The 1991 U.S. Open was the 91st U.S. Open, held June 13–17 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Payne Stewart defeated 1987 champion Scott Simpson in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win the first of his two U.S. Open titles. It was the second of Stewart's three major championships.
Stewart held the lead through each of the first three rounds, but in the final round he found himself trailing Simpson by a stroke heading to the 18th. Simpson hit his drive into the rough and could only manage a bogey to Stewart's par, forcing an 18-hole playoff. Both players shot a final-round 72 to finish at 282 total, three shots clear of Larry Nelson and Fred Couples. In the playoff, Simpson led by two-strokes heading to the 16th. He then bogeyed the hole, however, while Stewart made birdie to even up the contest. At the par-3 17th, Simpson found the water on his tee shot and recorded another bogey, giving Stewart a one-shot advantage. Simpson then made bogey on the 18th while Stewart made a par, giving Stewart a two-stroke win and the championship.GOLF; Stewart Captures Open as Simpson Falters Again Stewart's winning score in the playoff of 75 was the highest since Tommy Armour won with a 76 in 1927.
Play was interrupted during the first round due to a severe thunderstorm. Six people were struck by lightning while seeking shelter near the 11th tee, and one person was killed.
It was the final U.S. Open appearance for two-time champion Lee Trevino; Phil Mickelson won low-amateur honors for the second consecutive year, finishing in 55th place.
This was the second U.S. Open at Hazeltine; the first was in 1970. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 2002 and 2009.
Course layout
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4404355801944124055181664323,5824105564322043575903841824523,5677,149Par445344534364543454343672 Source: Previous course length for major championships - par 72, 1970 U.S. Open
Round summaries First round Thursday, June 13, 1991
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Nolan Henke67−5 Payne Stewart3 Tom Byrum68−4T4 Mark Calcavecchia69−3 Scott Hoch Brian KammT7 Keith Clearwater70−2 Fred Couples Jim Gallagher Jr. David Jackson Davis Love III Jack Nicklaus Craig Parry Peter Persons Scott Simpson
Second round Friday, June 14, 1991
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Payne Stewart67-70=137−7T2 Nolan Henke67-71=138−6 Corey Pavin71-67=138 Scott Simpson70-68=138T5 Fred Couples70-70=140−4 Scott Hoch69-71=140 Craig Stadler71-69=140T8 Jodie Mudd71-70=141−3 Ian Woosnam73-68=141T10 Rodger Davis74-68=142−2 Jim Gallagher Jr.70-72=142 Ed Humenik72-70=142 Brian Kamm69-73=142 Sandy Lyle72-70=142 Andy North71-71=142
Amateurs: Mickelson (+1), Doyle (+6), Gorgone (+7), Lee (+14).
Third round Saturday, June 15, 1991
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Scott Simpson70-68-72=210−6 Payne Stewart67-70-73=210T3 Scott Hoch69-71-74=214−2 Nick Price74-69-71=214T5 Fred Couples70-70-75=215−1 Nolan Henke67-71-77=215 Brian Kamm69-73-73=215T8 Rick Fehr74-69-73=216E Hale Irwin71-75-70=216 Sandy Lyle72-70-74=216 Craig Parry70-73-73=216
Final round Sunday, June 16, 1991
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 Payne Stewart 67-70-73-72=282 −6 Playoff Scott Simpson 70-68-72-72=282T3 Fred Couples 70-70-75-70=285 −3 62,574 Larry Nelson 73-72-72-68=2855 Fuzzy Zoeller 72-73-74-67=286 −2 41,5426 Scott Hoch 69-71-74-73=287 −1 36,0907 Nolan Henke 67-71-77-73=288 E 32,176T8 Raymond Floyd 73-72-76-68=289 +1 26,958 José María Olazábal 73-71-75-70=289 Corey Pavin 71-67-79-72=289
Amateur: Phil Mickelson (+12)
Source:
Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par445344534 454345434 Stewart −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 Simpson −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 Couples −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 Nelson +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 Zoeller +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 Hoch −1 −1 −1 −1 E +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E −1 −1 E −1 −1 Price −1 E E +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:
Playoff Monday, June 17, 1991
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Payne Stewart 38-37=75 +3235,0002 Scott Simpson 37-40=77+5117,500
Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par445344534454345434 Stewart EEEE+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+4+3+3+3 Simpson +1+2+2+2+1+1E+1+1+2+2+2+3+2+2+3+4+5 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |} Source:
References
External links USGA Championship Database