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
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,912 yards (6,320 m)^[1]
Field	155 players, 70 after cut
Cut	150 (+10) ^[2]
Prize fund	$700,000
Winner's share	$115,000
Champion
Raymond Floyd
279 (–1)
«1985 1987»

Shinnecock
Hills GC

Location in the United States

Shinnecock Hills GC

Location in New York

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.^[3] It was Floyd's only U.S. Open title and he became its oldest winner, a record he held for four years.

Greg Norman led after 36 holes, and took the lead into the final round, a stroke ahead of Lee Trevino and Hal Sutton, but a 75 dropped him back six strokes to 12th place.^[4] 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;^[5] after Floyd birdied the par-3 11th, he was part of a nine-way tie for first.^[6] Floyd began the round three strokes back and separated himself from the pack with a bogey-free 66.^[4] 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. After finishing his round, he was two clear of his closest pursuers: Wadkins and Beck both shot 65 to climb the leaderboard and share second place, two strokes back.^[5] They tied the course record, set earlier in the day by Mark Calcavecchia.^[7]

With the win, Floyd became the oldest winner of the U.S. Open at 7009138153600000000♠43 years and 284 days, 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. Masters champion Jack Nicklaus, age 46, finished in a tie for 8th, his last top-10 finish at the U.S. Open.^[6] Hale Irwin won at age 45 in 1990 in a playoff and remains the U.S. Open's oldest champion. Boros is the oldest winner of a modern major; 48 at the PGA Championship in 1968.

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.

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

Course layout

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]

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	68

Missed the cut

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1986

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

Friday, June 13, 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Greg Norman	Australia	71-68=139	–1
T2	Lee Trevino	United States	74-68=142	+2
T2	Denis Watson	Zimbabwe	72-70=142	+2
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

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

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1986

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
T2	Lee Trevino	United States	74-68-69=211	+1
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

Sunday, June 15, 1986

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
T2	Lanny Wadkins	United States	74-70-72-65=281	+1	47,646
T4	Hal Sutton	United States	75-70-66-71=282	+2	26,269
T4	Lee Trevino	United States	74-68-69-71=282	+2	26,269
T6	Ben Crenshaw	United States	76-69-69-69=283	+3	19,009
T6	Payne Stewart	United States	76-68-69-70=283	+3	19,009
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

Source:^[2]^[3]
Amateur: Randolph (+11).

References

1 2 "U.S. Open: the record rounds". Palm Beach Post. June 16, 1986. p. 4C.
1 2 "1986 U.S. Open". Database Golf. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
1 2 Green, Bob (June 16, 1986). "Floyd comes of age to win Open". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
1 2 Bunch, Ken (June 16, 1986). "Floyd takes Open with final-round 66". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1-part 2.
1 2 Parascenzo, Marino (June 16, 1986). "Floyd captures Open title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. pp. 9, 14.
1 2 Reilly, Rick (June 23, 1986). "Guts, grit and grandeur". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
↑ George, Dave (June 16, 1986). "Oldie Floyd shows he's still a swinger". Palm Beach Post. p. 1C.

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Preceded by 1986 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1986 Open Championship

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