1984 U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winner and Scores
The 1984 U.S. Open was the 84th time the tournament was played, and it came down to an 18-hole playoff between Fuzzy Zoeller and Greg Norman.
Winner: Fuzzy Zoeller, 276
Where it was played: Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York
Tournament dates: June 14-18, 1984
Leader after first round: Jim Thorpe, Hale Irwin, Mike Donald and Hubert Green, 68
Leader after second round: Hale Irwin, 136
Leader after third round: Hale Irwin, 205
What Happened at the 1984 U.S. Open
This is the tournament where Fuzzy Zoeller waved the white flag, then forced Greg Norman's surrender the next day. Zoeller and Norman tied at 276 after 72 holes, so they played an 18-hole playoff. And the playoff, unfortunately for Norman, was no contest. Zoeller won by eight strokes, 67 to 75. Both players started the playoff with birdies, but then Norman double-bogeyed, bogeyed and bogeyed, and never recovered.Hale Irwin held or shared the lead following the first, second and third rounds, but blew up in the final round with a 79. That gave Zoeller (70 in Round 4) and Norman (69) the chance to pull away, and their 276 scores were five strokes better than anyone else in the field.
Norman was playing one group ahead of Zoeller in the final round. Zoeller had a 3-stroke lead after nine holes of the final round, but Norman got back into a tie by the 17th.
On the 18th hole, Norman hit his approach to the green into the grandstands. After getting free relief, he chipped to 45 feet, and then holed that long par putt to remain in a tie. Zoeller, standing back in the 18th fairway, waved a white towel in mock surrender after Norman's long par-saver.
Then Zoeller parred the 72nd hole to force an 18-hole playoff the following day. That playoff was really no contest: Zoeller lead by five after nine holes. On the final green of the playoff, Norman waved a white towel himself, only this time the surrender was real. Zoeller's 67 remains the lowest score ever shot in U.S. Open playoffs.
It was Zoeller's second major championship victory (his first was the 1979 Masters), and the sixth of his 10 PGA Tour wins.
Arnold Palmer's streak of playing in 31 consecutive U.S. Opens ended here. Palmer had played every U.S. Open since 1953. This was also the last U.S. Open at which Gary Player made the cut. Player, the 1965 U.S. Open winner, tied for 43rd place.
1984 U.S. Open Scores
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 71-66-69-70—276 |
| Greg Norman | 70-68-69-69—276 |
| Curtis Strange | 69-70-74-68—281 |
| Jim Thorpe | 68-71-70-73—282 |
| Johnny Miller | 74-68-70-70—282 |
| Hale Irwin | 68-68-69-79—284 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 72-73-73-67—285 |
| Mark O'Meara | 71-74-71-69—285 |
| Fred Couples | 69-71-74-72—286 |
| Lee Trevino | 71-72-69-74—286 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 72-71-72-72—287 |
| Jay Haas | 73-73-70-71—287 |
| Tom Watson | 72-72-74-69—287 |
| Andy Bean | 70-71-75-71—287 |
| Tim Simpson | 72-71-68-76—287 |
| Mark McCumber | 71-73-71-73—288 |
| Tom Purtzer | 73-72-72-71—288 |
| Isao Aoki | 72-70-72-74—288 |
| Hal Sutton | 72-72-74-70—288 |
| Lennie Clements | 69-76-72-71—288 |
| Gil Morgan | 70-74-72-73—289 |
| Chip Beck | 72-74-71-72—289 |
| David Graham | 71-72-70-76—289 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 71-71-70-77—289 |
| Joe Hager | 74-73-71-72—290 |
| Bill Glasson | 72-75-71-72—290 |
| Scott Simpson | 72-75-74-69—290 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 73-71-71-75—290 |
| Mike Sullivan | 70-73-70-77—290 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 69-73-74-75—291 |
| Hubert Green | 68-75-72-76—291 |
| John Mahaffey | 72-74-77-68—291 |
| Jim Albus | 77-69-74-71—291 |
| George Burns | 72-74-74-72—292 |
| Gary Koch | 74-71-75-72—292 |
| Tony Sills | 73-72-76-71—292 |
| Mike Donald | 68-78-74-72—292 |
| David Ogrin | 74-72-74-73—293 |
| Steve Hart | 73-73-72-75—293 |
| D.A. Weibring | 76-71-73-73—293 |
| Jim Colbert | 71-73-77-72—293 |
| Pat McGowan | 74-72-77-70—293 |
| Sto Liebler | 71-75-73-75—294 |
| Mark Balen | 71-75-75-73—294 |
| Mark Hayes | 72-74-75-73—294 |
| a-Rick Fehr | 73-74-72-75—294 |
| Barry Jaeckel | 75-72-73-74—294 |
| Gary Player | 74-72-72-76—294 |
| Jack Renner | 73-71-73-77—294 |
| a-Jay Sigel | 69-72-78-75—294 |
| Phil Blackmar | 74-71-71-78—294 |
| Mike Reid | 70-72-77-76—295 |
| Raymond Floyd | 72-72-77-74—295 |
| Morris Hatalsky | 70-73-69-83—295 |
| Griff Moody | 76-71-76-73—296 |
| Nick Faldo | 71-76-77-72—296 |
| Bill Rogers | 71-73-76-77—297 |
| Mitch Adcock | 73-72-79-74—298 |
| Mike Nicolette | 73-72-74-80—299 |
| Bill Britton | 73-74-77-77—301 |
| Dan Forsman | 72-73-80-76—301 |
| Rafael Alarcon | 72-71-79-80—302 |
| David Canipe | 69-69-81-83—302 |
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