1987 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1987 British Open was the 116th time the tournament was played. The winner used brute efficiency in the final round.
Winner: Nick Faldo, 279
Where it was played: Muirfield in Gullane, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 16-19, 1987
Leader after first round: Rodger Davis, 64
Leader after second round: Paul Azinger, 136
Leader after third round: Paul Azinger, 207
Notable Notes: Nick Faldo became a major champion at this British Open. He entered the final round trailing Paul Azinger by a stroke, and finished the round beating Azinger and Rodger Davis by a stroke. Faldo shot 71 in Round 4 to Azinger's 73. Azinger could have won with pars on the final two holes, but bogied both. This tournament is famous for Faldo's feat of making all pars in the final round — 18 holes, 18 pars.
Final Scores
| Nick Faldo | 68-69-71-71—279 |
| Paul Azinger | 68-68-71-73—280 |
| Rodger Davis | 64-73-74-69—280 |
| Payne Stewart | 71-66-72-72—281 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 73-68-72-68—281 |
| David Frost | 70-68-70-74—282 |
| Tom Watson | 69-69-71-74—283 |
| Ian Woosnam | 71-69-72-72—284 |
| Nick Price | 68-71-72-73—284 |
| Craig Stadler | 69-69-71-75—284 |
| Jumbo Ozaki | 69-72-71-73—285 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 70-73-70-72—285 |
| Hal Sutton | 71-70-73-71—285 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 69-70-72-74—285 |
| Graham Marsh | 69-70-72-74—285 |
| Mark McNulty | 71-69-75-70—285 |
| Lee Trevino | 67-74-73-72—286 |
| Ken Brown | 69-73-70-74—286 |
| Mark Roe | 74-68-72-72—286 |
| Eamonn Darcy | 74-69-72-71—286 |
| Bernhard Langer | 69-69-76-72—286 |
| Wayne Grady | 70-71-76-69—286 |
| Raymond Floyd | 72-68-70-76—286 |
| Sandy Lyle | 76-69-71-70—286 |
| Gerry Taylor | 69-68-75-75—287 |
| Gordon Brand Jr. | 73-70-75-70—288 |
| Larry Mize | 68-71-76-73—288 |
| David Feherty | 74-70-77-67—288 |
| Danny Edwards | 71-73-72-73—289 |
| Anders Forsbrand | 73-69-73-74—289 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 72-71-75-71—289 |
| Ken Green | 67-76-74-72—289 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 71-70-76-72—289 |
| David Graham | 69-73-78-70—290 |
| Greg Norman | 71-71-74-75—291 |
| Manuel Calero | 71-74-75-71—291 |
| Jay Haas | 69-74-76-72—291 |
| Bob Tway | 67-72-75-77—291 |
| Ross Drummond | 79-66-77-69—291 |
| Gordon J. Brand | 72-72-74-74—292 |
| Andy Bean | 70-73-75-74—292 |
| Fred Couples | 70-74-78-70—292 |
| Derrick Cooper | 74-72-78-68—292 |
| Ossie Moore | 71-72-76-74—293 |
| Brian Marchbank | 72-72-76-73—293 |
| Fulton Allem | 74-69-77-73—293 |
| Carl Mason | 70-69-78-76—293 |
| Larry Nelson | 70-75-76-73—294 |
| John Slaughter | 72-71-76-75—294 |
| Philip Walton | 72-73-75-75—295 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 73-70-77-75—295 |
| Sam Torrance | 76-69-77-73—295 |
| Mats Lanner | 71-74-79-71—295 |
| Billy Andrade | 74-69-78-75—296 |
| Roger Chapman | 70-73-79-74—296 |
| John O'Leary | 71-73-79-73—296 |
| Ove Sellberg | 71-72-78-76—297 |
| a-Paul Mayo | 72-70-75-80—297 |
| Bill McColl | 71-75-77-75—298 |
| Tommy Nakajima | 73-72-77-76—298 |
| Brian Jones | 73-72-80-73—298 |
| Miguel Angel Martin | 74-71-77-77—299 |
| Howard Clark | 72-73-78-76—299 |
| Neil Hansen | 75-69-80-75—299 |
| Scott Simpson | 75-71-82-71—299 |
| Hugh Baiocchi | 72-73-78-77—300 |
| Jet Ozaki | 72-73-78-77—300 |
| Brandel Chamblee | 73-72-77-78—300 |
| Gary Player | 72-74-79-75—300 |
| Mark O'Meara | 73-72-82-73—300 |
| Wayne Westner | 71-75-84-71—301 |
| Tom Kite | 73-72-81-76—302 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 74-71-81-76—302 |
| Jeff Hawkes | 71-74-80-78—303 |
| a-Ricky Willison | 75-71-83-76—305 |
| Chris Moody | 76-70-81-79—306 |
| David Jones | 72-74-83-78—307 |
| Anthony Stevens | 71-75-82-84—312 |
