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1989 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1989 U.S. Open
image	1989OpenLogo.jpg
dates	June 15–18, 1989
location	Pittsford, New York
course	Oak Hill Country Club,
East Course
tour	PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	6902 yd
field	156 players, 71 after cut
cut	145 (+5)
purse	$1,049,089
winners_share	$200,000
champion	USA Curtis Strange
score	278 (−2)
previous	[1988](1988-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1990](1990-u-s-open-golf)
map	USA#USA New York
map_relief	yes
map_label	Oak Hill
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in New York
coordinates

East Course |USA |USA New York 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 Hogan in 1951. 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 yd 6th hole, the most hole-in-ones in U.S. Open history. 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.

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.

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

Main article: 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

Source:

Previous course lengths for major championships

6964 yd - par 70, 1980 PGA Championship
6962 yd - par 70, 1968 U.S. Open
6902 yd - par 70, 1956 U.S. Open

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 15, 1989

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

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.

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

Source:

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.

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

Source:

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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Yq1jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6778%2C5035623|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Curtis Strange	71-64-73-70=278	−2	200,000
T2	USA Chip Beck	71-69-71-68=279	−1	67,823
USA Mark McCumber	70-68-72-69=279
WAL Ian Woosnam	70-68-73-68=279
5	USA Brian Claar	71-72-68-69=280	E	34,345
T6	JPN Masashi Ozaki	70-71-68-72=281	+1	28,220
USA Scott Simpson	67-70-69-75=281
8	USA Peter Jacobsen	71-70-71-70=282	+2	24,307
T9	USA Paul Azinger	71-72-70-70=283	+3	19,968
USA Hubert Green	69-72-74-68=283
USA Tom Kite	67-69-69-78=283
ESP José María Olazábal	69-72-70-72=283

Source:

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
USA Strange	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2
USA Beck	+1	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
USA McCumber	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1
WAL Woosnam	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	E	−1
USA 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 :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle-- |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ |} Source:

References

White, Gordon. (June 13, 1989). "Open course changed after Trevino's victory". Eugene Register-Guard.
(June 15, 1989). "U.S. Open statistics: facts and figures". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Florence, Mal. (June 17, 1989). "Strange's 64 makes repeat a possibility". Eugene Register-Guard.
Parascenzo, Marino. (June 19, 1989). "Strange wins second Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Florence, Mal. (June 19, 1989). "Strange repeats at U.S. Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
Reilly, Rick. (June 26, 1989). "King of the Hill".
(June 17, 1989). "Four holes-in-one on No.6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(June 17, 1989). "Would you believe four aces on 6th?". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette.
(16 June 2023). "Most U.S. Open holes-in-one: Major record in reach as Matt Fitzpatrick gives 2023 field a third ace". The Sporting News.
Hyuan, Mark. (June 17, 1989). "The Four Aces a hit on Open's sixth hole". Eugene Register-Guard.
Zullo, Allan, "Astonishing but True Golf Facts", Andrew McMeels Publishing, Forest Fairview, North Carolina, 2001.
Denlinger, Ken. (June 17, 1989). "Kite fires 3rd sub-par round for Open lead". Eugene Register-Guard.
Lyon, Bill. (June 19, 1989). "Kite's collapse was one of a kind". Spokesman-Review.
"1989 U.S. Open". databasegolf.com.
(June 19, 1989). "U.S. Open cards". Eugene Register-Guard.

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