-66-71=282 +2 26,269
Lee Trevino United States 74-68-69-71=282
T6 Ben Crenshaw United States 76-69-69-69=283 +3 19,009
Payne Stewart United States 76-68-69-70=283
T8 Bernhard Langer West Germany 74-70-70-70=284 +4 14,500
Mark McCumber United States 74-71-68-71=284
Jack Nicklaus United States 77-72-67-68=284
Bob Tway United States 70-73-69-72=284

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 3 4
Floyd +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E E −1 −1 −1
Beck +6 +6 +6 +5 +6 +7 +6 +6 +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1
Wadkins +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +4 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1
Sutton E E E +1 E +1 +1 +1 E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2
Trevino E E +1 +1 E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2
Norman E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +2 +3 +4 +4 +5 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5
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