Tournament information | |
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Dates | 19–22 July 1990 |
Location | St Andrews, Scotland |
Course(s) | Old Course at St Andrews |
Tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72[1] |
Length | 6,933 yards (6,340 m)[1] |
Field | 156 players, 72 after cut[1] |
Cut | 143 (−1)[1] |
Prize fund | £500,000 $825,000 |
Winner's share | £85,000 $153,850 |
Champion | |
Nick Faldo | |
270 (−18) | |
The 1990 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 119th Open Championship, held from 19 to 22 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Nick Faldo won the second of his three Open Championships by five strokes over runners-up Mark McNulty and Payne Stewart.[2][3] Earlier in the year, Faldo won the Masters; this was the fourth of his six major titles.