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1989 U.S. Open (golf)

1989 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 15–18, 1989
Location	Pittsford, New York 43°06′47″N 77°31′58″W / 43.11299724592302°N 77.53272691738464°W / 43.11299724592302; -77.53272691738464
Course(s)	Oak Hill Country Club, East Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,902 yards (6,311 m)[1][2]
Field	156 players, 71 after cut
Cut	145 (+5)[3]
Prize fund	$1,049,089
Winner's share	$200,000
Champion
Curtis Strange
278 (−2)
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The 1989 U.S. Open was the 89th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club in the Town of Pittsford 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, becoming the first successful defender of a U.S. Open title since Ben Hoganin1951.^[4][5][6] Strange became the sixth player to defend the U.S. Open title. 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, the most hole-in-ones in U.S. Open history.^[7][8][9] 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.^[10][11]

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.^[12]

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 Championshipin1980 (Jack Nicklaus). It later hosted the Ryder Cupin1995 and the PGA Championship in 2003 and 2013.

Course layout[edit]

East Course

Source:^[1]

Previous course lengths for major championships

• 6,964 yards (6,368 m) - par 70, 1980 PGA Championship
• 6,962 yards (6,366 m) - par 70, 1968 U.S. Open
• 6,902 yards (6,311 m) - par 70, 1956 U.S. Open

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, June 15, 1989

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

Second round[edit]

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.^[3][6]

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

Source:^[3]

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

Third round[edit]

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.^[6] A 73 (+3) in the third round dropped Strange to three back of Tom Kite, whose first three rounds were in the 60s.^[13]

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

Source:^[13]

Final round[edit]

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.^[14] Kite recorded a 78 (+8) and finished in ninth place.^[5][6][15] 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	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Curtis Strange	71-64-73-70=278	−2	200,000
T2	Chip Beck	71-69-71-68=279	−1	67,823
	Mark McCumber	70-68-72-69=279
	Ian Woosnam	70-68-73-68=279
5	Brian Claar	71-72-68-69=280	E	34,345
T6	Masashi Ozaki	70-71-68-72=281	+1	28,220
	Scott Simpson	67-70-69-75=281
8	Peter Jacobsen	71-70-71-70=282	+2	24,307
T9	Paul Azinger	71-72-70-70=283	+3	19,968
	Hubert Green	69-72-74-68=283
	Tom Kite	67-69-69-78=283
	José María Olazábal	69-72-70-72=283

Source:^[12]

Scorecard[edit]

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

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[14][16]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• USOpen.com – 1989