1987 Open Championship

The 1987 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 116th Open Championship, held from 16 to 19 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Nick Faldo won the first of his three Open Championships, one stroke ahead of runners-up Paul Azinger and Rodger Davis.[2] It was the first of Faldo's six major championships.[3] It was the first win at The Open by an Englishman since Tony Jacklin in 1969.[4][5]

1987 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates16–19 July 1987
LocationGullane, Scotland
Course(s)Muirfield
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,963 yards (6,367 m)[1]
Field153 players, 78 after cut[1]
Cut146 (+4)[1]
Prize fund£650,000
$1,040,000
Winner's share£75,000
$120,000
Champion
Nick Faldo
279 (−5)
Muirfield
Location in Scotland

This was the thirteenth Open Championship held at Muirfield; the previous was in 1980 and the next in 1992.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1987

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Rodger Davis64−7
T2 Ken Green67−4
Lee Trevino
Bob Tway
T5 Paul Azinger68−3
Nick Faldo
Larry Mize
Nick Price
T9 Ken Brown69−2
Mark Calcavecchia
David Graham
Jay Haas
Bernhard Langer
Graham Marsh
Masashi Ozaki
Craig Stadler
Gerry Taylor
Tom Watson

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1987

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Paul Azinger68-68=136−6
T2 Rodger Davis64-73=137−5
Nick Faldo68-69=137
Payne Stewart71-66=137
Gerry Taylor69-68=137
T6 David Frost70-68=138−4
Bernhard Langer69-69=138
Craig Stadler69-69=138
Tom Watson69-69=138
T10 Mark Calcavecchia69-70=139−3
Graham Marsh69-70=139
Carl Mason70-69=139
Larry Mize68-71=139
Nick Price68-71=139
Bob Tway67-72=139

Amateurs: Mayo (E), Willison (+4), Winchester (+6), Curry (+9), Härdin (+11), Bottomley (+12), Hird (+12), O'Connell (+12), Ambridge (+13), George (+13), Robinson (+13), Jones (+16), Hamer (+17).

Third round

Saturday, 18 July 1987

After tolerable weather conditions for the first two days, the third round on Saturday was played in a storm of wind and rain.[2][6][7]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Paul Azinger68-68-71=207−6
T2 Nick Faldo68-69-71=208−5
David Frost70-68-70=208
T4 Craig Stadler69-69-71=209−4
Payne Stewart71-66-72=209
Tom Watson69-69-71=209
7 Raymond Floyd72-68-70=210−3
T8 Mark Calcavecchia69-70-72=211−2
Rodger Davis64-73-74=211
Graham Marsh69-70-72=211
Nick Price68-71-72=211

Source[6]

Final round

Sunday, 19 July 1987

The final round was played in a gray mist. Azinger had a three stroke lead at the turn which was soon reduced to one, where it remained through 16 holes. Using a driver at the par-5 17th, he found a fairway bunker off the tee and bogeyed. Now tied with Faldo, Azinger's approach shot from the fairway on 18 found the left greenside bunker and led to another bogey. In the pairing just ahead, Faldo parred all 18 holes to win his first major by a stroke.[4][5]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Nick Faldo68-69-71-71=279−575,000
T2 Paul Azinger68-68-71-73=280−449,500
Rodger Davis64-73-74-69=280
T4 Ben Crenshaw73-68-72-68=281−331,000
Payne Stewart71-66-72-72=281
6 David Frost70-68-70-74=282−226,000
7 Tom Watson69-69-71-74=283−123,000
T8 Nick Price68-71-72-73=284E18,667
Craig Stadler69-69-71-75=284
Ian Woosnam71-69-72-72=284

Amateurs: Mayo (+13), Willison (+21)
Source:[8]

References
  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 45, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. Reilly, Rick (27 July 1987). "Very British Open". Sports Illustrated. p. 18. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  3. Van Sickle, Gary (3 July 2009). "In His Own Words: Nick Faldo on 1987 British Open win at Muirfield". GOLF.com. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  4. Parascenzo, Marino (20 July 1987). "Faldo emerges". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  5. Green, Bob (20 July 1987). "Faldo first in Azinger of a finish". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. p. C1. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  6. Feinstein, John (19 July 1987). "Par enough for Azinger". Eugene Register-Guard. (Washington Post). p. 1B. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  7. "They won't soon forget the fabled storm of '87". Eugene Register-Guard. wire services. 19 July 1987. p. 5B. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  8. "1987 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

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