1990 Open Championship
Front cover of the 1990 Open Program
Tournament information
Dates19–22 July 1990
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length6,933 yards (6,340 m)[1]
Field156 players, 72 after cut[1]
Cut143 (−1)[1]
Prize fund£500,000
$825,000
Winner's share£85,000
$153,850
Champion
England Nick Faldo
270 (−18)
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St Andrews  is located in Scotland
St Andrews 
St Andrews 
Location in Scotland
St Andrews is located in Fife
St Andrews
St Andrews
Location in Fife, Scotland

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.[2][3] 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
Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Burn 370 4 10 Bobby Jones 342 4
2 Dyke 411 4 11 High (In) 172 3
3 Cartgate (Out) 371 4 12 Heathery (In) 316 4
4 Ginger Beer 463 4 13 Hole O'Cross (In) 425 4
5 Hole O'Cross (Out) 564 5 14 Long 567 5
6 Heathery (Out) 416 4 15 Cartgate (In) 413 4
7 High (Out) 372 4 16 Corner of the Dyke 382 4
8 Short 178 3 17 Road 461 4
9 End 356 4 18 Tom Morris 354 4
Out 3,501 36 In 3,432 36
Source:[4] Total 6,933 72

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 1990

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Michael Allen 66 −6
Australia Greg Norman
3 England Nick Faldo 67 −5
T4 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 68 −4
United States Peter Jacobsen
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr
Australia Craig Parry
England Martin Poxon
United States Payne Stewart
Scotland Sam Torrance
Wales Ian Woosnam

Second round

Friday, 20 July 1990

Place Player Score To par
T1 England Nick Faldo 67-65=132 −12
Australia Greg Norman 66-66=132
T3 Australia Craig Parry 68-68=136 −8
United States Payne Stewart 68-68=136
T5 Zimbabwe Nick Price 70-67=137 −7
United States Mike Reid 70-67=137
England Jamie Spence 72-65=137
Wales Ian Woosnam 68-69=137
T9 United States Peter Jacobsen 68-70=138 −6
United States Jodie Mudd 72-66=138
Spain José María Olazábal 71-67=138
United States Steve Pate 70-68=138
Denmark Anders Sørensen 70-68=138
Scotland Sam Torrance 68-70=138

Source:[5]

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

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 1990

Place Player Score To par
1 England Nick Faldo 67-65-67=199 −17
T2 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 68-72-64=204 −12
United States Payne Stewart 68-68-68=204
4 Australia Craig Parry 68-68-69=205 −11
5 England Paul Broadhurst 74-69-63=206 −10
T6 New Zealand Frank Nobilo 72-67-68=207 −9
Wales Ian Woosnam 68-69-70=207
T8 Argentina Vicente Fernández 72-67-69=208 −8
United States Peter Jacobsen 68-70-70=208
Australia Greg Norman 66-66-76=208
United States Corey Pavin 71-69-68=208
Zimbabwe Nick Price 70-67-71=208
United States Tim Simpson 70-69-69=208

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 1990

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 England Nick Faldo 67-65-67-71=270 −18 85,000
T2 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 74-68-68-65=275 −13 60,000
United States Payne Stewart 68-68-68-71=275
T4 United States Jodie Mudd 72-66-72-66=276 −12 40,000
Wales Ian Woosnam 68-69-70-69=276
T6 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 68-72-64-73=277 −11 28,500
Australia Greg Norman 66-66-76-69=277
T8 Australia David Graham 72-71-70-66=279 −9 22,000
United States Donnie Hammond 70-71-68-70=279
United States Steve Pate 70-68-72-69=279
United States Corey Pavin 71-69-68-71=279

Source:[1][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 42, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (23 July 1990). "Faldo's victory suggest he might be golf's best". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11.
  3. ^ Swift, E.M. (30 July 1990). "King of clubs". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
  4. ^ "124th Open Championship: course". Southeast Missourian. (Cape Girardeau). 20 July 1995. p. B1.
  5. ^ Glick, Shav (21 July 1990). "Faldo, Norman tame Old Course". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). pp. 1D, 4D.
  6. ^ Glick, Shav (22 July 1990). "Faldo turns this Open into closed affair". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. pp. 1F, 7F.
  7. ^ "1990 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

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