Golf Network News
Sunday 22 July 1990Men’s majorsYear in Review
Faldo wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 July 1990 · purse £825,000 · winner's share £85,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/14°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/14°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 35 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/13°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/13°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
156 started, 72 (cut at 143) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mark McNulty, Payne Stewart
The golfer
b. 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; England; age 33 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet