1990_Open_Championship Knowpia

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
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 →

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.

St Andrews

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Location in Scotland

St Andrews

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Location in Fife, Scotland

Course edit

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]

Thursday, 19 July 1990

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Michael Allen	66	−6
T1	Greg Norman	66	−6
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

Friday, 20 July 1990

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Nick Faldo	67-65=132	−12
T1	Greg Norman	66-66=132	−12
T3	Craig Parry	68-68=136	−8
T3	Payne Stewart	68-68=136	−8
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).

Saturday, 21 July 1990

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Faldo	67-65-67=199	−17
T2	Ian Baker-Finch	68-72-64=204	−12
T2	Payne Stewart	68-68-68=204	−12
4	Craig Parry	68-68-69=205	−11
5	Paul Broadhurst	74-69-63=206	−10
T6	Frank Nobilo	72-67-68=207	−9
T6	Ian Woosnam	68-69-70=207	−9
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]

Sunday, 22 July 1990

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Nick Faldo	67-65-67-71=270	−18	85,000
T2	Mark McNulty	74-68-68-65=275	−13	60,000
T2	Payne Stewart	68-68-68-71=275	−13	60,000
T4	Jodie Mudd	72-66-72-66=276	−12	40,000
T4	Ian Woosnam	68-69-70-69=276	−12	40,000
T6	Ian Baker-Finch	68-72-64-73=277	−11	28,500
T6	Greg Norman	66-66-76-69=277	−11	28,500
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]

^ ^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.
^ Parascenzo, Marino (23 July 1990). "Faldo's victory suggest he might be golf's best". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11.
^ Swift, E.M. (30 July 1990). "King of clubs". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
^ "124th Open Championship: course". Southeast Missourian. (Cape Girardeau). 20 July 1995. p. B1.
^ Glick, Shav (21 July 1990). "Faldo, Norman tame Old Course". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). pp. 1D, 4D.
^ Glick, Shav (22 July 1990). "Faldo turns this Open into closed affair". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. pp. 1F, 7F.
^ "1990 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.