1990 Open Championship

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.

1990 Open Championship

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
Nick Faldo
270 (−18)
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St Andrews 

Location in Scotland

St Andrews

Location in Fife, Scotland

Course

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

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]

• 6,933 yards (6,340 m) - 1984, 1978
• 6,957 yards (6,361 m) - 1970
• 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964
• 6,936 yards (6,342 m) - 1960, 1955

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 1990

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

Second round

Friday, 20 July 1990

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

Third round

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
	Payne Stewart	68-68-68=204
4	Craig Parry	68-68-69=205	−11
5	Paul Broadhurst	74-69-63=206	−10
T6	Frank Nobilo	72-67-68=207	−9
	Ian Woosnam	68-69-70=207
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]

Final round

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
	Payne Stewart	68-68-68-71=275
T4	Jodie Mudd	72-66-72-66=276	−12	40,000
	Ian Woosnam	68-69-70-69=276
T6	Ian Baker-Finch	68-72-64-73=277	−11	28,500
	Greg Norman	66-66-76-69=277
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]