# 1984 U.S. Open (golf)

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
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | | Hole | Name | Yards | Par |
| 1 | Genesis | 446 | 4 | | 10 | Pulpit | 190 | 3 |
| 2 | Elm | 411 | 4 | | 11 | Billows | 383 | 4 |
| 3 | Pinnacle | 216 | 3 | | 12 | Cape | 535 | 5 |
| 4 | Sound View | 460 | 4 | | 13 | White Mule | 212 | 3 |
| 5 | Long Lane | 515 | 5 | | 14 | Shamrock | 418 | 4 |
| 6 | El | 324 | 4 | | 15 | Pyramid | 417 | 4 |
| 7 | Babe-in-the-Woods | 161 | 3 | | 16 | Hells Bells | 452 | 4 |
| 8 | Arena | 442 | 4 | | 17 | Well-Well | 444 | 4 |
| 9 | Meadow | 456 | 4 | | 18 | Revelations | 448 | 4 |
| Out | Out | 3,431 | 35 | | In | In | 3,499 | 35 |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Total | Total | 6,930 | 70 |
Lengths of the course for previous majors:
* 1974 U.S. Open: 6,961 yards (6,365 m), par 70
* 1959 U.S. Open: 6,873 yards (6,285 m), par 70
* 1929 U.S. Open: 6,786 yards (6,205 m), par 72

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, June 14, 1984
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Mike Donald | 68 | −2 |
| T1 | Hubert Green | 68 | −2 |
| T1 | Hale Irwin | 68 | −2 |
| T1 | Jim Thorpe | 68 | −2 |
| T5 | Seve Ballesteros | 69 | −1 |
| T5 | David Canipe | 69 | −1 |
| T5 | Lennie Clements | 69 | −1 |
| T5 | Fred Couples | 69 | −1 |
| T5 | Jay Sigel (a) | 69 | −1 |
| T5 | Mick Soli | 69 | −1 |
| T5 | Curtis Strange | 69 | −1 |

### Second round

Friday, June 15, 1984
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Hale Irwin | 68-68=136 | −4 |
| 2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 71-66=137 | −3 |
| T3 | David Canipe | 69-69=138 | −2 |
| T3 | Greg Norman | 70-68=138 | −2 |
| T5 | Curtis Strange | 69-70=139 | −1 |
| T5 | Jim Thorpe | 68-71=139 | −1 |
| 7 | Fred Couples | 69-71=140 | E |
| T8 | Andy Bean | 70-71=141 | +1 |
| T8 | Jay Sigel (a) | 69-72=141 | +1 |
| T10 | Isao Aoki | 72-70=142 | +2 |
| T10 | Seve Ballesteros | 69-73=142 | +2 |
| T10 | Johnny Miller | 74-68=142 | +2 |
| T10 | Jack Nicklaus | 71-71=142 | +2 |
| T10 | Mike Reid | 70-72=142 | +2 |
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
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Hale Irwin | 68-68-69=205 | −5 |
| 2 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 71-66-69=206 | −4 |
| 3 | Greg Norman | 70-68-69=207 | −3 |
| 4 | Jim Thorpe | 68-71-70=209 | −1 |
| 5 | Tim Simpson | 72-71-68=211 | +1 |
| T6 | Morris Hatalsky | 70-73-69=212 | +2 |
| T6 | Johnny Miller | 74-68-70=212 | +2 |
| T6 | Jack Nicklaus | 71-71-70=212 | +2 |
| T6 | Lee Trevino | 71-72-69=212 | +2 |
| T10 | David Graham | 71-72-70=213 | +3 |
| T10 | Curtis Strange | 69-70-74=213 | +3 |
| T10 | Mike Sullivan | 70-73-70=213 | +3 |

### 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 45-foot (14 m) 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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T1 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 71-66-69-70=276 | −4 | Playoff |
| T1 | Greg Norman | 70-68-69-69=276 | −4 | Playoff |
| 3 | Curtis Strange | 69-70-74-68=281 | +1 | 36,000 |
| T4 | Johnny Miller | 74-68-70-70=282 | +2 | 22,335 |
| T4 | Jim Thorpe | 68-71-70-73=282 | +2 | 22,335 |
| 6 | Hale Irwin | 68-68-69-79=284 | +4 | 16,238 |
| T7 | Peter Jacobsen | 72-73-73-67=285 | +5 | 14,237 |
| T7 | Mark O'Meara | 71-74-71-69=285 | +5 | 14,237 |
| T9 | Fred Couples | 69-71-74-72=286 | +6 | 12,122 |
| T9 | Lee Trevino | 71-72-69-74=286 | +6 | 12,122 |
Amateurs: Fehr (+14), Sigel (+14).

#### 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 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 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
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
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### 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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 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 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 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 | +5 |
| Zoeller's lead | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
    Birdie Bogey Double bogey
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