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. Earlier in the year, Faldo won the Masters; this was the fourth of his six major titles.
Course
HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3704 10Bobby Jones34242Dyke411411High (In)17233Cartgate (Out)371412Heathery (In)31644Ginger Beer463413Hole O'Cross (In)42545Hole O'Cross (Out)564514Long56756Heathery (Out)416415Cartgate (In)41347High (Out)372416Corner of the Dyke38248Short178317Road46149End356418Tom Morris3544Out3,50136In3,43236Source: Total6,93372 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950): - 1984, 1978 - 1970 - 1964 - 1960, 1955
Round summaries First round Thursday, 19 July 1990 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Michael Allen66−6 Greg Norman3 Nick Faldo67−5T4 Ian Baker-Finch68−4 Peter Jacobsen Christy O'Connor Jnr Craig Parry Martin Poxon Payne Stewart Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam
Second round Friday, 20 July 1990 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Nick Faldo67-65=132−12 Greg Norman66-66=132T3 Craig Parry68-68=136−8 Payne Stewart68-68=136T5 Nick Price70-67=137−7 Mike Reid70-67=137 Jamie Spence72-65=137 Ian Woosnam68-69=137T9 Peter Jacobsen68-70=138−6 Jodie Mudd72-66=138 José María Olazábal71-67=138 Steve Pate70-68=138 Anders Sørensen70-68=138 Sam Torrance68-70=138 Source:
Amateurs: Nash (+1), Kuramoto (+5), Patton (+5), Muntz (+8).
Third round Saturday, 21 July 1990 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nick Faldo67-65-67=199−17T2 Ian Baker-Finch68-72-64=204−12 Payne Stewart68-68-68=2044 Craig Parry68-68-69=205−115 Paul Broadhurst74-69-63=206−10T6 Frank Nobilo72-67-68=207−9 Ian Woosnam68-69-70=207T8 Vicente Fernández72-67-69=208−8 Peter Jacobsen68-70-70=208 Greg Norman66-66-76=208 Corey Pavin71-69-68=208 Nick Price70-67-71=208 Tim Simpson70-69-69=208 Source:
Final round Sunday, 22 July 1990 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Nick Faldo 67-65-67-71=270 −18 85,000T2 Mark McNulty 74-68-68-65=275 −13 60,000 Payne Stewart 68-68-68-71=275T4 Jodie Mudd 72-66-72-66=276 −12 40,000 Ian Woosnam 68-69-70-69=276T6 Ian Baker-Finch 68-72-64-73=277 −11 28,500 Greg Norman 66-66-76-69=277T8 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:
References
External links St Andrews 1990 (Official site) 119th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour)