The 1991 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 120th Open Championship, held from 18 to 21 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Ian Baker-Finch won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood.
Baker-Finch was two-over after two rounds in a tie for 28th place, then was ten-under on the weekend. His 66 on Sunday was bolstered by a 29 on the front nine, with birdies on five of the first seven holes.
The cut at 148 (+8) included those within ten strokes of the lead, which resulted in a record 113 players on the weekend, nearly three-quarters of the field.
Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4484174092033464731564584143,3243954091844751995434145254723,6166,940 Par444344344344434354543670 Source: Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):
1983: , par 71 1976: , par 72 1971: , par 73
1965: , par 73 1961: 1954:
Round summaries First round Thursday, 18 July 1991 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Seve Ballesteros66−4T2 Chip Beck67−3 Martin Gates Santiago LunaT5 Nick Faldo68−2 Gary Hallberg Mike Harwood Barry Lane Mark Mouland Mike Reid Costantino Rocca Source:
Second round Friday, 19 July 1991 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Gary Hallberg68-70=138−2 Mike Harwood68-70=138 Andrew Oldcorn71-67=138T4 Seve Ballesteros66-73=139−1 Steve Elkington71-68=139 David Gilford72-67=139 Wayne Grady69-70=139 Mark O'Meara71-68=139 Mike Reid68-71=139T10 Richard Boxall71-69=140E Roger Chapman74-66=140 Howard Clark71-69=140 Mark James72-68=140 Barry Lane68-72=140 Colin Montgomerie71-69=140 Vijay Singh71-69=140 Source: Amateurs: Mickelson (+4), Payne (+4), Allenby (+9), Roblin (+11), Coltart (+13), Evans (+13), Muntz (+14), Wilshire (+15).
Third round Saturday, 20 July 1991 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Ian Baker-Finch71-71-64=206−4 Mark O'Meara71-68-67=206T3 Eamonn Darcy73-68-66=207−3 Mike Harwood68-70-69=2075 Seve Ballesteros66-73-69=208−2T6 Mike Reid68-71-70=209−1 Vijay Singh71-69-69=209T8 Mark James72-68-70=210E Mark Mouland68-74-68=210 Craig Parry71-70-69=210 Martin Poxon71-72-67=210 Source:
Final round Sunday, 21 July 1991 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Ian Baker-Finch 71-71-64-66=272 −8 90,0002 Mike Harwood 68-70-69-67=274 −6 70,000T3 Fred Couples 72-69-70-64=275 −5 55,000 Mark O'Meara 71-68-67-69=275T5 Eamonn Darcy 73-68-66-70=277 −3 34,167 Jodie Mudd 72-70-72-63=277 Bob Tway 75-66-70-66=2778 Craig Parry 71-70-69-68=278 −2 27,500T9 Seve Ballesteros 66-73-69-71=279 −1 22,833 Bernhard Langer 71-71-70-67=279 Greg Norman 74-68-71-66=279 Source: Amateurs: Payne (+4), Mickelson (+8)
References
External links Royal Birkdale 1991 (Official site) 120th Open Championship - Royal Birkdale (European Tour)