1992 PGA Tour

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.

1992 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 9, 1992 (1992-01-09) – November 1, 1992 (1992-11-01)
Number of official events44
Most wins3:
John Cook
Fred Couples
Davis Love III
Money winner Fred Couples
Player of the Year Fred Couples
Rookie of the Year Mark Carnevale
← 1991
1993 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		 Notes
Jan 12Infiniti Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia800,000 Steve Elkington (3)44Winners-only event
Jan 19Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia1,100,000 John Cook (4)46Pro-Am
Jan 26Phoenix OpenArizona1,000,000 Mark Calcavecchia (7)46
Feb 2AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia1,100,000 Mark O'Meara (8)52Pro-Am
Feb 9United Airlines Hawaiian OpenHawaii1,200,000 John Cook (5)42
Feb 16Northern Telecom OpenArizona1,100,000 Lee Janzen (1)40
Feb 23Buick Invitational of CaliforniaCalifornia1,000,000 Steve Pate (5)34
Mar 1Nissan Los Angeles OpenCalifornia1,000,000 Fred Couples (7)48
Mar 8Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida1,400,000 Raymond Floyd (22)52
Mar 15Honda ClassicFlorida1,100,000 Corey Pavin (10)48
Mar 22Nestle InvitationalFlorida1,000,000 Fred Couples (8)70Invitational
Mar 29The Players ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000 Davis Love III (4)80Flagship event
Apr 5Freeport-McMoRan Golf ClassicLouisiana1,000,000 Chip Beck (4)54
Apr 12Masters TournamentGeorgia1,500,000 Fred Couples (9)100Major championship
Apr 12Deposit Guaranty Golf ClassicMississippi300,000 Richard Zokol (n/a)n/aAlternate event[lower-alpha 2]
Apr 19MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina1,000,000 Davis Love III (5)52Invitational
Apr 26KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina1,250,000 Davis Love III (6)52
May 3Shell Houston OpenTexas1,200,000 Fred Funk (1)44
May 10BellSouth ClassicGeorgia1,000,000 Tom Kite (16)38
May 17GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas1,100,000 Billy Ray Brown (2)40
May 24Southwestern Bell ColonialTexas1,300,000 Bruce Lietzke (12)54Invitational
May 31Kemper OpenMaryland1,100,000 Bill Glasson (5)40
Jun 7Memorial TournamentOhio1,300,000 David Edwards (3)60Invitational
Jun 14Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee1,100,000 Jay Haas (8)54
Jun 21U.S. OpenCalifornia1,500,000 Tom Kite (17)100Major championship
Jun 28Buick ClassicNew York1,000,000 David Frost (5)50
Jul 5Centel Western OpenIllinois1,100,000 Ben Crenshaw (16)50
Jul 12Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia1,100,000 David Peoples (2)28
Jul 19The Open ChampionshipScotland£1,000,000 Nick Faldo (6)100Major championship
Jul 19Chattanooga ClassicTennessee800,000 Mark Carnevale (1)20Alternate event
Jul 26New England ClassicMassachusetts1,000,000 Brad Faxon (2)36
Aug 2Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut1,000,000 Lanny Wadkins (21)42
Aug 9Buick OpenMichigan1,000,000 Dan Forsman (4)42
Aug 16PGA ChampionshipMissouri1,600,000 Nick Price (4)100Major championship
Aug 23The InternationalColorado1,200,000 Brad Faxon (3)48
Aug 30NEC World Series of GolfOhio1,400,000 Craig Stadler (10)50Limited-field event
Sep 6Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin1,000,000 Richard Zokol (1)40
Sep 13Canadian OpenCanada1,000,000 Greg Norman (11)48
Sep 20Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois1,000,000 David Frost (6)34
Sep 27B.C. OpenNew York800,000 John Daly (2)32
Oct 4Buick Southern OpenGeorgia700,000 Gary Hallberg (3)26
Oct 11Las Vegas InvitationalNevada1,300,000 John Cook (6)46
Oct 18Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida1,000,000 John Huston (2)44
Oct 25H.E.B. Texas OpenTexas900,000 Nick Price (5)42
Nov 1The Tour ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,000,000 Paul Azinger (8)54Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winner(s) OWGR
points		 Notes
Nov 8 World Cup Spain 1,100,000 Fred Couples and
Davis Love III		 n/a Team event
World Cup Individual Trophy Brett Ogle n/a
Nov 8 Amoco-Centel Championship South Carolina 760,000 Don Pooley n/a
Nov 11 PGA Grand Slam of Golf California 1,000,000 Nick Price n/a Limited-field event
Nov 15 Franklin Funds Shark Shootout California 1,000,000 Tom Kite and
Davis Love III		 n/a Team event
Nov 22 Kapalua International Hawaii 800,000 Davis Love III 38
Nov 29 Skins Game California 540,000 Payne Stewart n/a Limited-field event
Dec 6 JCPenney Classic Florida 1,100,000 Dan Forsman and
Dottie Mochrie		 n/a Team event

Money leaders

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]

PositionPlayerEventsPrize money ($)
1 Fred Couples221,344,188
2 Davis Love III251,191,630
3 John Cook211,165,606
4 Nick Price261,135,773
5 Corey Pavin25980,934

Awards
AwardWinner
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) Fred Couples
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Fred Couples
PGA Player of the Year Fred Couples
Rookie of the Year Mark Carnevale
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Fred Couples
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Fred Couples
Comeback Player of the Year John Cook

Notes
  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  2. Official money; unofficial win.

References
  1. "1992 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "Money Leaders – 1992". PGA Tour.
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