1990 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1990 British Open was the 119th time the tournament was played. The champ earned his second of three victories here.
Winner: Nick Faldo, 270
Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 19-22, 1990
Leader after first round: Greg Norman and Michael Allen, 66
Leader after second round: Nick Faldo and Greg Norman, 132, 138
Leader after third round: Nick Faldo, 199
What Happened in the 1990 Open Championship
A record-setting run at St. Andrews earned Nick Faldo his second major championship title of the year. He won the 1990 Masters a couple months earlier, then set a new scoring record in relation to par — 18-under (later bettered) — to win the 1990 British Open. For Faldo, it was his second Open Championship title and his fourth overall major. He finished his career with six wins in majors, including a third Open in 1992.Faldo opened 67-65-67 by doing it the Faldo way: Hitting it where he meant to hit it. Fairways and greens.
In the final round, the only chaser to mount a challenge was Payne Stewart, who got within two strokes of the lead. But Stewart's chances died in the appropriately named Coffin bunkers on the 12th hole. Ian Baker-Finch, after a third-round 64, was tied with Stewart in second place at the start of the final round. But he closed with a 73 and fell into a tie for sixth. Baker-Finch won The Open the following year.
Faldo cruised to a final round of 71 and a five-stroke victory over runners-up Stewart and Mark McNulty. Greg Norman was tied for the lead with Faldo at the halfway point of the tournament, but a third-round 76 knocked him out. Norman finished tied for sixth place.
Arnold Palmer, winner of the 1961 and 1962 British Opens, played this major for the second-to-last time.
1990 British Open Final Scores
| Nick Faldo | 67-65-67-71—270 |
| Mark McNulty | 74-68-68-65—275 |
| Payne Stewart | 68-68-68-71—275 |
| Jodie Mudd | 72-66-72-66—276 |
| Ian Woosnam | 68-69-70-69—276 |
| Ian Baker-Finch | 68-72-64-73—277 |
| Greg Norman | 66-66-76-69—277 |
| David Graham | 72-71-70-66—279 |
| Donnie Hammond | 70-71-68-70—279 |
| Steve Pate | 70-68-72-69—279 |
| Corey Pavin | 71-69-68-71—279 |
| Paul Broadhurst | 74-69-63-74—280 |
| Robert Gamez | 70-72-67-71—280 |
| Tim Simpson | 70-69-69-72—280 |
| Vijay Singh | 70-69-72-69—280 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 68-70-70-73—281 |
| Steve Jones | 72-67-72-70—281 |
| Sandy Lyle | 72-70-67-72—281 |
| Frank Nobilo | 72-67-68-74—281 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 71-67-71-72—281 |
| Mark Roe | 71-70-72-68—281 |
| Eamonn Darcy | 71-71-72-68—282 |
| Craig Parry | 68-68-69-77—282 |
| Jamie Spence | 72-65-73-72—282 |
| Fred Couples | 71-70-70-72—283 |
| Christy O'Connor Jr. | 68-72-71-72—283 |
| Nick Price | 70-67-71-75—283 |
| Jose Rivero | 70-70-70-73—283 |
| Jeff Sluman | 72-70-70-71—283 |
| Lee Trevino | 69-70-73-71—283 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 74-69-68-73—284 |
| Vicente Fernandez | 72-67-69-76—284 |
| Mark James | 73-69-70-72—284 |
| Mark McCumber | 69-74-69-72—284 |
| Larry Mize | 71-72-70-71—284 |
| Bryan Norton | 71-72-68-73—284 |
| Greg Powers | 74-69-69-72—284 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 70-71-73-70—284 |
| Derrick Cooper | 72-71-69-73—285 |
| Raymond Floyd | 72-71-71-71—285 |
| Mike Hulbert | 70-70-70-75—285 |
| Andy North | 71-71-72-71—285 |
| Joe Ozaki | 71-71-74-69—285 |
| Don Pooley | 70-73-71-71—285 |
| Mike Reid | 70-67-73-75—285 |
| Scott Simpson | 73-70-69-73—285 |
| Sam Torrance | 68-70-75-72—285 |
| Paul Azinger | 73-68-68-77—286 |
| Peter Fowler | 73-68-71-74—286 |
| Bernhard Langer | 74-69-75-68—286 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 72-69-74-71—286 |
| Mark O'Meara | 70-69-73-74—286 |
| Michael Allen | 66-75-73-73—287 |
| John Bland | 71-72-72-72—287 |
| Hale Irwin | 72-68-75-72—287 |
| Eduardo Romero | 69-71-74-73—287 |
| Michael Clayton | 72-71-72-73—288 |
| Blaine McCallister | 71-68-75-74—288 |
| Danny Mijovic | 69-74-71-74—288 |
| David Ray | 71-69-73-75—288 |
| Jim Rutledge | 71-69-76-72—288 |
| Anders Sorensen | 70-68-71-79—288 |
| Peter Baker | 73-68-75-73—289 |
| David Canipe | 72-70-69-78—289 |
| Roger Chapman | 72-70-74-73—289 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 71-70-77-71—289 |
| Martin Poxon | 68-72-74-75—289 |
| Jorge Berendt | 75-66-72-77—290 |
| David Feherty | 74-69-71-76—290 |
| Armando Saavedra | 72-69-75-75—291 |
| Malcolm Mackenzie | 70-71-76-75—292 |
| Jose Maria Canizares | 72-70-78-76—296 |
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