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1986 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1986 U.S. Open was the 86th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York. Raymond Floyd won his fourth and final major, two strokes ahead of runners-up Chip Beck and Lanny Wadkins.[4] It was Floyd's only U.S. Open title and he became its oldest winner, a record he held for four years.

1986 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 12–15, 1986
LocationShinnecock Hills, New York
Course(s)Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,912 yards (6,320 m)[1][2]
Field155 players, 70 after cut
Cut150 (+10) [3]
Prize fund$700,000
Winner's share$115,000
Champion
United States Raymond Floyd
279 (−1)
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The opening round on Thursday had high winds with occasional heavy rain; the best score was Bob Tway's even-par 70, with Greg Norman a stroke behind.[5][6] Norman led after 36 holes,[7] and took the lead into the final round, a stroke ahead of Lee Trevino and Hal Sutton,[8] but a 75 dropped him back six strokes to twelfth place.[9][10] Norman led each of the four major championships in 1986 after 54 holes, but won just once, at the British Open.

During the final round, ten players either led or shared the lead;[11] after Floyd birdied the par-3 11th, he was part of a nine-way tie for first.[12] Floyd began the round three strokes back and separated himself from the pack with a bogey-free 66.[10] After the birdie at 11, he saved par at 12, then recorded another birdie at 13 to tie for the lead. Floyd took sole possession of the lead after the 14th, then added another birdie at the 16th.[13] After finishing his round, he was two strokes ahead of his closest pursuers: Wadkins and Beck both shot 65 to climb the leaderboard and shared second place.[11] They tied the course record, set earlier in the day by Mark Calcavecchia.[14]

With the win, Floyd became the oldest winner of the U.S. Open at 43 years and 284 days,[15] surpassing the long-standing record of Ted Ray from 1920 by several months (Julius Boros was also 43 in 1963). It was Floyd's fourth and final major championship, and he only won twice more in his career. At age 46, Masters champion Jack Nicklaus overcame an opening round 77 and tied for eighth, his last top-ten finish at the U.S. Open.[12] Hale Irwin won his third U.S. Open at age 45 in 1990 in a playoff and remains the oldest champion; in 1986, he was the only former champion in the field to miss the cut. Boros remained the oldest winner of a modern major at age 48 at the PGA Championship in 1968, until Phil Mickelson broke the record to become the oldest winner of a major at age 50 at the PGA Championship in 2021.

Entering this championship, Floyd had played in 21 U.S. Opens and had only two finishes in the top ten. His best result was a tie for sixth in 1965; he finished eighth in 1971, fifteen years earlier. His winner's share in 1986 was more than double his previous career earnings at the U.S. Open.[15]

It was the second U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, which previously hosted 90 years earlier in 1896. The championship returned in 1995, 2004, and 2018.

Course layout edit

Main article: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
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

Source:[1][2]

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, June 12, 1986

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

Source:[5][6]

Second round edit

Friday, June 13, 1986

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

Source:[7]
Amateurs: Randolph (+10), Fleming (+11), Watts (+17), Lewis (+22), Daly (+24)

Third round edit

Saturday, June 14, 1986

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

Source:[8]

Final round edit

Sunday, June 15, 1986

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

Source:[3][4]
Amateur: Randolph (+11).

Scorecard edit

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

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[16][17]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "U.S. Open: the record rounds". Palm Beach Post. June 16, 1986. p. 4C.
  2. ^ a b "1986 U.S. Open (course map)". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Golf Graphics International). June 12, 1986. p. 4F.
  3. ^ a b "1986 U.S. Open". Database Golf. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Green, Bob (June 16, 1986). "Floyd comes of age to win Open". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
  5. ^ a b Boswell, Thomas (June 13, 1986). "At Shinnecock, it's wide Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
  6. ^ a b White, Gordon S. Jr. (June 13, 1986). "Weather takes over at the Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (New York Times). p. 29.
  7. ^ a b Green, Bob (June 14, 1986). "Norman leads conquest of Shinnecock". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. B1.
  8. ^ a b Green, Bob (June 15, 1986). "Taunts don't daunt Norman". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. D1.
  9. ^ Boswell, Thomas (June 16, 1986). "It was Floyd's day at the Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
  10. ^ a b Bunch, Ken (June 16, 1986). "Floyd takes Open with final-round 66". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1-part 2.
  11. ^ a b Parascenzo, Marino (June 16, 1986). "Floyd captures Open title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. pp. 9, 14.
  12. ^ a b Reilly, Rick (June 23, 1986). "Guts, grit and grandeur". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  13. ^ "Ray Floyd's round". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 16, 1986. p. 2, part 2.
  14. ^ Kienzl, Ray (June 16, 1986). "Shinnecock course record falls to three golfers in the same day". Pittsburgh Press. p. C3.
  15. ^ a b "Floyd becomes oldest Open champion". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. June 16, 1986. p. 1B.
  16. ^ "US Open leader cards". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 16, 1986. p. 2, part 2.
  17. ^ "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 19, 2019.

External links edit

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