1989 British Open Tournament

The 1989 British Open was the 118th time the tournament was played, and it ended in a 3-man playoff.

Winner: Mark Calcavecchia, 275

Where it was played: Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland

Tournament dates: July 20-23, 1989

Leader after first round: Wayne Stephens, 66

Leader after second round: Wayne Grady, 135

Leader after third round: Wayne Grady, 204

Notable Notes: Wayne Grady led by one over Tom Watson entering the final round, but it wasn't Watson who challenged in Round 4. Greg Norman shot 64 and Mark Calcavecchia 68, both tying Grady and forcing a 3-way playoff. The playoff was aggregate score over four holes, and Calcavecchia, after opening with a 4, made three consecutives 3s to win it by three strokes.

Final Scores

Mark Calcavecchia 71-68-68-68—275
Wayne Grady 68-67-69-71—275
Greg Norman 69-70-72-64—275
Tom Watson 69-68-68-72—277
Jodie Mudd 73-67-68-70—278
Fred Couples 68-71-68-72—279
David Feherty 71-67-69-72—279
Paul Azinger 68-73-67-72—280
Payne Stewart 72-65-69-74—280
Eduardo Romero 68-70-75-67—280
Nick Faldo 71-71-70-69—281
Mark McNulty 75-70-70-66—281
Mark James 69-70-71-72—282
Howard Clark 72-68-72-70—282
Steve Pate 69-70-70-73—282
Craig Stadler 73-69-69-71—282
Philip Walton 69-74-69-70—282
Roger Chapman 76-68-67-71—282
Don Pooley 73-70-69-71—283
Tom Kite 70-74-67-72—283
Larry Mize 71-74-66-72—283
Derrick Cooper 69-70-76-68—283
Vijay Singh 71-73-69-71—284
Davis Love III 72-70-73-69—284
Jose Maria Olazabal 68-72-69-75—284
Lanny Wadkins 72-70-69-74—285
Scott Simpson 73-66-72-74—285
Chip Beck 75-69-68-73—285
Stephen Bennett 75-69-68-73—285
Miguel Angel Martin 68-73-73-72—286
Jumbo Ozaki 71-73-70-72—286
Brian Marchbank 69-74-73-70—286
Peter Jacobsen 71-74-71-70—286
Gary Koch 72-71-74-69—286
Jack Nicklaus 74-71-71-70—286
Ian Baker-Finch 72-69-70-75—286
Jeff Hawkes 75-67-69-75—286
Mark Davis 77-68-67-74—286
Mike Harwood 71-72-72-72—287
Tommy Armour III 70-71-72-74—287
Jeff Woodland 74-67-75-71—287
Lee Trevino 68-73-73-74—288
Mark O'Meara 72-74-69-73—288
Raymond Floyd 73-68-73-74—288
Jose Rivero 71-75-72-70—288
Sandy Lyle 73-73-71-72—289
Joe Ozaki 71-71-69-78—289
Mark McCumber 71-68-70-80—289
Christy O'Connor Jr. 71-73-72-74—290
Ian Woosnam 74-72-73-71—290
Johnny Miller 72-69-76-73—290
Ben Crenshaw 73-73-74-71—291
Mark Roe 74-71-73-73—291
Tony Johnstone 71-71-74-75—291
Jet Ozaki 75-71-73-72—291
Gene Sauers 70-73-72-76—291
Richard Boxall 74-68-73-76—291
Michael Allen 74-67-76-74—291
Brett Ogle 74-70-76-71—291
Emmanuel Dussart 76-68-73-74—291
Curtis Strange 70-74-74-74—292
Mike Reid 74-72-73-73—292
Ronan Rafferty 70-72-74-76—292
Bob Tway 76-70-71-75—292
Paul Hoad 72-71-77-72—292
David Graham 74-72-69-77—292
Wayne Stephens 66-72-76-78—292
Ken Green 75-71-68-78—292
a-Russell Claydon 70-74-74-75—293
Luis Carbonetti 71-72-74-76—293
Sandy Stephen 71-74-71-77—293
Colin Gillies 72-74-74-74—294
Brad Faxon 72-72-75-76—295
Peter Teravainen 72-73-72-78—295
Emlyn Aubrey 72-73-73-78—296
Martin Sludds 72-74-73-78—297
Seve Ballesteros 72-73-76-78—299
a-Robert Karlsson 75-70-76-78—299
Gavin Levenson 69-76-77-79—301
Bernhard Langer 71-73-83-82—309

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