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1990 Open Championship

FieldValue
name1990 Open Championship
image1990 Open Championship Program.png
image_size250px
captionFront cover of the 1990 Open Program
dates19–22 July 1990
locationSt Andrews, Scotland
courseOld Course at St Andrews
tourEuropean Tour
PGA Tour
par72
yardage6933 yd
field156 players, 72 after cut
cut143 (−1)
purse£500,000
$825,000
winners_share£85,000
$153,850
championENG Nick Faldo
score270 (−18)
previous[1989](1989-open-championship)
next[1991](1991-open-championship)

PGA Tour $825,000 $153,850 |UK Scotland |Scotland Fife The 1990 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 119th Open Championship, held from 19 to 22 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Nick Faldo won the second of his three Open Championships by five strokes over runners-up Mark McNulty and Payne Stewart. Earlier in the year, Faldo won the Masters; this was the fourth of his six major titles.

Course

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn370410Bobby Jones342
2Dyke411411High (In)1723
3Cartgate (Out)371412Heathery (In)3164
4Ginger Beer463413Hole O'Cross (In)4254
5Hole O'Cross (Out)564514Long5675
6Heathery (Out)416415Cartgate (In)4134
7High (Out)372416Corner of the Dyke3824
8Short178317Road4614
9End356418Tom Morris3544
**Out****3,501****36****In****3,432****36**
Source:**Total****6,933****72**

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 1990

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1USA Michael Allen66−6
AUS Greg Norman
3ENG Nick Faldo67−5
T4AUS Ian Baker-Finch68−4
USA Peter Jacobsen
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr
AUS Craig Parry
ENG Martin Poxon
USA Payne Stewart
SCO Sam Torrance
WAL Ian Woosnam

Second round

Friday, 20 July 1990

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1ENG Nick Faldo67-65=132−12
AUS Greg Norman66-66=132
T3AUS Craig Parry68-68=136−8
USA Payne Stewart68-68=136
T5ZWE Nick Price70-67=137−7
USA Mike Reid70-67=137
ENG Jamie Spence72-65=137
WAL Ian Woosnam68-69=137
T9USA Peter Jacobsen68-70=138−6
USA Jodie Mudd72-66=138
ESP José María Olazábal71-67=138
USA Steve Pate70-68=138
DEN Anders Sørensen70-68=138
SCO Sam Torrance68-70=138

Source:

Amateurs: Nash (+1), Kuramoto (+5), Patton (+5), Muntz (+8).

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 1990

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1ENG Nick Faldo67-65-67=199−17
T2AUS Ian Baker-Finch68-72-64=204−12
USA Payne Stewart68-68-68=204
4AUS Craig Parry68-68-69=205−11
5ENG Paul Broadhurst74-69-63=206−10
T6NZL Frank Nobilo72-67-68=207−9
WAL Ian Woosnam68-69-70=207
T8ARG Vicente Fernández72-67-69=208−8
USA Peter Jacobsen68-70-70=208
AUS Greg Norman66-66-76=208
USA Corey Pavin71-69-68=208
ZWE Nick Price70-67-71=208
USA Tim Simpson70-69-69=208

Source:

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 1990

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1ENG **Nick Faldo**67-65-67-71=270−1885,000
T2ZIM Mark McNulty74-68-68-65=275−1360,000
USA Payne Stewart68-68-68-71=275
T4USA Jodie Mudd72-66-72-66=276−1240,000
WAL Ian Woosnam68-69-70-69=276
T6AUS Ian Baker-Finch68-72-64-73=277−1128,500
AUS Greg Norman66-66-76-69=277
T8AUS David Graham72-71-70-66=279−922,000
USA Donnie Hammond70-71-68-70=279
USA Steve Pate70-68-72-69=279
USA Corey Pavin71-69-68-71=279

Source:

References

References

  1. (2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
  2. Parascenzo, Marino. (23 July 1990). "Faldo's victory suggest he might be golf's best". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  3. Swift, E.M.. (30 July 1990). "King of clubs".
  4. (20 July 1995). "124th Open Championship: course". Southeast Missourian.
  5. Glick, Shav. (21 July 1990). "Faldo, Norman tame Old Course". Eugene Register-Guard.
  6. Glick, Shav. (22 July 1990). "Faldo turns this Open into closed affair". Eugene Register-Guard.
  7. "1990 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com.
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