The 1984 U.S. Open was the 84th U.S. Open, held June 14–18 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. Fuzzy Zoeller defeated Greg Norman in an 18-hole playoff to win his first U.S. Open title and second major championship.

Arnold Palmer failed to qualify for this U.S. Open, snapping a streak of 31 consecutive Opens played, which began in 1953. The 1960 champion played in one more, at Oakmont in 1994.

This was the fourth U.S. Open at Winged Foot's West Course; it previously hosted in 1929, 1959, and 1974. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 1997 and the U.S. Open in 2006 and 2020.

Course layout West Course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Genesis4464 10Pulpit19032Elm411411Billows38343Pinnacle216312Cape53554Sound View460413White Mule21235Long Lane515514Shamrock41846El324415Pyramid41747Babe-in-the-Woods161316Hells Bells45248Arena442417Well-Well44449Meadow456418Revelations4484Out3,43135In3,49935Source:Total 6,93070 Lengths of the course for previous majors: 1974 U.S. Open: , par 70 1959 U.S. Open: , par 70 1929 U.S. Open: , par 72

Round summaries First round Thursday, June 14, 1984 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Mike Donald68−2 Hubert Green Hale Irwin Jim ThorpeT5 Seve Ballesteros69−1 David Canipe Lennie Clements Fred Couples Jay Sigel (a) Mick Soli Curtis Strange

Second round Friday, June 15, 1984 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hale Irwin68-68=136−42 Fuzzy Zoeller71-66=137−3T3 David Canipe69-69=138−2 Greg Norman70-68=138T5 Curtis Strange69-70=139−1 Jim Thorpe68-71=1397 Fred Couples69-71=140ET8 Andy Bean70-71=141+1 Jay Sigel (a)69-72=141T10 Isao Aoki72-70=142+2 Seve Ballesteros69-73=142 Johnny Miller74-68=142 Jack Nicklaus71-71=142 Mike Reid70-72=142

Amateurs: Sigel (+1), Fehr (+7), Tentis (+8), Kirby (+9), Case (+10), Mediate (+11), Gallagher (+16), Hadden (+17), Burroughs (+19), Friend (+20), Ludwig (+20).

Third round Saturday, June 16, 1984 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hale Irwin68-68-69=205−52 Fuzzy Zoeller71-66-69=206−43 Greg Norman70-68-69=207−34 Jim Thorpe68-71-70=209−15 Tim Simpson72-71-68=211+1T6 Morris Hatalsky70-73-69=212+2 Johnny Miller74-68-70=212 Jack Nicklaus71-71-70=212 Lee Trevino71-72-69=212T10 David Graham71-72-70=213+3 Curtis Strange69-70-74=213 Mike Sullivan70-73-70=213

Final round Sunday, June 17, 1984

Hale Irwin, the 1974 champion at Winged Foot, was the 54-hole leader, but faded in the final round with a 79 to finish in sixth place. With Irwin's collapse, the tournament became a duel between Zoeller and Norman. Zoeller led Norman by three shots heading to the back-nine, but Norman managed to draw level by the time he reached 18. His approach shot on the last sailed into the grandstand, but he managed to save par by holing a putt. Zoeller, standing in the 18th fairway, waved a white towel as a playful sign of surrender, then proceeded to par the hole himself to force a playoff. The two finished at 276 (−4), five shots clear of the rest of the field.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 Fuzzy Zoeller 71-66-69-70=276 −4 Playoff Greg Norman 70-68-69-69=276 3 Curtis Strange 69-70-74-68=281 +1 36,000T4 Johnny Miller 74-68-70-70=282 +2 22,335 Jim Thorpe 68-71-70-73=2826 Hale Irwin 68-68-69-79=284 +4 16,238T7 Peter Jacobsen 72-73-73-67=285 +5 14,237 Mark O'Meara 71-74-71-69=285T9 Fred Couples 69-71-74-72=286 +6 12,122 Lee Trevino 71-72-69-74=286

Amateurs: Fehr (+14), Sigel (+14).

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par443454344 345344444 Zoeller −4 −3 −4 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 Norman −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 Strange +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 Miller +2 +3 +4 +5 +5 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 Thorpe E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −2 E E E E +1 +2 Irwin −4 −4 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −2 E E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

Playoff Monday, June 18, 1984

The playoff proved to be no contest. Both birdied the first and Zoeller the 2nd, but Norman double-bogeyed it and fell three strokes behind. Zoeller carried a five-shot lead at the turn. Network coverage on ABC joined the round in progress, on the back nine at 4 pm EDT. Zoeller finished with a 67, eight shots better than Norman; this time on 18, it was Norman who waved a white towel in mock surrender. Zoeller's 67 was the lowest round ever recorded in a U.S. Open playoff.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Fuzzy Zoeller 34-33=67 −3 94,000 2 Greg Norman 39-36=75 +5 47,000

Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par443454344 345344444 Zoeller −1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−3−3 Norman −1+1+2+3+3+2+3+4+4+4+4+3+3+4+5+6+5+5Zoeller's lead033443455555578988 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:

References

External links 1984 U.S. Open USGA Championship Database