1993 British Open Golf Tournament Results
The 1993 British Open was the 122nd time the tournament was played, and Greg Norman won it with a great closing round for his second victory in a major championship.
Winner: Greg Norman, 267
Where it was played: Royal St. George's, Sandwich, England
Tournament dates: July 15-18, 1993
Leader after first round: Fuzzy Zoeller, Greg Norman, Mark Calcavecchia and Peter Senior, 66
Leader after second round: Nick Faldo, 132
Leader after third round: Nick Faldo and Corey Pavin, 202
What Happened at the 1993 British Open
Nick Faldo had the lead going into the final round, then shot 67. Most times, that would be good enough to win it. But not here, because Greg Norman shot 64 to win the British Open for the second time. Norman should have tied the major championship record of 63, but missed a short putt on the second-to-last green. Still, his 64 is considered one of the great closing rounds in golf history. Bernhard Langer, who played with Norman that day, once called it the best round of golf he'd ever seen.Norman began the final round one stroke behind Faldo, the defending champion. And Faldo played well, carding that 3-under 67. But Norman had all the shots, the Shark himself saying it was the first round he'd ever played without missing a single shot.
But does Norman's 64 deserve its reputation as one of the finest final rounds in major championship history? It should be noted that Norman's round was not the low score of the day at Royal St. George's — Payne Stewart shot a 63. Among golfers in the mix during the final round, Langer posted 67, Peter Senior 67, Ernie Els 68, Paul Lawrie 65, Scott Simpson 66. In other words, Royal St. George's was there for the taking, and many players scored well.
But Norman is the one whose great score propelled him to victory, the one who started the day in second place, then went out and carded that round to win the tournament. It was an instance of Norman playing against type: His reputation for being snakebit in big moments, or for outright choking, didn't hold here. Instead, Norman held up under the pressure.
And as noted, his 64 included a short (about 1-and-a-half feet) missed putt on the next-to-last green. His final margin of victory over Faldo was two strokes.
It was Norman's second win in the Open Championship. He previously won the 1986 British Open.
Norman opened with a 66, good for a 4-way tie at the top. But a second-round 68 dropped him into third, two behind Faldo, who shot a 63. Norman scored 69 in the third round and shared second place with Langer; they were one off the lead shared by Faldo and Corey Pavin.
Among the contenders, Pavin is the only one who failed to break 70 on the final day, shooting 70 to finish tied for fourth. That was still Pavin's best-ever finish in an Open, and one of just three career Top 10s for him in this major.
Ian Baker-Finch, the 1991 British Open winner whose game was beginning to slide, finished tied for 70th, the last time he made the cut in an Open. Retief Goosen, a future 2-time U.S. Open winner, played in his first major here and missed the cut. And Justin Leonard, the 1997 British Open winner, made his Open debut here, missing the cut as an amateur.
1993 British Open Final Scores
| Greg Norman | 66-68-69-64—267 |
| Nick Faldo | 69-63-70-67—269 |
| Bernhard Langer | 67-66-70-67—270 |
| Peter Senior | 66-69-70-67—272 |
| Corey Pavin | 68-66-68-70—272 |
| Ernie Els | 68-69-69-68—274 |
| Nick Price | 68-70-67-69—274 |
| Paul Lawrie | 72-68-69-65—274 |
| Scott Simpson | 68-70-71-66—275 |
| Fred Couples | 68-66-72-69—275 |
| Wayne Grady | 74-68-64-69—275 |
| Payne Stewart | 71-72-70-63—276 |
| Barry Lane | 70-68-71-68—277 |
| Gil Morgan | 70-68-70-70—278 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 66-70-71-71—278 |
| Mark McNulty | 67-71-71-69—278 |
| John Daly | 71-66-70-71—278 |
| Tom Kite | 72-70-68-68—278 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 66-73-71-68—278 |
| Jose Rivero | 68-73-67-70—278 |
| Howard Clark | 67-72-70-70—279 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 68-74-68-69—279 |
| Peter Baker | 70-67-74-68—279 |
| Rodger Davis | 68-71-71-70—280 |
| David Frost | 69-73-70-68—280 |
| Mark Roe | 70-71-73-66—280 |
| Mark James | 70-70-70-71—281 |
| a-Ian Pyman | 68-72-70-71—281 |
| Malcolm Mackenzie | 72-71-71-67—281 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 68-73-69-71—281 |
| Yoshinori Mizumaki | 69-69-73-70—281 |
| Larry Mize | 67-69-74-71—281 |
| Des Smyth | 67-74-70-70—281 |
| Wayne Westner | 67-73-72-70—282 |
| Raymond Floyd | 70-72-67-73—282 |
| Howard Twitty | 71-71-67-73—282 |
| Paul Broadhurst | 71-69-74-68—282 |
| Jean Van de velde | 75-67-73-67—282 |
| Paul Moloney | 70-71-71-71—283 |
| Anders Sorensen | 69-70-72-72—283 |
| Rocco Mediate | 71-71-72-69—283 |
| Andrew Magee | 71-72-71-69—283 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 68-71-73-71—283 |
| Carl Mason | 69-73-72-69—283 |
| Darren Clarke | 69-71-69-74—283 |
| Christy O'Connor Jr. | 72-68-69-74—283 |
| Greg Turner | 67-76-70-70—283 |
| Steve Elkington | 72-71-71-70—284 |
| Lee Janzen | 69-71-73-71—284 |
| John Huston | 68-73-76-67—284 |
| Manuel Pinero | 70-72-71-72—285 |
| Sam Torrance | 72-70-72-71—285 |
| Ian Woosnam | 72-71-72-70—285 |
| Frank Nobilo | 69-70-74-72—285 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69-74-72-70—285 |
| Jonathan Sewell | 70-72-69-74—285 |
| Stephen Ames | 67-75-73-70—285 |
| Ian Garbutt | 68-75-73-69—285 |
| Tom Lehman | 69-71-73-73—286 |
| Vijay Singh | 69-72-72-73—286 |
| Paul Azinger | 69-73-74-70—286 |
| Craig Parry | 72-69-71-74—286 |
| Olle Karlsson | 70-71-73-73—287 |
| Jamie Spence | 69-72-72-74—287 |
| Ross Drummond | 73-67-76-71—287 |
| William Guy | 70-73-73-72—288 |
| Magnus Sunesson | 70-73-73-72—288 |
| James Cook | 71-71-74-72—288 |
| Tom Pernice Jr. | 73-70-70-75—288 |
| Tom Purtzer | 70-70-74-75—289 |
| Mike Miller | 73-68-76-72—289 |
| Ian Baker-Finch | 73-69-67-80—289 |
| Peter Fowler | 74-69-74-73—290 |
| Peter Mitchell | 73-70-72-75—290 |
| Dan Forsman | 71-70-76-73—290 |
| Mike Harwood | 72-70-72-76—290 |
| Mikael Krantz | 77-66-72-77—292 |
| Ricky Willison | 73-70-74-78—295 |
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