1993 US Open: When Janzen Beat Stewart (the First Time)

Payne Stewart congratulates 1993 US Open winner Lee Janzen
Lee Janzen, winner of the 1993 US Open, is congratulated by Payne Stewart (left). David Cannon

Lee Janzen won two U.S. Opens, and both times he pipped Payne Stewart to do so. The 1993 U.S. Open was the site of the first of those two Janzen wins.

Janzen beat runner-up Stewart by two strokes here, shooting 69 to Stewart's 70 in the final round. Janzen's 272 total tied the U.S. Open scoring record of the time, and Janzen became just the second man in tournament history to shoot all four rounds in the 60s (Lee Trevino was the first to do so, in 1968).

Janzen led Stewart by one at the start of the final round, but they were tied when Janzen bogied the 12th hole. A birdie on the 14th put Janzen ahead by one again. And then either mishit the ball or misclubbed on the par-3 No. 16 on Baltusrol's Lower Course; his ball landed well short and in deep rough. Janzen was left with a downhill chip of 30-feet. And he drained it. Stewart's own birdie try, a long putt, just missed.

Janzen's drive on the 17th hit a tree, but the ball bounced into the fairway and he managed to make par. On the final hole, he drove into the rough but hit the green with his approach, then finished with a birdie to win by two.

Janzen had played the U.S. Open three times previously, and missed the cut in all three of those tournaments. Not a bad way to make your first cut, eh?

Janzen's 272 total tied the tournament scoring record established by Jack Nicklaus in the 1980 U.S. Open - which, coincidentally, was also played at Baltusrol. That 272 mark was not bettered until the 2011 U.S. Open.

1993 U.S. Open Scores

Results from the 1993 U.S. Open golf tournament played on the par-70 Lower Course at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. (a-amateur):

Lee Janzen 67-67-69-69--272 $290,000
Payne Stewart 70-66-68-70--274 $145,000
Craig Parry 66-74-69-68--277 $78,556
Paul Azinger 71-68-69-69--277 $78,556
Scott Hoch 66-72-72-68--278 $48,730
Tom Watson 70-66-73-69--278 $48,730
Ernie Els 71-73-68-67--279 $35,481
Raymond Floyd 68-73-70-68--279 $35,481
Nolan Henke 72-71-67-69--279 $35,481
Fred Funk 70-72-67-70--279 $35,481
Loren Roberts 70-70-71-69--280 $26,249
Jeff Sluman 71-71-69-69--280 $26,249
John Adams 70-70-69-71--280 $26,249
David Edwards 70-72-66-72--280 $26,249
Nick Price 71-66-70-73--280 $26,249
Barry Lane 74-68-70-69--281 $21,576
Fred Couples 68-71-71-71--281 $21,576
Mike Standly 70-69-70-72--281 $21,576
Blaine McCallister 68-73-73-68--282 $18,071
Dan Forsman 73-71-70-68--282 $18,071
Corey Pavin 68-69-75-70--282 $18,071
Tom Lehman 71-70-71-70--282 $18,071
Steve Pate 70-71-71-70--282 $18,071
Ian Baker-Finch 70-70-70-72--282 $18,071
Curtis Strange 73-68-75-67--283 $14,531
Joe Ozaki 70-70-74-69--283 $14,531
Rocco Mediate 68-72-73-70--283 $14,531
Chip Beck 72-68-72-71--283 $14,531
Kenny Perry 74-70-68-71--283 $14,531
Mark Calcavecchia 70-70-71-72--283 $14,531
John Cook 75-66-70-72--283 $14,531
Wayne Levi 71-69-69-74--283 $14,531
Steve Lowery 72-71-75-66--284 $11,051
Colin Montgomerie 71-72-73-68--284 $11,051
Bob Gilder 70-69-75-70--284 $11,051
Jumbo Ozaki 71-71-72-70--284 $11,051
Greg Twiggs 72-72-70-70--284 $11,051
Billy Andrade 72-67-74-71--284 $11,051
Lee Rinker 70-72-71-71--284 $11,051
John Daly 72-68-72-72--284 $11,051
Craig Stadler 67-74-71-72--284 $11,051
Robert Allenby 74-69-69-72--284 $11,051
Davis Love III 70-74-68-72--284 $11,051
Steve Elkington 71-70-69-74--284 $11,051
Mike Donald 71-72-67-74--284 $11,051
Scott Simpson 70-73-72-70--285 $8,179
Mark Brooks 72-68-74-71--285 $8,179
Mark McCumber 70-71-73-71--285 $8,179
Brian Claar 71-70-72-72--285 $8,179
Rick Fehr 71-72-70-72--285 $8,179
Larry Nelson 70-71-71-73--285 $8,179
Kirk Triplett 70-72-75-69--286 $6,525
Ian Woosnam 70-74-72-70--286 $6,525
Fulton Allem 71-70-74-71--286 $6,525
Vance Heafner 70-72-73-71--286 $6,525
Edward Kirby 72-71-72-71--286 $6,525
Michael Christie 70-74-71-71--286 $6,525
Keith Clearwater 71-72-71-72--286 $6,525
Sandy Lyle 70-74-70-72--286 $6,525
Bob Estes 71-73-69-73--286 $6,525
Jeff Maggert 69-70-73-74--286 $6,525
Mike Hulbert 71-73-72-71--287 $5,940
Hale Irwin 73-71-71-72--287 $5,940
Mike Smith 68-72-74-73--287 $5,940
Arden Knoll 71-70-73-73--287 $5,940
Joel Edwards 71-73-70-73--287 $5,940
Jay Don Blake 72-70-71-74--287 $5,940
Fuzzy Zoeller 73-67-78-70--288 $5,657
Steve Gotsche 70-73-71-74--288 $5,657
a-Justin Leonard 69-71-73-75--288
Brad Faxon 72-71-70-75--288 $5,657
Jack Nicklaus 70-72-76-71--289 $5,405
Nick Faldo 70-74-73-72--289 $5,405
Grant Waite 69-73-74-73--289 $5,405
Pete Jordan 71-70-73-75--289 $5,405
Duffy Waldorf 71-72-71-75--289 $5,405
Mark Wiebe 71-72-77-70--290 $5,121
Tony Johnstone 71-72-74-73--290 $5,121
Jay Haas 71-69-75-75--290 $5,121
Barney Thompson 71-73-71-75--290 $5,121
Wayne Grady 69-75-70-77--291 $4,932
Ted Schutz 71-73-69-78--291 $4,932
Steve Stricker 72-72-76-72--292 $4,838
Steve Flesch 71-70-78-75--294 $4,775
Doug Weaver 70-73-77-75--295 $4,680
John Flannery 73-69-75-78--295 $4,680
Robert Wrenn 68-73-80-76--297 $4,586
Robert Gamez 72-70-78-78--298 $4,523