1989 Open Championship


The 1989 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 118th Open Championship, held from 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. It was the first playoff at the Open in fourteen years and the first use off the four-hole aggregate playoff, adopted in 1985. The playoff was formerly 18 holes the following day. Calcavecchia was the first American champion at The Open in six years. Norman shot a course record 64 in the final round to get into the playoff.

Course

Old Course
Lengths of the course for previous Opens :
Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 20 July 1989
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Wayne Stephens66−6
T2Paul Azinger68−4
T2Fred Couples68−4
T2Wayne Grady68−4
T2Miguel Ángel Martín68−4
T2José María Olazábal68−4
T2Eduardo Romero68−4
T2Lee Trevino68−4
T9Derrick Cooper69−3
T9Mark James69−3
T9Gavan Levenson69−3
T9Brian Marchbank69−3
T9Greg Norman69−3
T9Steve Pate69−3
T9Philip Walton69−3
T9Tom Watson69−3

Second round

Friday, 21 July 1989
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Wayne Grady68-67=135−9
T2Payne Stewart72-65=137−7
T2Tom Watson69-68=137−7
T4David Feherty71-67=138−6
T4Eduardo Romero68-70=138−6
T4Wayne Stephens66-72=138−6
T7Mark Calcavecchia71-68=139−5
T7Derrick Cooper69-70=139−5
T7Fred Couples68-71=139−5
T7Mark James69-70=139−5
T7Mark McCumber71-68=139−5
T7Greg Norman69-70=139−5
T7Steve Pate69-70=139−5
T7Scott Simpson73-66=139−5

Amateurs: Claydon, Karlsson , Els, Evans, Dodd, Milne, Hare, O'Shea, Noon, Meeks.

Third round

Saturday, 22 July 1989
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Wayne Grady68-67-69=204−12
2Tom Watson69-68-68=205−11
3Payne Stewart72-65-69=206−10
T4Mark Calcavecchia71-68-68=207−9
T4Fred Couples68-71-68=207−9
T4David Feherty71-67-69=207−9
T7Paul Azinger68-73-67=208−8
T7Jodie Mudd73-67-68=208−8
T9Mark McCumber71-68-70=209−7
T9José María Olazábal68-72-69=209−7
T9Steve Pate69-70-70=209−7

Final round

Sunday, 23 July 1989
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Mark Calcavecchia71-68-68-68=275−13Playoff
T1Greg Norman69-70-72-64=275−13Playoff
T1Wayne Grady68-67-69-71=275−13Playoff
4Tom Watson69-68-68-72=277−1140,000
5Jodie Mudd73-67-68-70=278−1030,000
T6Fred Couples68-71-68-72=279−926,000
T6David Feherty71-67-69-72=279−926,000
T8Eduardo Romero68-70-75-67=280−821,000
T8Paul Azinger68-73-67-72=280−821,000
T8Payne Stewart72-65-69-74=280−821,000

Amateurs: Claydon, Karlsson.
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Playoff

The four-hole aggregate playoff was held on holes 1, 2, 17, and 18; three par fours and a par three.
Scorecard
Playoff
Hole 1 2 1718
Par4434
CalcavecchiaE−1−1−2
GradyEE+1+1
Norman−1−2−1x

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

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