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1991 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1991 Open Championship
dates	18–21 July 1991
location	Southport, England
course	Royal Birkdale Golf Club
tour	European Tour
PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	6940 yd
field	156 players, 113 after cut
cut	148 (+8)
purse	£900,000
$1,512,000
winners_share	£90,000
$151,200
champion	AUS Ian Baker-Finch
score	272 (−8)
previous	[1990](1990-open-championship)
next	[1992](1992-open-championship)

PGA Tour

$1,512,000 $151,200 |UK England |United Kingdom Southport north of Liverpool, England The 1991 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 120th Open Championship, held from 18 to 21 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Ian Baker-Finch won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood.

Baker-Finch was two-over after two rounds in a tie for 28th place, then was ten-under on the weekend. His 66 on Sunday was bolstered by a 29 on the front nine, with birdies on five of the first seven holes.

The cut at 148 (+8) included those within ten strokes of the lead, which resulted in a record 113 players on the weekend, nearly three-quarters of the field.

Course

Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	448	417	409	203	346	473	156	458	414	3,324	395	409	184	475	199	543	414	525	472	3,616	6,940
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	34	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	5	4	36	70

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Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):

1983: 6968 yd, par 71
1976: 7001 yd, par 72
1971: 7080 yd, par 73
1965: 7037 yd, par 73
1961: 6844 yd
1954: 6867 yd

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1991

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	66	−4
T2	USA Chip Beck	67	−3
ENG Martin Gates
ESP Santiago Luna
T5	ENG Nick Faldo	68	−2
USA Gary Hallberg
AUS Mike Harwood
ENG Barry Lane
WAL Mark Mouland
USA Mike Reid
ITA Costantino Rocca

Source:

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1991

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Gary Hallberg	68-70=138	−2
AUS Mike Harwood	68-70=138
SCO Andrew Oldcorn	71-67=138
T4	ESP Seve Ballesteros	66-73=139	−1
AUS Steve Elkington	71-68=139
ENG David Gilford	72-67=139
AUS Wayne Grady	69-70=139
USA Mark O'Meara	71-68=139
USA Mike Reid	68-71=139
T10	ENG Richard Boxall	71-69=140	E
ENG Roger Chapman	74-66=140
ENG Howard Clark	71-69=140
ENG Mark James	72-68=140
ENG Barry Lane	68-72=140
SCO Colin Montgomerie	71-69=140
FJI Vijay Singh	71-69=140

Source:

Amateurs: Mickelson (+4), Payne (+4), Allenby (+9), Roblin (+11), Coltart (+13), Evans (+13), Muntz (+14), Wilshire (+15).

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 1991

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	AUS Ian Baker-Finch	71-71-64=206	−4
USA Mark O'Meara	71-68-67=206
T3	IRL Eamonn Darcy	73-68-66=207	−3
AUS Mike Harwood	68-70-69=207
5	ESP Seve Ballesteros	66-73-69=208	−2
T6	USA Mike Reid	68-71-70=209	−1
FJI Vijay Singh	71-69-69=209
T8	ENG Mark James	72-68-70=210	E
WAL Mark Mouland	68-74-68=210
AUS Craig Parry	71-70-69=210
ENG Martin Poxon	71-72-67=210

Source:

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1991

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	AUS Ian Baker-Finch	71-71-64-66=272	−8	90,000
2	AUS Mike Harwood	68-70-69-67=274	−6	70,000
T3	USA Fred Couples	72-69-70-64=275	−5	55,000
USA Mark O'Meara	71-68-67-69=275
T5	IRL Eamonn Darcy	73-68-66-70=277	−3	34,167
USA Jodie Mudd	72-70-72-63=277
USA Bob Tway	75-66-70-66=277
8	AUS Craig Parry	71-70-69-68=278	−2	27,500
T9	ESP Seve Ballesteros	66-73-69-71=279	−1	22,833
DEU Bernhard Langer	71-71-70-67=279
AUS Greg Norman	74-68-71-66=279

Source:

Amateurs: Payne (+4), Mickelson (+8)

References

(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
(22 July 1991). "Baker-Finch bags Open title". Eugene Register-Guard.
Reilly, Rick. (29 July 1991). ["Watch the birdies"](https://www.si.com/vault/1991/07/29/124621/watch-the-birdies-ian-baker-finch-got-off-to-a-flying-start-in-the-final-round-and-easily-won-the-british-open).
Parascenzo, Marino. (22 July 1991). "It's Baker-Finch: Aussie's sizzling 66 wins British Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Shapiro, Leonard. (20 July 1991). "Unheralded trio lead British Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
Parascenzo, Marino. (20 July 1991). "The kindest cut of all". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(19 July 1991). "Seve storms back at Birkdale". Eugene Register-Guard.
(21 July 1991). "O'Meara bears American bid". Eugene Register-Guard.
"1991 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com.

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