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 |