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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
Front cover of the 1990 Masters Journal
Tournament information
DatesApril 5–8, 1990
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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 fundUS$1.25 million
Winner's share$225,000
Champion
England Nick Faldo
278 (−10), playoff
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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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 the second to win consecutive titles at Augusta, following Jack Nicklaus (1965 and 1966). 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

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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

Round summaries

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First round

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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

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Second round

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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

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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

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Sunday, April 8, 1990

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
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

Sources:[8][9]

Scorecard

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Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9   10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
  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

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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

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  1. ^ Reilly, Rick (April 16, 1990). "True Brit". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  2. ^ a b c "Faldo's Masterful rally tops Floyd". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. April 9, 1990. p. 1, part 2.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ Jenkins, Sally (April 6, 1990). "If it matters, Donald leading". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
  6. ^ Jenkins, Sally (April 7, 1990). "The Masters: It's an old story". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  7. ^ Florence, Mal (April 8, 1990). "Floyd leads old masters' march". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1E.
  8. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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