1991 Open Championship

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1991 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates18–21 July 1991
Location Southport, England
Course Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70 [1]
Length6,940 yards (6,346 m) [1]
Field156 players, 113 after cut [1]
Cut148 (+8) [1]
Prize fund £900,000
$1,512,000
Winner's share£90,000
$151,200
Champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Baker-Finch
272 (−8)
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Southport
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Location in England
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Royal Birkdale Golf Club
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Location in Southport, Merseyside,
north of Liverpool, England

The 1991 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 120th Open Championship, held from 18 to 21 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Ian Baker-Finch won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood.

Contents

Baker-Finch was two-over after two rounds in a tie for 28th place, then was ten-under on the weekend. His 66 on Sunday was bolstered by a 29 on the front nine, with birdies on five of the first seven holes. [2] [3] [4]

The cut at 148 (+8) included those within ten strokes of the lead, which resulted in a record 113 players on the weekend, nearly three-quarters of the field. [5] [6]

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4484174092033464731564584143,3243954091844751995434145254723,6166,940
Par444344344344434354543670

Source: [7]
Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): [1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1991

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of Spain.svg Seve Ballesteros 66−4
T2 Flag of the United States.svg Chip Beck 67−3
Flag of England.svg Martin Gates
Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Luna
T5 Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo 68−2
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Hallberg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Harwood
Flag of England.svg Barry Lane
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Mouland
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Reid
Flag of Italy.svg Costantino Rocca

Source: [8]

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1991

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Flag of the United States.svg Gary Hallberg 68-70=138−2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Harwood 68-70=138
Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Oldcorn 71-67=138
T4 Flag of Spain.svg Seve Ballesteros 66-73=139−1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Elkington 71-68=139
Flag of England.svg David Gilford 72-67=139
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Grady 69-70=139
Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara 71-68=139
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Reid 68-71=139
T10 Flag of England.svg Richard Boxall 71-69=140E
Flag of England.svg Roger Chapman 74-66=140
Flag of England.svg Howard Clark 71-69=140
Flag of England.svg Mark James 72-68=140
Flag of England.svg Barry Lane 68-72=140
Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie 71-69=140
Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh 71-69=140

Source: [5]
Amateurs: Mickelson (+4), Payne (+4), Allenby (+9), Roblin (+11), Coltart (+13), Evans (+13), Muntz (+14), Wilshire (+15).

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 1991

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Baker-Finch 71-71-64=206−4
Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara 71-68-67=206
T3 Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn Darcy 73-68-66=207−3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Harwood 68-70-69=207
5 Flag of Spain.svg Seve Ballesteros 66-73-69=208−2
T6 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Reid 68-71-70=209−1
Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh 71-69-69=209
T8 Flag of England.svg Mark James 72-68-70=210E
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Mouland 68-74-68=210
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Parry 71-70-69=210
Flag of England.svg Martin Poxon 71-72-67=210

Source: [9]

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1991

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Baker-Finch 71-71-64-66=272−890,000
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Harwood 68-70-69-67=274−670,000
T3 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 72-69-70-64=275−555,000
Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara 71-68-67-69=275
T5 Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn Darcy 73-68-66-70=277−334,167
Flag of the United States.svg Jodie Mudd 72-70-72-63=277
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Tway 75-66-70-66=277
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Parry 71-70-69-68=278−227,500
T9 Flag of Spain.svg Seve Ballesteros 66-73-69-71=279−122,833
Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 71-71-70-67=279
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman 74-68-71-66=279

Source: [1] [2] [10]
Amateurs: Payne (+4), Mickelson (+8)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 41, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Baker-Finch bags Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. 22 July 1991. p. D1.
  3. ↑ Reilly, Rick (29 July 1991). "Watch the birdies". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  4. ↑ Parascenzo, Marino (22 July 1991). "It's Baker-Finch: Aussie's sizzling 66 wins British Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 7.
  5. 1 2 Shapiro, Leonard (20 July 1991). "Unheralded trio lead British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1D.
  6. ↑ Parascenzo, Marino (20 July 1991). "The kindest cut of all". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 17.
  7. ↑ "Stat sheet: British Open". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. 18 July 1991. p. C2.
  8. ↑ "Seve storms back at Birkdale". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. 19 July 1991. p. 1B.
  9. ↑ "O'Meara bears American bid". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. 21 July 1991. p. 1E.
  10. ↑ "1991 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

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