1991 Open Championship

1991 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates18–21 July 1991
LocationSouthport, England
Course(s)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
Australia Ian Baker-Finch
272 (−8)
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Southport is located in England
Southport
Southport
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Location in England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is located in Southport
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
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.

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

Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 448 417 409 203 346 473 156 458 414 3,324 395 409 184 475 199 543 414 525 472 3,616 6,940
Par 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 34 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 5 4 36 70

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1991

Place Player Score To par
1 Spain Seve Ballesteros 66 −4
T2 United States Chip Beck 67 −3
England Martin Gates
Spain Santiago Luna
T5 England Nick Faldo 68 −2
United States Gary Hallberg
Australia Mike Harwood
England Barry Lane
Wales Mark Mouland
United States Mike Reid
Italy Costantino Rocca

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1991

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Gary Hallberg 68-70=138 −2
Australia Mike Harwood 68-70=138
Scotland Andrew Oldcorn 71-67=138
T4 Spain Seve Ballesteros 66-73=139 −1
Australia Steve Elkington 71-68=139
England David Gilford 72-67=139
Australia Wayne Grady 69-70=139
United States Mark O'Meara 71-68=139
United States Mike Reid 68-71=139
T10 England Richard Boxall 71-69=140 E
England Roger Chapman 74-66=140
England Howard Clark 71-69=140
England Mark James 72-68=140
England Barry Lane 68-72=140
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 71-69=140
Fiji 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

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

Source:[9]

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1991

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 71-71-64-66=272 −8 90,000
2 Australia Mike Harwood 68-70-69-67=274 −6 70,000
T3 United States Fred Couples 72-69-70-64=275 −5 55,000
United States Mark O'Meara 71-68-67-69=275
T5 Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy 73-68-66-70=277 −3 34,167
United States Jodie Mudd 72-70-72-63=277
United States Bob Tway 75-66-70-66=277
8 Australia Craig Parry 71-70-69-68=278 −2 27,500
T9 Spain Seve Ballesteros 66-73-69-71=279 −1 22,833
Germany Bernhard Langer 71-71-70-67=279
Australia Greg Norman 74-68-71-66=279

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 41, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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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