1990 Open Championship

1990 Open Championship
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
Length	6,933 yards (6,340 m)
Field	156 players, 72 after cut
Cut	143 (–1)
Prize fund	£500,000; $825,000
Winner's share	£85,000; $153,850
Champion
	Nick Faldo
	270 (–18)
	«1989 1991»

St Andrews

Location in Scotland

The 1990 Open Championship was the 119th Open Championship, held 19–22 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. Nick Faldo won his second Open Championship, second major title of the year, and fourth major title overall by five strokes over runners-up Mark McNulty and Payne Stewart.^[2]^[3]

Course

The Old Course at St Andrews^[4]

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
				Total		6,933	72

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

1984 - 6,933 yards (6,340 m)
1978 - 6,933 yards (6,340 m)
1970 - 6,957 yards (6,361 m)

1964 - 6,926 yards (6,333 m)
1960 - 6,936 yards (6,342 m)
1955 - 6,936 yards (6,342 m)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Nick Faldo	England	1987	67	65	67	71	270	–18	1
Greg Norman	Australia	1986	66	66	76	69	277	–11	T6
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1985	72	70	67	72	281	–7	T16
Lee Trevino	United States	1971, 1972	69	70	73	71	283	–5	T25
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970, 1978	71	70	77	71	289	+1	T63

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Arnold Palmer	United States	1961, 1962	73	71	144	E
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1979, 1984, 1988	71	74	145	+1
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	72	73	145	+1
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983	72	73	145	+1
Mark Calcavecchia	United States	1989	71	75	146	+2
Tom Weiskopf	United States	1973	73	74	147	+3
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	76	75	151	+7

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 1990

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

Second round

Friday, 20 July 1990

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

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

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 1990

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

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 1990

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

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1990 Open Championship

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