The 1989 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 118th Open Championship, held from 20 to 23 July at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Mark Calcavecchia won his only major championship in a playoff over Greg Norman and Wayne Grady. It was the first playoff at the Open in fourteen years and the first use of the four-hole aggregate playoff, adopted in 1985. The playoff was formerly 18 holes the following day (and 36 holes prior to 1964). Calcavecchia was the first American champion at The Open in six years. Norman shot a course record 64 (−8) in the final round to get into the playoff. In the playoff, over holes 1-2-17-18 of the course, Norman started off in the same form he had finished the main round, with birdies at the first two holes. Calcavecchia also scored a birdie at the second, Grady only making par at both: but at the short 17th, Calcavecchia was the only one to make par while Norman dropped a shot, back into a tie for the lead, and Grady also bogeyed it to be two shots behind. Then Calcavecchia made a birdie at the last, and Grady a regulation par, whereas Norman found two bunkers in succession and then mishit his third shot out of bounds, following which he picked up his ball and conceded without completing the hole.

Course

Old Course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Seal3644 10Sandhills43842Black Rock391411The Railway48153Gyaws379412The Fox43144Dunure557513Burmah46545Greenan210314Alton17936Turnberry577515Crosbie45747Tel-el-Kebir402416Well54258Postage Stamp126317Rabbit22339The Monk423418Craigend4524Out3,42936In3,66836Source: Total7,09772 Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): 1982: , par 72 1973: , par 72 1962: , par 72 1950: , par 70 Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Round summaries First round Thursday, 20 July 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Wayne Stephens66−6T2 Paul Azinger68−4 Fred Couples Wayne Grady Miguel Ángel Martín José María Olazábal Eduardo Romero Lee TrevinoT9 Derrick Cooper69−3 Mark James Gavan Levenson Brian Marchbank Greg Norman Steve Pate Philip Walton Tom Watson

Second round Friday, 21 July 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Wayne Grady68-67=135−9T2 Payne Stewart72-65=137−7 Tom Watson69-68=137T4 David Feherty71-67=138−6 Eduardo Romero68-70=138 Wayne Stephens66-72=138T7 Mark Calcavecchia71-68=139−5 Derrick Cooper69-70=139 Fred Couples68-71=139 Mark James69-70=139 Mark McCumber71-68=139 Greg Norman69-70=139 Steve Pate69-70=139 Scott Simpson73-66=139

Amateurs: Claydon (E), Karlsson (+1), Els (+4), Evans (+5), Dodd (+10), Milne (+10), Hare (+11), O'Shea (+11), Noon (+14), Meeks (+17).

Third round Saturday, 22 July 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Wayne Grady68-67-69=204−122 Tom Watson69-68-68=205−113 Payne Stewart72-65-69=206−10T4 Mark Calcavecchia71-68-68=207−9 Fred Couples68-71-68=207 David Feherty71-67-69=207T7 Paul Azinger68-73-67=208−8 Jodie Mudd73-67-68=208T9 Mark McCumber71-68-70=209 −7 José María Olazábal68-72-69=209 Steve Pate69-70-70=209

Final round Sunday, 23 July 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo par Money (£)T1 Mark Calcavecchia 71-68-68-68=275 −13 Playoff Greg Norman 69-70-72-64=275 Wayne Grady 68-67-69-71=275 4 Tom Watson 69-68-68-72=277 −11 40,0005 Jodie Mudd 73-67-68-70=278 −10 30,000T6 Fred Couples 68-71-68-72=279 −9 26,000 David Feherty 71-67-69-72=279T8 Eduardo Romero 68-70-75-67=280−8 21,000 Paul Azinger 68-73-67-72=280 Payne Stewart 72-65-69-74=280

Amateurs: Claydon (+5), Karlsson (+11).

Source:

Playoff PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Mark Calcavecchia 4-3-3-3=13 −2 80,000T2 Wayne Grady 4-4-4-4=16 +1 55,000 Greg Norman 3-3-4-x=x x The four-hole aggregate playoff was held on holes 1, 2, 17, and 18; three par fours and a par three (#17).

Scorecard Playoff Hole 1  2 1718Par4434 Calcavecchia E−1−1−2 Grady E E +1 +1 Norman −1−2−1x Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source:

References

External links Royal Troon 1989 (Official site) 118th Open Championship – Royal Troon (European Tour)