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1989 U.S. Open Golf

1989 U.S. Open
 
Tournament information
Dates June 15–18, 1989
Location Rochester, New York
Course(s) Oak Hill Country Club,
East Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 6,902 yards (6,311 m)
Field 156 players, 71 after cut
Cut 145 (+5)
Prize fund $1,049,089
Winner's share $200,000
Champion
Curtis Strange
278 (−2)
← 1988 1990 →

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 440 401 211 570 406 167 431 430 419 3,475 429 192 372 594 323 177 442 458 440 3,427 6,902
Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 35 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 35 70

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Curtis Strange United States 1988 71 64 73 70 278 −2 1
Scott Simpson United States 1987 67 70 69 75 281 +1 T6
Hubert Green United States 1977 69 72 74 68 283 +3 T9
Larry Nelson United States 1983 68 73 68 75 284 +4 T13
Raymond Floyd United States 1986 68 74 74 71 287 +7 T26
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962, 1967,
1972, 1980
67 74 74 75 290 +10 T43
Tom Watson United States 1982 76 69 73 73 291 +11 T46
Hale Irwin United States 1974, 1979 74 70 79 70 293 +13 T54
David Graham Australia 1981 73 72 77 73 295 +15 T61

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Andy North United States 1978, 1985 72 75 147 +7
Gary Player South Africa 1965 78 69 147 +7
Jerry Pate United States 1976 74 74 148 +8
Fuzzy Zoeller United States 1984 78 73 151 +11
Lee Trevino United States 1968, 1971 74 79 153 +13

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Jay Don Blake United States 66 −4
Bernhard Langer West Germany
Payne Stewart United States
T4 Tom Kite United States 67 −3
Jack Nicklaus United States
Tom Pernice Jr. United States
Scott Simpson United States
Joey Sindelar United States
T9 Kurt Beck United States 68 −2
Nick Faldo United States
Raymond Floyd United States
Larry Nelson United States
Dillard Pruitt United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Curtis Strange United States 71-64=135 −5
2 Tom Kite United States 67-69=136 −4
T3 Jay Don Blake United States 66-71=137 −3
Scott Simpson United States 67-70=137
T5 Mark McCumber United States 70-68=138 −2
Ian Woosnam Wales 70-68=138
T7 Isao Aoki Japan 70-70=140 E
Chip Beck United States 71-69=140
Steve Elkington Australia 70-70=140
Nick Faldo England 68-72=140
Dan Forsman United States 70-70=140
Eddie Kirby United States 70-70=140
Mark Lye United States 71-69=140
Greg Norman Australia 72-68=140
Scott Taylor United States 69-71=140
Mark Wiebe United States 69-71=140
Richard Zokol Canada 71-69=140

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tom Kite United States 67-69-69=205 −5
2 Scott Simpson United States 67-70-69=206 −4
3 Curtis Strange United States 71-64-73=208 −2
T4 Jay Don Blake United States 66-71-72=209 −1
Larry Nelson United States 68-73-68=209
Masashi Ozaki Japan 70-71-68=209
T7 Mark McCumber United States 70-68-72=210 E
Tom Pernice Jr. United States 67-75-68=210
T9 Chip Beck United States 71-69-71=211 +1
Brian Claar United States 71-72-68=211
Ian Woosnam Wales 70-68-73=211
José María Olazábal Spain 69-72-70=211

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Curtis Strange United States 71-64-73-70=278 −2 200,000
T2 Chip Beck United States 71-69-71-68=279 −1 67,823
Mark McCumber United States 70-68-72-69=279
Ian Woosnam Wales 70-68-73-68=279
5 Brian Claar United States 71-72-68-69=280 E 34,345
T6 Masashi Ozaki Japan 70-71-68-72=281 +1 28,220
Scott Simpson United States 67-70-69-75=281
8 Peter Jacobsen United States 71-70-71-70=282 +2 24,307
T9 Paul Azinger United States 71-72-70-70=283 +3 19,968
Hubert Green United States 69-72-74-68=283
Tom Kite United States 67-69-69-78=283
José María Olazábal Spain 69-72-70-72=283

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4
Strange −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2
Beck +1 E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1
McCumber E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E −1 −1 −1
Woosnam E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 E E E E +1 E E E −1
Kite −5 −5 −6 −6 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 +3 +3 +3 +3
  Birdie   Bogey   Double bogey   Triple bogey+
Steve Robinson