1990 Open Championship

Golf tournament

1990 Open Championship

Front cover of the 1990 Open Program

Tournament information
Dates| 19–22 July 1990
Location| St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)| Old Course at St Andrews
Tour(s)| European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par| 72[1]
Length| 6,933 yards (6,340 m)[1]
Field| 156 players, 72 after cut[1]
Cut| 143 (−1)[1]
Prize fund| £500,000
$825,000
Winner's share| £85,000
$153,850
Champion
Nick Faldo
270 (−18)

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St Andrews

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Location in Scotland

St Andrews

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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

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Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

Hole | Name | Yards | Par |  | Hole | Name | Yards | Par

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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]

* 6,933 yards (6,340 m) - 1984, 1978
* 6,957 yards (6,361 m) - 1970
* 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964
* 6,936 yards (6,342 m) - 1960, 1955

## Round summaries

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### First round

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Thursday, 19 July 1990

Place | Player | Score | To par

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T1 |  Michael Allen | 66 | −6
Greg Norman
3 |  Nick Faldo | 67 | −5
T4 |  Ian Baker-Finch | 68 | −4
Peter Jacobsen
Christy O'Connor Jnr
Craig Parry
Martin Poxon
Payne Stewart
Sam Torrance
Ian Woosnam

### Second round

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Friday, 20 July 1990

Place | Player | Score | To par

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T1 |  Nick Faldo | 67-65=132 | −12
Greg Norman | 66-66=132
T3 |  Craig Parry | 68-68=136 | −8
Payne Stewart | 68-68=136
T5 |  Nick Price | 70-67=137 | −7
Mike Reid | 70-67=137
Jamie Spence | 72-65=137
Ian Woosnam | 68-69=137
T9 |  Peter Jacobsen | 68-70=138 | −6
Jodie Mudd | 72-66=138
José María Olazábal | 71-67=138
Steve Pate | 70-68=138
Anders Sørensen | 70-68=138
Sam Torrance | 68-70=138

Source:[5]

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

### Third round

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Saturday, 21 July 1990

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Nick Faldo | 67-65-67=199 | −17
T2 |  Ian Baker-Finch | 68-72-64=204 | −12
Payne Stewart | 68-68-68=204
4 |  Craig Parry | 68-68-69=205 | −11
5 |  Paul Broadhurst | 74-69-63=206 | −10
T6 |  Frank Nobilo | 72-67-68=207 | −9
Ian Woosnam | 68-69-70=207
T8 |  Vicente Fernández | 72-67-69=208 | −8
Peter Jacobsen | 68-70-70=208
Greg Norman | 66-66-76=208
Corey Pavin | 71-69-68=208
Nick Price | 70-67-71=208
Tim Simpson | 70-69-69=208

Source:[6]

### Final round

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Sunday, 22 July 1990

Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£)

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1 |  Nick Faldo | 67-65-67-71=270 | −18 | 85,000
T2 |  Mark McNulty | 74-68-68-65=275 | −13 | 60,000
Payne Stewart | 68-68-68-71=275
T4 |  Jodie Mudd | 72-66-72-66=276 | −12 | 40,000
Ian Woosnam | 68-69-70-69=276
T6 |  Ian Baker-Finch | 68-72-64-73=277 | −11 | 28,500
Greg Norman | 66-66-76-69=277
T8 |  David Graham | 72-71-70-66=279 | −9 | 22,000
Donnie Hammond | 70-71-68-70=279
Steve Pate | 70-68-72-69=279
Corey Pavin | 71-69-68-71=279

Source:[1][7]

## References

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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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