1990 Masters Tournament

The 1990 Masters Tournament was the 54th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1990 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 5–8, 1990
LocationAugusta, Georgia
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)
Field85 players, 49 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$1.25 million
Winner's share$225,000
Champion
Nick Faldo
278 (−10), playoff
Augusta 
Location in the United States
Augusta 
Location in 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

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

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

Lanny Wadkins

15. Special foreign invitation

Naomichi Ozaki, Craig Parry, Ronan Rafferty, Peter Senior

Nationalities in the field

North America (68)South America (0)Europe (8)Oceania (5)Asia (2)Africa (2)
 United States (68) England (1) Australia (5) Japan (2) South Africa (2)
 Northern Ireland (1)
 Scotland (1)
 Wales (2)
 Spain (2)
 West Germany (1)

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Nick Faldo England198971726669278−101
Raymond Floyd United States197670686872278−102
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965, 1966,
1972, 1975, 1986
72706974285−36
Seve Ballesteros Spain1980, 198374736871286−2T7
Bernhard Langer West Germany198570736974286−2T7
Tom Watson United States1977, 198177716771286−2T7
Ben Crenshaw United States198472747369288ET14
Larry Mize United States198770767171288ET14
Craig Stadler United States198272707472288ET14
Fuzzy Zoeller United States197972747370289+1T20
Gary Player South Africa1961, 1974, 197873746876291+3T24
George Archer United States196970748275301+1349

Source:[5][6]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Billy Casper United States19707475149+5
Tommy Aaron United States19737774151+7
Sandy Lyle Scotland19887774151+7
Charles Coody United States19717577152+8
Gay Brewer United States19677677153+9
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964
7680156+12
Doug Ford United States19577885163+19

Source:[5][7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1990

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mike Donald United States64−8
2John Huston United States66−6
3Peter Jacobsen United States67−5
4Bill Britton United States68−4
T5George Archer United States70−2
Raymond Floyd United States
Bill Glasson United States
Bernhard Langer West Germany
Larry Mize United States
Jumbo Ozaki Japan
Curtis Strange United States

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1990

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd United States70-68=138−6
2Scott Hoch United States71-68=139−5
3John Huston United States66-74=140−4
4Jumbo Ozaki Japan70-71=141−3
T5Bill Britton United States68-74=142−2
Mike Hulbert United States71-71=142
Peter Jacobsen United States67-75=142
Jack Nicklaus United States72-70=142
Craig Stadler United States72-70=142
T10Fred Couples United States74-69=143−1
Nick Faldo England71-72=143
Bernhard Langer West Germany70-73=143
Curtis Strange United States70-73=143

Source:[7]

Amateurs: Patton (E), Dodd (+11), Hobby (+14), Green (+15), Taylor (+17)

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1990

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd United States70-68-68=206−10
2John Huston United States66-74-68=208−8
3Nick Faldo England71-72-66=209−7
4Jack Nicklaus United States72-70-69=211−5
T5Scott Hoch United States71-68-73=212−4
Bernhard Langer West Germany70-73-69=212
T7Bill Britton United States68-74-71=213−3
José María Olazábal Spain72-73-68=213
Scott Simpson United States74-71-68=213
T10Tom Kite United States75-73-66=214−2
Curtis Strange United States70-73-71=214

Source:[9]

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1990

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Nick Faldo England71-72-66-69=278−10Playoff
Raymond Floyd United States70-68-68-72=278
T3John Huston United States66-74-68-75=283−572,500
Lanny Wadkins United States72-73-70-68=283
5Fred Couples United States74-69-72-69=284−450,000
6Jack Nicklaus United States72-70-69-74=285−345,000
T7Seve Ballesteros Spain74-73-68-71=286−235,150
Bill Britton United States68-74-71-73=286
Bernhard Langer West Germany70-73-69-74=286
Scott Simpson United States74-71-68-73=286
Curtis Strange United States70-73-71-72=286
Tom Watson United States77-71-67-71=286

Source:[5][6]

Amateurs: Patton (+8)

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Faldo−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−7−7−7−8−8−9−10−10−10
Floyd−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−10−10
Huston−7−6−6−6−5−5−4−4−4−2−2−2−2−2−3−4−5−5
Wadkins−1−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5
Couples−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−6−5−4−4
Nicklaus−5−6−6−6−5−4−5−5−5−4−4−5−6−5−5−4−3−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[2]

Playoff

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Nick Faldo England4-4E225,000
2Raymond Floyd United States4-x135,000
  • Sudden-death playoff began on hole #10 and ended at hole #11, when Faldo parred.[2]

References

  1. Reilly, Rick (April 16, 1990). "True Brit". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  2. "Faldo's Masterful rally tops Floyd". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. April 9, 1990. p. 1, part 2.
  3. Jenkins, Sally (April 9, 1990). "Faldo turns the Amen Corner". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  4. Parascenzo, Marino (April 9, 1990). "Faldo captures Masters again". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. pp. 21, 23.
  5. "1990 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  6. "Golf: 54th Masters Tournament". Milwaukee Sentinel. (final scores). April 9, 1990. p. 10, part 2.
  7. Jenkins, Sally (April 7, 1990). "The Masters: It's an old story". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  8. Jenkins, Sally (April 6, 1990). "If it matters, Donald leading". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
  9. Florence, Mal (April 8, 1990). "Floyd leads old masters' march". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1E.
Preceded by
1989 PGA Championship
Major Championships Succeeded by
1990 U.S. Open

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