1993 Open Championship

1993 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 15–18 July 1993
Location Sandwich, England
Course(s) Royal St George's Golf Club
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70[1]
Length 6,860 yards (6,273 m)[1]
Field 156 players, 78 after cut[1]
Cut 143 (+3)[1]
Prize fund £1,000,000
1,422,960
$1,540,000
Winner's share £100,000
€140,000
$154,000
Champion
Australia Greg Norman
267 (–13)
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Sandwich
Location in England

The 1993 Open Championship was the 122nd Open Championship, held 15–18 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Greg Norman shot a final round 64 (–6) to win his second Open Championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Nick Faldo.[2][3]

Course layout

Royal St George's Golf Club[4]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4413762104684211555304183893,4083992163654435074661634254683,4526,860
Par443443544354344543443570

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[1]

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 66 68 69 64 267 –13 1
Nick Faldo  England 1987, 1990, 1992 69 63 70 67 269 –11 2
Mark Calcavecchia  United States 1989 66 73 71 68 278 –2 T14
Seve Ballesteros  Spain 1979, 1984, 1988 68 73 69 71 281 +1 T27
Ian Baker-Finch  Australia 1991 73 69 67 80 289 +9 T70

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1966, 1970, 1978 69 75 144 +4
Gary Player  South Africa 1959, 1968, 1974 73 71 144 +4
Tom Watson  United States 1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983
71 73 144 +4
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1985 70 76 146 +6
Tony Jacklin  England 1969 73 76 149 +9

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 15 July 1993

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Mark Calcavecchia United States66–4
Greg Norman Australia
Peter Senior Australia
Fuzzy Zoeller United States
T5Stephen Ames Trinidad and Tobago67–3
Howard Clark England
Glen Day United States
Gary Evans England
Bernhard Langer Germany
Mark McNulty Zimbabwe
Larry Mize United States
Des Smyth Ireland
Greg Turner New Zealand
Wayne Westner South Africa

Second round

Friday, 16 July 1993

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Faldo England69-63=132–8
2Bernhard Langer Germany67-66=133–7
T3Fred Couples United States68-66=134–6
Greg Norman Australia66-68=134
Corey Pavin United States68-66=134
6Peter Senior Australia66-69=135–5
T7Larry Mize United States67-69=136–4
Fuzzy Zoeller United States66-70=136
T9Peter Baker England70-67=137–3
John Daly United States71-66=137
Ernie Els South Africa68-69=137

Amateurs: Pyman (E), Leonard (+8), Welch (+8), Dundas (+13), Voges (+15), Griffiths (+18).

Third round

Saturday, 17 July 1993

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Nick Faldo England69-63-70=202–8
Corey Pavin United States68-66-68=202
T3Greg Norman Australia66-68-69=203–7
Bernhard Langer Germany67-66-70=203
T5Nick Price Zimbabwe68-70-67=205–5
Peter Senior Australia66-69-70=205
T7Wayne Grady Australia64-68-64=206–4
Ernie Els South Africa68-69-69=206
Fred Couples United States68-66-72=206
T10John Daly United States71-66-70=207 –3
Fuzzy Zoeller United States70-66-71=207

Final round

Sunday, 18 July 1993

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Greg Norman  Australia 66-68-69-64=267 –13 100,000
2 Nick Faldo  England 69-63-70-67=269 –11 80,000
3 Bernhard Langer  Germany 67-66-70-67=270 –10 67,000
T4 Corey Pavin  United States 68-66-68-70=272–8 50,500
Peter Senior  Australia 66-69-70-67=272
T6 Ernie Els  South Africa 68-69-69-68=274–6 33,167
Paul Lawrie  Scotland 72-68-69-65=274
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 68-70-67-69=274
T9 Fred Couples  United States 68-66-72-69=275 –5 25,500
Wayne Grady  Australia 74-68-64-69=275
Scott Simpson  United States 68-70-71-66=275

Amateurs: Pyman (+1)
Source:[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 39, 203. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. Dufresne, Chris (19 July 1993). "Norman avoids ghosts to snag 2nd Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. B1.
  3. Reilly, Rick (26 July 1993). "Shark attack". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  4. "British Open: card of the course". Eugene Register-Guard. 15 July 1993. p. 4D.
  5. "1993 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

External links

Preceded by
1993 U.S. Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
1993 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E / 51.274; 1.367

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