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)^[1]
Field	156 players, 71 after cut
Cut	145 (+5)^[2]
Prize fund	$1,049,089
Winner's share	$200,000
Champion
Curtis Strange
278 (–2)
«1988 1990»

Oak Hill CC

Location in the United States

The 1989 U.S. Open was the 89th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club near Rochester, New York. Curtis Strange won his second consecutive U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runners-up Chip Beck, Mark McCumber, and Ian Woosnam. Through 2013, Strange is the only successful defender of a U.S. Open title since Ben Hogan in 1951.^[3]^[4]^[5] Strange became the sixth player to defend the U.S. Open title, and the first since 1951. This was the last of his 17 wins on the PGA Tour.

Heavy rains before the tournament allowed for some low scores in the early rounds, with a record 38 under-par rounds in the first two rounds. During the second round, four players (Jerry Pate, Nick Price, Doug Weaver, and Mark Wiebe) recorded holes-in-one at the downhill 167-yard (153 m) 6th hole.^[6]^[7] All four hit a 7-iron past the flag, taking advantage of the damp conditions. The rest of the field had thirty birdies at the hole during the second round.^[8]^[9]

Gary Player, the 1965 champion and winner of nine major titles, played in his final U.S. Open in 1989. He shot 78-69=147 and missed the cut by two strokes.^[10]

This was the third U.S. Open and the fourth major at the East Course. Previous U.S. Opens were in 1956 (Cary Middlecoff) and 1968 (Lee Trevino), and the PGA Championship in 1980 (Jack Nicklaus). It later hosted the Ryder Cup in 1995 and the PGA Championship in 2003 and 2013.

Course layout

Oak Hill Country Club, East Course

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	291	+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

Source:^[10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 15, 1989

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

Friday, June 16, 1989

Strange fired a six-under 64 in the second round to tie the course record, set in 1942 by Hogan, and take the 36-hole lead.^[2]^[5]

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
T3	Scott Simpson	United States	67-70=137	–3
T5	Mark McCumber	United States	70-68=138	–2
T5	Ian Woosnam	Wales	70-68=138	–2
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

Source:^[2]

Amateurs: Sigel (+13), Yarian (+38).

Third round

Saturday, June 17, 1989

Overnight rains thoroughly soaked the already saturated course and caused a delay in the start. Instead of pairs, the players went off on split tees in groupings of three, a first at the U.S. Open.^[5] A 73 (+3) in the third round dropped Strange to three back of Tom Kite, whose first three rounds were in the 60s.^[11]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tom Kite	United States	67-69-69=205	–5
2	Scott Simpson	United States	67-70-69=204	–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
T7	Tom Pernice, Jr.	United States	67-75-68=210	E
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

Source:^[11]

Final round

Sunday, June 18, 1989

Kite led by three after four holes in the final round, but a triple bogey at the 5th hole and bogeys at 8 and 10 dropped him a stroke back of Strange. Double bogeys at 13 and 15 dropped him from contention.^[12] he recorded a 78 (+8) and finished in ninth place.^[4]^[5]^[13] Strange played steadily in the penultimate pairing, with fifteen consecutive pars until a birdie at the 16th, his first since the second round. Despite a three-putt for bogey at the 18th, Strange held on for a one-stroke win and a second straight U.S. Open title.

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
T6	Scott Simpson	United States	67-70-69-75=281	+1	28,220
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

Source:^[10]

Scorecard

Final round

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

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[12]^[14]

References

↑ "U.S. Open statistics: facts and figures". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 15, 1989. p. 30.
1 2 3 Florence, Mal (June 17, 1989). "Strange's 64 makes repeat a possibility". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (June 19, 1989). "Strange wins second Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 9.
1 2 Florence, Mal (June 19, 1989). "Strange repeats at U.S. Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
1 2 3 4 Reilly, Rick (June 26, 1989). "King of the Hill". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
↑ "Four holes-in-one on No.6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle). June 17, 1989. p. 23.
↑ "Would you believe four aces on 6th?". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. June 17, 1989. p. 23.
↑ Hyuan, Mark (June 17, 1989). "The Four Aces a hit on Open's sixth hole". Eugene Register-Guard. (Baltimore Sun). p. 1C.
↑ Zullo, Allan, "Astonishing but True Golf Facts", Andrew McMeels Publishing, Forest Fairview, North Carolina, 2001.
1 2 3 "1989 U.S. Open". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
1 2 Denlinger, Ken (June 17, 1989). "Kite fires 3rd sup-par round for Open lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Washington Post). p. 1E.
1 2 "Kite unravels at Open with final round of 78". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. June 19, 1989. p. 4B.
↑ Lyon, Bill (June 19, 1989). "Kite's collapse was one of a kind". Spokesman-Review. Knight-Ridder. p. C3.
↑ "U.S. Open cards". Eugene Register-Guard. June 19, 1989. p. 4B.

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Coordinates: 43°06′47″N 77°31′59″W / 43.113°N 77.533°W / 43.113; -77.533

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