1990 Masters Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 5–8, 1990 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Organized by | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,905 yards (6,314 m) |
Field | 85 players, 49 after cut |
Cut | 148 (+4) |
Prize fund | US$1.25 million |
Winner's share | $225,000 |
Champion | |
Nick Faldo | |
278 (−10), playoff | |
Location map | |
Location in Georgia | |
The 1990 Masters Tournament was the 54th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Nick Faldo won his second consecutive Masters and the third of his six major titles on the second sudden-death playoff hole over Raymond Floyd, the 1976 champion.[1][2] The playoff began on the tenth hole where both made par. At the next hole, #11, Floyd put his 7-iron approach shot into the pond left of the green,[3] while Faldo hit to within 18 feet (5.5 m) of the cup; he lagged his birdie putt to within a few inches and tapped in for the win. It foiled Floyd's attempt to win a major in four different decades. Afterward, he said, "This is the most devastating thing that's ever happened to me in my career. I've had a lot of losses, but nothing like this."[3][4]
Floyd led after each of the second and third rounds and had earned the reputation of being a good front-runner in his career. A birdie on 12 gave Floyd a four-shot lead with six holes to play. Faldo birdied 13, 15, and 16, and Floyd's bogey on 17 left them tied at 10-under par at the end of 72 holes.
It was the third consecutive year that the Masters champion was from the United Kingdom, which had no winners prior to Sandy Lyle's victory in 1988.
Faldo was just the second to win consecutive titles at Augusta, following Jack Nicklaus (1965 and 1966). Both of Faldo's wins came at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff, at the eleventh green. Tiger Woods later won back-to-back Masters in 2001 and 2002. Faldo won his third Masters six years later in 1996, for his sixth and final major title.
Chris Patton was the only amateur to make the cut and tied for 39th place at 296 (+8).
Field
- 1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (9,13), Nick Faldo (3), Raymond Floyd (2), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle (3), Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus (9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (11,13), Tom Watson (9,14), Fuzzy Zoeller
- Jack Burke Jr., Bob Goalby, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr. did not play.
- 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Andy North, Scott Simpson (10,12), Curtis Strange (9,11,13,14)
- 3. The Open champions (last five years)
Mark Calcavecchia (13,14), Greg Norman (9,12,13)
- 4. PGA champions (last five years)
Hubert Green (10), Larry Nelson (10), Jeff Sluman (9), Payne Stewart (9,10,12,13,14), Bob Tway (12,13)
- 5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
Danny Green (a), Chris Patton (a)
- 6. The Amateur champion
Stephen Dodd (a)
- 7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
Tim Hobby (a)
- 8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
James Taylor (a)
- 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1989 Masters Tournament
Paul Azinger (10,12,13,14), Chip Beck (10,13,14), Fred Couples (12,13,14), David Frost (12,13), Ken Green (12,14), Scott Hoch (10,11,12,13), Tom Kite (10,12,13,14), Jodie Mudd (12,13), José María Olazábal (10), Mark O'Meara (12,13,14), Masashi Ozaki (10), Don Pooley, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid (11,13), Lee Trevino, Ian Woosnam (10,11)
- 10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1989 U.S. Open
Brian Claar, Peter Jacobsen (12), Mark Lye, Mark McCumber (12,13,14), Tom Pernice Jr.
- 11. Top eight players and ties from 1989 PGA Championship
Andy Bean, Dave Rummells (13)
- 12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Tommy Armour III, Ian Baker-Finch, Bill Britton, Curt Byrum, Tom Byrum, Mike Donald (13), Dan Forsman, Robert Gamez, Wayne Grady (13), Donnie Hammond (13), Mike Hulbert (13), John Huston, David Ishii, Steve Jones (13), John Mahaffey (13), Blaine McCallister (13), Ted Schulz (13), Tony Sills, Tim Simpson (13), Leonard Thompson
- Stan Utley, the winner of the Chattanooga Classic was not invited.
- 13. Top 30 players from the 1989 PGA Tour money list
Bill Glasson, Wayne Levi, Hal Sutton
- 14. Members of the U.S. 1989 Ryder Cup team
- 15. Special foreign invitation
Naomichi Ozaki, Craig Parry, Ronan Rafferty, Peter Senior
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 5, 1990
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mike Donald | 64 | −8 |
2 | John Huston | 66 | −6 |
3 | Peter Jacobsen | 67 | −5 |
4 | Bill Britton | 68 | −4 |
T5 | George Archer | 70 | −2 |
Raymond Floyd | |||
Bill Glasson | |||
Bernhard Langer | |||
Larry Mize | |||
Jumbo Ozaki | |||
Curtis Strange |
Source:[5]
Second round
Friday, April 6, 1990
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Raymond Floyd | 70-68=138 | −6 |
2 | Scott Hoch | 71-68=139 | −5 |
3 | John Huston | 66-74=140 | −4 |
4 | Jumbo Ozaki | 70-71=141 | −3 |
T5 | Bill Britton | 68-74=142 | −2 |
Mike Hulbert | 71-71=142 | ||
Peter Jacobsen | 67-75=142 | ||
Jack Nicklaus | 72-70=142 | ||
Craig Stadler | 72-70=142 | ||
T10 | Fred Couples | 74-69=143 | −1 |
Nick Faldo | 71-72=143 | ||
Bernhard Langer | 70-73=143 | ||
Curtis Strange | 70-73=143 |
Source:[6]
Amateurs: Patton (E), Dodd (+11), Hobby (+14), Green (+15), Taylor (+17)
Third round
Saturday, April 7, 1990
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Raymond Floyd | 70-68-68=206 | −10 |
2 | John Huston | 66-74-68=208 | −8 |
3 | Nick Faldo | 71-72-66=209 | −7 |
4 | Jack Nicklaus | 72-70-69=211 | −5 |
T5 | Scott Hoch | 71-68-73=212 | −4 |
Bernhard Langer | 70-73-69=212 | ||
T7 | Bill Britton | 68-74-71=213 | −3 |
José María Olazábal | 72-73-68=213 | ||
Scott Simpson | 74-71-68=213 | ||
T10 | Tom Kite | 75-73-66=214 | −2 |
Curtis Strange | 70-73-71=214 |
Source:[7]
Final round
Sunday, April 8, 1990
Final leaderboard
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Nick Faldo (c) | 71-72-66-69=278 | −10 | Playoff |
Raymond Floyd (c) | 70-68-68-72=278 | |||
T3 | John Huston | 66-74-68-75=283 | −5 | 72,500 |
Lanny Wadkins | 72-73-70-68=283 | |||
5 | Fred Couples | 74-69-72-69=284 | −4 | 50,000 |
6 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 72-70-69-74=285 | −3 | 45,000 |
T7 | Seve Ballesteros (c) | 74-73-68-71=286 | −2 | 35,150 |
Bill Britton | 68-74-71-73=286 | |||
Bernhard Langer (c) | 70-73-69-74=286 | |||
Scott Simpson | 74-71-68-73=286 | |||
Curtis Strange | 70-73-71-72=286 | |||
Tom Watson (c) | 77-71-67-71=286 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
13 | José María Olazábal | 72-73-68-74=287 | −1 | 26,300 | |
T14 | Ben Crenshaw (c) | 72-74-73-69=288 | E | 20,650 | |
Scott Hoch | 71-68-73-76=288 | ||||
Tom Kite | 75-73-66-74=288 | ||||
Larry Mize (c) | 70-76-71-71=288 | ||||
Ronan Rafferty | 72-74-69-73=288 | ||||
Craig Stadler (c) | 72-70-74-72=288 | ||||
T20 | Mark Calcavecchia | 74-73-73-69=289 | +1 | 15,100 | |
Steve Jones | 77-69-72-71=289 | ||||
Fuzzy Zoeller (c) | 72-74-73-70=289 | ||||
23 | Masashi Ozaki | 70-71-77-72=290 | +2 | 13,000 | |
T24 | Donnie Hammond | 71-74-75-71=291 | +3 | 11,000 | |
Gary Player (c) | 73-74-68-76=291 | ||||
Lee Trevino | 78-69-72-72=291 | ||||
T27 | Wayne Grady | 72-75-73-72=292 | +4 | 9,267 | |
Andy North | 71-73-77-71=292 | ||||
Jeff Sluman | 78-68-75-71=292 | ||||
T30 | Peter Jacobsen | 67-75-76-75=293 | +5 | 8,133 | |
Jodie Mudd | 74-70-73-76=293 | ||||
Ian Woosnam | 72-75-70-76=293 | ||||
T33 | Andy Bean | 76-72-74-72=294 | +6 | 7,100 | |
Bill Glasson | 70-75-76-73=294 | ||||
Naomichi Ozaki | 75-73-74-72=294 | ||||
T36 | Mark McCumber | 74-74-76-71=295 | +7 | 6,133 | |
Payne Stewart | 71-73-77-74=295 | ||||
Bob Tway | 72-76-73-74=295 | ||||
T39 | Chip Beck | 72-74-75-75=296 | +8 | 5,500 | |
Mark Lye | 75-73-73-75=296 | ||||
Chris Patton (a) | 71-73-74-78=296 | 0 | |||
T42 | John Mahaffey | 72-74-75-76=297 | +9 | 4,867 | |
Don Pooley | 73-73-72-79=297 | ||||
Peter Senior | 72-75-73-77=297 | ||||
T45 | Mike Hulbert | 71-71-77-79=298 | +10 | 4,250 | |
Tom Purtzer | 71-77-76-74=298 | ||||
47 | Mike Donald | 64-82-77-76=299 | +11 | 3,900 | |
48 | Larry Nelson | 74-73-79-74=300 | +12 | 3,600 | |
49 | George Archer (c) | 70-74-82-75=301 | +13 | 3,400 | |
CUT | Billy Casper (c) | 74-75=149 | +5 | ||
David Frost | 74-75=149 | ||||
Robert Gamez | 73-76=149 | ||||
Mark O'Meara | 75-74=149 | ||||
Mike Reid | 76-73=149 | ||||
Hubert Green | 73-77=150 | +6 | |||
Blaine McCallister | 73-77=150 | ||||
Greg Norman | 78-72=150 | ||||
Tom Pernice Jr. | 74-76=150 | ||||
Tommy Aaron (c) | 77-74=151 | +7 | |||
Ian Baker-Finch | 77-74=151 | ||||
Dan Forsman | 79-72=151 | ||||
Sandy Lyle (c) | 77-74=151 | ||||
Dave Rummells | 77-74=151 | ||||
Ted Schulz | 75-76=151 | ||||
Tony Sills | 77-74=151 | ||||
Charles Coody (c) | 75-77=152 | +8 | |||
Tim Simpson | 77-75=152 | ||||
Hal Sutton | 81-71=152 | ||||
Tommy Armour III | 75-78=153 | +9 | |||
Gay Brewer (c) | 76-77=153 | ||||
Curt Byrum | 76-77=153 | ||||
Brian Claar | 74-79=153 | ||||
David Ishii | 74-79=153 | ||||
Tom Byrum | 77-78=155 | +11 | |||
Stephen Dodd (a) | 77-78=155 | ||||
Leonard Thompson | 80-75=155 | ||||
Paul Azinger | 80-76=156 | +12 | |||
Arnold Palmer (c) | 76-80=156 | ||||
Craig Parry | 80-76=156 | ||||
Ken Green | 78-80=158 | +14 | |||
Tim Hobby (a) | 76-82=158 | ||||
Wayne Levi | 77-81=158 | ||||
Danny Green (a) | 79-80=159 | +15 | |||
James Taylor (a) | 83-78=161 | +17 | |||
Doug Ford (c) | 78-85=163 | +19 |
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:[2]
Playoff
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nick Faldo | 4-4 | E | 225,000 |
2 | Raymond Floyd | 4-x | 135,000 |
- Sudden-death playoff began on hole #10 and ended at hole #11, when Faldo parred.[2]
References
- ^ Reilly, Rick (April 16, 1990). "True Brit". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
- ^ a b c "Faldo's Masterful rally tops Floyd". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. April 9, 1990. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ a b Jenkins, Sally (April 9, 1990). "Faldo turns the Amen Corner". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
- ^ Parascenzo, Marino (April 9, 1990). "Faldo captures Masters again". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. pp. 21, 23.
- ^ Jenkins, Sally (April 6, 1990). "If it matters, Donald leading". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
- ^ Jenkins, Sally (April 7, 1990). "The Masters: It's an old story". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
- ^ Florence, Mal (April 8, 1990). "Floyd leads old masters' march". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1E.
- ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links
- Masters.com – Past winners and results
- Augusta.com – 1990 Masters leaderboard and scorecards