1990 Open Championship
Golf tournament
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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.
Dates19–22 July 1990
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
CourseOld Course at St Andrews
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
PGA Tour
Front cover of the 1990 Open Program | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19–22 July 1990 |
| Location | St Andrews, Scotland |
| Course | 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 | |
| 270 (−18) | |
Location in Fife, Scotland
Course
| 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 | 66 | −6 | |
| 3 | 67 | −5 | |
| T4 | 68 | −4 | |
Second round
Friday, 20 July 1990
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 67-65=132 | −12 | |
| 66-66=132 | |||
| T3 | 68-68=136 | −8 | |
| 68-68=136 | |||
| T5 | 70-67=137 | −7 | |
| 70-67=137 | |||
| 72-65=137 | |||
| 68-69=137 | |||
| T9 | 68-70=138 | −6 | |
| 72-66=138 | |||
| 71-67=138 | |||
| 70-68=138 | |||
| 70-68=138 | |||
| 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 | 67-65-67=199 | −17 | |
| T2 | 68-72-64=204 | −12 | |
| 68-68-68=204 | |||
| 4 | 68-68-69=205 | −11 | |
| 5 | 74-69-63=206 | −10 | |
| T6 | 72-67-68=207 | −9 | |
| 68-69-70=207 | |||
| T8 | 72-67-69=208 | −8 | |
| 68-70-70=208 | |||
| 66-66-76=208 | |||
| 71-69-68=208 | |||
| 70-67-71=208 | |||
| 70-69-69=208 |
Source:[6]
Final round
Sunday, 22 July 1990
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67-65-67-71=270 | −18 | 85,000 | |
| T2 | 74-68-68-65=275 | −13 | 60,000 | |
| 68-68-68-71=275 | ||||
| T4 | 72-66-72-66=276 | −12 | 40,000 | |
| 68-69-70-69=276 | ||||
| T6 | 68-72-64-73=277 | −11 | 28,500 | |
| 66-66-76-69=277 | ||||
| T8 | 72-71-70-66=279 | −9 | 22,000 | |
| 70-71-68-70=279 | ||||
| 70-68-72-69=279 | ||||
| 71-69-68-71=279 |