| 1990 British Open | |
A record-setting run at St. Andrews earned Nick Faldo his second major of the year. He won the 1990 Masters a couple months earlier, then set a new scoring record in relation to par - 18-under (later bettered by Tiger Woods in 2000) - to win the 1990 British Open.
For Faldo, it was his second Open Championship title and his fourth overall major.
Faldo opened 67-65-67 by doing it the Faldo way: Hitting it where he meant to hit it. Fairways and greens. In the final round, the only chaser to mount a challenge was Payne Stewart, who got within two strokes of the lead. But Stewart's chances died in the appropriately named Coffin bunkers on the 12th hole.
Faldo cruised to a final round of 71 and a five-stroke victory over runners up Stewart and Mark McNulty.
Results from the 1990 British Open golf tournament played on The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland (a-amateur):
| Nick Faldo | 67-65-67-71--270 | $153,850 |
| Mark McNulty | 74-68-68-65--275 | $108,600 |
| Payne Stewart | 68-68-68-71--275 | $108,600 |
| Jodie Mudd | 72-66-72-66--276 | $72,400 |
| Ian Woosnam | 68-69-70-69--276 | $72,400 |
| Ian Baker-Finch | 68-72-64-73--277 | $51,585 |
| Greg Norman | 66-66-76-69--277 | $51,585 |
| David Graham | 72-71-70-66--279 | $39,820 |
| Donnie Hammond | 70-71-68-70--279 | $39,820 |
| Steve Pate | 70-68-72-69--279 | $39,820 |
| Corey Pavin | 71-69-68-71--279 | $39,820 |
| Paul Broadhurst | 74-69-63-74--280 | $29,638 |
| Robert Gamez | 70-72-67-71--280 | $29,638 |
| Tim Simpson | 70-69-69-72--280 | $29,638 |
| Vijay Singh | 70-69-72-69--280 | $29,638 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 68-70-70-73--281 | $20,181 |
| Steve Jones | 72-67-72-70--281 | $20,181 |
| Sandy Lyle | 72-70-67-72--281 | $20,181 |
| Frank Nobilo | 72-67-68-74--281 | $20,181 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 71-67-71-72--281 | $20,181 |
| Mark Roe | 71-70-72-68--281 | $20,181 |
| Eamonn Darcy | 71-71-72-68--282 | $14,359 |
| Craig Parry | 68-68-69-77--282 | $14,359 |
| Jamie Spence | 72-65-73-72--282 | $14,359 |
| Fred Couples | 71-70-70-72--283 | $11,553 |
| Christy O'Connor Jr. | 68-72-71-72--283 | $11,553 |
| Nick Price | 70-67-71-75--283 | $11,553 |
| Jose Rivero | 70-70-70-73--283 | $11,553 |
| Jeff Sluman | 72-70-70-71--283 | $11,553 |
| Lee Trevino | 69-70-73-71--283 | $11,553 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 74-69-68-73--284 | $9,276 |
| Vicente Fernandez | 72-67-69-76--284 | $9,276 |
| Mark James | 73-69-70-72--284 | $9,276 |
| Mark McCumber | 69-74-69-72--284 | $9,276 |
| Larry Mize | 71-72-70-71--284 | $9,276 |
| Bryan Norton | 71-72-68-73--284 | $9,276 |
| Greg Powers | 74-69-69-72--284 | $9,276 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 70-71-73-70--284 | $9,276 |
| Derrick Cooper | 72-71-69-73--285 | $7,632 |
| Raymond Floyd | 72-71-71-71--285 | $7,632 |
| Mike Hulbert | 70-70-70-75--285 | $7,632 |
| Andy North | 71-71-72-71--285 | $7,632 |
| Joe Ozaki | 71-71-74-69--285 | $7,632 |
| Don Pooley | 70-73-71-71--285 | $7,632 |
| Mike Reid | 70-67-73-75--285 | $7,632 |
| Scott Simpson | 73-70-69-73--285 | $7,632 |
| Sam Torrance | 68-70-75-72--285 | $7,632 |
| Paul Azinger | 73-68-68-77--286 | $6,733 |
| Peter Fowler | 73-68-71-74--286 | $6,733 |
| Bernhard Langer | 74-69-75-68--286 | $6,733 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 72-69-74-71--286 | $6,733 |
| Mark O'Meara | 70-69-73-74--286 | $6,733 |
| Michael Allen | 66-75-73-73--287 | $6,289 |
| John Bland | 71-72-72-72--287 | $6,289 |
| Hale Irwin | 72-68-75-72--287 | $6,289 |
| Eduardo Romero | 69-71-74-73--287 | $6,289 |
| Michael Clayton | 72-71-72-73--288 | $5,837 |
| Blaine McCallister | 71-68-75-74--288 | $5,837 |
| Danny Mijovic | 69-74-71-74--288 | $5,837 |
| David Ray | 71-69-73-75--288 | $5,837 |
| Jim Rutledge | 71-69-76-72--288 | $5,837 |
| Anders Sorensen | 70-68-71-79--288 | $5,837 |
| Peter Baker | 73-68-75-73--289 | $5,339 |
| David Canipe | 72-70-69-78--289 | $5,339 |
| Roger Chapman | 72-70-74-73--289 | $5,339 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 71-70-77-71--289 | $5,339 |
| Martin Poxon | 68-72-74-75--289 | $5,339 |
| Jorge Berendt | 75-66-72-77--290 | $5,022 |
| David Feherty | 74-69-71-76--290 | $5,022 |
| Armando Saavedra | 72-69-75-75--291 | $4,887 |
| Malcolm Mackenzie | 70-71-76-75--292 | $4,887 |
| Jose Maria Canizares | 72-70-78-76--296 | $4,887 |
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