1989 Open Championship

1989 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	20–23 July 1989
Location	Troon, Scotland
Course(s)	Royal Troon Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72^[1]
Length	7,097 yards (6,489 m)^[1]^[2]
Field	156 players, 80 after cut^[1]
Cut	146 (+2)^[1]
Prize fund	£725,000 $1,165,600
Winner's share	£80,000 $128,000
Champion
Mark Calcavecchia
275 (−13), playoff
«1988 1990»

Royal Troon

Location in Scotland

Royal Troon

Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland

The 1989 Open Championship was the 118th Open Championship, held 20–23 July at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Mark Calcavecchia won his only major championship in a playoff over Greg Norman and Wayne Grady.^[3]^[4]^[5] It was the first playoff at the Open in fourteen years and the first use off the four-hole aggregate playoff, adopted in 1985.^[6] The playoff was formerly 18 holes the following day (and 36 holes prior to 1964).^[7] Calcavecchia was the first American champion at The Open in six years.^[8] Norman shot a course record 64 (−8) in the final round to get into the playoff.^[9]

Course

Main article: Royal Troon Golf Club

Old Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Seal	364	4	10	Sandhills	438	4
2	Black Rock	391	4	11	The Railway	481	5
3	Gyaws	379	4	12	The Fox	431	4
4	Dunure	557	5	13	Burmah	465	4
5	Greenan	210	3	14	Alton	179	3
6	Turnberry	577	5	15	Crosbie	457	4
7	Tel-el-Kebir	402	4	16	Well	542	5
8	Postage Stamp	126	3	17	Rabbit	223	3
9	The Monk	423	4	18	Craigend	452	4
Out		3,429	36	In		3,668	36
Source:^[2]				Total		7,097	72

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):^[10]

1982: 7,067 yards (6,462 m), par 72
1973: 7,064 yards (6,459 m), par 72
1962: 7,045 yards (6,442 m), par 72
1950: 6,583 yards (6,019 m), par 70

Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Greg Norman	Australia	1986	69	70	72	64	275	−13	T2
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983	69	68	68	72	277	−11	4
Nick Faldo	England	1987	71	71	70	69	281	−7	T11
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970, 1978	74	71	71	70	286	−2	T30
Lee Trevino	United States	1971, 1972	68	73	73	74	288	E	T42
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1985	73	73	71	72	289	+1	T46
Johnny Miller	United States	1976	72	69	76	73	290	+2	T49
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1979, 1984, 1988	72	73	76	78	299	+11	T77

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Tom Weiskopf	United States	1973	74	73	147	+3
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	79	73	152	+8
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	80	77	157	+13
Arnold Palmer	United States	1961, 1962	82	82	164	+20

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 20 July 1989

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Wayne Stephens	England	66	−6
T2	Paul Azinger	United States	68	−4
	Fred Couples	United States
	Wayne Grady	Australia
	Miguel Ángel Martín	Spain
	José María Olazábal	Spain
	Eduardo Romero	Argentina
	Lee Trevino	United States
T9	Derrick Cooper	England	69	−3
	Mark James	England
	Gavan Levenson	South Africa
	Brian Marchbank	Scotland
	Greg Norman	Australia
	Steve Pate	United States
	Philip Walton	Ireland
	Tom Watson	United States

Second round

Friday, 21 July 1989

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Wayne Grady	Australia	68-67=135	−9
T2	Payne Stewart	United States	72-65=137	−7
T2	Tom Watson	United States	69-68=137	−7
T4	David Feherty	Northern Ireland	71-67=138	−6
	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	68-70=138
	Wayne Stephens	England	66-72=138
T7	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	71-68=139	−5
	Derrick Cooper	England	69-70=139
	Fred Couples	United States	68-71=139
	Mark James	England	69-70=139
	Mark McCumber	United States	71-68=139
	Greg Norman	Australia	69-70=139
	Steve Pate	United States	69-70=139
	Scott Simpson	United States	73-66=139

Amateurs: Claydon (E), Karlsson (+1), Els (+4), Evans (+5), Dodd (+10), Milne (+10), Hare (+11), O'Shea (+11), Noon (+14), Meeks (+17).

Third round

Saturday, 22 July 1989

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Wayne Grady	Australia	68-67-69=204	−12
2	Tom Watson	United States	69-68-68=205	−11
3	Payne Stewart	United States	72-65-69=206	−10
T4	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	71-68-68=207	−9
	Fred Couples	United States	68-71-68=207
	David Feherty	Northern Ireland	71-67-69=207
T7	Paul Azinger	United States	68-73-67=208	−8
T7	Jodie Mudd	United States	73-67-68=208	−8
T9	Mark McCumber	United States	71-68-70=209	−7
	José María Olazábal	Spain	68-72-69=209
	Steve Pate	United States	69-70-70=209

Final round

Sunday, 23 July 1989

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
T1	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	71-68-68-68=275	−13	Playoff
	Greg Norman	Australia	69-70-72-64=275
	Wayne Grady	Australia	68-67-69-71=275
4	Tom Watson	United States	69-68-68-72=277	−11	40,000
5	Jodie Mudd	United States	73-67-68-70=278	−10	30,000
T6	Fred Couples	United States	68-71-68-72=279	−9	26,000
T6	David Feherty	Northern Ireland	71-67-69-72=279	−9	26,000
T8	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	68-70-75-67=280	−8	21,000
	Paul Azinger	United States	68-73-67-72=280
	Payne Stewart	United States	72-65-69-74=280

Amateurs: Claydon (+5), Karlsson (+11).

Source:^[3]^[11]

Playoff

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	4-3-3-3=13	−2	80,000
T2	Wayne Grady	Australia	4-4-4-4=16	+1	55,000
T2	Greg Norman	Australia	3-3-4-x=x	x	55,000

The four-hole aggregate playoff was held on holes 1, 2, 17, and 18; three par fours and a par three (#17).^[5]^[6]

Scorecard

Playoff

Hole	1	2	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4
Calcavecchia	E	−1	−1	−2
Grady	E	E	+1	+1
Norman	−1	−2	−1	x

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 43, 203. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
1 2 "British Open Hole by Hole". Times Daily. Florence, Alabama. Associated Press. 16 July 1989. p. 8B.
1 2 3 Green, Bob (24 July 1989). "Calcavecchia wins British title". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
↑ "Calcavecchia tops British Open". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Knight News Service. 24 July 1989. p. 17.
1 2 Reilly, Rick (31 July 1989). "High noon at Troon". Sports Illustrated.
1 2 Parascenzo, Marino (24 July 1989). "Calcavecchia wins British Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 9.
↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 208. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
↑ Siddons, Larry (24 July 1989). "American survives Shark attack". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
↑ Gretz, Bob (24 July 1989). "Calcavecchia pulls off British Open surprise". Pittsburgh Press. Scripps Howard News. p. D1.
↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 33, 203. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
↑ "1989 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

External links

Preceded by 1989 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1989 PGA Championship

1989 Men's Major Golf Championships

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